Ryan Hall
@ryanhall.dev
data geek // ic townie // cto @ newpi.coop (opinions my own)
📍Iowa City
📍Iowa City
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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Think about the fact that the **Journal of the American Medical Association** has to write this article.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
"How do we know where to draw the line, and when it is time to resist?"
This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions taken so far during the first week of the administration.
ja.ma/4gmik0x
#MedSky
This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions taken so far during the first week of the administration.
ja.ma/4gmik0x
#MedSky
January 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Think about the fact that the **Journal of the American Medical Association** has to write this article.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
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Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
bookshop.org/ebooks
bookshop.org/ebooks
Bookshop.org US
Explore digital books on Bookshop.org
bookshop.org
January 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
bookshop.org/ebooks
bookshop.org/ebooks
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![Witness said a bus driver told an ICE agent to "gargle [his] balls" when the latter requested to enter the bus.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jky6uuetr73nlbaml6ytlzbi/bafkreibjh2gbp75z5bojibdoefdpfdwlclxwspai2i7qfjotajpraru3zm@jpeg)
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Has OpenAI considered cutting down on lattes and avocado toast?
January 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Has OpenAI considered cutting down on lattes and avocado toast?
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it's friday night baby
January 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
it's friday night baby
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Hiya! I’m a fineline/ornamental tattoo artist based in West Liberty/Iowa City, IA. Trying to make my transition over to this platform from Instagram 🖤 here is some of my recent work! #tattoos #floral #fineline #iowatattooartist #femaletattooartist
January 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Hiya! I’m a fineline/ornamental tattoo artist based in West Liberty/Iowa City, IA. Trying to make my transition over to this platform from Instagram 🖤 here is some of my recent work! #tattoos #floral #fineline #iowatattooartist #femaletattooartist
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“there is an entire literature* that disagrees”
* the dogshit work of my hack friends
* the dogshit work of my hack friends
Something is embarrassing but the call is coming from inside the house. I’m sorry, but it’s bad. Sometimes it’s okay to say “no” in defense of the constitutional order and our most valued traditions. We don’t need to entertain all ideas as having equal merit or pretend by going through the motions.
January 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“there is an entire literature* that disagrees”
* the dogshit work of my hack friends
* the dogshit work of my hack friends
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just not sure what to think about Musk's hand gesture until the New York Times interviews three independent voters at a Casey's outside Iowa City about it
January 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
just not sure what to think about Musk's hand gesture until the New York Times interviews three independent voters at a Casey's outside Iowa City about it
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Step 1: Create a text-prediction tool
Step 2: Make it so good at predicting text that it can fake writing in ways that are often convincing, and sometimes better than an average person
Step 3: Tell people that this will become artificial general intelligence
And it works! Somehow, step 3 works.
Step 2: Make it so good at predicting text that it can fake writing in ways that are often convincing, and sometimes better than an average person
Step 3: Tell people that this will become artificial general intelligence
And it works! Somehow, step 3 works.
December 11, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Step 1: Create a text-prediction tool
Step 2: Make it so good at predicting text that it can fake writing in ways that are often convincing, and sometimes better than an average person
Step 3: Tell people that this will become artificial general intelligence
And it works! Somehow, step 3 works.
Step 2: Make it so good at predicting text that it can fake writing in ways that are often convincing, and sometimes better than an average person
Step 3: Tell people that this will become artificial general intelligence
And it works! Somehow, step 3 works.
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What's happened to X proves the need for Bluesky. The future company is a possible adversary. We make decisions knowing that we won't always be here or won't always be able to control the company's decisions. It's why we've given you the freedom of exit to go elsewhere w your followers and data.
one of bluesky’s mottos is “the company is a future adversary,” so we have to design this service in a way that preserves user choice & freedom
users should own their data, identity, and relationships on the social internet, and devs should never get locked out of the ecosystems that they build
users should own their data, identity, and relationships on the social internet, and devs should never get locked out of the ecosystems that they build
November 20, 2024 at 2:22 AM
What's happened to X proves the need for Bluesky. The future company is a possible adversary. We make decisions knowing that we won't always be here or won't always be able to control the company's decisions. It's why we've given you the freedom of exit to go elsewhere w your followers and data.
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You don't have to defend every book on the list.
You have to object to the government telling you which ones you're allowed to see.
And in Iowa, you have to object to the ban being expanded from school libraries to public libraries and bookshops.
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
You have to object to the government telling you which ones you're allowed to see.
And in Iowa, you have to object to the ban being expanded from school libraries to public libraries and bookshops.
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
November 19, 2024 at 2:36 AM
You don't have to defend every book on the list.
You have to object to the government telling you which ones you're allowed to see.
And in Iowa, you have to object to the ban being expanded from school libraries to public libraries and bookshops.
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
You have to object to the government telling you which ones you're allowed to see.
And in Iowa, you have to object to the ban being expanded from school libraries to public libraries and bookshops.
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
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"Why would anyone leave X?"
November 18, 2024 at 6:30 PM
"Why would anyone leave X?"
not banking on bluesky being a healthy social network but hey, I’m here to enjoy the vibes while they last.
November 16, 2024 at 5:31 PM
not banking on bluesky being a healthy social network but hey, I’m here to enjoy the vibes while they last.