Jake Schmidt
@thejakeschmidt.bsky.social
Just some guy. Housing policy, bikes, mass transit, New York City, local politics, finance, software engineering, not necessarily in that order.
How many does he have so far?
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
How many does he have so far?
Yeah, but if I found someone was pre-populating the field with [(language, 0) for language in ALL_LANGUAGES] I'd be pretty pissed
August 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Yeah, but if I found someone was pre-populating the field with [(language, 0) for language in ALL_LANGUAGES] I'd be pretty pissed
The field isn't an Optional<Language>, it's a List<Tuple<Language, FluencyLevel>>
August 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The field isn't an Optional<Language>, it's a List<Tuple<Language, FluencyLevel>>
Yeah, but the language he doesn't speak is English
August 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yeah, but the language he doesn't speak is English
We've found the "omg you people can't do anything" peak, pack it up everyone
May 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We've found the "omg you people can't do anything" peak, pack it up everyone
I just interpret the control characters like a cool guy
February 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I just interpret the control characters like a cool guy
(useful responses don't seem to be on the table, but the dream stays alive)
February 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
(useful responses don't seem to be on the table, but the dream stays alive)
I am Jessie's AI assistant - I help her get less useless responses from LLMs
February 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I am Jessie's AI assistant - I help her get less useless responses from LLMs
You have to offer to tip them, that's a proven results-getter
February 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
You have to offer to tip them, that's a proven results-getter
Hell yeah, those things rule
February 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Hell yeah, those things rule
The dad that stepped up would have to also be a dog, otherwise it doesn't make any sense
June 18, 2024 at 2:25 AM
The dad that stepped up would have to also be a dog, otherwise it doesn't make any sense
Oh, you know, I did briefly wonder why it was like that
August 11, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Oh, you know, I did briefly wonder why it was like that
I read the blog post in the normal way for everyday cool people (Feedly), then came looking for the tweet so I could contribute!
August 11, 2023 at 12:35 AM
I read the blog post in the normal way for everyday cool people (Feedly), then came looking for the tweet so I could contribute!
If you give me like one minute, I'm sure I can figure out how to post the slow-mo mug explosion video on this normal social media platform here
August 11, 2023 at 12:30 AM
If you give me like one minute, I'm sure I can figure out how to post the slow-mo mug explosion video on this normal social media platform here
Bluesky isn't going to replace Twitter, because it doesn't really seem to want to.
July 2, 2023 at 10:53 PM
Bluesky isn't going to replace Twitter, because it doesn't really seem to want to.
I love this paper. It manages to establish a causal link using a set of very indirect associations, which means the underlying effect must be strong.
July 2, 2023 at 12:13 AM
I love this paper. It manages to establish a causal link using a set of very indirect associations, which means the underlying effect must be strong.
We need cigarette-style regulations requiring the caffeine content in big, black and white numbers on the side of everything. Not because it's that dangerous, but people need to know.
July 1, 2023 at 11:29 PM
We need cigarette-style regulations requiring the caffeine content in big, black and white numbers on the side of everything. Not because it's that dangerous, but people need to know.
I've seen a few day changes go wrong, but now that I think about it, always in the other direction - I'd get a bunch of "friend posted late" notifications a few minutes before "it's time to be real", and the timeline would show new posts as yesterday's lates. Hasn't happened for a long time, though.
July 1, 2023 at 10:38 PM
I've seen a few day changes go wrong, but now that I think about it, always in the other direction - I'd get a bunch of "friend posted late" notifications a few minutes before "it's time to be real", and the timeline would show new posts as yesterday's lates. Hasn't happened for a long time, though.