Walter DeFoor
@wdefoor.bsky.social
Product and Engineering at Casetext / CoCounsel / TR. Lover of esoterica and photography. Opinions my own and should be yours, too.
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The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
November 10, 2024 at 12:14 AM
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
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Never ask a man his age, a woman her salary, or GPT-5 whether a seahorse emoji exists
September 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Never ask a man his age, a woman her salary, or GPT-5 whether a seahorse emoji exists
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What Danielle said.
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
A thing I really need people to keep in mind: 15% tariffs are high, historically speaking. 10% tariffs are high.
The average effective tariff rate before this term was just over 2%. Anything double-digits is high!
The average effective tariff rate before this term was just over 2%. Anything double-digits is high!
August 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What Danielle said.
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
Reasoning LLMs are a productionized version of the guy from Momento.
May 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Reasoning LLMs are a productionized version of the guy from Momento.
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but they were, all of them, deceived, for another pope was made
May 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
but they were, all of them, deceived, for another pope was made
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TIL: The 2000s piracy PSA used a font designed by the fantastic Just van Rossum, whose brother Guido created the Python programming language.
“Piracy. It’s a Crime.” PSA
From Wikipedia:
“You Wouldn’t Steal a Car” is the first sentence and commonly used name of a public service announcement that debuted on July 12, 2004 in cinemas, and July 27 on home media, which wa...
fontsinuse.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
TIL: The 2000s piracy PSA used a font designed by the fantastic Just van Rossum, whose brother Guido created the Python programming language.
I think we’re in the “…and find out” phase of history.
February 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I think we’re in the “…and find out” phase of history.
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this is funny as-is but imo way funnier when you see his lawyer
December 23, 2024 at 6:49 PM
this is funny as-is but imo way funnier when you see his lawyer
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Egoless Engineering
It turns out misery is a shitty proxy metric.
egoless.engineering
November 21, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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Ah yes, who can forget the king fu scene from Les Miserables
When a would-be burglar broke in to a California church on Thanksgiving, he encountered an unexpected obstacle: A pastor trained in martial arts and determined to defend his house of worship.
Pastor fights off Thanksgiving would-be burglar using MMA training | CNN
When a would-be burglar attempted to break in to a California church on Thanksgiving day, he encountered an unexpected obstacle: A pastor, trained in martial arts and intent on defending his chapel.
www.cnn.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Ah yes, who can forget the king fu scene from Les Miserables