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Scott Sweeny

@ssweeny.net

Software engineer from #Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Opinions are my own, not those of my spouse, employer, child, or pets. In fact there are few areas in which we agree. Fifth best trumpeter in @eagleburgerband.bsky.social

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Nathan Grayson@nathangrayson.bsky.social · 3w ago

music is already accessible to everyone! you can sing along with a song or keep a simple beat by tapping on something, etc. it is a communal experience. creating it with other human beings is the fun part, and many genres have arisen from people with very little skill picking up instruments

nilay patel@reckless.bsky.social · last mo.

Software brain, you might call it ;) www.theverge.com/podcast/9170...

BEWARE SOFTWARE BRAIN

Software brain is changing the world, but most people still aren’t buying.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · last mo.

In practice, AI literacy doesn’t start with building the tool for your personal use. It starts with understanding yourself as a collection of tasks who should subcontract those out to a machine. Almost no regular person’s life currently exists as such.

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 2mo ago

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

(°○°)@rarecryptid.bsky.social · 4mo ago

[Cop, shining a light in my eyes, and then the passenger seat] you been reading any tomes tonight? [Me] no officer. [Cop] I pop the trunk I'm not going to find any scrolls? [Me] listen this is actually my buddy's car

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 4mo ago

It's Harrison Ford's birthday, which means we are obliged to share this absolute banger from our archives: "No one on the committee can identify who or what instilled Dr. Jones with the belief that an archaeologist’s tool kit should consist solely of a bullwhip and a revolver."

Back from Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers That His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied

“As chairman of the Committee on Promotion and Tenure, I regret to inform you that your recent application for tenure has been denied by a vote of 6 to 1. Fo...

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