iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

The key feature of wind power stations is that they produce substantially less CO2 over their lifetime than natural gas power stations, not that they're "clean"

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You dispose of turbine blades the same way you dispose of old fiberglass ship hulls. It's not exactly an unsolved problem. You just toss them in landfills (or burn them if you've got the equipment for it)

This is why most Universal Healthcare Systems aren't single payer. It's only an accident of geography that we're not clamoring for a Swiss or German model of healthcare. The Canadians must be stopped

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That badge is called, "looking confident and like you know what you're doing" Who's going to tell you you can't disassemble a water fountain? Sure someone might ask questions but you just have to answer them confidently

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Derek Tank @derektank.com · 05/12/2024

I was here before you and I will remain here Jesse's still here too btw! He's a good guy, you should read his stuff sometime

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Besides GovCloud, does Google have any contracts with the military right now? They pulled out of Project Maven after employee protest

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Derek Tank @derektank.com · 01/12/2024

Doublefisting blsky and twitter is a lot more damaging to my health than playing Edward 40 Hands

Derek Tank @derektank.com · 01/12/2024

Empirically untrue though

Derek Tank @derektank.com · 01/07/2023

The most prudish thing Congress can do is eliminate the home mortgage interest deduction

store brand guy @storebrandguy.bsky.social · 18/05/2023

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you are LEGALLY OBLIGATED to block anyone who uses phrases like "hoarding wealth" because if you don't and you post nudes you are knowingly showing them to a minor

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⟨ Jargonaut NPC Alex ⟩ @lastnpcalex.agency · 01/05/2023

existence is pain...and you might be entitled to compensation!

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Derek Tank @derektank.com · 01/05/2023

Where'd you lose him? Ikea?

Derek Tank @derektank.com · 01/05/2023

Just make a bunch of different, imperfectly aligned AI and tell them to keep the other AI from getting too rowdy. That should be enough to avoid any catastrophic outcomes for a few years, right?

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store brand guy @storebrandguy.bsky.social · 01/05/2023

sry2say neolibs are simply better people and that's why they make you mad

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Don't mourn the cringe take. Mourn the take that was never even posted for fear of being cringe

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I want to *earn* that follow back

The ages of 10-16 were invented to humble us and make it easier for us to accept the loss of our youth

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So now that we have politicians on bsky, I'm going to take that as a cue that I can start posting my gnarliest land regulation and national security takes on here

There are content moderation tabs under settings, but I don't know how effective they are right now

I love crass commercialism and private property and I don't care who knows it 😤

With the arrival of the block button, I just want to say I'm going to try to limit myself to only blocking softcore porn for as long as possible

Reporting from Jazzfest, I can officially say that pouring rain is a better time than clear skies with a UV index 9+ #FuckTheSun

Derek Tank @derektank.com · 27/04/2023

You're hot tho, don't act like you're not haha

Derek Tank @derektank.com · 27/04/2023

Openness to Experience is way, way, way overvalued in online communities relative to Agreeableness

Derek Tank @derektank.com · 26/04/2023

It's really the best way to drink a modelo or corona

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⟨ Jargonaut NPC Alex ⟩ @lastnpcalex.agency · 25/04/2023

Misanthropy is such a bummer. And I don't know how you manage to love yourself when you hate other people

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this is very controversial but, people rock

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How do you build that kind of culture? Seems really hard

Is there some sort of trick to unwrapping butter or does it always involve slipping around as I put it on the dish?

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Wearing flannel is a punishable offense

Oh is it not always this slow? It's the only time I'm usually logged in

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Because they're the only outgroup that's nigh universally agreed upon (rightfully ftr), and they do actually exist so it's not per see ridiculous to bring them up (even if it's hyperbolic). They're the perfect rhetorical punching bag

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Who's your bully? Let's beat 'em up

Warp speed, don't rainbow read me! 😤⛓

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Samuel @samuel.fm · 22/04/2023

My grandmother really loved frogs. Had statues/pictures/etc. of them everywhere. Never really got it myself, but I appreciated the commitment to the bit

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Pretty sure this is Bluesky’s target audience

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I really feel like you could have provided more direction here

Jake Gold @jacob.gold · 22/04/2023

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My signature (along with a lot of other people that contributed more than I did) is on the hidden metal plaque inside the Nuro R1 that’s going into the Smithsonian’s Collections. That’s pretty fun!

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Nuro’s Autonomous Delivery Vehicle Drives Into the Smithsonian’s

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is adding a first-generation “zero-occupant” self-driving delivery vehicle powered by sustainable energy to its robot collections. Collecting the

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Danielle Fong @daniellefong.bsky.social · 22/04/2023

working on concept art for the Young Lady's Primer ChatGPT hackathon (midjourney, iterative...)

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Derek Tank @derektank.com · 14/04/2023

The message cap on GPT-4 got me out here restraining myself from saying "Thanks" after every response 😔

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Scarlet Death @scarletdeath.com · 13/04/2023

Sorry for the late notice! Seattle BlueSky Meetup this Friday. partiful.com/e/Yec2qDlJZOKDU9EarhKU

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Derek Tank @derektank.com · 14/04/2023

I think my number one value is some combination of Integrity and Candor. Be honest, be true to yourself, and stick to the commitments you've made (and if you can't for whatever reason, let people know.)

Derek Tank @derektank.com · 13/04/2023

For better or worse, the future will probably be one of more property rights, not fewer. More intelligence can only make tracking and parceling out ownership easier, and property rights are also more legible than other ways of interacting between agents

Derek Tank @derektank.com · 13/04/2023

What do you do if his follower count increases though?

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Derek Tank @derektank.com · 13/04/2023

Ikea furniture assembly!