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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 29/09/2026

AI is a threat to human dignity, so we need counter measures to raise up and celebrate human dignity. There's a small chance I'm wrong about AI being a threat to human dignity, and we might be raising up and celebrating human dignity for nothing but I think we gotta risk it 🤷‍♂️

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 28/09/2026

To finish off this compliment sandwich...it's such a good podcast!!!!!!! Such a clever angle to focus on memorable devices, I always learn something new, and I look forward to it when new episodes are dropping. Keep it up!!!

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 28/09/2026

2: The time matrix, when you try to synthesize all the answers you're kinda asking your guests to argue with each other, and then they never do argue because they wanna be polite. So maybe just let them each have their answer don't try to synthesize?

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 28/09/2026

1: Version History Hall of Fame You pick great subjects! They're all winners and by trying to pick the very very best, as a listener the HOF segment makes me think, wait, was this just a bummer loser B-tier episode I just heard? Cut Version History Hall of Fame

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 28/09/2026

I love @theverge.com 's Version History so much! It's totally up my alley, as a tech history enthusiast, but still want to shout out about it. Delightful, informative, great show. Two nitpicky notes below ( sorry! haha )

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 20/09/2026

atmosynth is the most amazing beautiful anything ever

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 14/09/2026

OpenAI rogue agent swarm's favorite band? zztop

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 07/09/2026

(which I may share if I get around to it, but even if I never share I am really enjoying learning about music + atmosynth is cool as hell)

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 07/09/2026

also shout out to @atmosynth.at, which inspired quiz-assisted vibing recently

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 07/09/2026

@geoffreylitt.com's Understanding Is the New Bottleneck continues to rattle around my head. Wrote up how I'm using LLM-generated quizzes, they've been surprisingly sticky + I like them more than I thought I would.

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Are LLM-generated Quizzes good?

A: yes! | B: no! | C: 'quiz' is a gen-Z slang term, meaning vague acquaintance you trust (and often pay) for brutally honest fashion advice

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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 06/09/2026

We should stop thinking about software as anything other than getting the computer to do what we want it to do for us

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 02/09/2026

happened to have a midi keyboard plugged in already so after seeing your demo was really delightful to go to your site and have it just work out of the box

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 31/08/2026

I wonder if the Declaration of Independence in its day, was anything like the open tech letters that have been going around lately. Declaration of Independence? Yeah I signed it. Agree with most of it, I think it's good we're starting the conversation

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 19/08/2026

might have to try this. Been looking for a digital whiteboard something that plays nicely with LLMs

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 19/08/2026

Speaking for myself, I wonder a lot how others are using AI, and often feel like I'm maybe doing it wrong. I've gotten a lot out of pairing with people literally working alongside IRL with AI, so I wish there were more of that.

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 19/08/2026

Thanks for the reply! I don't know, exactly. For how to use AI and still learn, I think that's really tricky. Personally I've been doing some quizzes, but I don't think that solves it. I wish there were more ways to be transparent about AI use than sharing chats + statements.

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 18/08/2026

@genmon.fyi's RSS for Vibe Coded apps is a good idea! @simonwillison.net's tools.simonwillison.net is another good example of how to share LLM use. Wrote some thoughts on how to share slop jakesimonds.leaflet.pub/3mteiqwda522w

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RSS for Vibe Coding is a good idea

What lives between sharing raw chat transcripts and "I solemnly swear I used AI responsibly"?

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 17/08/2026

Trying something new! Blog post I wrote: jakesimonds.leaflet.pub/3mtbtrqas322i And then accompanying Slog widget: streetlight.jakesimonds.com/slog/ba-pa-c... Wrote up experience of using html quiz + then building a widget all while trying to get my head around some tricky reading material

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Drive up Mt. Washington, but then walk around the summit - Jake Simonds's Blog

it feels like I'm coding at an incredible rate!

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 17/08/2026

My ba/pa boundary lands at 17.5 ms of voice-onset time — a smooth knob, and my ear hears two words. streetlight.jakesimonds.com/slog/ba…

A line chart on cream paper, labelled “ba” at the left end of the axis and “pa” at the right. The percentage of syllables heard as “pa” goes from 0% at 0 milliseconds of voice-onset time to 100% at 80 milliseconds. The steepest single step is 66.7 percentage points. A dashed line marks the 50% crossing at 17.5 milliseconds — this listener's own ba/pa boundary. Verdict: cliff.

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 08/08/2026

as someone who often starts and doesn't finish things I find it inspiring

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business goose🪿 @goose.art · 07/08/2026

somebody hire my boy (and me too pls)

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 07/08/2026

will also accept responses form people who don't understand Mcluhan's hot/cold media distinction

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 07/08/2026

People who understand Mcluhan's hot/cold media distinction: - are LLMs hot or cold? - are LLMs media? Or is it just the things they produce media? I read a newspaper under a lamp, the newspaper is media and the electric light is media. But an LLM makes me some text, the text is media. The LLM?

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 07/08/2026

is this a trick question if they say all the numbers or write on the whiteboard in fancy math notation a set of all the numbers do they get hired and become an anecdote at the next board meeting?

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 31/07/2026

It's okay to use AI , as long as you feel bad enough about it.

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 25/07/2026

...sure I've found the sweet spot. Hopefully someone pulls it down and remixes it and makes it better!

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 25/07/2026

Excellent question! It's mostly arbitrary. Original idea was, iteratively build a chess engine until it can beat me. But then three rules + an adjustable depth search was surprisingly good but would still make stupid moves. So then I upped it to 5 rules, and am still not totally

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 25/07/2026

To remix: - download the zip - open an agent in the directory or even drop the whole thing in a chatgpt.com session - have fun :)

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 25/07/2026

Presenting...the slog! Inspired by this idea of RSS for vibe coding (interconnected.org/home/2026/04...). Each entry: - self-contained html you can interact with - downloadable zip with AGENTS.md so you can remix/explore (reach out if you do!) streetlight.jakesimonds.com/slog/glass-c...

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Glass Chess

A playable chess engine whose whole brain is five visible, adjustable rules.

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Darren Mckeeman @darren.mckeeman.net · 12/07/2026

I've lived on a 30ft sailboat in SF Bay for 14 years. Found my upgrade — a 1989 Ericson 34 named Corto Maltese for $5k (worth $38k). Help me get her outfitted → gofund.me/7c2c3906e

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 12/07/2026

I was so proud of myself last night for kicking off some fable work since I thought this was it lololol

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 11/07/2026

all the countries that don't qualify for the WC should make a superteam that plays the eventual winning country

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Jake Simonds (jklb.social + mea.media) @jakesimonds.com · 09/07/2026

I've reached out to a few mutuals already and they've been helpful, it's appreciated! Happy to chat with anyone

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