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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Seattle apartment buildings used to be called things like "The Cedar Arms" and now they're all called FLUX or interSector. Even if I was in tech, I would not want to live in FLUX or interSector.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 02/10/2026

I kinda want to move into Tomlin City...

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 02/10/2026

The former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach building a huge Minecraft city to explore urban design... Is *not* what I had on my bingo card for 2026. And the story is kinda sweet (dad sharing interest with his kids). www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h_p... www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

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Former Steelers HC Mike Tomlin reveals massive Minecraft city

The former Steelers coach revealed an unexpected longtime hobby that shocked the sports and gaming worlds.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 02/10/2026

Like, are these guys often useful idiots for fascists? Sure, of course. But are they intentionally pursuing being tools of the authoritarians? Most of the time, usually not. Why does that distinction matter? Because 50k+ people who voted for Trump voted for Zohran just a few months later.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 01/10/2026

I wish there's a way to tell all the political fundraisers and mail lists to stop sending my deceased dad mail. He won't be voting or donating money. Ironically as a kid I remember "stuffing envelopes" and labelling "slate cards" with him, as my dad was very involved in grassroots SF politics.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 29/09/2026

Maybe they could come up with some standard gestures that are unambiguous and easy for the AI to interpret

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Madonna's Iconic Vogue Dance

Alt: Madonna's Iconic Vogue Dance

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 27/09/2026

OK there was a Elvis Costello joke/reference in the latest episode of Ted Lasso and it went over well and that make me happy a lot "I don't want to go Chelsea" is my favorite Elvis Costello song to sing.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/09/2026

Who do you see in my dog's chest...

Picture of a dog sitting on a carpet looking up

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/09/2026

Tracey Ullman is hilarious on this last season of Ted Lasso. That is all.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/09/2026

No no... its the PNW's version of two turntables and a microphone.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 19/09/2026

I lived pretty close to the Pulgas Water Temple in San Mateo county... and never saw it in person... Hell, my dad even worked for the SF PUC and briefly the Hetch Hetchy water system, and I never saw it. <shame>

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 19/09/2026

And I'm a big infrastructure nerd. One thing we didn't have a lot of in northern California is water related infrastructure (other than bridges of course). Been seeing a lot of dams and locks and fish ladders and such in the last few years!

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 19/09/2026

I've only been to the locks twice. Ballard is so cool but it's ... a trek! Been to the Nordic museum a few times, though. We came to Seattle area in part because of my wife's Icelandic horse stuff. Would love to check that place out sometime!

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 17/09/2026

I wonder if gitlab's downtime is making the LLMs noticeably faster - people not able to get work done reducing demand, at least at the margins...

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 16/09/2026

Sure, and my response was a hot take, but there's something very visceral about being chased by a machine shooting water at me that I can't escape. And then layer on a dog that can't communicate or escape. The dystopia is when we normalize *that* - I'm not saying it has to be that way though.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 16/09/2026

Does your local hardware running QWEN have any noticeable effect on electricity bills? I wonder if this would be a solid reason for local solar even up here in the PNW

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 16/09/2026

Anyway, it is cool looking technology, but that presentation seems a little disturbing to me as a dog owner. The application for fire fighting, cleaning or landscaping seem pretty obvious though. Would also be a fun thing for kids on a hot day? Maybe?

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 16/09/2026

That is not the dystopia I was expecting...

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 13/09/2026

This is really worth a read if you are progressive/lefty/liberal and you are concerned about the politics of supporting trans rights/existence in America, and why it's not the same fight as same-sex marriage earlier this century.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 13/09/2026

Yah I actually do that too. I'm only aspirationally aggressive at my AI, truth be told.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 13/09/2026

Yah, that's totally fair. But for those who appreciate the printer abuse scene in Office Space... it's the new version of that.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 13/09/2026

Pro-tip - you can be as abusive as you want to your AI agent, but do not be that way to your co-worker. Call it a "extra benefit" of AI.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 08/09/2026

I stand corrected then! I thought they were separated by 70 years

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 08/09/2026

I literally said I love it. So... No? Humor, it's a thing.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dolly Parton's take on AI in 2023: “I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing. I’m sure it’s a good thing for scientists or medical things. But when it comes to trying to duplicate a human being and every little thing they are, it don’t seem right to me. It’s too much.”

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Dolly Parton's Sister Asks People to Stop Posting AI Slop of the Legendary Singer

"I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing," said Dolly Parton in 2023.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 02/09/2026

Hot. take: If you can't dress yourself, your prospective partner really should know that. But then again, maybe you are looking for a partner who appreciates you spending money on fixing your personal deficiencies? My wife appreciates my lack of style. She is my stylist. It's wonderful.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 02/09/2026

NO NO, do NOT help them reproduce!!! (j/k... sorta) Customers are “single men in their early 30s and mid-40s who work in the Bay Area’s booming artificial intelligence industry — also share the same goal, especially when it comes to dating or meeting new people. " www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

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The busy San Francisco startup helping wealthy male tech workers dress for dates

"They want to feel understood."

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 02/09/2026

Anyone in or near the Snoqualmie Valley and/or Eastside Seattle areas? I want to follow you on BlueSky.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 01/09/2026

Getting frustrated with the weird audio in zoom - specifically the inability to level individual participants in a group chat. In frustration, we tried out discord (turns out everyone on the team already uses it for personal stuff) and the experience was *SO* much better. Why zoom no do better?

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 31/08/2026

Pro-tip: If you have a safety deposit box, keep an up-to-date list of contents, keep your keys somewhere your inheritors (or lawyers etc) knows about and also make sure to mention in writing to the bank and in your will that specific other people can access it. Also maybe not use Wells Fargo...

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 27/08/2026

Ironically, the step kid just picked up some (non-recalled) rice from H-Mart - we've been eating mostly Korean-multigrain style rice - more fiber, less carbs? (Google tells me its called "Japgokbap") I donno the reason, I just go along with it.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/08/2026

As the chef would say, "Now I'm cooking with tokens!" Chuckling with a little horror at that dual meaning. But it captures my morning zeitgeist. #AI

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/08/2026

Never saw a couch he didn't love. Sorry, freudian slip!

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/08/2026

A near future where gig work is reduced to being sensors and actuators for #AI systems that design and execute business processes. Even doctors would be just sensors and actuators. Kinda lays it all bare, doesn't it.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 19/08/2026

We were taught to write like lawyers in law school. It's a highly structured and stilted way of communicating but the words have specific value, so it's accepted. I recently learned of "Simplified Technical English" and wow. I wish I had known about it a long time ago. www.asd-ste100.org

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ASD-STE100 HOME PAGE

Welcome to the official site of ASD Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100). Learn about the STEMG, official trainers, training opportunities, and resources to apply STE in technical documentation.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 18/08/2026

@doctorow.pluralistic.net speaking truth again: pluralistic.net/2026/08/18/e... "The AI copyright fight isn't being fought to protect your wages – it's being fought to see whether your lost wages end up in the pockets of a tech boss or a media boss." IOW, stronger IP laws won't protect artists.

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Pluralistic: IP can’t save you from AI (18 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 12/08/2026

The jokes about misusing them on themselves or each other write themselves...

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 11/08/2026

This is straight up dystopian: "G.L.O.V.E., which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, and are manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC" "The gloves ... deliver a pain stimulus that typically helps an officer gain compliance within seconds" www.sfgate.com/business/art...

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AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. A notice...

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 10/08/2026

This is my astronaut training rig!Pi

Picture of vic 20 and c64 and accessories on top of a bookshelf.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 07/08/2026

Pennies. Nickels. Dimes.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 06/08/2026

And 405 NB is also closed somewhere south of I90, so like... get your zigs and zags on.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 05/08/2026

For me, it's the somewhat chaotic/stochastic discovery process that leads to the highest confidence in the end-state. I've had a conversation with a separate entity that helps me expose blind spots, buttress or deny assumptions, etc. *Really* good at that, as long as you keep pushing.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 05/08/2026

Maybe its the law school alumni in me, but I feel way more natural getting to a complete picture of "truth" by using this iteration (which *is* something software engineers are very used to). Asking questions, getting unexpected responses. It's odd to people who think of LLMs as having *knowledge*.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 05/08/2026

Watching me and a very experienced teammate use coding #LLM tools very differently. He gives it a bunch of very precise structured information, precisely defined skills, etc. I start with a statement of intent/goal, and iterate a lot (more). His process: precise tool guidance My process: socratic

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 05/08/2026

Words have meaning. It's what lawyers build their entire world view around. And it's also what LLM's build their world view around. It's *not* what most software engineers build their world view around (*code* & *data* have meaning) Interesting watching SE's struggle with being word-focused.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 05/08/2026

I'm continually shocked how cheap houses are not on the west coast. I was wondering if there is something structurally wrong with that place. If in the Bay Area, it would have another digit on the front end, and that digit would not be a 1.

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