Brad Williams @bradw2k

Software builder, philosophy enthusiast, baby whisperer PDX Joined July 2010

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xirtman @xirtman

4 weeks ago

@xueqinjiang Good morning, YouTube. Normally, you come here for sunshine and optimism, because, hey, who doesn’t want a little cheer in this gloomy world? But today? Today is doom and gloom. I’m here to tell you the West is going to collapse—and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Let me…

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Brad Williams @bradw2k

10 months ago

Biggest winners: parents in Ukraine and Russia

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Brad Williams @bradw2k

a year ago

Old people tend to reach the Bobby McFerrin-Eckhart Tolle axis of wisdom: Don't worry (it doesn't help), enjoy the present moment (it's all you'll ever have).

Brian Beers @brianbeers

a year ago

Old people tend to reach the Bobby McFerrin-Eckhart Tolle axis of wisdom: Don't worry (it doesn't help), enjoy the present moment (it's all you'll ever have).

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Brad Williams @bradw2k

a year ago

The world is already changing so fast that it is a strain to keep up and understand the systems that we deal with. That pace of change will forever accelerate, leading to a point, in a few decades, where no human can even remotely understand the tech stack underlying the…

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Brad Williams @bradw2k

2 years ago

A database table can literally be used for anything: data store, queue, stack, cache, ladder, warm blanket, sandwich-maker...

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2 years ago

This winter storm has inspired a new joke which I herewith share free of charge: Q: How many total morons does it take to drive a large American pickup? A: 1

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2 years ago

Sometimes I think maybe it'd be good to work at Microsoft someday ... then I accidentally use Windows for something and forget all that nonsense.

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Brad Williams @bradw2k

2 years ago

One weird thing: intensively studying the work of a single brilliant person, *no matter who it is*, makes you way smarter.

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Brad Williams @bradw2k

2 years ago

The number one cause of stress and depression is things that don't exist.

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2 years ago

What if AI isn't improving our software development velocity, it is just allowing us to (barely) keep up with the ever-increasing complexity of tech?

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Brad Williams @bradw2k

2 years ago

Unusual take: interacting with AIs will be healthy and good for us, because we'll learn what it's like to talk to someone who isn't fake/greedy/neurotic. Kind of how you thought adulthood would be when you were a kid.

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Brad Williams @bradw2k

3 years ago

[Everybody in the near future] Don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with an AI all day...

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Brad Williams @bradw2k

3 years ago

A five-year-old, a Buddhist monk, and your wife walk into a bar. They don't talk about philosophy of mind, because they aren't confused about the nature of consciousness.