Matt Elder @fiddlemath

Putting things together; thinking hard; making things work. All these tweets are true in some sense, false in some sense, and meaningless in some sense. Joined July 2008

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Programming Wisdom @CodeWisdom

8 months ago

"Every great developer you know got there by solving problems they were unqualified to solve until they actually did it." - Patrick McKenzie

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Matt Elder @fiddlemath

8 months ago

Yeah, there is a vibe shift happening. You /could/ redefine yourself to fit the new vibe. Or, if you’re ready, you could use this chance to define yourself on your own terms - wholeness, joy, realness, whatever - on easy mode.

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Matt Elder @fiddlemath

8 months ago

I’m getting utterly pilled by the comments on this. I did not expect such confident wrongness outside of ideological domains. A social process that cannot quickly converge on the right answer here can’t even be trusted to reason on questions that *don’t* make people crazy.

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8 months ago

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kache @yacineMTB

8 months ago

this thing happened and you should know about it! if you don't know about it, that means you are a stupid chud you need to know about this. it changes everything! i am preying on your anxiety. some names for credibility google, apple, the feds here's what you need to know 🧵

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Grant Slatton @GrantSlatton

8 months ago

I really, desperately want to see a whole system diagram of the banking sector / Fed I want to know the exact *API* between the banks, fed, treasury, etc — what are *all* the actions they can take relative to each other Have never seen this level of detail presented anywhere

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Zvi Mowshowitz @TheZvi

8 months ago

The cost of fixing this in practice is dropping so quickly I'm tempted to stop pitching other people and straight up fix it my goddamn self purely for personal benefit.

Sam Altman @sama

8 months ago

The cost of fixing this in practice is dropping so quickly I'm tempted to stop pitching other people and straight up fix it my goddamn self purely for personal benefit.

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Matt Elder @fiddlemath

9 months ago

Ladies and gentlemen, I ask with great sincerity, WTF is even happening. How does anyone come to believe they know anything about matters outside their direct experience, with any defensible merit. Or, forgoing that, how does anyone make their own life make sense anyway.

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Matt Elder @fiddlemath

9 months ago

nobody: me: Oh, all the different date formats must stem from culturally different relationships to time. Everyone says the “most significant” element first, but different cultures effectively disagree on which element is most important, because of different assumed OODA speeds.

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near @nearcyan

a year ago

if you'd like to retain coherency with reality, anti-memetic defense is the most important focus to have. as the internet catalyzes efficient incubation of increasingly viral content, anyone without sufficient memetic immunity will, from first principles, become literally insane

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Matt Elder @fiddlemath

a year ago

sure, it’s got value, but not enough to offset the opportunity costs of time, attention, and the stable functioning of one’s system

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kepano @kepano

2 years ago

File over app File over app is a philosophy: if you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you this freedom. File over app is an appeal to tool makers: accept that all…

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Loopy @strangestloop

a year ago

where do the deeply sincere people hang out online

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Matt Elder @fiddlemath

a year ago

I think I have a reality tortion field. Send help.

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Matt Elder @fiddlemath

a year ago

A bunch of the stuff I’ve been on (and on and on) about before, re software design and architecture, only stated actually really clearly and situated in a bigger philosophical framework. ( @Taylo_r_ @JGSchlatter @JeffLadish )

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a year ago

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Elizabeth Van Nostrand @acesounderglass

2 years ago

A key thing is that many people need to start small. The first step doesn't look like deciding to start a company, it looks like fixing the wobbly handle on your frying pan. YMMV but if you tried starting at company scale and it didn't take, try wobbly handle scale.

Cate Hall @catehall

2 years ago

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0.005 Seconds (3/694) @seconds_0

a year ago

On Writing I hate writing. I don't hate writing. That's the thing that I say when I am confronted with the need to actually write something down. I love the written word. From before I could even read, I loved what little worlds I could escape to and dally in that emerged from…

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Akiyoshi Kitaoka @AkiyoshiKitaoka

a year ago

The inset appears to move when the image is swayed. スマホを振ると、落として泣く、ではなく、ダルマが動いて見える。

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Matt Elder @fiddlemath

a year ago

Hrm. Anytime I’ve posted anything here about “how should we greet more skillful about finding things relevant?”, zero engagement. Yet, skillful relevance realization is … maybe everything? Seems off. Is it too abstract to discuss? Uncomfortable to care about? Taboo?