Tom Wuttke (tomw.bsky.soc)

UX Software Engineer, previously at Cruise, Twitter, Google, Sony, Berkeley Systems. Casual cyclist. Lover of chocolate and Zots.

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@pitdesi Panasonic with a power inverter makes a huge difference. I also like that it uses a physical knob to quickly dial in common times instead of having to type. You can also tap the minute button if you need to. Ironically, the bigger ones are cheaper than the smaller ones

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@nichochar I came to this conclusion the first day my manager asked me to review code written by bots. I had a hard time coming up with feedback that was worth my time to find and worth the trouble for the author to "fix"

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@yishan I wonder if there's a little bit of that Schindler's list ending going on, where we all feel guilty because we could have done more once we see how much influence we have with relatively low cost from our perspective. Every weekend you don't build an app.. did you waste it?

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@noahlt Theory: The economics of bullet testing software can't compete with the economics of getting something mostly working out quickly

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@nichochar Same

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@gabriberton Google Wave

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@eladgil I remember half jokingly talking about the singularity with you in San Mateo 17 years ago. It's getting close

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@sampullara @heysaik I never did figure out how to dictate the word "period"

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Guys could use an indicator like this

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@nichochar @MaorShlomo @Base44 Was curious what the difference was between base 44 and get mocha. Gemini says: Choose Mocha to test a concept by tomorrow; choose Base44 if you need a reliable, full-stack foundation for a business app next week. Mocha is half the monthly price.

Is that accurate?

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"You're the next stop"

- Amazon tracking

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@BobrovCooked @heeney_luke Have you been on the new caltrains? They're quiet like electric cars

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@MrBeast Would editing the likes temporarily go against X company policy?

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Oh I just noticed Palo Alto has one of these. Any chance to get one of those for Tamien?

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@Caltrain how often is the station at Tamien hosed down for urine? I was surprised how the odor encompasses almost the entire public space. Downstairs upstairs all along the benches. By contrast, the Palo Alto station smells great

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@noahlt I also tell people to vote even if you don't care about the election because resources get allocated to places that vote more than places that don't

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@sberens @Stammy @brighterlamp @cursor_ai @midjourney @circlebackai If you have it turned on at 100%, you're not going to be looking directly at it. I was thinking I should get some for the other corners to make the entire room a summer day

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@sampullara @BellikOzan I remember the first time in college I was doing a physics problem where I had to calculate something for a pool where the depth was changing and I thought how can you calculate one thing when another thing is changing? And then I thought wait minute, isn't that like calculus?

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@olshansky I couldn't even get AI to give me a straight answer