Tom Lieber

apps → audio → HCI → ML. he/him.
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[Tom Lieber @alltom]

recently remembered how proud I was (and still am) of this intro video for my omniscient JavaScript debugger.

watching it now, I'm still like, "wait it does MORE?" every 30 seconds.

how much longer do I have to wait for these features to be standard? 😫

https://t.co/dPsqDpV9rA

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@geoffreylitt I wonder if descriptive labels might be more helpful than the numerical degrees. obscuring the temperature gradient might be worth it to correct the “high number make cook faster” mindset that everyone is born with.

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@geoffreylitt it's a useful design principle. I just don't think microwaves are a good example. the science of cooking is easily under-appreciated.

like my toaster oven has settings for 350°, 400°, 450°, and there are deep reasons why they added 3 options instead of a dial from 0–500°.

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@jbrancha @geoffreylitt when the historical record is really important, I’ll use a project so that I can chat about tangents without worrying that the model will get confused. I’ll upload files to the project about what’s settled, so I can start one-off convos like “what if I did THIS…”

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@joshu not for colors like that 😅

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@edwardbenson How did you resist reading the explanations? 😂

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@rsnous this computer is still very sorry for corrupting that Word doc in 2008

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@cwervo it turns out that I *had* to wait to try this, but I finally found the time today. I felt my FFT intuition go up by at least 3 points per minute. this is gold.

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@jordibruin All right!

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@jordibruin hi, I just got MacGPT the other day! I was wondering, does the prompt in settings apply in Global mode? it doesn't seem to, but it's hard to know for sure…

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@rsnous yeah, but it has big "don't use me" energy. "something went wrong before you got here."

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@stevekrouse looks familiar :) why that specific Tufte?

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@warianoguerra I just saw @WasmGroundUp in your bio and I'm so excited to read this!

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@rsnous you all could be doing more in my town

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@edwardbenson FINALLY FINISHED WITH BOOK 1, but I don't think I'm ready for Desolation Called Peace with all the desolation in my heart after this ending.

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@lukexi @davidwengrow @davidgraeber Just finished. I even bought a paper copy for a screen-averse friend. This is a thought-provoking book! Happy birthday. :)

[Lullatone @Lullatone]

Big News: Suzuki is going to reissue Omnichord later this year!! (this is my old one from the 80s) 今年オムニコードがまた出るみたいです！

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

@swyx I think Stephen Wolfram is probably the person least surprised by this 😅

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

nothing really makes sense about taking cars, but I don’t know how Lightning could sound like that without a nasal passage, and he doesn’t even have headlights

[Tom Lieber @alltom]

finally saw Cars and man, I’ve seen decades of Cars posters and never once did I imagine Owen Wilson’s voice!