Reid

Family first, software engineer and maker second.

[Reid @ifworkman]

5 things that will fundamentally change society:
1) #SolarEnergy - Decentralize power
2) #AutonomousVehicles - Decentralize logistics
3) #Blockchain - Decentralize information / economy
4) #P2PWireless - Decentralize information infra
5) #3DPrinting - Decentralize manufacturing

[Reid @ifworkman]

@RusraelBear @ProtonMail Also: the juxtaposition of quiet companies that just do the thing they say they do and loud companies that have issues every week but are top of mind because you hear their names more often.

[Reid @ifworkman]

@valonsofr @ProtonMail Only criminals care that you use the same email for every site they compromise. That way they can build a better profile about you.

[Reid @ifworkman]

@JoshuaGilmer @JoannaStern @gruber @markgurman @CaseyNewton @EFF I thought the same thing. It’s one of the clearest examples of a dark pattern that belongs in the textbook of what not to do.

[Reid @ifworkman]

@thdxr I'm down.

[Reid @ifworkman]

@DustinWalper These are great problems to work on! First step to full autonomous shipyards.

[Reid @ifworkman]

@imNiKkiiY Good on you! Keep building good things

[Reid @ifworkman]

@ElitzaVasileva I love a twitter todo list

[Reid @ifworkman]

Okay, this is genuinely a fulfilling mode.

[taylor @taydotfun]

youve seen light mode
youve seen dark mode

but have you ever seen sunny mode?

[Reid @ifworkman]

Bro brought back fax machines.

[David Daines @daviddorg]

This is my “Screenless phone” I will be using for my year without screens

I write on paper
I scan it in

It follows my commands: send a text, send an email, print me this beautiful artwork (I love John William Waterhouse)

The future is near

[Reid @ifworkman]

Bad AI experiences. S01E01: Why no one likes Google's AI.
1. Search for thing, get useless AI summary
2. Clicks "Dive deeper in AI Mode"
3. Gets *COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANSWER* from another Google AI.

Brought to you by the company who forgot they have some of the best researchers in the world.

[Reid @ifworkman]

@yacineMTB 🤣🤣

[Reid @ifworkman]

@yacineMTB @blind_via Yeah, screw that. Time for a free one

[Reid @ifworkman]

@signulll I fell in love with writing software because a new document was a blank canvas where ideas sprung to life.

Nothing has changed since then.

[Andrew Côté @Andercot]

You have no idea how good the future can be

[Reid @ifworkman]

"Updated a memory" - Why does this always feel so flattering?

[Reid @ifworkman]

@krassenstein Censorship is back, baby! Just like that!

[Reid @ifworkman]

Opus is a proper colleague

[Reid @ifworkman]

AND IT JUST AUTOMATICALLY UPGRADED ITSELF TO A "FREE PREVIEW" A FEW MINUTES AGO. CANCELING THAT RN.

[Reid @ifworkman]

I think it's time to get rid of Alexa.

[Reid @ifworkman]

@jchybow I don’t see them, I’ll ask “Alexa, what’s the weather” or “office on” to flip lights, and at the end will tag on “by the way,” and advertise some service I have zero interest in maybe 2-3 times a week. But it’s been going on for a year give or take

[Reid @ifworkman]

@jchybow The unprompted Alexa+ ads did it for me