matt mankins

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[matt mankins @mankins]

My friend Claude throws in words like this exploring in Chinese sometimes. It's a bit odd, but I like learning the words. In context:

> dispatching deeper code探索 to subagents

[matt mankins @mankins]

I've been going back through early AI and cybernetics papers lately, looking for better metaphors to describe some current work that doesn't have a solid modern vocabulary. There's so much rich work that helps describe the systems we're building today.

I love the feel of this image from Selfridge's Pandemonium. His concept of demons firing in parallel was close to what I was looking for.

What other papers have you rediscovered as relevant?

https://t.co/4tGPW9aARQ

[matt mankins @mankins]

Can we still have a fossil-free internet by 2030? It's looking harder: https://t.co/Yikkrq4MCj

[matt mankins @mankins]

@RippleXDev Does your bug bounty sign up work? When I email it it auto responds and then asks to reply to the same address with +noreply embedded in it, which maybe does nothing?

[matt mankins @mankins]

Where did my Whole Earth Catalog go? Did I lend it to you? If you want to understand why I got into "computers", watch this. https://t.co/SAHc6qCoXY

[matt mankins @mankins]

DIDs are cool, but we didn't use them.
https://t.co/xVM7mpM0BA

⚠️ includes Ted Nelson's "Transclusion" and a reference to a 112 org founded by Irving Berlin. You've been warned!

[matt mankins @mankins]

@Vet_X0 There was a time when I thought it was the substrate for "programmable money". Now I'm really not sure.

[matt mankins @mankins]

@vercel Are we sure the bad guys are gone? 🔄 Do we rotate now and then again later? ABR? (Always Be Rotating)

[matt mankins @mankins]

I'm much more comfortable making tools for creators than being one. Tips from any founders on how they made this transition?

[In A Moon @inamoon]

We started a series of explainer videos on In a Moon:

https://t.co/sezO0XXdYR

Let us know what else you may want to dive into.

[matt mankins @mankins]

The web isn't dying, but it is changing. We need to rethink the relationship between use and reward.

If we can re-align these so that the web is open and accessible, but that value flows backwards to creators (and infrastructure providers, everyone in the chain) then the web stabilizes again for its next period of growth.

[matt mankins @mankins]

Built for people, not bots is the right intent. Preservation matters.

But the web's problem isn't just how content is accessed, it's that the people that create it (or infrastructure providers like ia) aren't rewarded on use.

If we can fix the incentives, we can align the web for the long term.

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Publishers have real questions about AI, but let’s be clear: @waybackmachine isn’t a backdoor for AI scraping.

For 30 years, it’s been built for people, not bulk harvesting. We actively monitor to prevent abuse. Learn more ⤵️
https://t.co/YKDkawYd5G

[matt mankins @mankins]

@mattdesl This is super cool. I once tried to write a function to see how "similar" two colors are (to humans) and found it was quite difficult. With this approach I think you could build a color distance model that could be usable in other applications.

[Keyosk @Keyosk_co]

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[In A Moon @inamoon]

One of the fun things we implemented: dynamic share images: https://t.co/EgWR5fXdt2 ...1 day until the new moon! 🌑

[matt mankins @mankins]

Nice way inbox surprise this morning: two app store rejections on two different apps! They seem quite subjective, especially as the app has passed previously... try try again

[matt mankins @mankins]

@erictherobot https://t.co/dUmsR2a7V0 is the same login page as when we where there... AI for everyone... A new customer: https://t.co/ROLAYpKJrg

[matt mankins @mankins]

Everything takes so long... I'm waiting on Apple to approve a TestFlight beta build. Shouldn't these things be quicker than a week?

[matt mankins @mankins]

@erictherobot Hard to believe it’s only been a decade since we worked at that ai startup struggling for the right interface and customer.

[matt mankins @mankins]

@erictherobot Ouch. Is this the AI dam?

[matt mankins @mankins]

A friend noticed that many of her artist friends were newly doing projects that involved code [assisted by ai]. As a coder I have found that I too am stretching my comfort zone, doing more visual projects. Creativity is still required, but we just have more tools for expression.