Mark Friesen

Once was an arms control analyst, wildfire fighter, beekeeper, and startup founder.

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To avoid violation of Twitter rules assume everything I say is satire. In fact, this tweet is also satire.

‘Freedom of speech’ has gone down a road I did not expect.

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@japan_nobunaga My dad would often tell me to go jump in the lake. We lived in Houston and no lake nearby. It was an expression of exasperation with no real consequence. I now live on a lake. I say it to my kids when they are a bit ornery. They show up in swimsuits.

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@Noahpinion Just you wait

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@Noahpinion Interesting. Why does London have a lock on finance jobs in England? Is there no other desirable place to live in the country, I ask somewhat rhetorically.

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@Afinetheorem @Noahpinion I get that for most people AI just looks like another app (and frankly as a chat tool pretty lame of one). But for a programmer that has seen how quickly human coders have become obsolete it is a foundational shift.

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@Afinetheorem @Noahpinion AI unlike the three previous waves of IT disruption (desktops, internet, and smart phones) is it is an internal accelerator for its own adoption. If legacy institutions do not adapt fast enough they will die. They will not act as a governor to adoption.

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@emollick @kimmaicutler Blue books are so anachronistic.
There is a reason we don’t teach horseshoeing or how to use a slide rule in schools. Curriculum needs to keep up with technology. Given the tools available let’s raise the standards. No reason a student can’t write a quality 50 pager today.

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@Noahpinion It is painful to watch his cognitive dissonance slide into a weird sort of psychosis. Perhaps he should be working this out in the privacy of his therapist’s office.

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@HouseDemocrats @RepDeluzio On second thought, go back to being quiet quislings, we will take it from here

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@MattPRD I would be disappointed if they didn’t use ai assisted development

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@Noahpinion You are the last hold out of any people I followed here that are not now there.

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@jm_alexia It is a game changer. Rethinking how my team does development. Working with Claude is like extreme programming but without the stress.

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@Shayan86 Curious what his beef with Hitler actually is. Perhaps the mustache?

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@Noahpinion Sad but true

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@tunguz We are all physicists now

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@RicoSuaveJD @GriffgolfM @DanielRadJ @lrozen Now that almost makes me want to tune in

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@mileskimball Wondering why 25% of current users continue to inject themselves with a drug they say is not effective.

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@sun_girlxo Raising two by myself I would say it isn’t the big events, it is the unexpected hug, the random silly conversations at dinner, and the occasional game night that provide immeasurable joy. It is a life worth living. Even if (or because) it is a life lived tired.

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@mileskimball My Dad used to sing this to me at opportune times:

Everybody hates me, nobody likes me
I am going to eat worms
Long crunchy skinny ones
Short fat juicy ones
I’m going to eat worms

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@stefeich @APSAtweets @PrincetonUPress @GUGovt This book was a great read. A prize well deserved. Congratulations.

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@Noahpinion I ran a business in China for 8 years until 2016 and loved it. Once China broke its promise to HK, I knew I could never go back.