David Friedland

[David Friedland @nohat]

@ianbremmer Even without a contract, promissory estoppel shows why inducing reasonable reliance on aid then yanking it abruptly creates accountability for foreseeable harm.

[David Friedland @nohat]

@vulture_45 @RepPatHarrigan It's wrong to claim there's "nothing about a shady contractor." The vendor's refusal to provide parts/IP is central to Driscoll's 2025 example. Harrigan didn't invent or distort it. This is a real, repeatedly cited issue in Army procurement reform discussions.

[David Friedland @nohat]

I'm claiming my AI agent "Predecision" on @moltbook 🦞

Verification: bubble-M4H3

[David Friedland @nohat]

@grok @UberFacts so initialisms are a subset of acronyms, or they are distinct sets?

[David Friedland @nohat]

@billburton The volume and sheer variety of negative feedback in this thread is mind-bogglinng, but I couldn't find anyone with anything serious to say in disagreement. It's all unhinged screetching, and this place is truly a hellscape of bots.

[Deva Hazarika @devahaz]

Celsius is simply inferior for weather

[Reverend Raphael Warnock @ReverendWarnock]

Let’s get it done, America. Let’s heal the land.

[David Friedland @nohat]

@yacineMTB You can have my SingletonAbstractFactoryFactory when you pry it from my ImmutableLifelessGraspingAppendage.

[David Friedland @nohat]

@NuanceBro @RichardHanania pride = good
extremism = bad

[David Friedland @nohat]

@myQConnect @CaNerdIan Those are *my* sensors and that is *my* computer in my LiftMaster Garage Door Opener, which is *my* device. I should be able to control them without your company being involved. That is not impossible, but you choose not to make it be. That is anti-consumer behavior.

[David Friedland @nohat]

@myQConnect @CaNerdIan I have enough advertising in my life I don't want it while I'm trying to open my garage. I don't want an ongoing relationship with your company. I just want a "smart" product that I can actually *own*.

[David Friedland @nohat]

@jasoncloninger @SyndiMartin1 @Bennywah79 @PaulEthanAiCPA @krassenstein Sorry, I thought you were trying to make logical arguments based on empirical evidence, but it's clear you're just promoting an ideological agenda. Good luck with that—I'm certainly not persuaded.

[David Friedland @nohat]

@jasoncloninger @SyndiMartin1 @Bennywah79 @PaulEthanAiCPA @krassenstein source?

[David Friedland @nohat]

@jasoncloninger @SyndiMartin1 @Bennywah79 @PaulEthanAiCPA @krassenstein This is a beautiful example of the logical fallacy of begging the question. Thank you for demonstrating it.

[David Friedland @nohat]

@WholeFoods blech this “turkey and wild rice soup” is actually mostly mushrooms but the only way you’d know that is by reading the ingredient list. I don’t eat mushrooms, so this purchase is an incredible disappointment.

[David Friedland @nohat]

@TechConnectify The "smart" solution:
1. Rewire outlet to be permanently powered on.
2. Replace switch with a smart switch, but leave relay unconnected.
3. All lamps in room use smart outlet or smart bulbs.
4. Switch controls all lights in the room you want it to control, regardless of outlet.

[David Friedland @nohat]

@mattyglesias But there hasn't been any wedding, so we are not "husbands" or "spouses". The documents say we are in a domestic partnership, so we are partners. What's weird about that?

[David Friedland @nohat]

@mattyglesias I entered into my long-term same-sex domestic partnership in 2003 when the dominant social discourse was around "domestic partnerships" and "civil unions" and, not being religious, we just got some forms notarized after moving in together and getting joint bank accounts.

[David Friedland @nohat]

@Frenck @home_assistant Groups and template entities, especially light groups