Scott Canion

Loves Austin, loves Texas, software developer by trade. Outnumbered by my wife and several daughters. Fan of Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell. Hook’em 🤘

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

Beautiful sunset over Lake Austin

[Bridget Phetasy @BridgetPhetasy]

Sorry world, it’s called soccer now.

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

@BrendanCarrFCC Exactly. Everyone knows that Halloween Season starts the day after Labor Day.

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

@BrendanCarrFCC Exactly. Everyone knows that Halloween Season starts the day after Labor Day.

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

Exactly, and product marketing often contributes this. I.e. PM presents 10 priority items, and they are all ranked P0. 🤷‍♂️

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

Every morning, the moment my eyes open, I wake up to 40 unread Slack messages that effectively say:

“If you don’t fix this in the next 5 minutes, the world will implode and the app will cease to exist.”

[Marcus Lemonis @marcuslemonis]

For all who are complaining about the @SpaceX valuation for its IPO, it’s a free market. Don’t buy it.

For those who believe in future and @elonmusk , it’s a free market, buy it.

RT If you are going to invest

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

@Sunkisses7676 Great outdoor bar at Aba

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

This comment from @IMAO_ is exactly right. AI is a productivity multiplier, and for artists this means a creativity multiplier.

[Frank J. Fleming @IMAO_]

The anti-AI stuff is so stupid. We're moving to a world where any artist can take what's in his head and quickly make it real. It's a removal of limitations from artists.

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

@IMAO_ Decent request. @grok can this be done.

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

Excellent visual. The High Agency Triangle assumes we have agency, which we do. Many people don’t even realize they have it. This triangle is a guide for learning to use it.

[George Mack @george__mack]

The high agency triangle

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

@AUSTINhokie65 @austintexaslisa @JenRobichaux Very accurate take.

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

I laughed out loud at this one. This meme has not yet peaked.

[doomer @uncledoomer]

"have her get mad at him for something he did in her dream"

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

@ArrestedAustin This is Awesome

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

@data_atx You are spot on, @data_atx, the vast majority of statewide enrollment losses are Hispanic students.

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

@data_atx You are spot on, @data_atx, the vast majority of statewide enrollment losses are Hispanic students.

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

This isn’t Claude “figuring it out.” @arram fed Claude the “fix everything easily switch” meme, which is just a shorthand for the standard econ-twitter/YIMBY/abundance consensus. Claude pattern-matched its training data perfectly. It’s the exact same list every model spits out (including @grok). Impressive polish, but still fake clarity.

The joke meme with fake clarity goes in, and polished output with the same fake clarity comes out. LLMs compress internet discourse, they don’t invent wisdom.

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

@Empact I agree with @Empact on this point, that building more is the way to address supply issues, and the city should do everything it can to make it easier to build more homes.

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

@pmarca Exactly. Writing, computers, LLMs, all tools that increase productivity. It lets humanity scale knowledge in a way not previously possible.

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

Exceptional thread from @scotus_wire analyzing the SCOTUS ruling on the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana. Note the ruling ties in cleanly with the recent SCOTUS ruling in Texas.

[SCOTUS Wire @scotus_wire]

🧵 In today's Voting Rights Act ruling, the Supreme Court has fundamentally reshaped how courts apply Section 2 to voting maps, especially in relation to politics, making future Section 2 lawsuits extremely difficult to win.

The changes:

[Scott Canion @scottcanion]

@LoewyLawFirm