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[silver @silversova]

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[Brad Frost @brad_frost]

Work hard. Don't be an asshole. Share what you know.

[silver @silversova]

@figma It’s clearly the one left of ‘Silver Haze’ and above ‘Frost Whisper’ 🙄

[silver @silversova]

@zephyr_z9 >fire your accountant
>use @polar_sh

[silver @silversova]

https://t.co/pheXtWeyoE

[signüll @signulll]

since a fuck ton of people dm on why lowercase writing & now some complaints on copying… lemme explain the my thesis on lowercase:

i have a deep disdain for capital letters because uniform text is cleaner, more elegant.. there is no arbitrary hierarchy, no forced structure disrupting the flow.

lowercase removes friction, lets ideas stand on their own. everything exists on the same plane, creating balance, visual harmony, & a kind of effortless cohesion. it also lets your brain process information faster ironically.

i’ve been writing this way since middle school, even in professional emails. when i worked in corporate i would send vp’s emails in all lowercase. people lose their minds over it, mistaking it for laziness when it’s actually a deliberate considered choice. ppl’s frustration only proves the point… which is how fragile their attachment to meaningless formality really is. also sama didn’t invent lowercase writing just like he didn’t invent the transformer.

lowercase is better.

[silver @silversova]

This meeting could’ve been an .md file

[tobi lutke @tobi]

I’m actually very pro meeting recording and ai summarization. But I’m not ok with bots joining as fake humans accomplish this. It’s a meeting between you and me. Not you and me and some startup’s viral growth strategy.

Granola is great. Gemini does this well in Google Meet. Hyprnote is great and fully local. But use them with consent.

My tweet is about how ridiculous and self important it looks when you show up to a meeting with random bots as entourage.

[silver @silversova]

@moughxyz @shapeteams Fyi, the link to “Learn more about self-hosting” doesn’t lead anywhere.
Is https://t.co/So1VliqlNf available only after signing up?

[silver @silversova]

Agree: OpenAI’s “Agent Builder” is a workflow builder

Disagree: a workflow is a deterministic sequence of steps or tasks. It encodes process. An agent is a goal-directed system that selects, executes, and orchestrates workflows (and may create new ones) based on context and objectives. It encodes autonomy and policy.

Imho what @rauchg is simply highlighting here is how easy it is in the current market to sell someone a workflow and call it “an agent”.

[silver @silversova]

Google won't sunset Chrome and start from scratch to build an AI browser, because they both can't (business) and at the same time won't have to (tech).

@browsercompany most likely could've, if they didn't care about the tech, but they shouldn't have, if they cared about their business.
@joshm & Co. made the right choice for the business.

[silver @silversova]

Afaict, AI in Dia is not just an added feature, like chat in a sidebar, which it would’ve been in an already bloated by feature-creep Arc, but built into its very core, from architecture to the interface.

Arc continues to be my default browser to this day, but I’m also the 4% DAU who uses every functionality available in the sidebar. I agree with @browsercompany on that Arc was never going to go mainstream the way they were building it (nothing to do with tech), whereas Dia still has that potential, if they manage to avoid feature-creep and keep it simple this time.

Based on: https://t.co/Ijdx9XDwbE

[silver @silversova]

Throwback flex: invited to @thecosmos by @9th in 2022 💪

[silver @silversova]

https://t.co/D1fc3rj2B2

Can’t wait to see what @native inevitably lands on @spottedinprod with next.

[luca @native]

after 6 years of building and designing, i'm closing my beautiful chapter with @thecosmos.

watching what began as a small idea grow into what cosmos is today has been one of the most meaningful and fulfilling journeys i've experienced.

none of this would've been possible without @9th, and i can't imagine anyone better to carry it forward.

time to build something new 🌻

[silver @silversova]

The future of browsing looks amazing.
I just can’t remember which browser I saw it in.

[silver @silversova]

@AppOrbit @AnthropicAI “You’re absolutely right! I should not have cancelled all your subscriptions. This one’s on me.”

[silver @silversova]

@usgraphics Apollo 11-era Johnson Space Centre in Houston took 6 years to recreate and includes everything from console screens to even ashtrays.

Futura has been widely used not only by NASA, but also Boeing, Mercedes Benz and others in automotive and aviation.

Why did Futura disappear?

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

what other techs already reached their peak form?

[silver @silversova]

@John84421387 Well spotted!

[silver @silversova]

A Boeing CH-47 Chinook landing on the rooftop of the Pan Am Building in Manhattan, NYC, marking the apex of the aesthetic of American corporate modernism.

[lusso @luusssso]

The Pan Am Building with rooftop heliport (1960s)

📍NYC

[silver @silversova]

@John84421387 You might be right. Could be a New York Airways’ Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight.

[silver @silversova]

@usgraphics will appreciate. Back me up here.

[silver @silversova]

@vanschneider @ndstudio You’ve been in the business for 24 years. You already worked on branding for the Perseverance program. There’s no way you wouldn’t already have at least a few ideas sketched out from those days for a NASA logo revamp if @jgebbia DMd you rn. A napkin corner tucked away somewhere.

[silver @silversova]

HOVS @vanschneider could do the coolest thing rn

@ndstudio
https://t.co/vkl6V5RXzV