jaime silvela

All those discussions on avoiding Single Points of Failure, and then we depend more and more on personal mobile phones. Eh

Just listened to the founder of a company I worked for say that planet surfaces are so yesterday, and we want a trillion humans in the solar systems so we can get 1000 Einsteins and Mozarts. Oh god.

Nolan did Oppenheimer again. When Odysseus looks in horror at the sacking of Troy, I half expected him to say “Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds”. Or maybe "I am shocked to find that gambling is going on in here."

I have fluctuating feelings about fonts, but I'm certain I love David Berlow's *Apres*. Alas, the webfont has bad licensing options. I find that *Curiosa*, by Henrique Beier (at Fabio Haag Type) is a charming sibling with very reasonable licensing terms.

In 2035, finally the tech titans were satisfied that they had built a true God-level AI (GAI). They asked the AI: "How do we fix climate change?" The AI responded: "Phase out fossil fuels, install solar and wind, and invest in science and scientists. Bye now." Then it quickly self-destructed.

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As I watch bare chested guys walking in the park, they're thinking "the gym really paid off, look at that guy eyeing my pecs with envy." I'm thinking, "What a douche."

This is Holly. Every day for the past 5 years, she picks out a stick and brings it to her favorite spot for “zen time.” While her stick may change, her routine never does. 13/10 (IG: hollythebluestaffy)

My web extension, Glareless, which helps protect your eyes, is now available for both Chrome and Firefox. sr.ht/~jsilvela/gl... Blog post on its development and motivation: blog.silvela.org/post/2026-03...

I've created a browser extension to help your eyes: blog.silvela.org/post/2026-03...

incredible www.ft.com/content/f6eb...

The unit of measurement will be the Altman. A kilo-Altman will be roughly the intelligence of a cat.

You should set the sharpness of your monitors/TVs to zero. See why: blog.silvela.org/post/2025-12...

Awesome, MathJax 4 supports choosing fonts. STIX2 is a clear upgrade over Computer Modern.

Austra has a new album out, and there art thou happy

From The Archives: Trump Demands NATO Allies Match U.S. Commitment To Prioritizing Military Spending Over Healthcare theonion.com/trump-d...

I think that in 10 years we will look back with amazement at the credit given to Sam Altman et. al.

Scientific experts are the worst kind of experts, except for all the other kinds of experts.

“The bubble bursting was never going to be one event, but a series of sentiment shifts against technology that has never proven its worth outside of specious hype” @edzitron.com

It’s so stupid that all the “but what about fairness in women’s sports” people are always talking about Oh No What If Trans and never, like, paying women athletes more

@mailfence.com been getting no connection to mailfence, and a 503 "maintenance" message. What's going on? Is there some place I can check the status? Thanks

Delightful story about a 17-year-old homeschooler who disproved the 40-year-old Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture. She decided to apply straight to graduate school, skipping the rest of high school and college. When she finishes, a PhD will be her first degree.

In a mini-series on the blog we highlight the work of our maintainers, component owners, and members of the larger community. This week we meet @jaimes.bsky.social an experienced software developer & system builder, and a component owner for the project: cloudnative-pg.io/blog/contrib...

@newsweek.com From last week, based on interviews with Yann LeCun, David Eagleman, and me. The three of us could be described as AI realists, and have devoted our lives to AI and understanding intelligence. www.newsweek.com/2025/07/04/a...

I promise you this GOP Senate bill is worse than you think 1) Biggest wealth transfer in American history 2) ~Trillion dollar cut to Medicaid 3) Nursing homes shutting down 4) Kills solar industry, raising prices 5) Grid blackouts Thread #TheyWantYouDead @thunen.bsky.social @mkblyth.bsky.social

This will put a grin on your face

Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet. ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.

I created this artisanally ... via imgflip

Knuth is always inspiring: > Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email...

@symbo1ics.bsky.social Feliciano fonts on your radar? Has a new iteration of Merlo out, and it's phenomenal, and cheap! Up there with Heldane, but renders better on Windows / Linux. felicianotype.com/typefaces/me...

Today's new blog post on how the hype around each of Generative AI and Humanoid Robots is driven by similar pressures, with some slight differences in emphasis. rodneybrooks.com/parallels-be...

Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. I often call this one to question.

Repost if you have tinnitus.

Hello, I wrote a new talk that is ultimately about how misery is a dumb strategy egoless.engineering

I went to grad school at Columbia in the 2000's and could not be bothered to go to commencement. Instead, a few friends made our own graduation gowns and had our own ceremony at Battery Park. Today this is a proud memory.

Coding is like running: those who are still doing it in their forties are the ones that actually liked it.

Was thinking of taking a writing class. Looked at MasterClass, and they have Malcolm Gladwell in there teaching. Wonders never cease.

Hat tip mietek

My favorite quote from Sense and Sensibility was written by Emma Thompson for the 1995 movie adaptation, and not by Jane Austen. Huh.

My hope is that the slog that is Dune 2 will encourage people to watch the David Lynch version