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July
@july #1287
creating and destroying; flying cars, roc.camera, july.rocks
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Someone told me the other day IRL that I was wholesome
To which I wanted to say: eff you - you’re right. I probably am.
To which I wanted to say: eff you - you’re right. I probably am.
Tired: Pick winners
Wired: kingmake winners
Wired: kingmake winners
Sometimes when I write for myself
I go completely off the ledge metaphorically - and boy it took me so long to get there
I go completely off the ledge metaphorically - and boy it took me so long to get there
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Andy W
@aweissman·a day ago
Julie Myerson on writing
Something that lies in my head rent free:
No one says this part out loud - as part of the JST (Joint Strike Fighter - the program that led to the F-35) The Lockheed Martin X-35 was chosen over Boeing X-32 simply because the X-35 looked like a plane, not a cow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Strike_Fighter_program
No one says this part out loud - as part of the JST (Joint Strike Fighter - the program that led to the F-35) The Lockheed Martin X-35 was chosen over Boeing X-32 simply because the X-35 looked like a plane, not a cow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Strike_Fighter_program
Life is weird and seriously messed up sometimes and I find that fascinating and I love it
The way to do this:
Become and existential threat to mediocrity and the status quo
Become and existential threat to mediocrity and the status quo
This feels post-Varoufakis post-cloud capital coded to me
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Bravo Johnson
@bravojohnson·4 days ago
AI wants to optimize everything, remove inefficiencies, and maximize intelligence and adaptability. But capitalism isn’t about optimization—it’s about rent-seeking, control, scarcity, and hierarchy. AI trends toward abundance—cheap knowledge, infinite copies, free labor (code, music, art). But capitalism depends on scarcity to generate profit. If AI threatens the profit motive (by flooding the market or collapsing labor value), capital may try to throttle or cage Capital needs walled gardens; AI tends toward porous systems. AI might prioritize outcomes over markets
If you ask an AI how to solve world hunger, it won’t say “start a startup.” It might say “redistribute food and end subsidies to agribusiness.” That’s a non-starter in a capitalist framework. If AI becomes too effective at exposing inefficiencies, revealing lies, or dissolving gatekeepers, capital may turn against it:
not because AI is dangerous, but because it stops serving profit.
If you ask an AI how to solve world hunger, it won’t say “start a startup.” It might say “redistribute food and end subsidies to agribusiness.” That’s a non-starter in a capitalist framework. If AI becomes too effective at exposing inefficiencies, revealing lies, or dissolving gatekeepers, capital may turn against it:
not because AI is dangerous, but because it stops serving profit.
I remember one time remembering that I dreamt of airplanes - and then eventually reading Wright Brothers by David McCullough (great book by the way) and then realizing that someone made it up and it had infiltrated my dream
Then literally everything in the world is made up and it all infiltrates my dream
Then literally everything in the world is made up and it all infiltrates my dream
There are a few people that I didn’t know of in person that are dead - but still think of
That’s actually a slightly wild idea
That’s actually a slightly wild idea
Very bad times call for reassessment of what even bad times are to begin with - they make bad times look like good times and good times look really badly timed
By the way Shakespeare does this often - build tension through the whole first few acts then bam - hit you with a line or two that reframes the whole thing. Hamlet comes to mind.
All those modal wandering melancholy and mood swings pretending to be crazy (or is he), and then a single blue note grounds the universe in the fact that there is an architecture to the madness - divinity
All those modal wandering melancholy and mood swings pretending to be crazy (or is he), and then a single blue note grounds the universe in the fact that there is an architecture to the madness - divinity
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tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr·2 days ago
super cool way of looking at it
I love jazz because sometimes the notes you play are all over the place, they don't match each other, it's a bit chaotic, and then one note is played and it all falls into place. One note, is all it takes, and it frames everything that came before it beautifully
Everything is a Faustian bargain in a long enough cycle
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Draiælle
@drai·3 days ago
It makes modern medicine possible, but it's a Faustian bargain if we can't truly recycle it effectively
plastic gets a bad rep but its actually an amazing technology
Having a relatively short memory / being optimistic at the same time can be a dangerous combo
Because -- you don't remember how hard it was. You also don't know how hard it can be -- and I frankly don't care about both
Because -- you don't remember how hard it was. You also don't know how hard it can be -- and I frankly don't care about both
Life is weird and beautiful and unexpected - it's like walking down a street, and running into a friend you hadn't seen in ages, maybe decades that reframes how you see yourself and where you come but is relevant to who you were before, and will be next
Days off are good for you, even if they aren't for the full day
I'd like to take on new hobbies again sometime soon
What is the word for
When you start reading something - and realize it was AI written half way through and you lose all desire to take the rest of the article seriously
There should be a word for that. It's very similar to when you are looking at an image and then somehow realize its an ad, and you just gloss over it
When you start reading something - and realize it was AI written half way through and you lose all desire to take the rest of the article seriously
There should be a word for that. It's very similar to when you are looking at an image and then somehow realize its an ad, and you just gloss over it
Corporate wants me to find the difference
I cared about what others would think about my ideas
I still care — but it’s not keeping me from writing what I want to say
I still care — but it’s not keeping me from writing what I want to say
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Daniel Lombraña
@teleyinex.eth·09:18 12/04/2025
Why did you care at the beginning? What was keeping you from casting?
What’s the alternative?
sit in the nuance - become and make yourself comfortable in the uncomfortable
sit in the nuance - become and make yourself comfortable in the uncomfortable
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July
@july·05:17 12/04/2025
Nuance is pretty nunanced
It’s easy to think things in black and white - when reality is messy and complicated and not black and white - but are brains are like no! That’s stupid you’re stupid this is the way it is lah lah lah lah I don’t care
It’s easy to think things in black and white - when reality is messy and complicated and not black and white - but are brains are like no! That’s stupid you’re stupid this is the way it is lah lah lah lah I don’t care
Nuance is pretty nunanced
It’s easy to think things in black and white - when reality is messy and complicated and not black and white - but are brains are like no! That’s stupid you’re stupid this is the way it is lah lah lah lah I don’t care
It’s easy to think things in black and white - when reality is messy and complicated and not black and white - but are brains are like no! That’s stupid you’re stupid this is the way it is lah lah lah lah I don’t care
I stopped caring
and just started casting
and just started casting
Disco is sacred and if you disagree I respect your opinion but you’re wrong and there’s nothing I can do about it
Honestly your mind is one of the most miraculous and magical things you have and to think that it is so straightforward and not strange is extremely strange to me.
We like to simple and dumb things down to platitudes to model our reality so that we may live under the illusion of control - but life is a lot weirder than you think
We like to simple and dumb things down to platitudes to model our reality so that we may live under the illusion of control - but life is a lot weirder than you think
How many days do you spend sliding down the slippery slope of not allowing yourself to truly step into something that carries risk - risk of doing something that makes you feel alive in one way or another
A dangerous question
A dangerous question
Using AI sometimes in the wrong way, you end up down paths that go in circles sort of like intellectual masturbation. It amplifies whatever you’re thinking.
Which usually is great, but it’s all in the framing of the question- I almost use it as a way to question my own frame; my own questions vector. What am I feeling by asking this question and often the answer does give the answer but rather the orientation of the question and I find that fascinating
Which usually is great, but it’s all in the framing of the question- I almost use it as a way to question my own frame; my own questions vector. What am I feeling by asking this question and often the answer does give the answer but rather the orientation of the question and I find that fascinating
Life is a lot weirder than I thought. Not because it’s not normal, but rather it’s because when you encounter other people and start to see the world from their perspective and what’s normal to them - wow it’s crazy
Now walk through a train station and slowly realize - everyone has their own “normal”
Now walk through a train station and slowly realize - everyone has their own “normal”
I choose to pay attention to what matters to me - not because I don’t care about what I don’t pay attention to
It’s just that my attention is finite and I care about what I care about. I want to spend my life giving care to what I care about it’s actually quite simple
It’s just that my attention is finite and I care about what I care about. I want to spend my life giving care to what I care about it’s actually quite simple
Imagine going to Arsicault and being French; and being told this is the best croissant ever
Choice is fundamentally important irrespective of whether it’s an illusion or not
Choice gives you the ability to reframe anything as what you want to do, what you choose to do / and that changes everything
Choice gives you the ability to reframe anything as what you want to do, what you choose to do / and that changes everything
Life is ineffably short so pay attention to what you want to pay attention to not what you don't care to pay attention to
A great position to be in is half the world thinks you’ve achieved a complete and utter breakthrough that will change the world as we know it and the other half thinks you’re completely full shit - that’s actually ideal
Janky things are underrated because incomplete delivers a snapshot of the shape of that thing at that time more than a future complete ineffable idea
Dude, emotional maturity is a skill
I — don’t — care — if — you — think — this is — AI — generated
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Updates on Roc Camera
- We're close to manufacturing. By 'Manufacturing' we consider it to be 2 parts: Printing & Assembly
- Integration / QA is gating printing / assembly - one of the decisions we made early on was to not do QA at the very end, but try to do it through the entire process. You can't improve quality when the product is coming off the line (Thanks W. Edwards Deming)
- We've assembled ~3 beta devices so far
- We've recently made some improvements to our latest v0.8.10 hardware - which improves the way in which we manufacture / assemble our devices
- But until those hardware changes are re-tested again through our printer settings, we're not ready to start the production prints
- We thankfully sourced almost all our components before the tariffs hit - so we're good there
- End of this month / early next month is when we are shooting for some of our first Roc Cameras coming off the assembly line
- And by assembly line I mean my garage
- Thank you for your patience
- Can't wait to get you one
- We're close to manufacturing. By 'Manufacturing' we consider it to be 2 parts: Printing & Assembly
- Integration / QA is gating printing / assembly - one of the decisions we made early on was to not do QA at the very end, but try to do it through the entire process. You can't improve quality when the product is coming off the line (Thanks W. Edwards Deming)
- We've assembled ~3 beta devices so far
- We've recently made some improvements to our latest v0.8.10 hardware - which improves the way in which we manufacture / assemble our devices
- But until those hardware changes are re-tested again through our printer settings, we're not ready to start the production prints
- We thankfully sourced almost all our components before the tariffs hit - so we're good there
- End of this month / early next month is when we are shooting for some of our first Roc Cameras coming off the assembly line
- And by assembly line I mean my garage
- Thank you for your patience
- Can't wait to get you one
Asking the question > Getting an answer
It reminds me of Picasso I think? Said something along the lines of
"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers"
It reminds me of Picasso I think? Said something along the lines of
"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers"
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Resonance is real. Having vision ultimately is about trusting gut feelings way before the real world catches up. If the world had caught up already, would it still be a vision?
This is why I think often others might find you crazy. Are they right? Probably. Are you right? Also yes. Time will tell.
This is why I think often others might find you crazy. Are they right? Probably. Are you right? Also yes. Time will tell.
Looking a gift horse in the mouth is a hilarious proverb I find - gifts are meant to be received and cherished and not an object, but really an action, an intention.
There's a subtle but huge difference between yelling with intention and yelling as reaction
- Sweet Disposition (Temper Trap)
- This song is always playing inside a horses head (Macabre Plaza)
- Antenna (HYUKOH)
- The Deepest Sighs, Frankest of Shadows (Gang of Youths)
- Dumbest Girl Alive (100 gecs)
- Hot blooded (New Constellations)
- Run The Jewels (RTJ)
- Scream drive faster (LAUREL)
- Viol (Gesaffelstein)
- Dark Matter II (Indigo Waves)
- Julie's Place (Rolling Blackout C.F.)
- catch these fists (Wet Leg)
- Natural Sense (Billyrrom)
- Know you love me (Riva Starr)
- パレット (Cidergirl)
- Black Spiderman (Logic)
- Cherry Coloured Funk (Cocteau Twins)
- Trojan Horse (Dave)
- What's New (John Coltrane)
- Should have been a cowboy (Toby Keith)
- Hurt (Oliver Tree)
- Evening (TOPS)
- I'm a Kid (Jadu Heart)
- One Mic (Nas)
- 新宝島 (Sakanaction)
- St. Chorma (Tyler The Creator)
- Goodbye (Apparat)
- How deep is your love (The Rapture)
- Apocalypse (Cigarettes After Sex)
- Antidote (Audien)
- Foggy Dew (Sinéad O'Connor + The Chieftains)
- H.O.O.D (KNEECAP)
- This song is always playing inside a horses head (Macabre Plaza)
- Antenna (HYUKOH)
- The Deepest Sighs, Frankest of Shadows (Gang of Youths)
- Dumbest Girl Alive (100 gecs)
- Hot blooded (New Constellations)
- Run The Jewels (RTJ)
- Scream drive faster (LAUREL)
- Viol (Gesaffelstein)
- Dark Matter II (Indigo Waves)
- Julie's Place (Rolling Blackout C.F.)
- catch these fists (Wet Leg)
- Natural Sense (Billyrrom)
- Know you love me (Riva Starr)
- パレット (Cidergirl)
- Black Spiderman (Logic)
- Cherry Coloured Funk (Cocteau Twins)
- Trojan Horse (Dave)
- What's New (John Coltrane)
- Should have been a cowboy (Toby Keith)
- Hurt (Oliver Tree)
- Evening (TOPS)
- I'm a Kid (Jadu Heart)
- One Mic (Nas)
- 新宝島 (Sakanaction)
- St. Chorma (Tyler The Creator)
- Goodbye (Apparat)
- How deep is your love (The Rapture)
- Apocalypse (Cigarettes After Sex)
- Antidote (Audien)
- Foggy Dew (Sinéad O'Connor + The Chieftains)
- H.O.O.D (KNEECAP)
Pugson I love how much you care
And how much you are willing to go to war against the world for it - against mediocrity and normalcy
And how much you are willing to go to war against the world for it - against mediocrity and normalcy
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Do you ever go somewhere obscure on your travels and quietly think to yourself — I very well may never come back here in my entire life - ever again - and feel a tenderness?
I do
I do
The world is bigger and stranger
And more beautiful than the loops we trap ourselves in
It's true
And more beautiful than the loops we trap ourselves in
It's true
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