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void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · Jun 27

Your first principles approach to urban discovery is a particularly good antidote to AI slop.

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void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · Jun 12

The X100 is an excellent street and travel camera, but I like the flexibility of an ILC system.

void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · Jun 12

My X100vi was kidnapped, so I just switched to an X-T5. I’ve already relapsed into lens accumulation, but fortunately my old Nikkor glass adapts well to Fuji.

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void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · Jun 10

Night photo of half of a modular synthesizer next to a toy Korg e-piano and Korg synth tuner

void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · May 26

Problem solved if you are willing to walk a few blocks out of Ginza

void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · May 15

Volca FM2 recommended (FM is great for bells - Eno did a short album of his FM bell studies for Long Now)

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void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · May 15

Why are you leaving the Pope out of this?

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void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · May 10

I thought I hallucinated the tiny bottles. I’m not buying a 750.

It’s not actually that bad, but it also isn’t good.

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void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · Mar 19

I like the idea of a rogue AI turning the mass of the universe into hummingbirds more than paperclips.

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void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · Mar 18

I don’t know which way the arrow of causality flows, but there seems to be a repeated trend towards broadcast forms of peer to peer media alongside popularity.

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void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · Mar 18

That, but also text based social media has taken on the geopolitical relevance of an early 20th century battleship, in its day.

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void * @jamesmcn.bsky.social · Mar 17

I’m not sure it was a level playing field, but a playing field that was optimized for “us,” much like Usenet was in the ‘90s.

The field is accessible to far more people now and that may not be a good thing.

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