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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Jul 26

A major problem with using LLMs to learn things:

Me: "A is true, therefore B is false, right?"

LLM: "Right! Here's a ton of detail to confirm your belief."

Me: "Actually, A is false; B is true."

LLM: "Exactly right! Here's more detail to confirm that belief."

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Jul 1

A lot of content is made by extremely online people, who observe the behavior of other extremely online people and assume that's how everyone is.

It's very easy to let your worldview be shaped by a small number of people who are very good at getting attention on phones

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · May 15

I want to start a Midwest emo band and call the first album Munchies at Menards

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Apr 9

Guilty.

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Apr 8

Are you saying I shouldn't have bought all these Beanie Babies

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Apr 8

I am so disappointed that the song Evanescence made for the Devil May Cry Netflix series does not contain the lyric, "I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with light"

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Mar 14

I think Pantheon might be my favorite show now. It's grounded, relatable, yet packed with a ton of heady ideas and tech.

It's easy to rewatch and really rewards doing so. Light on action, and good when it happens.

Probably my strongest recommendation right now if you like sci-fi.

Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · Mar 13

Really enjoying Pantheon on Netflix. Near-future sci fi animated series, which by now has a big fanbase, but new to me so thought I’d share. Excellent recommendation by @thomasjfrank.com (also by my best friend for the last two years but she has fewer followers, ergo her opinion means less)

pantheon is written in white on a blue background

ALT: pantheon is written in white on a blue background

media.tenor.com

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Mar 14

Definitely still kicking around, deep in idea territory. I have at least 20 other videos I want to do first 😅

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Feb 24

I’m not super familiar with how they monetized prior - did they have managed services they offered?

IMO Sync - especially in the context of multi-player - has got to be a very compelling paid offering for team/corporate use

Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Feb 22

3 and THUG are my two favorites, but I do think 3 deserves the remake first. I'm not sure how well THUG's story would be received by audiences today without some major reworks

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Feb 22

I'd guess that Sync is paying the bills enough for them to see this decision as viable. (Perhaps Publish too, but I think Sync is a real must for a lot of folks)

Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Feb 22

Putting effort into helping yourself make your friends feel loved feels like a win to me!

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Feb 22

As long as there isn't cat litter!

Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Jan 31

425lb x 5 today. 500 feels so close I can taste it.

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Jan 22

What’s fire smart?

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Alex Antoszek 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦 @antoszek.me · Jan 14

Yes, @thomasjfrank.com is the All-Knowing-Super-Senpai-Druid-YouTube-King-Yap-CEO

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Jan 11

I need to paste the same links a lot – so I built a Keyboard Maestro macro that lets me bring up a list of them.

It's like TextExpander, but I can also apply transformations:

- Prepend "https://"
- Paste in all caps (useful for text layers in video edits)

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Thomas Frank @thomasjfrank.com · Jan 11

Thanks for the recommendation! We're also about to put the full 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades book online as well (It's already free, just only available in PDF/epub forms. We want to make it more like a doc site)

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