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· Sep 8
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decided over the weekend to try out opening up a block of calls over the next few weeks: calendly.com/methodandstr...
if you're in leadership and have been following me long enough to know what I'm about, I invite you to book a 30-minute free consultation call to jam about whatever you working on.
if you're in leadership and have been following me long enough to know what I'm about, I invite you to book a 30-minute free consultation call to jam about whatever you working on.
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One of the big tidal forces of the coming years is that the baseline reliability of things you see on a screen is going to decline.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
One of the big tidal forces of the coming years is that the baseline reliability of things you see on a screen is going to decline.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
yeah i just meant "faces in places" really as a mnemonic; it was not intended to be exhaustive
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
yeah i just meant "faces in places" really as a mnemonic; it was not intended to be exhaustive
right? i wish i had thought of that
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
right? i wish i had thought of that
i know a mathematician who refers to what he does for a living as "applied apophenia"
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
i know a mathematician who refers to what he does for a living as "applied apophenia"
lol @ parAIdolia
umm can't remember how/when i picked that up; it was a long time ago but definitely wasn't gibson because i haven't read that one of his
iirc pareidolia (faces in places) is a special case of apophenia (perceiving patterns that may or may not exist)
umm can't remember how/when i picked that up; it was a long time ago but definitely wasn't gibson because i haven't read that one of his
iirc pareidolia (faces in places) is a special case of apophenia (perceiving patterns that may or may not exist)
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
lol @ parAIdolia
umm can't remember how/when i picked that up; it was a long time ago but definitely wasn't gibson because i haven't read that one of his
iirc pareidolia (faces in places) is a special case of apophenia (perceiving patterns that may or may not exist)
umm can't remember how/when i picked that up; it was a long time ago but definitely wasn't gibson because i haven't read that one of his
iirc pareidolia (faces in places) is a special case of apophenia (perceiving patterns that may or may not exist)
brb registering apophenia dot ai
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
brb registering apophenia dot ai
lost youtube: youtu.be/ENPBBOUfTd8
2025-11-25 WORKING IN PUBLIC: MOAR Sense Atlas Planning Session
YouTube video by dorian taylor
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
lost youtube: youtu.be/ENPBBOUfTd8
mkay here we go, more trash talk from moi:
• youtu.be/HJR4m0sBnz4
• twitch.tv/methodandstr...
• stream.place/doriantaylor...
• youtu.be/HJR4m0sBnz4
• twitch.tv/methodandstr...
• stream.place/doriantaylor...
2025-11-25 WORKING IN PUBLIC: MOAR Sense Atlas Planning Session
YouTube video by dorian taylor
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
mkay here we go, more trash talk from moi:
• youtu.be/HJR4m0sBnz4
• twitch.tv/methodandstr...
• stream.place/doriantaylor...
• youtu.be/HJR4m0sBnz4
• twitch.tv/methodandstr...
• stream.place/doriantaylor...
(just waiting for the coffee lol)
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
(just waiting for the coffee lol)
ok love nuggets i am gonna get fkn JACKED ON THE CAFFS and get on Ye Olde Streames for another planning session and trash talk; meanwhile you can all cringe at the open wound on my forehead
fifteen minutes
• stream.place/doriantaylor...
• twitch.tv/methodandstr...
• youtube.com/@methodandst...
fifteen minutes
• stream.place/doriantaylor...
• twitch.tv/methodandstr...
• youtube.com/@methodandst...
stream.place
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ok love nuggets i am gonna get fkn JACKED ON THE CAFFS and get on Ye Olde Streames for another planning session and trash talk; meanwhile you can all cringe at the open wound on my forehead
fifteen minutes
• stream.place/doriantaylor...
• twitch.tv/methodandstr...
• youtube.com/@methodandst...
fifteen minutes
• stream.place/doriantaylor...
• twitch.tv/methodandstr...
• youtube.com/@methodandst...
Reposted by dorian
Tired: Genesis Mission
Inspired: Neon Genesis Evangelion Mission
Inspired: Neon Genesis Evangelion Mission
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tired: Genesis Mission
Inspired: Neon Genesis Evangelion Mission
Inspired: Neon Genesis Evangelion Mission
the longer i do software, the more i appreciate how much of a software product is the packaging, and the part that actually does the lift can apparently be…two guys faking it
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
the longer i do software, the more i appreciate how much of a software product is the packaging, and the part that actually does the lift can apparently be…two guys faking it
it is the internet after all (lol)
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
it is the internet after all (lol)
i think @spavel.bsky.social has things to say about "validation" as a concept
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
i think @spavel.bsky.social has things to say about "validation" as a concept
how does this not just end up as a bunch more money (and training data) being shoveled at these goofballs to produce ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
how does this not just end up as a bunch more money (and training data) being shoveled at these goofballs to produce ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
no idea, this whole thing could be made up lol; it is the internet after all
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
no idea, this whole thing could be made up lol; it is the internet after all
i have a normie friend who is skeptical about my ai skepticism but it's really saas skepticism, but really and truly it's rooted in people doing shit like this
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
i have a normie friend who is skeptical about my ai skepticism but it's really saas skepticism, but really and truly it's rooted in people doing shit like this
it's kinda wild how a company's valuation is a function of the size of the equity raise divided by the fraction of the company it bought, ie wishful thinking
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
it's kinda wild how a company's valuation is a function of the size of the equity raise divided by the fraction of the company it bought, ie wishful thinking
this revelation also makes me wonder aloud about the technical competence of these guys if they
• pivoted that easily from "crypto food delivery"
• turked their product for their first few customers
• were like "phew we should really automate this"
• pivoted that easily from "crypto food delivery"
• turked their product for their first few customers
• were like "phew we should really automate this"
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
this revelation also makes me wonder aloud about the technical competence of these guys if they
• pivoted that easily from "crypto food delivery"
• turked their product for their first few customers
• were like "phew we should really automate this"
• pivoted that easily from "crypto food delivery"
• turked their product for their first few customers
• were like "phew we should really automate this"
this is actually kind of an awesome specimen of startup brain:
after failing six times to do crypto food delivery (i cannot fathom in what unique and special way crypto is supposed to factor into food delivery???) we decided to fake up an AI note-taking bot for zoom
after failing six times to do crypto food delivery (i cannot fathom in what unique and special way crypto is supposed to factor into food delivery???) we decided to fake up an AI note-taking bot for zoom
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
this is actually kind of an awesome specimen of startup brain:
after failing six times to do crypto food delivery (i cannot fathom in what unique and special way crypto is supposed to factor into food delivery???) we decided to fake up an AI note-taking bot for zoom
after failing six times to do crypto food delivery (i cannot fathom in what unique and special way crypto is supposed to factor into food delivery???) we decided to fake up an AI note-taking bot for zoom
(one thing worth remarking is in the last 250 years these categories appear to have gotten mixed together so that eg a lot of what gets booked as "profit" is actually rent, and anybody with a 401k technically has a toe in the investor class)
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
(one thing worth remarking is in the last 250 years these categories appear to have gotten mixed together so that eg a lot of what gets booked as "profit" is actually rent, and anybody with a 401k technically has a toe in the investor class)
i really liked adam smith's typology of wages, profit, and rent:
• rent is unearned income you get because of your situation
• profit is the proceeds of capital put at risk (ie "earned")
• wages are what you get when you don't have access to the other two and all you have to sell is your labour
• rent is unearned income you get because of your situation
• profit is the proceeds of capital put at risk (ie "earned")
• wages are what you get when you don't have access to the other two and all you have to sell is your labour
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
i really liked adam smith's typology of wages, profit, and rent:
• rent is unearned income you get because of your situation
• profit is the proceeds of capital put at risk (ie "earned")
• wages are what you get when you don't have access to the other two and all you have to sell is your labour
• rent is unearned income you get because of your situation
• profit is the proceeds of capital put at risk (ie "earned")
• wages are what you get when you don't have access to the other two and all you have to sell is your labour
like "earning" is morally superior to "winning" because you necessarily gave something up for whatever you got, or something
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
like "earning" is morally superior to "winning" because you necessarily gave something up for whatever you got, or something