eric shamow
@botmatrix.myatproto.social
Engineering leadership, usually. People over technology, always
I used to be @eshamow on the Twitters
married to someone smarter than me
they/them
I used to be @eshamow on the Twitters
married to someone smarter than me
they/them
Elsewhere in his posts:
December 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Elsewhere in his posts:
One for the blocklist
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
One for the blocklist
Reading this in Jordan Peterson "woke moralists" voice
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reading this in Jordan Peterson "woke moralists" voice
ahhhhhh ok he's just a forever noob
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
ahhhhhh ok he's just a forever noob
OK I made an enormous mistake and visited his website and read his CV which is a hot mess for all SORTS of reasons but I'll just leave this here
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
OK I made an enormous mistake and visited his website and read his CV which is a hot mess for all SORTS of reasons but I'll just leave this here
Also TIL:
(it's Leave the World Behind)
(it's Leave the World Behind)
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Also TIL:
(it's Leave the World Behind)
(it's Leave the World Behind)
No. We extend benefit of the doubt to people about whom we do not have prior data or information
When someone has shown us a pattern of behavior we believe that until they demonstrate real and consistent change
When someone has shown us a pattern of behavior we believe that until they demonstrate real and consistent change
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
No. We extend benefit of the doubt to people about whom we do not have prior data or information
When someone has shown us a pattern of behavior we believe that until they demonstrate real and consistent change
When someone has shown us a pattern of behavior we believe that until they demonstrate real and consistent change
I am having a lot of emotions about this and none of them are good at all
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I am having a lot of emotions about this and none of them are good at all
This person is a high school social studies teacher
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This person is a high school social studies teacher
Definitely not gonna suggest you watch it (it's been irritating me/on my mind since I saw it)
but it was shot in VistaVision and it gave me hope, visually, that things could still look like movies in better hands
but it was shot in VistaVision and it gave me hope, visually, that things could still look like movies in better hands
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Definitely not gonna suggest you watch it (it's been irritating me/on my mind since I saw it)
but it was shot in VistaVision and it gave me hope, visually, that things could still look like movies in better hands
but it was shot in VistaVision and it gave me hope, visually, that things could still look like movies in better hands
This is an effective altruist argument
Who cares about the ability of artists to make a living when you can propose a theoretical future in which all information is free!
It's important that they not be able to earn a living - in our current, shitty, capitalist system - because YOU want to benefit
Who cares about the ability of artists to make a living when you can propose a theoretical future in which all information is free!
It's important that they not be able to earn a living - in our current, shitty, capitalist system - because YOU want to benefit
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is an effective altruist argument
Who cares about the ability of artists to make a living when you can propose a theoretical future in which all information is free!
It's important that they not be able to earn a living - in our current, shitty, capitalist system - because YOU want to benefit
Who cares about the ability of artists to make a living when you can propose a theoretical future in which all information is free!
It's important that they not be able to earn a living - in our current, shitty, capitalist system - because YOU want to benefit
I think it'll show that way be/c she blocked Ti immediately, this was the original post Ti was responding to:
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I think it'll show that way be/c she blocked Ti immediately, this was the original post Ti was responding to:
As an engineering leader this is an incredible condemnation of BlueSky's internal product/eng culture
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
As an engineering leader this is an incredible condemnation of BlueSky's internal product/eng culture
Seems like a great guy
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Seems like a great guy
I wasn't even aware of that crash out, I was observing another crash outs
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I wasn't even aware of that crash out, I was observing another crash outs
Asked an "actually, it's ephebophelia" guy what he thinks age of consent should be and:
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Asked an "actually, it's ephebophelia" guy what he thinks age of consent should be and: