Connor Mason
@connor.social
Payments @ McDonald’s in Chicago. Likes coffee. Hates fascism. Talks with hands. Opinions are my own, especially the bad ones. He, him. connor.site
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Connor Mason
@connor.social
· Nov 12
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Hi, I’m Connor. I’m a product and engineering leader in Chicago. I work on the McDonald’s app, kiosk, and commerce platforms.
Posts about tech, design, smart home, productivity, and goofy stuff.
Bluesky gives the most vintage Twitter vibes of the new microblogs, so I might stick around here.
Hi, I’m Connor. I’m a product and engineering leader in Chicago. I work on the McDonald’s app, kiosk, and commerce platforms.
Posts about tech, design, smart home, productivity, and goofy stuff.
Bluesky gives the most vintage Twitter vibes of the new microblogs, so I might stick around here.
So will Netflix own DC Comics now? Like the department that publishes comic books?
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
So will Netflix own DC Comics now? Like the department that publishes comic books?
Netflix will own Batman and Harry Potter now www.theverge.com/news/838781/...
Netflix is buying Warner Bros. for $83 billion
But what will they rename HBO Max this time?
www.theverge.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Netflix will own Batman and Harry Potter now www.theverge.com/news/838781/...
Mobile was the disruptive tech changing society for most of my career. I’ve loved building products for the supercomputer in your pocket.
Now the industry’s passion and energy are spent transmuting human creativity and labor into an AI slop nightmare. And it’s a dead end.
What’s next after this?
Now the industry’s passion and energy are spent transmuting human creativity and labor into an AI slop nightmare. And it’s a dead end.
What’s next after this?
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Mobile was the disruptive tech changing society for most of my career. I’ve loved building products for the supercomputer in your pocket.
Now the industry’s passion and energy are spent transmuting human creativity and labor into an AI slop nightmare. And it’s a dead end.
What’s next after this?
Now the industry’s passion and energy are spent transmuting human creativity and labor into an AI slop nightmare. And it’s a dead end.
What’s next after this?
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
My feeds across social media are polluted with AI slop. Virtually unusable. Makes me want to quit altogether.
We’re seeing the end of the web as we know it, and maybe the death of the web in general. But I’d rather abandon new media than accept a post-truth world.
We’re seeing the end of the web as we know it, and maybe the death of the web in general. But I’d rather abandon new media than accept a post-truth world.
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My feeds across social media are polluted with AI slop. Virtually unusable. Makes me want to quit altogether.
We’re seeing the end of the web as we know it, and maybe the death of the web in general. But I’d rather abandon new media than accept a post-truth world.
We’re seeing the end of the web as we know it, and maybe the death of the web in general. But I’d rather abandon new media than accept a post-truth world.
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feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak
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i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
September 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
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Wild, I left X because of antisemitism too. Mind you, that was a couple of years ago, I guess it just takes some people longer
July 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Wild, I left X because of antisemitism too. Mind you, that was a couple of years ago, I guess it just takes some people longer
makes sense, because if there’s one thing we know about Apple Intelligence executives, they know how to ship AI
Apple's internal leadership restructuring around AI and ML continues after Meta's industry-wide poaching program snipes a top executive from the Apple Intelligence team.
Meta poaches Apple Intelligence executive amid larger leadership restructure
Apple's internal leadership restructuring around AI and ML continues after Meta's industry-wide poaching program snipes a top executive from the Apple Intelligence team.
appleinsider.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
makes sense, because if there’s one thing we know about Apple Intelligence executives, they know how to ship AI
now do iphones apple.news/AjjnJQS9RPN2...
Gurman: Apple Is Going to Re-Version OSes by Year, Starting With iOS 26, MacOS 26, tvOS 26, Etc. — Daring Fireball
Now that they’re on a consistent annual schedule, this supposed new version-numbering scheme makes a lot of sense. It’ll certainly be helpful to anyone trying to figure out what’s up-to-date or not, a...
apple.news
May 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
now do iphones apple.news/AjjnJQS9RPN2...
brb adding “jordan peterson” to my muted list
May 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
brb adding “jordan peterson” to my muted list
I always want the iPhone with top-of-the-line specs and cameras, but I really don’t like the look of stainless steel or titanium, not to mention how heavy the iPhone Pro Max is every year.
Why can’t they make the iPhone Pros in aluminum (and with fun colors) too?
Why can’t they make the iPhone Pros in aluminum (and with fun colors) too?
May 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I always want the iPhone with top-of-the-line specs and cameras, but I really don’t like the look of stainless steel or titanium, not to mention how heavy the iPhone Pro Max is every year.
Why can’t they make the iPhone Pros in aluminum (and with fun colors) too?
Why can’t they make the iPhone Pros in aluminum (and with fun colors) too?
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I think about this comic at least once a week
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I think about this comic at least once a week
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🚨 Tesla posts a $400M profit, down 71% year-over-year. Revenue is down nearly $2B compared to the same time last year. Wow.
April 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🚨 Tesla posts a $400M profit, down 71% year-over-year. Revenue is down nearly $2B compared to the same time last year. Wow.
Love Bluesky’s approach to verification here. Distributing power to trusted verifiers is very on-brand.
April 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Love Bluesky’s approach to verification here. Distributing power to trusted verifiers is very on-brand.
Based on the US population of 3.9M in 1790, the 65 representatives in the 1st US Congress each represented around 60,000 constituents, on average.
Today, with the estimated population over 340M, achieving a similar 1:60k ratio would require nearly 5,700 representatives.
Today, with the estimated population over 340M, achieving a similar 1:60k ratio would require nearly 5,700 representatives.
April 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Based on the US population of 3.9M in 1790, the 65 representatives in the 1st US Congress each represented around 60,000 constituents, on average.
Today, with the estimated population over 340M, achieving a similar 1:60k ratio would require nearly 5,700 representatives.
Today, with the estimated population over 340M, achieving a similar 1:60k ratio would require nearly 5,700 representatives.
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Tim Cook still the most effective Trump manager of them all
Trump excludes smartphones, computers, chips from tariffs
Trump excludes smartphones, computers, chips from tariffs
iPhones and computers get a break.
buff.ly
April 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Tim Cook still the most effective Trump manager of them all
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Just to be clear, this post earlier is now a crime
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April 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just to be clear, this post earlier is now a crime
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Republicans in Congress can end this any time
April 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Republicans in Congress can end this any time
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Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
