Fred Benenson
@fredbenenson.com
currently: investing in technology and films
creator: Breadwinner, Emoji Dick, 🦪
formerly: kickstarter, creative commons, y combinator
into: bread, data, surfing, literature, art
'not an artist per se' - The Guardian
creator: Breadwinner, Emoji Dick, 🦪
formerly: kickstarter, creative commons, y combinator
into: bread, data, surfing, literature, art
'not an artist per se' - The Guardian
Whoa, I asked Claude and apparently that was the correct guess:
March 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Whoa, I asked Claude and apparently that was the correct guess:
I am thinking about adoptiong kittens again (RIP Catberry & Horatio 🥲), and I am almost certainly going to adopt two rescues in NYC.
But I realized I didn't know a lot about cat breeds, so I decided to build a tool using PCA and Threes.js
fredbenenson.github.io/cat-c…
But I realized I didn't know a lot about cat breeds, so I decided to build a tool using PCA and Threes.js
fredbenenson.github.io/cat-c…
March 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I am thinking about adoptiong kittens again (RIP Catberry & Horatio 🥲), and I am almost certainly going to adopt two rescues in NYC.
But I realized I didn't know a lot about cat breeds, so I decided to build a tool using PCA and Threes.js
fredbenenson.github.io/cat-c…
But I realized I didn't know a lot about cat breeds, so I decided to build a tool using PCA and Threes.js
fredbenenson.github.io/cat-c…
This is an extremely important point about what kind of populism liberals need to be considering if we are going to win back huge swaths of the electorate.
tl;dr: economic populism isn’t going to be enough
tl;dr: economic populism isn’t going to be enough
November 29, 2024 at 3:45 PM
This is an extremely important point about what kind of populism liberals need to be considering if we are going to win back huge swaths of the electorate.
tl;dr: economic populism isn’t going to be enough
tl;dr: economic populism isn’t going to be enough
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
Apple’s emoji suggestions used to be extremely narrow and only based on an exact text match of the emoji name (e.g. “Smiling” returned only 😁)
Over the last couple years they’ve broadened it to be much fuzzier.
Now “death” returns 🌵 and 🏜️ among the others.
Maybe because of Death Valley?
Over the last couple years they’ve broadened it to be much fuzzier.
Now “death” returns 🌵 and 🏜️ among the others.
Maybe because of Death Valley?
November 16, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Apple’s emoji suggestions used to be extremely narrow and only based on an exact text match of the emoji name (e.g. “Smiling” returned only 😁)
Over the last couple years they’ve broadened it to be much fuzzier.
Now “death” returns 🌵 and 🏜️ among the others.
Maybe because of Death Valley?
Over the last couple years they’ve broadened it to be much fuzzier.
Now “death” returns 🌵 and 🏜️ among the others.
Maybe because of Death Valley?
One of the only funny things I can remember Andy Borowitz posting
November 15, 2024 at 10:03 PM
One of the only funny things I can remember Andy Borowitz posting
I had a dumb idea about American politics (i.e., that the binary nature of most divisive topics is the cause of an intractable two party system) and asked Claude to challenge me.
It's response was remarkably good.
It's response was remarkably good.
November 15, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I had a dumb idea about American politics (i.e., that the binary nature of most divisive topics is the cause of an intractable two party system) and asked Claude to challenge me.
It's response was remarkably good.
It's response was remarkably good.
meanwhile on the other place
June 2, 2023 at 7:55 PM
meanwhile on the other place
ah yes, it is the queers we must be afraid of
May 23, 2023 at 3:59 PM
ah yes, it is the queers we must be afraid of
Headed to Just Like Heaven @ The Rose Bowl today courtesy of a friend w/ an extra ticket.
It's been ages since I've done a music fest like this!
Anyone else going? Line up is geriatric millennial++
It's been ages since I've done a music fest like this!
Anyone else going? Line up is geriatric millennial++
May 13, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Headed to Just Like Heaven @ The Rose Bowl today courtesy of a friend w/ an extra ticket.
It's been ages since I've done a music fest like this!
Anyone else going? Line up is geriatric millennial++
It's been ages since I've done a music fest like this!
Anyone else going? Line up is geriatric millennial++
End of an era (at least according to my iPhone just now).
May 12, 2023 at 10:26 PM
End of an era (at least according to my iPhone just now).
do they think we wouldn't notice
May 11, 2023 at 5:02 PM
do they think we wouldn't notice
So did anyone actually buy the idea that the CNN thing was going to be a disaster for Trump?
The dude has made being an asshole on TV his career defining achievement, of course this was going to happen
The dude has made being an asshole on TV his career defining achievement, of course this was going to happen
May 11, 2023 at 3:56 AM
So did anyone actually buy the idea that the CNN thing was going to be a disaster for Trump?
The dude has made being an asshole on TV his career defining achievement, of course this was going to happen
The dude has made being an asshole on TV his career defining achievement, of course this was going to happen
so, uh, it's been a week and don't want to be that guy, but what did I do wrong, @jay.bsky.team? or did the +1-a-week-invite ration get nixed?
i promise my invite tree will only consist of people who I'm willing to pledge my first born to
i promise my invite tree will only consist of people who I'm willing to pledge my first born to
May 8, 2023 at 1:02 AM
so, uh, it's been a week and don't want to be that guy, but what did I do wrong, @jay.bsky.team? or did the +1-a-week-invite ration get nixed?
i promise my invite tree will only consist of people who I'm willing to pledge my first born to
i promise my invite tree will only consist of people who I'm willing to pledge my first born to
I see things are continuing to go well over on the other site
May 5, 2023 at 3:44 PM
I see things are continuing to go well over on the other site
Just made one of my favorite low-fuss weeknight dishes: Chicken Provençal
(someone in the comments suggested adding butter 🧈🤤)
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017327-roasted-chicken-provencal?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share
(someone in the comments suggested adding butter 🧈🤤)
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017327-roasted-chicken-provencal?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share
May 4, 2023 at 2:42 AM
Just made one of my favorite low-fuss weeknight dishes: Chicken Provençal
(someone in the comments suggested adding butter 🧈🤤)
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017327-roasted-chicken-provencal?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share
(someone in the comments suggested adding butter 🧈🤤)
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017327-roasted-chicken-provencal?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share
May 3, 2023 at 5:31 AM
So, uh, what books are people reading? I just picked up the new David Grann.
May 3, 2023 at 2:10 AM
So, uh, what books are people reading? I just picked up the new David Grann.
Amazon tried to send me a 40lb bag of cat litter via USPS which seems like a bad idea.
USPS tried delivering it but couldn’t and now all I can think about is my mail guy driving around with my cat litter and now he’s going to leave one of those pink slips and I’m gonna have to go pick it up.
USPS tried delivering it but couldn’t and now all I can think about is my mail guy driving around with my cat litter and now he’s going to leave one of those pink slips and I’m gonna have to go pick it up.
May 2, 2023 at 5:08 PM
Amazon tried to send me a 40lb bag of cat litter via USPS which seems like a bad idea.
USPS tried delivering it but couldn’t and now all I can think about is my mail guy driving around with my cat litter and now he’s going to leave one of those pink slips and I’m gonna have to go pick it up.
USPS tried delivering it but couldn’t and now all I can think about is my mail guy driving around with my cat litter and now he’s going to leave one of those pink slips and I’m gonna have to go pick it up.
my body wants to be in California but my mind needs to be in NYC
April 29, 2023 at 2:47 PM
my body wants to be in California but my mind needs to be in NYC