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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 12h

Been having a ton of fun w/ ✨ SPDY STREAMS ✨. Episode 013 w/ Erik Witt of Speed Kit was so good. The idea of RUM and ML (RUMML?) to take us beyond the idea of 0 latency, and discuss predictive prefetching. This was a very academic episode. Can't wait to share it!

Two persons during an online stream. One is wearing a yellow cap glasses with a burgundy jacket speaking into a mic. The other is wearing a black T-shirt. Both are smiling.

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 13h

Had my stream today and the powdered aluminum with the ammonium perchlorate was 🚀!

Speed test result of the bandwidth: download speeds of 1.8 Mb per second. Upload speeds of 1.7 Mb per second.

Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 17h

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 19h

Haha. Enjoy the RedBull!

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 19h

I’ll never believe a word they say because they went through this very publicly with Scarlett Johansson.

www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1...

Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice. Photo of Scarlett Johansson at an award show wearing a bluish green dress.

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 19h

They absolutely knew what they were doing. They went through this with Scarlett Johansson. There’s no way this didn’t cross their mind, but hoped people would be overwhelmed and not bother, à la Napster. I hope Zelda Williams keeps embarrassing and denouncing them about it.

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

I wasn't deep into either, but now I'll need to poke around. Thx!

Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

Is there a @react.dev -vs- @solidjs.com Signals 🥩 I wasn't aware of?? This has come up more than a few times, and was mentioned again in the panel as a closing line. Very interesting to have come out at your annual conf to *raise this issue*.

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

Whatever you do, do NOT tell @kevinpowell.co or @miriam.codes about this slide during the @react.dev conf! Shhhh

a speaker on a stage presenting, and their slide reads. "but who writes vanilla CSS these days?" with vanilla css written in tiffany blue, and the rest in white.

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

I really like hallway track streams at conferences. @react.dev

Two persons speaking to each other during a live interview during a conference. One is wearing a blue button up shirt and has a beard and low hair, the other is wearing a pink T-shirt with a short buzz cut. Both are holding microphones, and in the background are conference attendees walking around.

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

REAICT

Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

Meh. I can't be convinced it had to go down like that. This isn't the Super Bowl where sponsors paid $2M for 30s ad slots. It also looked bad, like a polite version of Apollo Theatre moment. IYKYK! 🙃. Those were HARSH.

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who's had to manage ppl on stage, there are various fires during live events. Someone going over time right before a 90 min lunch? File that as very small 🍟.

Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

AYO. I just watched @react.dev Conf pull someone off stage. I mean, I know the talk was a little over time, but the next slot was... *checks schedule... * LUNCH. My man just needed a few more minutes. I know you have to manage time, but that was a little harsh. 😬

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

totally. He knew he was running over and had skipped a few parts already. He was in his 2min drill and gets pulled by the coach. And it didn't look good. C'mon man. Also hoping they apologized.

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

AYO. I just watched @react.dev Conf pull someone off stage. I mean, I know the talk was a little over time, but the next slot was... *checks schedule... * LUNCH. My man just needed a few more minutes. I know you have to manage time, but that was a little harsh. 😬

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

Out for fresh air, stopped at fave ☕️ shop to do some work. This is sequential, but not mad at the wifi.
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Idle Latency: 20.688 ms | 3000 RPM

Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 1d

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 2d

Gifted link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/s...

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 2d

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 3d

Horror films that involve the church, a remote convent in Italy, a pregnant virgin and her teeth falling out... 😬

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 3d

I've seen a few examples. and let me tell you - sad times ahead with Sora 2. Gifted link so you can read it all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/t...

“It makes it really easy to create a believable deepfake in a way that we haven’t quite seen yet,” said Rachel Tobac, the chief executive of SocialProof Security, a cybersecurity start-up.

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 3d

This is sad. It's behind a wall, but I simply used reader mode.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

YouTube Bends the Knee

Welcome to the era of Big-Tech capitulation.

www.theatlantic.com

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 3d

⏳ You have just under 24hrs to register for this. Happening Thursday Oct 9th at the @mozilla.org Toronto offices. Really excited for this in person experience as we launch what is bound to be an amazing series of events.
Join us for ✨ H2 MEETUP ✨

Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 7d

📢 I'm beyond excited to announce:✨ H2 MEETUP ✨
This is the evolution of the modern web event, and this is just the start. And what a start this will be.
This will also be the Toronto REMIX RUN Jam pre-event. Limited RSVP. Act fast
🔗 bit.ly/h2-meetup-001

A Meetup Called H2 Relaunch + Toronto Remix Jam pre-event, Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

🎙️ Mic check, mic check. **We are so back,** This is a lightning announcement. We are relaunching **A Meetup Called H2** as a **Toronto Remix Jam** pre event. We'll anno

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Object.Method() Man @iansvoboda.com · 7d

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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 3d

There's no sign of fall anywhere. Another very warm, even hot day in Toronto.

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