mrtomservo
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Comment · 1 day ago
Location: San Diego, California
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Forward-deployable digital problem solver with more than 25 years of experience taking web applications and technical systems from ambiguous business need to production. Combines full-stack development, cloud architecture, product design, and clear communication to build useful, dependable solutions across varied organizations and industries. Led a portfolio of a dozen concurrent customer websites, from discovery and implementation through deployment and production support. Deep familiarity with JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue.js, PHP, WordPress, APIs, and AWS/Linux work with a background in design, accessibility, technical SEO, content operations, and clear communication across technical and nontechnical teams.
Comment · 1 month ago
This was a long time ago, and I could be paraphrasing, but I recall someone (who knew about such things) saying the Space Shuttle was famous for having "the grace and aerodynamic properties of a pair of pliers."
Comment · 3 months ago
I've been a Kagi user since 2022, and a paying user since January 2024, and I can say that I have not thought about another search engine in as much time. Absolutely worth the $10 per month.
Using a browser that defaults to another search engine is jarring. I see screenshots of what Google search results look like now, and it's like seeing the neighborhood you grew up in with shuttered storefronts and mouldering houses.
Comment · 4 months ago
In my experience, in natural environments that contain a vertical paper towel holder, Torqueroligiverasacculum Genera finds a nest and potential mating area underneath.
Comment · 4 months ago
I wonder if unchecked capital accumulation combined with cutting the social safety net and major public works will lead to commerce without customers: An economy built on consumption where nobody has the money to consume.
Comment · 1 year ago
You've got the crux already:
> Stories are being weaponised by populists who thrive on fear and capitalists who benefit from monetising it. The best storytellers are winning attention and winning power and keeping their power by telling even better stories.
It is increasingly costly to reach an audience (especially one of the size that would be required to have a "shared ground") not only in the sense of cash money, but also the attention cost of convincing that audience that those "better stories" (perhaps more shocking, outraging, etc.) they've been told might not be actually true.
News is becoming yet another industry that rewards the first mover -- write that first shocking headline, and all the other outlets have to work 10 or 100 times as hard to correct it later.
Comment · 1 year ago
This is a press release from a company that markets an AI relationship platform.
Comment · 1 year ago
It sounds a bit like Canabalt, maybe? https://canabalt.com
Comment · 1 year ago
While fun to look at, it becomes gibberish for assistive software like screen readers.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I've mentioned this here and elsewhere, but it's an app where you specify a word or phrase, and get a notification when someone else is nearby and has the same word or phrase set. Seems like a nice starter app. Good luck on your journey!
Comment · 1 year ago
I live in a city with a large number of unhoused people. I think I would use unlimited resources to buy and renovate old buildings[1] downtown to build housing, and fund support services on-site to help people escape homelessness and addiction.
I would want to solve this because unhoused people are suffering, and downtown (as a neighborhood) has been sort of hollowed out by business choosing to leave for practical reasons (WFH) and because of the perception of "too many" unhoused people. I love downtown, it's just not a pleasant place to spend time, especially at night.
I do not have the resources nor the political acumen for these kinds of initiatives, and I think it would take a great deal of resources to not only buy the land but demolish or renovate the buildings. It would create a lot of jobs (construction at first) but I think there's a large amount of activation energy required to get started.
[1]: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/legal-action-taken-a...