Nat Eliason
@nateliason
Author of the sci-fi thriller Husk: http://geni.us/husk & Crypto Confidential | Cohost of @between_drafts | Teaching vibe coding: http://buildyourownapps.com
Incredible news. Husk earned a Publisher's Weekly BookLife editor's pick, putting it in the top 1-3% of books they review! "A riveting debut that blends post-apocalyptic adventure with conspiracy-based sci-fi thriller... Eliason's energetic pacing, entertaining characters, and…
I don’t think this is right. There’s no way to make history or English as hard has the hardest physics class. Physics is harder, and you have to be smarter to do it.
It’s because the classes are harder! You *could* make really hard humanities classes to weed out the weakest students, but schools in practice don’t do that so it actually is the case that science majors are smarter and harder working.
What a sad way to live. Nothing inspiring about this.
Marcus Aurelius, a lifetime of wisdom in one paragraph.
Adding a new unit to Build Your Own Apps next week: How to make sure your database isn’t publicly accessible.
Microsoft should launch an agent-powered web browser. Could call it the “Internet Explorer” or something.
Worse: if you buy legal drugs you are to a non-trivial degree morally implicated in the crimes committed by pharmaceutical companies.
If you buy illegal drugs you are to a non-trivial degree morally implicated in the crimes committed by drug dealing gangs.
Reading all the writing and publishing subreddits is also a generally terrible idea if you want to be a writer.
The best way to be unemployed & miserable as a software engineer is to read r/cscareerquestions on Reddit. Never seen so much loser mentality in one place.
Bad design imo when an AI-powered app (besides e.g. ChatGPT) lets you swap between models. The app creator should know the best model to use in different situations and hide it from the user.
Slow going but a nice little upward trendline emerging for Husk on Kindle Unlimited. Especially satisfying since I haven't done any promo the last ~month while home with baby.
Incredible
TLDR the Tea app stores everyone's photo and ID enuncrypted in a public firebase storage bucket. Hahahahahah. Was this vibe coded?
The first trisolarian droplets have arrived
Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution. We appreciate your patience, we'll share an update once this issue is resolved.
Can I invest in a pocket EMP company?
introducing Waves, camera glasses for creators. record in stealth. livestream all day. pre-order now.
Property taxes in Austin are high but I'm so happy to pay them. Everywhere I go the city is building. New sidewalks, schools, parks, bike trails. I can't walk a block without seeing my tax dollars at work. Feels good.
Property taxes help fund: -Public schools -Fire departments -Emergency services -Road repairs -Libraries -Parks & rec Those who promote abolishing property taxes are really just thinking about themselves, not their community. Do you Agree?
You always hear "having kids is so expensive" but it's not true. All you really need for a baby is: - Diapers - A few outfits - Car seat - Waymo budget The rest is just consumerism.
Can we just edit the mosquitos to… be dead? Nature would be 100% fine without mosquitos.
they fucking did it they genetically edited mosquitoes so they can’t transmit malaria. and made the mutation self-replicating. edited mosquitoes and every descendant can’t infect humans.
Pretty disappointed no journalists took the bait and reached out ngl
Waymo is a godsend for working parents. Need to hand off the baby between meetings? Put them in a Waymo and send them to your partner across town. Impossible before now. Really grateful we have this technology 🙏
If I were going to some crazy moonshot business in my 40s it would be regaining and bending the Henry Adam’s curve.
“We should use less energy” is one of the most morally repugnant beliefs when you dig into it. On par with communism.