Drew Thaler
@drewthaler.bsky.social
He/him. Tech lead @ RL. Previously: Mesh Communities, Trellis Research, Naughty Dog, PS4 PlayGo, PS3 FIOS, macOS DiscRecording. 26 years making big things.
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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
this is my favorite quote in the entire series
merry Hogswatch, everyone
this is my favorite quote in the entire series
merry Hogswatch, everyone
December 25, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
this is my favorite quote in the entire series
merry Hogswatch, everyone
this is my favorite quote in the entire series
merry Hogswatch, everyone
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All I’m saying is, I still know tons of people waiting on a code for this place, and my realtor just added me on Threads.
I don’t like it. But if AAA video game development has taught me anything, it’s that “regular ass people” are who actually make something huge.
I don’t like it. But if AAA video game development has taught me anything, it’s that “regular ass people” are who actually make something huge.
July 6, 2023 at 6:02 AM
All I’m saying is, I still know tons of people waiting on a code for this place, and my realtor just added me on Threads.
I don’t like it. But if AAA video game development has taught me anything, it’s that “regular ass people” are who actually make something huge.
I don’t like it. But if AAA video game development has taught me anything, it’s that “regular ass people” are who actually make something huge.
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So the thing that Threads has going for it over Bluesky is definitely instant scale.
I joined Bluesky and it took weeks to get even a tiny number of folks I know and want to follow. Meanwhile on Threads I’m getting a notification every few minutes of people I actually know following me.
I joined Bluesky and it took weeks to get even a tiny number of folks I know and want to follow. Meanwhile on Threads I’m getting a notification every few minutes of people I actually know following me.
July 6, 2023 at 1:20 AM
So the thing that Threads has going for it over Bluesky is definitely instant scale.
I joined Bluesky and it took weeks to get even a tiny number of folks I know and want to follow. Meanwhile on Threads I’m getting a notification every few minutes of people I actually know following me.
I joined Bluesky and it took weeks to get even a tiny number of folks I know and want to follow. Meanwhile on Threads I’m getting a notification every few minutes of people I actually know following me.
School funding extended for 400 years by deleting just the right words and a hyphen to turn "24-25" into "2425". Amazing. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/05/tony-evers-extends-increases-for-public-schools-in-perpetuity/70381898007/
Tony Evers uses veto powers to extend annual increases for public schools for the next four centurie...
In signing the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers used his broad partial veto powers to make permanent annual per-pupil increases for public schools.
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July 5, 2023 at 10:23 PM
School funding extended for 400 years by deleting just the right words and a hyphen to turn "24-25" into "2425". Amazing. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/05/tony-evers-extends-increases-for-public-schools-in-perpetuity/70381898007/
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the vibes on twitter are just so, so bad. I used to flip over a lot to try to keep up on content but there’s just … nothing there of use. it’s just trash content and ads. nearly all the best creators have slowed their posting to a reluctant crawl. it feels like shopping in a dying j.c. penney.
July 5, 2023 at 4:15 PM
the vibes on twitter are just so, so bad. I used to flip over a lot to try to keep up on content but there’s just … nothing there of use. it’s just trash content and ads. nearly all the best creators have slowed their posting to a reluctant crawl. it feels like shopping in a dying j.c. penney.
I would have to look into the specifics of the tax dodge involved to make this argument more clearly, but yes. If it’s no longer an asset for tax reasons then it should no longer be an asset for copyright enforcement.
when movies get deleted for tax reasons, they should legally become public domain. people should be allowed to upload it anywhere they want. that's the tradeoff you make if you wanna delete your own movie released this year for a few extra bucks, and i think it's fair
July 5, 2023 at 5:17 PM
I would have to look into the specifics of the tax dodge involved to make this argument more clearly, but yes. If it’s no longer an asset for tax reasons then it should no longer be an asset for copyright enforcement.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: fun and memorable, lots of Nazi punching, does the series justice. Most of the action is with old Indy but the de-aged flashbacks work well.
So I guess the odd numbered Indy films are officially the best.
So I guess the odd numbered Indy films are officially the best.
July 5, 2023 at 2:55 AM
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: fun and memorable, lots of Nazi punching, does the series justice. Most of the action is with old Indy but the de-aged flashbacks work well.
So I guess the odd numbered Indy films are officially the best.
So I guess the odd numbered Indy films are officially the best.
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My favorite conspiracy theory is that Michael Bay is just Wes Anderson doing a bit
July 3, 2023 at 3:28 AM
My favorite conspiracy theory is that Michael Bay is just Wes Anderson doing a bit
Every time I use an infrared thermometer it feels like I’m using a FEDRA scanner. Green: “nope, not a zombie”.
July 3, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Every time I use an infrared thermometer it feels like I’m using a FEDRA scanner. Green: “nope, not a zombie”.
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In my experience, there is an EXTREMELY high correlation between the sort of dude who is opposed to people blocking accounts, and the sort of dude who regularly gets blocked because he is, intentionally or not, some flavor of obnoxious.
July 3, 2023 at 10:55 AM
In my experience, there is an EXTREMELY high correlation between the sort of dude who is opposed to people blocking accounts, and the sort of dude who regularly gets blocked because he is, intentionally or not, some flavor of obnoxious.
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I’m Drew, tech lead working on Horizon at Meta Reality Labs.
Previously Naughty Dog (U4, TLOU:R, UTLL), Sony (PS4 PlayGo, PS3 FIOS, too many first party titles to count), Apple (cd burning & CoreOS), and a couple of my own companies including legal tech & community monetization.
Previously Naughty Dog (U4, TLOU:R, UTLL), Sony (PS4 PlayGo, PS3 FIOS, too many first party titles to count), Apple (cd burning & CoreOS), and a couple of my own companies including legal tech & community monetization.
July 2, 2023 at 2:25 AM
I’m Drew, tech lead working on Horizon at Meta Reality Labs.
Previously Naughty Dog (U4, TLOU:R, UTLL), Sony (PS4 PlayGo, PS3 FIOS, too many first party titles to count), Apple (cd burning & CoreOS), and a couple of my own companies including legal tech & community monetization.
Previously Naughty Dog (U4, TLOU:R, UTLL), Sony (PS4 PlayGo, PS3 FIOS, too many first party titles to count), Apple (cd burning & CoreOS), and a couple of my own companies including legal tech & community monetization.
What would you even call this movie?
I have a friend who’s joked that the movie about Elon Musk’s time running Twitter could never work as a piece of fiction because no one would believe such a successful businessman would have so many bad ideas about running a company.
Every decision being bad would be too unrealistic. And yet…
Every decision being bad would be too unrealistic. And yet…
July 1, 2023 at 7:51 PM
What would you even call this movie?
600 tweets per day - and on a Saturday?? Of a long weekend?? The wheels are never going back on that thing.
July 1, 2023 at 6:20 PM
600 tweets per day - and on a Saturday?? Of a long weekend?? The wheels are never going back on that thing.
A lot of this is a numbers game.
From my time doing stuff like this, we heard a lot that the magic number where you start to get swarms of toxic replies in quantities difficult to manage is something around 20k followers.
Bluesky is still too small at only O(100k) accounts.
From my time doing stuff like this, we heard a lot that the magic number where you start to get swarms of toxic replies in quantities difficult to manage is something around 20k followers.
Bluesky is still too small at only O(100k) accounts.
doing numbers on bluesky (20+ likes) feels like making all my buddies at the bar laugh while doing numbers on twitter feels like accidentally alerting The Predator to my location
June 29, 2023 at 5:52 AM
A lot of this is a numbers game.
From my time doing stuff like this, we heard a lot that the magic number where you start to get swarms of toxic replies in quantities difficult to manage is something around 20k followers.
Bluesky is still too small at only O(100k) accounts.
From my time doing stuff like this, we heard a lot that the magic number where you start to get swarms of toxic replies in quantities difficult to manage is something around 20k followers.
Bluesky is still too small at only O(100k) accounts.
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Am I the only person who thinks this is the most exciting news in the history of news? The Magnetic Fields perform all 69 Love Songs over two nights in 6 residencies, at Mass MoCa, NYC, Chicago, LA and SF.
June 23, 2023 at 1:49 AM
Am I the only person who thinks this is the most exciting news in the history of news? The Magnetic Fields perform all 69 Love Songs over two nights in 6 residencies, at Mass MoCa, NYC, Chicago, LA and SF.