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Evgeny Kuzmin

@eakuzmin.bsky.social

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · 4d

I would say it's this, but at least Apple Pencil shipped

A picture of the first generation Apple Pencil charging through an iPad Pro

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · 22d

Online discourse in a nutshell... Almost as if you can't simultaneously enjoy something and discuss how it can be improved

Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · 29d

A lot of people are mentioning Pushing Daisies, which is a correct answer, so I will put a spanner in the works by saying "Mr. Corman". It was sligthly weird and delightful just in the right way and deserved at least a second season, but alas.

Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Sep 11

www.theverge.com/internet-cul...

Anonymity is dead and we’re all content now

Your 15 minutes of fame may be more unpleasant than you ever imagined.

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Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Aug 13

Friday evening / Saturday morning

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Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Jul 16

Cheers from Dublin and congrats on the feature!

Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Jul 4

And then do the same post as a talk at some media conference, causally name dropping the names of all the CEOs this executive met (not that I have ever seen it)

nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · Jul 3

I think the only media career that is 100 percent totally safe at all times is "British ad executive who writes LinkedIn posts titled 'Advertising is broken' once a year"

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · Jul 3

I think the only media career that is 100 percent totally safe at all times is "British ad executive who writes LinkedIn posts titled 'Advertising is broken' once a year"

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Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Jun 16

I *started* using the em dashes after learning about how AI uses them – partially because I finally learned what the difference is, partially to one day mess with a few people who are looking into this

Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Jun 11

Shoutout to Aquarius, best drink

Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Jun 9

Windows Vista was just 20 years too early

Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · May 31

When an AI can teach in elementary school it will be

ChatABC

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kottke.org @kottke.org · May 29

This is an interesting psychology experiment. “There’s always somebody who doesn’t want someone to have what they have because they don’t think they deserve it.” [kottke.org]

I Want No One Else to Succeed

In this video, a writer named Hannah shares an experiment her Intro to Psychology professor ran on her class. Here’s a transcript: It’s 11 years ago, I’m in a massive university Intro to Psychology class. Everybody in

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Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · May 25

Jason Snell @snell.zone hits a nail on the head with this one sixcolors.com/post/2025/05...

I am not fully certain that io will make a product that will be as ubiquitous as the smartphone - and as fully global, accessible and scalable. We’ll have to wait and see, but I don’t get my hopes up yet.

Sam and Jony and skepticism – Six Colors

Six Colors by Jason Snell, Dan Moren and friends

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Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · May 22

the numbers tho, they need to go up

Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · May 22

I mean...I'm no degrowther, but could we just tone things down a little bit?

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · May 22

I mean...I'm no degrowther, but could we just tone things down a little bit?

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Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · May 21

That whole enterprise will go down in history one way or another and I think it's 50/50

Can't say I am *excited* about this, but I am certainly curious

nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · May 21

That Jony / Sam video is going down in history one way or another and I think it’s 50/50

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · May 21

That Jony / Sam video is going down in history one way or another and I think it’s 50/50

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Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Apr 30

Well, I am for one thankful that you complained, because I missed that they will come to the UK before your post, but just got the ticket now!

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Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Apr 24

Do you know if the button can be reprogrammed for some other functions?

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Allison Johnson @allisonjo1.bsky.social · Apr 8

Truly tired of living in the blurst of times

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Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Mar 28

Looks very exciting and stylish, congrats on the progress so far! Look forward to testing it out when it comes

Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Mar 20

There is a world where I might have gone to "Hodges and Figgis" to buy "Everything is Tuberculosis" and bump into probably one of the few people I would be genuinely star-struck by.
But alas, I got the book already, so it is not this world

Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Mar 20

Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Mar 20

AKA "Post and close your tabs" Friday

Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Mar 18

Never knew about the guy before he went solo, but very quickly subscribed - he’s super chill and entertaining, and I like the themes he chooses for videos. And he’s restoring an old Golf, cherry on top

Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Mar 11

3 - to hopefully make the interface more usable on big screens - i.e. move as many navigational elements to the bottom of the screen à la Safari

But I may be asking too much

Evgeny Kuzmin @eakuzmin.bsky.social · Mar 8

Daylight itself isn't e-ink though, right? Still, an interesting idea for a device