Robert Blakey
@robertblakey.com
Software tinkerer, coding @ betterment.com
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Robert Blakey
@robertblakey.com
· Nov 13
Dear Algorithm,
Please connect me to likeminded software engineers, tech industry professionals, runners, foodies, and outdoor enthusiasts; preferably NYC based and born before 1999.
Please and thanks 🙏🏽
Please connect me to likeminded software engineers, tech industry professionals, runners, foodies, and outdoor enthusiasts; preferably NYC based and born before 1999.
Please and thanks 🙏🏽
The movie “Conclave” is about to go nuts on streaming right? The timing is so perfect it’s spooky.
April 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The movie “Conclave” is about to go nuts on streaming right? The timing is so perfect it’s spooky.
I’ve used Cursor as my editor for two weeks and wow! I’m not exaggerating when I say that this has changed my productivity so powerfully I don’t think I can ever look back.
Vibe programming, Chat oriented programming, whatever you call it is obviously how all coding will be done in the future.
Vibe programming, Chat oriented programming, whatever you call it is obviously how all coding will be done in the future.
April 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’ve used Cursor as my editor for two weeks and wow! I’m not exaggerating when I say that this has changed my productivity so powerfully I don’t think I can ever look back.
Vibe programming, Chat oriented programming, whatever you call it is obviously how all coding will be done in the future.
Vibe programming, Chat oriented programming, whatever you call it is obviously how all coding will be done in the future.
An attempt to increase the birth rate that doesn’t seek to address factors like the cost of living, housing and education is bound to fail in the long term.
Those are powerful and long enduring disincentives.
Those are powerful and long enduring disincentives.
Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning
The White House is soliciting policy proposals designed to give women incentives to have more children, a priority for many social conservatives.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
An attempt to increase the birth rate that doesn’t seek to address factors like the cost of living, housing and education is bound to fail in the long term.
Those are powerful and long enduring disincentives.
Those are powerful and long enduring disincentives.
These problems are closely correlated though. Male isolation and disconnection is upstream of males coping with by developing the grandiose victim mentality of the incel.
One thing I find annoying about when people talk about “the male loneliness epidemic” is that half the time, they’re actually talking about the “entitled incel epidemic” which is an entirely different problem.
April 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
These problems are closely correlated though. Male isolation and disconnection is upstream of males coping with by developing the grandiose victim mentality of the incel.
My new keyboard sounds sooo nice, I don’t even want to listen to music while I work. I think actually think it makes me get more done. Never knew it could be like this.
March 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My new keyboard sounds sooo nice, I don’t even want to listen to music while I work. I think actually think it makes me get more done. Never knew it could be like this.
Hey @theverge.com it’s a pretty bad look paywalling this don’t ya think?
February 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Hey @theverge.com it’s a pretty bad look paywalling this don’t ya think?
Spotify needs to have a block feature for artists. I need no Kanye in my mixes ever.
February 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Spotify needs to have a block feature for artists. I need no Kanye in my mixes ever.
With the new money from congestion pricing it'd be great to see some greater investment in BIKE infrastructure like this amazing proposal the RPA put out in 2020
The Five Borough Bikeway
We need an evolution in how we manage and use city streets. We need to develop a network of priority, high-capacity, protected bike lanes that serve as the heart of a comprehensive and cohesive bicycl...
rpa.org
January 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
With the new money from congestion pricing it'd be great to see some greater investment in BIKE infrastructure like this amazing proposal the RPA put out in 2020
It’s messed up that I don’t want to own a SUV or pickup as my primary vehicle, but when I’m surrounded by them on the road in a full sized sedan I feel unsafe and compelled to get a truck just to match their size in the case I actually get into an accident with one.
January 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It’s messed up that I don’t want to own a SUV or pickup as my primary vehicle, but when I’m surrounded by them on the road in a full sized sedan I feel unsafe and compelled to get a truck just to match their size in the case I actually get into an accident with one.
Just learned that the Bourbon Street attack was done with a pickup truck, which makes twisted sense when you think about how unnecessarily bigger heavier and deadlier those vehicles have gotten in the past 30 years.
It’s absurd.
It’s absurd.
These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
January 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Just learned that the Bourbon Street attack was done with a pickup truck, which makes twisted sense when you think about how unnecessarily bigger heavier and deadlier those vehicles have gotten in the past 30 years.
It’s absurd.
It’s absurd.
After going down a rabbit hole of what to do with my Raspberry Pi’s and I’ve decided I want to build a Home Lab.
How’d I get here? Well I want to run a bunch of self-hosted apps and learn in a small-scale way the same concepts and skills used to run production apps in real data-centers.
How’d I get here? Well I want to run a bunch of self-hosted apps and learn in a small-scale way the same concepts and skills used to run production apps in real data-centers.
December 23, 2024 at 6:18 PM
After going down a rabbit hole of what to do with my Raspberry Pi’s and I’ve decided I want to build a Home Lab.
How’d I get here? Well I want to run a bunch of self-hosted apps and learn in a small-scale way the same concepts and skills used to run production apps in real data-centers.
How’d I get here? Well I want to run a bunch of self-hosted apps and learn in a small-scale way the same concepts and skills used to run production apps in real data-centers.
I’m giving away this Raspberry Pi 3 w/ 4GB RAM, and the case it’s in.
Anyone interested?
Anyone interested?
December 23, 2024 at 2:09 PM
I’m giving away this Raspberry Pi 3 w/ 4GB RAM, and the case it’s in.
Anyone interested?
Anyone interested?
“Get another one” was the answer. 🤦🏽♂️
I really want the NVMe storage option on the latest one for server performance.
I really want the NVMe storage option on the latest one for server performance.
What should I do with my embarrassingly large hoard of raspberry pi’s now?
December 18, 2024 at 8:16 PM
“Get another one” was the answer. 🤦🏽♂️
I really want the NVMe storage option on the latest one for server performance.
I really want the NVMe storage option on the latest one for server performance.
@chrismcleod.dev 👋🏽 hi, I just read your article on building a raspberry pi dev server. I’m interested in doing the same, how’s it been working out for you?
Creating a Remote Dev Machine with Raspberry Pi and VS Code
Chris McLeod is a software developer with over 20 years of experience. Sometimes he writes about it.
chrismcleod.dev
December 18, 2024 at 1:31 PM
@chrismcleod.dev 👋🏽 hi, I just read your article on building a raspberry pi dev server. I’m interested in doing the same, how’s it been working out for you?
What should I do with my embarrassingly large hoard of raspberry pi’s now?
December 18, 2024 at 11:27 AM
What should I do with my embarrassingly large hoard of raspberry pi’s now?
I spent the weekend figuring out how to move a bunch of self-hosted apps on Raspberry Pi’s to running in containers on my home server. Worked out great!
Wish I would have done this sooner, learning a lot about containers along the way.
Wish I would have done this sooner, learning a lot about containers along the way.
December 18, 2024 at 11:26 AM
I spent the weekend figuring out how to move a bunch of self-hosted apps on Raspberry Pi’s to running in containers on my home server. Worked out great!
Wish I would have done this sooner, learning a lot about containers along the way.
Wish I would have done this sooner, learning a lot about containers along the way.
This tired and busted take again… 🙄
If this place stays left leaning, so be it. People don’t want to hang out in the same spaces as their trolls and haters. They can have their freedom of speech, and we can have our freedom of association to leave spaces that are hostile to us.
If this place stays left leaning, so be it. People don’t want to hang out in the same spaces as their trolls and haters. They can have their freedom of speech, and we can have our freedom of association to leave spaces that are hostile to us.
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:31 PM
This tired and busted take again… 🙄
If this place stays left leaning, so be it. People don’t want to hang out in the same spaces as their trolls and haters. They can have their freedom of speech, and we can have our freedom of association to leave spaces that are hostile to us.
If this place stays left leaning, so be it. People don’t want to hang out in the same spaces as their trolls and haters. They can have their freedom of speech, and we can have our freedom of association to leave spaces that are hostile to us.
Kendrick dropped and now ain't sh*t getting done today
November 22, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Kendrick dropped and now ain't sh*t getting done today
Of course, the trolls, bigots, and spammers will come if this Bluesky is successful.
That's why l'm happy moderation lists are a thing here.
I'd like to see an algorithmic, continuously updated master block list that crawls the platform for hateful, bad-faith users that we can all subscribe to.
That's why l'm happy moderation lists are a thing here.
I'd like to see an algorithmic, continuously updated master block list that crawls the platform for hateful, bad-faith users that we can all subscribe to.
November 22, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Of course, the trolls, bigots, and spammers will come if this Bluesky is successful.
That's why l'm happy moderation lists are a thing here.
I'd like to see an algorithmic, continuously updated master block list that crawls the platform for hateful, bad-faith users that we can all subscribe to.
That's why l'm happy moderation lists are a thing here.
I'd like to see an algorithmic, continuously updated master block list that crawls the platform for hateful, bad-faith users that we can all subscribe to.
It’s the paradox of tolerance Mark, Twitter became a cesspool because it tolerated the trolls and bigots until they dominated the platform. That’s the worst that could happen. Why risk that? To say we’re tolerant?
Whatever can be done to minimize and marginalize bad-faith users, great. Let’s do it.
Whatever can be done to minimize and marginalize bad-faith users, great. Let’s do it.
November 22, 2024 at 12:12 AM
It’s the paradox of tolerance Mark, Twitter became a cesspool because it tolerated the trolls and bigots until they dominated the platform. That’s the worst that could happen. Why risk that? To say we’re tolerant?
Whatever can be done to minimize and marginalize bad-faith users, great. Let’s do it.
Whatever can be done to minimize and marginalize bad-faith users, great. Let’s do it.
So I used ChatGPT to help me solve a code problem, it was a novel problem to me and it helped me get 50% there really fast, but it was just wrong enough in it's suggestions to have me banging my head against a wall for hours and I'm not sure this was any faster than figuring it out on my own
November 20, 2024 at 5:18 PM
So I used ChatGPT to help me solve a code problem, it was a novel problem to me and it helped me get 50% there really fast, but it was just wrong enough in it's suggestions to have me banging my head against a wall for hours and I'm not sure this was any faster than figuring it out on my own
Posting transactions publicly on Venmo is deranged, borderline psychopathic behavior. It just is.
November 20, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Posting transactions publicly on Venmo is deranged, borderline psychopathic behavior. It just is.
Reposted by Robert Blakey
Please just block folks. They heard we were having fun over here and they know their existence depends on our attention. Please just block. Don't argue, don't repost, just block and ignore.
November 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Please just block folks. They heard we were having fun over here and they know their existence depends on our attention. Please just block. Don't argue, don't repost, just block and ignore.
Hold up, let me cancel my Strava subscription real quick… done.
Strava closes the gates to sharing fitness data with other apps
Strava closes the gates to sharing fitness data with other apps
Strava is altering the deal.
buff.ly
November 20, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Hold up, let me cancel my Strava subscription real quick… done.
Just impulsively bought another domain name that I likely will never use.
November 18, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Just impulsively bought another domain name that I likely will never use.