Dan Egan
@dpegan.com
Behavioral science & design. Mobile app engineer. Dog whisperer. Cyclopath. Speaker for the 🦕. My opinions only.
For this, i think we need a mobile game, very similar to Mini Metro. Very simple, but makes it very clear how workers don't scale and structural bottlenecks are your key concern.
October 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
For this, i think we need a mobile game, very similar to Mini Metro. Very simple, but makes it very clear how workers don't scale and structural bottlenecks are your key concern.
Hey, I was there at 15:38 (the last off peak train) on the same day. Close, but no two-Dans.
October 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Hey, I was there at 15:38 (the last off peak train) on the same day. Close, but no two-Dans.
What use are 2x6s? I imagine they're borderline scrap wood....
October 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What use are 2x6s? I imagine they're borderline scrap wood....
The k+3 implication is "why offer any course you can llm your way through" AND their degrees aren't worth anything?
Man that's a darker future.
Learn to plumb i guess...
Man that's a darker future.
Learn to plumb i guess...
May 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The k+3 implication is "why offer any course you can llm your way through" AND their degrees aren't worth anything?
Man that's a darker future.
Learn to plumb i guess...
Man that's a darker future.
Learn to plumb i guess...
👍 that was my impression too, thanks!
April 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
👍 that was my impression too, thanks!
I'm gonna have this problem soon...
Now that you've done the jigs, would you recommend a panel lift?
Now that you've done the jigs, would you recommend a panel lift?
April 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'm gonna have this problem soon...
Now that you've done the jigs, would you recommend a panel lift?
Now that you've done the jigs, would you recommend a panel lift?
Not just a Cheeto, a 🔥 spicy Cheeto.
March 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Not just a Cheeto, a 🔥 spicy Cheeto.
- We thought AI would be the super logical Data from StarTrek, we got a very expensive vibes-based parrot.
- Because we over-anthropomorphize, we'll see AGI in randomness, just like faces in toast.
- Because we over-anthropomorphize, we'll see AGI in randomness, just like faces in toast.
March 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
- We thought AI would be the super logical Data from StarTrek, we got a very expensive vibes-based parrot.
- Because we over-anthropomorphize, we'll see AGI in randomness, just like faces in toast.
- Because we over-anthropomorphize, we'll see AGI in randomness, just like faces in toast.
A "feature" i always wanted at the old place was topic filters: i have nothing against {your sport team, your political takes}, but they are noise I'd like to filter out.
I wonder if this would be possible here/ on-proto: have an AI classifier filter my feeds to just the interesting stuff.
I wonder if this would be possible here/ on-proto: have an AI classifier filter my feeds to just the interesting stuff.
December 13, 2024 at 10:33 PM
It's always time to build.
December 9, 2024 at 7:55 PM
It's always time to build.
Also, perhaps nothing specific to do with the video aside from them trying to communicate to "the algorithm" that "i don't like this". Good reason for dislikes to be private.
December 1, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Also, perhaps nothing specific to do with the video aside from them trying to communicate to "the algorithm" that "i don't like this". Good reason for dislikes to be private.
Yeah, I was thinking
- design a template job that covers requirements
- have each do the template job using different tools
- track time & difficulty
- present to each other on experience
- vote
- cage match fight if democracy fails
- design a template job that covers requirements
- have each do the template job using different tools
- track time & difficulty
- present to each other on experience
- vote
- cage match fight if democracy fails
December 1, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Yeah, I was thinking
- design a template job that covers requirements
- have each do the template job using different tools
- track time & difficulty
- present to each other on experience
- vote
- cage match fight if democracy fails
- design a template job that covers requirements
- have each do the template job using different tools
- track time & difficulty
- present to each other on experience
- vote
- cage match fight if democracy fails
Can you test drive the tools before you buy?
December 1, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Can you test drive the tools before you buy?
Do they "win the pot" if others choose the same thing? Or do they "pay" if their top choice wins?
December 1, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Do they "win the pot" if others choose the same thing? Or do they "pay" if their top choice wins?
Similar idea, but with their time: "which of these would you contribute hours to, in order to make them happen"
I think I might be unclear on context, but this worked well for most hackathons I've been in.
I think I might be unclear on context, but this worked well for most hackathons I've been in.
December 1, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Similar idea, but with their time: "which of these would you contribute hours to, in order to make them happen"
I think I might be unclear on context, but this worked well for most hackathons I've been in.
I think I might be unclear on context, but this worked well for most hackathons I've been in.
If it's framed as "voting" you'll get some coordination - both organized (QpQ) and implicit (niche preferences under-reported).
I'm not sure what the money is doing, but....
I'm not sure what the money is doing, but....
December 1, 2024 at 1:05 PM
If it's framed as "voting" you'll get some coordination - both organized (QpQ) and implicit (niche preferences under-reported).
I'm not sure what the money is doing, but....
I'm not sure what the money is doing, but....