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Kane 謝凱堯 Profile picture
Kane 謝凱堯
@kane
Compulsive tinkerer. Seed investor https://t.co/GMzaIwCF35. Machine enjoyer @machinepix.
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Nov 14, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
San Francisco progressive supervisors don't surround yourselves with petty corruption all the time challenge (impossible)
Image Supervisor @Ahsha_Safai also banned new dispensaries when existing dispensaries in his District 11 asked him to block competition, effectively forming a cartel:

sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDet…
Sep 2, 2023 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
the format of tweets and its constraints gives us some really biting humor, both high and low brow

some favorites over the years in no particular order:

manic and absurd, love the use of “megabiome” peak highbrow twitter humor

high production value. No explanation for outgroup. Earnest.
Apr 12, 2023 • 28 tweets • 13 min read
infrastructure that looks like sci fi

1/ liquid natural gas tanker Image 2/ neutrino detector
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Apr 12, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
incredible, this entire article hinges on editor @AlexShultz being upset that a reporter quoted the mother of a toddler shot to death who is distraught bc the DA is trying to remove gun charges

“how dare these reporters report when it inconveniences my ideology!” 🤡
Wildly condescending for @AlexShultz to scoff at constituents for protesting the DA saying she wants leniency for the toddler’s shooter
Apr 11, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
rag & bone selling clothes in Strichtarn, an East German rain camo

there’s still a lot of fashion arbitrage left in obscure camos. If any designer wants a rec hmu Here’s everlane selling a modified M1942 Frog Skin or “duct hunter” pattern, closer to a late century Asian or South American variant
Nov 6, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
If you’re voting in San Francisco the most impactful thing is

✅ yes Prop D
❌ no Prop E

This combo removes the arbitrary power of politicians like @DeanPreston from blocking new housing bc it lowers their own property values or bc they don’t like the color or whatever. Image It sucks for voters that it’s written like an LSAT question, but housing supply is one of the big blockers to SF flourishing this is a big chance to unblock housing instead of letting Supervisors play Central Planner like they currently do.
Nov 6, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
I’m curating for @ennntropy now. Tap to see a crazy pic of rowing through heavy water to check a neutrino detector. So I looked up the Super Kamiokande neutrino detector pictured, and some worker uploaded a bunch of photos to google maps. There are some real SCP vibes here:

maps.app.goo.gl/YpbP6sZSLnt7DC… ImageImageImageImage
Jun 9, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Chesa Boudin’s chief of staff riding into the sunset Decarceration is a great goal society should aspire to. The problem was @chesaboudin was, like, *really* bad at it.
Jun 9, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I want to see a genealogy of earthmoving megafauna I mean goddamn
Dec 20, 2021 • 23 tweets • 6 min read
testing facility for thyssenkrupp elevators in Zhongshan City weird testing infra is doing numbers, so here we go:

anechoic chamber testing of avionics and electronic warfare systems
Dec 17, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
I don’t understand Dean’s constant self-congratulations for being a socialist.

He’s literally blocked >8,000 homes including >4,000 affordable homes on the basis of “this would look ugly next to my mansion” Image Original reporting of @DeanPreston regressive legislative history by UC Berkeley:
Apr 1, 2021 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
The reason I’m doing Alison Collison commentary instead of the usual machine shitposts right now is bc I’m a first gen Asian immigrant that went to a public school and dealt with holier-than-thou gatekeepers like her the entire time. Your parents come barely speaking the language, sometime fleeing war or famine, and desperately try to figure out how to give their children a chance. Work multiple jobs to have a shot at a good school.
Oct 1, 2020 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Since this is still up, and I have relatives that were literally (not metaphorically) shot against the wall by communists, here are some thoughts 1/ 2/ communism is dangerous because it gives the state a monopoly over everything. Those CEOs and monopolists you hate under capitalism? Make them legislator, judge, jury, and executioner as well. That’s communism
Sep 30, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
When @DeanPreston says “tax the rich” he really means “tax young workers but not my landlord friends w tax free capital gains!” - not quite as pithy 🤪 For reference, SF’s per capita budget is significantly higher than NYC’s but SF is the one with uninhabitable streets, sandbagged development, underfunded schools and transit, record setting property crimes, and Supervisors letting it all burn
Sep 12, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
AMA Image Joking aside, it was very edible, the limon was a bit strange but I ran out of Cheetos Puffs which was my first choice. The leftover milk is not as weird as I thought it’d be. Honestly think savory cereal should be a thing. Image
Sep 11, 2020 • 17 tweets • 7 min read
I’m seeing articles on how camera white balance and #nofilter are surprisingly hard concepts. A thread:

theatlantic.com/technology/arc… 1/ the human brain is really good at “normalizing” colors in a scene given context clues. ie the spectral wavelength that hits your eye may be remapped you a different color in your perception. See Adelson’s illusion: Image
Sep 11, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Walking around San Francisco today smells like an industrial Asian city in the 90s but with dirtier streets and worse infrastructure. Anyone that thinks this is worth preserving is delusional. I think people put up with it bc SF is naturally blessed with beautiful climate, but we broke that too. So now we try not to breath ash as we dodge human feces and potholes on crumbling roads we have to use bc our mass transit runs like once an hour when it’s not broken.
Apr 10, 2020 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
1/ It's Friday! Here's a thread of weird psyops and tactical weapons.

South Korea used to blast k-pop across the DMZ at North Korean guards ImageImage 2/ Nazi dive bombers had "Jericho Trumpets” sirens to intimidate targets; the CIA tried to reproduce it but decided they didn't actually really work

thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3… Image
Apr 4, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
playing animal crossing w my roommates gives me anxiety motherfu Image
Dec 31, 2019 • 31 tweets • 13 min read
I firmly, unironically believe that visiting McDonalds in every country to see how menus are localized is an important part of traveling. Image This Burger King whopper has pineapple in it! Image
Dec 6, 2019 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
I’m excited to announce a side project I’ve been working on the past few weeks!

“Transformer Poetry” is a book of famous poetry reimagined by @OpenAI’s GPT-2 language model, and is available as PDF or hard copy at papergains.co 🥳🥳🥳 ImageImage This started, like most things, as a way to troll @kevinakwok when I compiled his blog as a book. Afterwards, we both wondered what other books we should ship 🤔