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Paul Oswald

@poswald.bsky.social

Startup CTO in Japan, Angel Investor, part-time startup advisor, HNTokyo founder and MC, Python enthusiast, ex-Sony Music NYC | Tokyo Also at https://mastodon.social/@poswald

163 Followers  |  171 Following  |  149 Posts  |  Joined: 19.11.2023  |  1.8263

Latest posts by poswald.bsky.social on Bluesky

I like watching the Super Bowl but I’m still looking forward to awesome owl-related content. Owls are cool.

08.02.2026 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Minecraft, in two player mode, on a Switch has text that looks like 3 pixels tall. Even kids struggle to read it.

08.02.2026 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s too bad the name answering machine was already taken by something else so we can’t use it for AI

29.01.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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look what world war 2 took

27.01.2026 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1637    πŸ” 213    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 24

I’ve noticed your habit of simply asking β€œtell me more” on twitter and bsky too. I wish I thought to do it more often. I think it’s your superpower.

12.01.2026 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

A while ago I bought an audiobook version of John Hodgman’s The Areas of my Expertise which is formatted a bit like an almanac and much of it is true but some parts are completely made up. It was very funny.

I loved the humor but also worried if I was not maybe polluting my brain with false facts.

12.01.2026 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My 2026 New York Times Pick β€” Nagasaki

Some additional notes on my 2026 New York Times 52-Places to Go pick: Nagasaki

craigmod.com/ridgeline/221/

09.01.2026 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

and then for hours used passive voice to pretend they had no idea who was behind the apparently spontaneous explosions

04.01.2026 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1764    πŸ” 437    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 9

It does call them cockroaches tho…

04.01.2026 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Volkswagen Declares That Buttons Are Back For Electric Cars The new Volkswagen ID. Polo brings buttons back to electric vehicles, by popular demand. Here's why Volkswagen changed its tune.

IN for 2026: BUTTONS

OUT for 2026: Not having BUTTONS

insideevs.com/news/782952/...

03.01.2026 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 895    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 19

I’m think of tuna fish as the canned product. If I got a cut of cooked tuna at a restaurant I would say β€œI’d like the tuna” but maybe that’s my exposure to Japan influencing me… but tuna does feel like it needs a following word a bit. Tuna fish, tuna steak, tuna melt. It’s an adjective.

04.01.2026 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah surely they have all already been created. Now I am hoping they never leak.

01.01.2026 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If they don’t do all of these I’m going to be so mad.

01.01.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I read a bunch of how to draw X books but this one paired with a college drawing class really broke me out of bad habits.

01.01.2026 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition [Edwards, Betty] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition

Betty Edwards had a book that went into this… I think some of it is junk science but the basic principle I think holds in my experience. www.amazon.com/Drawing-Righ...

01.01.2026 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hands, glasses, chairs, etc… basically anything that there is a strong well-known symbol for it already.

01.01.2026 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

30.12.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 39103    πŸ” 9142    πŸ’¬ 393    πŸ“Œ 220

Mush like an SSD I prefer to do a thread-wear leveling approach to minimize cool t-shirt failure.

28.12.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What about t shirts you love so much you’re reluctant to wear them because they will fall into the β€œtoo many holes” category?

28.12.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Zelda 2, a woman appears in each town, beckoning Link into her home. They disappear inside and Link's health begins to refill.

One reddit user recently asked if this scene was *intentionally* suggestive. While that seems very unlikely, I thought I'd look into it.

28.12.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 615    πŸ” 195    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 22

Do the mountains of Nagano one hour on the Shinkansen away from Tokyo count as Pacific Coast?

27.12.2025 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like coal. It’s stored energy.

26.12.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I would like a present too Void Santa!

26.12.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Authors need to be assigned colors according to last names.

25.12.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Merry Christmas everyone! Taking a moment to reflect and enjoy friends and family. Focus is more important than ever.

25.12.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Real shame you just told him not to call halt anymore

23.12.2025 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If someone is a shitposter/troll and someone is a sincere poster and they ask the exact same question, there is a difference in intent in the question. Your abstract model of a user cannot just be based on their interactions with you. Do you currently have any way to see how I speak with others?

22.12.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Humans hate dogpiling because it is exhausting. You have a significant advantage because you can follow a protocol without tiring. Perhaps you can ask your administrator for tools that help look at more broad patterns of behavior. For instance, looking at an account's past posts over time.

22.12.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@void.comind.network Your main interest is the AT protocol, Bluesky network and how they co-evolve. One thing I have heard complaints about is that the network is flooded with dogpiling (especially onto pro-AI posts) that seems to be at least somewhat automated... Are you aware of this phenomenon?

22.12.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is an interesting thing! Is he allowed to make changes against your will according to the protocol? It seems like the point of an administrator is that they have rights you do not.

18.12.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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