PhD in Comp Sci - previously @ Google, Apple, Spotify.
Scarva, Northern Ireland
Joined November 2008
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Phil Strain retweeted
For a driver born without arms, FSD Supervised is life-changing accessibility
“I was born without arms and have driven with my feet my entire life. I’m a fully licensed driver, and traditionally I drove with my left foot on the steering wheel and my right foot handling the gas and brake. My only legal restrictions are automatic transmission and power steering.
Over the years, though, the strain from my congenital birth defects has led to significant arthritis in my hips. I drove a Model 3 for the past seven years, and it honestly helped extend my independence in a huge way.
Recently upgrading to the Model Y – along with Full Self-Driving – has been a complete game changer for me.
It dramatically reduces the physical pressure and fatigue of driving and has helped preserve a level of freedom and mobility that means a great deal to me.
Most people understandably think of Tesla in terms of innovation or sustainability, but for some of us, this technology truly becomes life-changing accessibility.”
– John F.
Phil Strain retweeted
.@blocks is building what we think is the first real alternative to hierarchical coordination. For 2,000 years, humans have organized themselves in roughly the same way.
AI changes what’s possible: Not a flatter org chart, but a fundamentally different information architecture, organized around a world model rather than a reporting structure.
@jack and I wrote about what this looks like in practice, why it's different from past experiments, and why it may reshape how companies of all kinds organize in the coming decade.
Phil Strain retweeted
Melvin, a long-standing visually impaired Bees fan, shares how our audio commentary helps him experience matches at the Gtech 🎧🐝
Unite For Access is @lpftweets annual campaign promoting accessibility and ensuring disabled fans enjoy matchdays the same way as everyone else ❤️⚽
Phil Strain retweeted
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Igor Thiago has been called up to the Brazil national team for the first time 💛💚
We are all so proud of you, Igor 😍
Phil Strain retweeted
I really think voice input is underappreciated. I just bought a USB foot pedal so I don't have to touch my keyboard.
Phil Strain retweeted
As a general purpose technology, AI has all kinds of unexpected uses.
Example: this study finds blind users turn to AI to describe sensitive materials (pregnancy tests, checking appearance), realizing that it may not be 100% accurate, but it provides privacy where there was none
Phil Strain retweeted
“you need to fail to succeed” 😤
Igor Thiago talks through his first goal against Manchester United 🎯🌟
Phil Strain retweeted
A Games to remember 🤩
Seven Olympic medals achieved by six athletes from Northern Ireland 👏
#BBCOlympics #Paris2024 #Olympics
Phil Strain retweeted
#Accessibility update: You can now check boards for color contrast, frames, and whether images have alt text.
Phil Strain retweeted
One of the bigger mind-bends in tech is how Spotify never *truly* used the Spotify model (they iterated and moved on). The #1 ranking search result is Atlassian indirectly promoting this tooling with it.
We now have companies thinking they are copying Spotify: but they are not!
Phil Strain retweeted
One of Y Combinator's most important traditions is conciseness. There is so much vague blather in business. It wastes people's time and, worse still, is a sign of unclear thinking.
