do YOU love achewood, too?

I've been a John Allison supporter on Patreon for a few years but he's gone off in directions that don't interest me, so I'm going to shift that support to Onstad and see how it goes.

https://raybot.help was a lot more amusing and Achewood-like than portrayed in the article

I note that the twitter thread does mention the short-lived artisanal soda company that Onstad was part of that the recent articles seem to have missed

I did start making weird faces when I read this, though

“I’ve had like two jobs for a total of 18 months in my whole life, outside of Achewood. Maybe it’s time to admit, like, This is who I am. And this is what I do.”

Had a huge sense of dread reading that Verge piece that he was suddenly going to declare his interest in NFTs or something, small mercies. Pouring so much cash into a novelty AI thing is just nuts though, what is he thinking.

Have to admit to being gutted to hear about the Penn Ward "Great Outdoor Fight" series that got scrapped, that surely had to've been better than the failed pilot from ages ago.

this list of skilled people they're looking for that's posted on the website, um, lol?

Software Engineering

AI/LLMs
UX design
Game design (from card game, to board games, to digital, to ?)

Materials / Arts / Toys / Finer Things

Textile / clothing production / pattern makers
3D modeling & printer specialists
Woodworking
Toy design
Leatherworking
Silkscreening (fine art, apparel)
DTG / apparel decorators / silkscreen / Embroiderers
General tinkerers and gadgeteers
Recipe Testers
Videographers
Photographers (fashion, product, portrait)
Models
Automotive designers
Model-makers (figurine production/detailing)
Arduino/Raspberry Pi developer
Roboticists
Luthiers
Horologists
Jewelers / metalsmiths
Engravers

Business skill-havers and Opportunity Makers

CPAs
Payroll specialists
Attorneys
Public Relations
Voodoo hex or curse blocker (Abrahamic exorcist OK)
Investors / Woosterites
Event planners
Venue owners

Intoxicant Purveyors

Distillers/brewers/winemakers/cidermakers
Cannabis product formulation
Alcoholic beverage reps

Pouring so much cash into a novelty AI thing is just nuts though, what is he thinking.

the guy's whole career is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

he has assured people giving money to the patreon that none of that money will be going to the raybot ai

xp I feel like the list is kind of him doing a bit, but absolutely not a bit

https://bsky.app/profile/manningkrull.bsky.social/post/3kqilftfyk22m