“…the early web was a technology that grew more profitable every day, which workers and young people had to force on their bosses – and AI is a technology that grows less profitable every day, and bosses have to force it on workers and young people.”
Cory Doctorow is always worth reading.
Sea lions enjoying themselves this afternoon next to the Edmonds Pier.
Finally finished listening to “Empire of AI” by Karen Hao and returned it via Libby. 5 people were waiting to borrow this apparently rather popular title.
Another great meal at Thai Wisdom in Edmonds.
Earlier today Libby alerted me that my hold for “On the Calculation of Volume” Book 1 by had just become available. And so I find myself beginning this story that will apparently stretch over 7 volumes.
At the Pie Dive Bar in La Conner. We shared a delicious chicken pie and a mixed berry fruit pie for desert.
Cruise ship season is off and running as of (I think) a couple of weeks ago here in the Pacific North West.
Getting very tempted to try out Kagi search again after using up my free 100 searches evaluation a few months ago.
A great piece about what came after the Microsoft Doc file format. matduggan.com/markdown-…
Listening (and watching) Heather Cox Richardson interviewing Talking Points Memo folks - www.youtube.com/watch
What’s going wrong with social media web sites.
In praise of Flickr.
Just saw a cruise ship from Edmonds waterfront. I gather the cruise season has started again with possible Iran war related fare increases.
And here’s the article with fading words I am referring to.
He says in the link that “We want what we write to be human readable and machine readable, to live forever.” in writing on the site that fades to non existence a few words later. The irony is hard to miss. I get it that we are suppose to become a member and login to read the whole article but did the author not notice this disappearance of
Here on May the 4th it seems like a good day to mention how much we enjoyed both Seasons of “Andor”. After finishing the last episode of Season Two, my wife and I watched “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” which seamlessly carried on the story from “Andor”. The writers of the TV show did a good job there!
I’m enjoying reading “The Vanishing Point” by Paul Theroux and also glad that he’s still publishing books worth reading after a long career. I love his non-fiction travel writing.
We are having to watch Season 2 of “Deadlock” with subtitles on to help out with the dialog. I’m Australian but I still can’t always follow the rapidly delivered “shouting”. Be cautious about starting to watch this one!
Which one should I drink?
I’m presently listening to “Empire of AI” written and narrated by Karen Hao and which I borrowed from Edmonds library via Libby. This is quite a topical book to be listening to at present especially with the Musk and Sam Altman court case underway.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/truth-con…
Another interesting analysis of the present energy situation by Rebecca Solnit. I’m old enough to remember the first oil crises of the ‘70s which led to years of stagflation, etc.
I love our trees at this time of the year.
We are slowly working our way through the Person of Interest television series. We still have a way to go.
Having a recent walk around Edmonds and using my Nikon Z30 camera taking “straight out of the camera” photos. I’m just using the Vivid emulation and transferring the jpeg image to my iPhone using SnapBridge.
At last night’s [Skeptics Guide to the Universe Extravaganza in Seattle. Much fun was had by all. #SGU
