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The World’s destiny in the hands, and fragile male ego, of a straight white guy. What could go wrong?

I always find it sad how doing less work and just semi-cruising along on a job gets you promoted and further than… doing actual work.

You can tell that a trope has fallen out of style when the parody of the trope becomes… a trope. As in The New Yorker’s latest “My Strict Morning Routine” column. At this point, I don’t know what’s more annoying: the idiocy of the original trope or the tired sarcasm of the new trope.

Trying Openvibe. Looks great!

Hard to explain wishes: I wish there was a YouTube Channel like Rick Beato’s but for contemporary philosophy and theory.

Dynamic Ad Insertion in podcasts gets pretty wild if you’re traveling between countries.

I think the best way to approach apps is to separate service from app but also allow for a service+app solution. Example: RSS apps like Reeder, lire, Unread accessing Feedly but also providing an integrated iCloud solution. From the

@thejaymo.net I think you might love this (even though you also love zines): once.com/writebook

Writebookonce.com Instantly publish your own books on the web for free, no publisher required.

Claude Sonnet 3.5 is fantastic, truly, yet…

Is there a body of knowledge that mixes Buddhism and Klonopin? If not, I’d like to be its founder.

Next to me, three blond 19 year old girls (not women) talk about boy troubles. Internally I laugh, until I realize my emotional maturity was until a few months ago, less evolved than theirs. I am a 42 year old cis straight male.

I guess it’s true that the Dutch are very direct people.

I’m never not surprised by how random straight guys on a podcast speak as though everybody knows their quirks, personalities, and backgrounds. Mind you, these are during first episodes.

@davidpierce.xyz any chance The Verge can spin your Vergecast episodes into a separate feed?

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To read the #GenAI trends across 35 organizations, check out our latest learnings by Stefan French! blog.mozilla.ai/uncovering-g...

Uncovering GenAI Trends: Using Local Language Models to Explore 35 Organizationsblog.mozilla.ai Mozilla.ai spoke with 35 organizations in various sectors, including finance and government to learn how they are using large language models.

I feel like I’m really really good at spending time on my phone. What could I use my talent for though?

@thejaymo.net I’m binge-listening your podcast from the start. Makes me realize how important these things are: - building a ‘quality catalog’ - good algorithmic surfacing feeds!

Just used @omnivoreapp.bsky.social’s digest feature. Fantastic!! Got an amazing audio summary of the first articles of my (too extensive) reading list, making me actually want to read them. Well done!

I’ve been playing with Exa search. OMG it is good. The ability to ask it specifically for blog posts about a specific topic really helps you avoid all the SEO crap made for the Google algo. https://exa.ai

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I asked Perplexity for a Product Design brief example and it gave me something eerily related to what I do for work. Then I remembered I had added my profile info. I looked back at the result and saw it said in the beginning: Because you work in Y and have an interest in Z Incredibly useful.

This past month I’ve been listening to Pomme almost non-stop. She is so spectacularly talented. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=VUbHkfnvP4A&si=bQ8S5V3NtCsvx2cK #TuneTuesday

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Trying out Nootti to cross post to Mastodon and BlueSky. If this works…

And I thought I was unique and original choosing the Sky voice 🤦🏼‍♂️

Something about being an internet-addicted rat who looks forward to Amber Case’s idea of “Calm Technology”… https://www.arandomselection.com/2024/05/23/process-without-production/

Umm…

Argument pro #Google: Imagine revolutionizing the world in 1998 and people in 2024 holding you accountable that you’re not the same as in 1998. The “ten blue links” argument by now is a myth.

@molly.wiki I loved your Wikipedia editor video. Have you made/written something similar regarding creating a blog/site? I feel there’s so much choice but still a difficult landscape to decide on.

Is the only way forward to be either a parent with no time for your thoughts or a loner with no time for anything other than your thoughts? Thoughts anyone?

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