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No more Amazon links?
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Drew at Lithub says we should stop linking to Amazon and I don’t disagree with him. Jeff Bezos is just like any other big tech oligarchs out there. But Drew doesn’t offer any alternatives for those that want to advertise their books. You could link to Bookshop which helps support local bookstores with your purchases
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Xyla Grounded for Female Hysteria
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Ugh, we’re so backwards. Xyla’s awesome I love her builds and this is stupid.
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Sexy Notebooks Recommended by Matthew
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I’m a sucker for a dot grid notebook so when Matthew recommended these sexy science notebooks I ordered 3. Do I need more notebooks, nope I have a stake on the shelf. But these are hot.
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Cory’s list of tech outside the US
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Cory has a bigger list than I put together a few days ago. To my US friends, I like you all and wish you the best but I have to say no to the government shit going on. Outside the attacks on my country, the US government is removing rights from it’s citizens and that’s
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Guess I’m old and irrelevant
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CJ Chilvers commenting on Neil’s research says that since my blog started in 2008 and I have about 4000 posts on it it’s likely that Google thinks my site is irrelevant. But I’m going to hold to his advice by posting what I want, when I want, and not pruning my backlog because this is
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Words are the Edge of Fear
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There’s a lot at stake when putting thoughts into words. Words that remain in our head are free to exist independent of how they’re used by other people. Once we attempt to put our ideas on the page, words that previously strutted self-assuredly across our synapses become sheepish and soft-spoken. – A System for Writing
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Expertise in the Age of Infinite Information
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LLMs are not generally optimized to say “I don’t know” when they don’t have enough information – Co-Intelligence Pg 96 One of the things I’ve always valued in another person is their ability to admit when they don’t know something. It’s also one of my biggest issues with LLMs, they confidently tell you a lie
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Apps Outside the US
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Lou has a good list of apps that won’t be subject to the changing privacy whims of the US government because they’re outside the US. I’m not sure that’s true given that we see many companies saying that they “comply with all local laws” but at this point I’m much happier to support anything that’s
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Is Firefox safe anymore?
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Firefox recently updated their terms of service, and when a company updates their terms it’s rarely in favour of the user. Take this line in the new Firefox terms. When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience,
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Jason on comfort
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It’s time to get uncomfortable, folks. Doing the same things we have always done because they are the path of least resistance is not going to cut it anymore. The times of ignoring the bad for the little comfort benefits are over. – Comfort and You rant about Apple’s choices and then pick up the
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