"What does that mean? Well, computers haven’t changed much in 40 or 50 years. They’re smaller and faster, but they’re still boxes with processors that run instructions from humans. AI changes that on at least three fronts: how computers are made, how they’re programmed, and how they’re used. Ultimately, it will change what they are … Continue reading The Computers Are Out of Their Boxes
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File Hierarchies: Images & Email
Every now and again, I come across something that makes me realize there is something about me that is different than most people. It happened this week while reading A World Ordered Only By Search by L.M. Sacasas, which is, in part, a commentary on an article Monica Chin's File Not Found in The Verge. … Continue reading File Hierarchies: Images & Email
PSA: Lettuce Goes Under the Meat
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/qavx0b/lettuce_doesnt_belong_on_a_hamburger/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Iceburg lettuce doesn't wilt easily from heat and protects the bottom bun from becoming soggy from the juices of the meat. It doesn't do its job if you have it on top.
Simulacrum for New Selves
There's a blog post that describes Tom Bihn's iterative design process. He talks about how he starts with an idea, but it is always with the notion that the first idea is never your best one. It has to be reality tested. He draws some sketches, does a mock-up, puts the dimensions into 2D modeling … Continue reading Simulacrum for New Selves
Too Far Left, or What Does It Mean to Be “Radical”
"On Tuesday, a Florida judge sentenced Daniel Baker, an anti-fascist activist, to 44 months in federal prison for social media posts that called for armed defense against possible far-right attacks on the state’s Capitol in the wake of the January 6 riots. Baker, a 34-year-old yoga teacher and emergency medical technician trainee, had no previous … Continue reading Too Far Left, or What Does It Mean to Be “Radical”
Installing Citrix Workplace on Ubuntu Linux
Installation Download the Citrix Workspace app from the official website.Install using dpkg: $ cd Downloads $ sudo dpkg -i Citrix-Workspace.deb Installing a CA Certificate The pre-installed certificates might work for you. If you get errors when trying to use Citrix, then you'll likely need to install a CA certificate. Go to the VPN website you … Continue reading Installing Citrix Workplace on Ubuntu Linux
Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex…
"Over the years, Savage honed his philosophy on boundaries—we should all be good, giving, and game for our partners, but we should also accept their hard limits as “the price of admission.” He built up an encyclopedic knowledge of kink and the mechanics of sex: the long-term effects of nipple clamps, how to stage an … Continue reading Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex…
Proxi
"[Proxi] is in some sense a game of self-discovery, a game where we actually uncover the hidden you - your subconscious, your inner ID, and bring it to the surface, bring it to life so you can interact with it, you can play with it, you can learn from it and it can learn about … Continue reading Proxi
Programming Note: WordPress Scheduling
The secret to publishing something good every day is to get ahead, find more interesting stuff and stack it ahead of schedule. This way you don't feel like you have to post every day, because you don't. On the other hand, WordPress has a bit of a janky scheduling function that likes to default back … Continue reading Programming Note: WordPress Scheduling
Forecasting a Cryptocurrency’s Price
April 20, 2022 Update: I'm noticing a bit of traffic for this post. Two corrections need to be made to the text below. The emissions contract for Ergo is sent to be changed so it extends emissions out a few decades. This will change the total Ergo in circulation to about half in this time … Continue reading Forecasting a Cryptocurrency’s Price
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