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I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Apple Intelligence’s commitment to writing incomprehensible summaries is unparalleled
January 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Cat & Angel gramophone needles, ca. 1930s. Item from my collection.
January 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..."

Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Opinion | AI Can Work for Us
A.I. can be designed to dramatically enhance individual empowerment.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It’s a worry when the place you have a meeting in the morning doesn’t appear on Street View as it was (hopefully) built so recently.
January 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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January 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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A thing I wrote about being a messy bastard:

open.substack.com/pub/joeldcb/...

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December 9, 2024 at 2:00 AM
If you’ve found Pocket and/or Evernote useful, check out this (so far) free iPhone App, Savespace, for saving websites. It builds a visual library and automagically creates an Ai summary in the background of every site you save. Quite clever. Neat icon, too.

apps.apple.com/au/app/saves...
‎Savespace: Knowledge Library
‎Welcome to Savespace. Savespace is your ultimate “Knowledge Library” where you can centrally store all your knowledge. Anything you wish to save can be added to Savespace. Consolidate a diverse r...
apps.apple.com
December 15, 2024 at 8:07 PM
A thing I wrote about being a messy bastard:

open.substack.com/pub/joeldcb/...

Would love you to follow me on Substack! All articles are free.
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December 9, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Keep thinking they’ll run out of new flavours soon. Nope.
October 1, 2023 at 6:16 PM
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@prrosado.bsky.social Winged 🙈 🙉 🙊 lurked in the nightmares of my early childhood, to be overtaken by WWIII when I was around 10. I get it.
September 24, 2023 at 10:25 AM
This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible.
September 21, 2023 at 4:40 PM
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The Astronomical Society of Australia endorses a Yes vote for the Voice to Parliament: asa.astronomy.org.au/wp-content/u...
September 11, 2023 at 4:41 AM
I’m so inept at working out how fitted sheets work, my dear wife stitches tiny maps to help me. Google sheet view?
September 21, 2023 at 12:00 PM
I love it that my daughter is as hooked on Philip Pullman books as I am. I’ve a lot of rereading to do to catch up!
September 20, 2023 at 12:07 PM
Alien dog. By N
September 20, 2023 at 5:43 AM
Media Watch on The Voice. Entrenched racism in Australia is incredibly frustrating.

youtu.be/vXas9bHuxdM
The Fight over the Voice | Media Watch
Yes, no, maybe. A look at the Voice to parliament referendum, the social media campaigns, the latest polling and the quality of the media debate.Read more he...
youtu.be
September 19, 2023 at 11:46 PM
@stevewoz.bsky.social Hey Steve! It’s no fun without you in the room!!
September 19, 2023 at 2:28 PM
Couldn’t figure out why half the posts in my feed were so hateful, all of a sudden. “Oh!! X… 🤬 Time to delete 💩er once and for all.
September 18, 2023 at 5:51 AM
Speakerphone conversation overheard in Salvo’s Op Shop:

“WELL, IF IT’S GOING TO BE A RELATIONSHIP, IT’S GOING TO BE ON HIS TERMS NOW, APPARENTLY…“
September 18, 2023 at 1:33 AM