Past and Future, interrupted
From this Substack post In Margaret Mead’s understanding of cultural transmission between generations, it appears that we may also be living in a pre-figurative culture, where the past is not the gui…
Nix is (still) unusable
I first tried out Nix in 2018. The second round -- I went through "Nix Pills", which helped get a better idea of what was going on -- was in 2020. I heard NixOS getting some popularity (yo…
Following the war
I had been watching this channel for several months now. It goes into incredible detail and truly highlights the scope and horror of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Of course, there are biases etc that…
A chatGpt explainer
(found this in my drafts from Aug 2, 2023) A surprisingly good book, it explains things well and graphically -- don't be thrown off by its use of Mathematica!…
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Keyboard Maestro FTW
I have recently -- belatedly! -- been adding more "focus time" slots in my calendar. This is also part of an experiment to use the calendar more ... but that's a whole separate topic.…