Finished listening: My Own Way (Hindi Version) by Jay Sean 🎵 I had no clue until today that there is a Hindi version of this 2008 album.
Brandolini’s law states “the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.”
Finished watching: Tube Tales 🍿
I have been working on developing a platform that is ready enough to go live tomorrow if needed. However, I am currently struggling to convince myself that I am truly willing to put in the effort required to launch it and sustain it over time.
I have been working on developing a platform that is ready enough to go live tomorrow if needed. However, I am currently struggling to convince myself that I am truly willing to put in the effort required to launch it and sustain it over time. I am not sure if there is a real demand for it. It solves a personal problem, and it might help others if they want it. But I am uncertain whether this is something people genuinely need or desire.
Bhuvi & Hazlewood showing their classic Test match form today in a T20 match. Delhi were 13/6 after 6 overs. What an opening spell! 🏏
My previous organisation never bothered hiring anyone for my role, and now 4 months later they want me to help with the same transition they gave up on when I was still there.
“With 2500+ unread items in my feed reader, I’m officially declaring RSS bankruptcy.” ~ Chris Martin
I love the term “RSS bankruptcy” and might end up filing for it myself many a times in the future for the ever growing collection of 500+ feeds I have.
Finished watching: The Thursday Murder Club 🍿 The ending — WHY!? So rushed, and it hurt because I loved everything before it. Guess I am reading the book now. Will definitely be coming back to this one for a little comfy rewatch though.
Always in awe of the human body under effort. Sabastian Sawe smashed the two-hour marathon barrier. Tigst Assefa shattered her own world record (Wo). In the wheelchair division, Marcel Hug took his 8th win & Catherine Debrunner her 4th. Pure human peak at the London Marathon today.
About AI being powerful and what its impact will be… “Will it allow wisdom to flourish, or will it allow the powerful to route around wisdom as they tend to do when given the opportunity?”
Intelligence, Wisdom, and the Problems That AI Cannot Solve by Hank Green
“Funders need to ask not just whether an investment does good but whether it changes the conditions under which good can be done at scale.”
A Three Horizons Framework for Government Reform by Jennifer Pahlka
“The most underrated skill isn’t knowing how to use every new tool - it’s knowing which ones to ignore so you can actually get some work done.” ~ Vladimir Savić
“Libraries and archives are the natural places to create and curate language models. Their tradition of service, and their orientation toward protecting and preserving the public good, embodies an ethos that aligns with the responsible development of language models (a.k.a. “AI”).” ~ R. S. Doiel
Inspired by Hemispheric Views, here are my app defaults in my privacy-torn world: thefield.blog
