I purchased a picture frame for a thing that I’m doing, and it came with the following as the default picture mounted in it. Aw. I’m gonna stick that on the wall.
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Learning Kanji
I mentioned to a friend that I thought it was a romantic idea to learn Kanji, and I would very much like to, but I just don’t have time. My friend recommended the Genki Textbook. So this note is just for the record. When it comes to learning Japanese I suppose no one will be surprised to know that there are a lot of options.
Air purifier
I think something like this might be in my future: The Bedroom Machine.
Bicameral mentality
This is interesting if you haven’t read it before: Bicameral mentality. The idea is that maybe we used to experience conscious language and thought in a different way, with a commander and a follower kind of setup.
Brandolini’s law
Brandolini’s law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place. It states that “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.”
New (old) dressing gown
Scored Dad’s old dressing gown. Pretty happy about that. It’s my new favourite thing.
Sun Microsystems
Found myself looking up this List of Sun Microsystems employees. Particularly interested in James Gosling and Bill Joy.
Seward’s Folly
When the USA purchased Alaska they called it “Seward’s Folly“.
Enshittification
This is a worthwhile read and an interesting and perhaps important perspective: Tiktok’s enshittification. Don’t let the title fool you, the article is about a more general phenomena than relates to Tiktok. I came across the enshittification article today while reading How To Make the Least-Worst Mastodon Threads and about Jedi Blue.
Cory Doctorow writes some interesting stuff, like this: Como Is Infosec: Content moderation is a security problem.
And I learned about fisking, which sounds more risqué than it is. Sounds like what we’ve been doing since forever on usenet.
The End of Computer Magazines in America
Sad times we live in: The End of Computer Magazines in America.