I had a single Sonos speaker with Alexa (deactivated) and a Nest carbon monoxide detector. They have both been replaced with non-smart alternatives. The tipping point was seeing friends install smart heating systems and…
I'm about 25 years looking for a book I remember getting out of the library as a teenager. I've even gone back to the library to see if there are any records of books borrowed in the late 90s (there weren't). None of…
Upgraded and now audio won't play out of my HDMI monitor. I wouldn't think this would count as a very niche use case, but what do I know.
I'd probably characterise it as more as "AI doesn't have the massively transformational ROI that all the AI salespeople said it would and now I have to pay for my tokens and the humans I though I could replace at the…
In a capitalist system, capital makes the rules for everyone. This is why capital earns more than labour. System working as intended.
I've been on Fastmail with my own domains for 4 years now, having been fully Gmail since 2004. The transition was seemless, the apps are solid and I can't imagine ever going back. The only option I'd consider would be…
I highly recommend Peter Gray's writing: https://petergray.substack.com/ Relevant to the discussion about online spaces and autonomy in childhood, I'd jump into this discussion about teen suicide rates:…
I have just done the opposite - left London for the countryside and am currently very much enjoying it. As our toddler gets older it will interesting to see how we deal with the challenges of letting them find their own…
"The least bad thing that Ofcom and the Government could do is to quietly let the matter drop whilst focusing on education." This generalises very well for all Government. Shame we're a couple of generations into…
I came to a similar conclusion when I was very very close to pushing the 'Buy' button on the original Palma. My main hope is for this to be successful enough to encourage some competitors who do the software / service…
XKCD is universal... https://xkcd.com/1216/
As another product of the British 'education' system, this is all very familiar. If you're interested in some content that really helped me understand why I hated school so completely, I recommend "Dumbing Us Down: The…
> The remaining organisation was anything but a competent customer for IT implementations. This is very much the standard in UK public procurement and has been for a large number of years. It's got a lot worse since…
I had a single Sonos speaker with Alexa (deactivated) and a Nest carbon monoxide detector. They have both been replaced with non-smart alternatives. The tipping point was seeing friends install smart heating systems and…
I'm about 25 years looking for a book I remember getting out of the library as a teenager. I've even gone back to the library to see if there are any records of books borrowed in the late 90s (there weren't). None of…
Upgraded and now audio won't play out of my HDMI monitor. I wouldn't think this would count as a very niche use case, but what do I know.
I'd probably characterise it as more as "AI doesn't have the massively transformational ROI that all the AI salespeople said it would and now I have to pay for my tokens and the humans I though I could replace at the…
In a capitalist system, capital makes the rules for everyone. This is why capital earns more than labour. System working as intended.
I've been on Fastmail with my own domains for 4 years now, having been fully Gmail since 2004. The transition was seemless, the apps are solid and I can't imagine ever going back. The only option I'd consider would be…
I highly recommend Peter Gray's writing: https://petergray.substack.com/ Relevant to the discussion about online spaces and autonomy in childhood, I'd jump into this discussion about teen suicide rates:…
I have just done the opposite - left London for the countryside and am currently very much enjoying it. As our toddler gets older it will interesting to see how we deal with the challenges of letting them find their own…
"The least bad thing that Ofcom and the Government could do is to quietly let the matter drop whilst focusing on education." This generalises very well for all Government. Shame we're a couple of generations into…
I came to a similar conclusion when I was very very close to pushing the 'Buy' button on the original Palma. My main hope is for this to be successful enough to encourage some competitors who do the software / service…
XKCD is universal... https://xkcd.com/1216/
As another product of the British 'education' system, this is all very familiar. If you're interested in some content that really helped me understand why I hated school so completely, I recommend "Dumbing Us Down: The…
> The remaining organisation was anything but a competent customer for IT implementations. This is very much the standard in UK public procurement and has been for a large number of years. It's got a lot worse since…