In his 1960 book The Waste Makers, cultural theorist Vance Packard spoke of "the widespread faith of Americans that their technology can solve all their problems."

Kagi has issues

But maybe there's a kernel of wisdom in "pay yourself first" that we can apply - not to money, but something far more precious - to our time.

About OOP.
Notice a faisable comparison with the current AI

We shouldn't celebrate or strive to emulate reality distortion fields, because that's exactly what they do—distort reality.

Progress doesn't come from distorting reality to match your vision. It comes from clearly seeing reality and then working to improve it. You need a bold, ambitious vision.

A criticism of the current state of Internet and the web, against corporations on the web.

Plain HTML and CSS works well

A good rule of thumb is to begin with the absolute basics - to start only with what you need to be safe and to participate.

[...] most of the time, anyone framing them as a barrier to entry is bullshitting you. Ignore them in everything but matters of safety or common sense (I mean, don’t go running without trainers or rock climbing without a harness).

There are simply too much information and the day is too short.

The long-term popularity of any given tool for software development is proportional to how much labour arbitrage it enables.

What do I mean with labour arbitrage?

Les personnes qui prennent le temps pour être interviewé peuvent être rémunéré. Ce n'est pas déconnant.

Juste, éviter de vous offusquer qu’un profes­sion­nel demande à être rému­néré quand on solli­cite deux heures de son temps pour resti­tuer son exper­tise.

Reading just feels more personal, internalizable and absorbable.

[...] reading is an active process while watching is a passive process.

I understand this feeling. I get it sometimes.

Everything should be as simple as it can be, but not simpler

"Enshitification" and examples of deteriorating services

I’ve recently decided to stop reading The Conversation, after two consecutive posts were openly accusing Europe’s investors of not doing enough to be more like Silicon Valley. I’m seriously confused: how can anyone really believe, in 2024, that their business model is anything close to being sustainable? The mental slavery that parts of Europe still seems to be having towards the rot economy fuelled by a type of capitalism not integral to the continent is truly bewildering.

Autonomiser tous les monde, que les avantages soient pour tous le monde

It is easy to share content online, but harder to create valuable content. It is easy to curate information instead of creating it. (That's what I'm doing by the way)

Remember: the world doesn't need more “content.” It needs more creativity.