From what we can observe, most people with significant wealth seem to be peculiar in two particular ways: Appearing not wise enough to recognize and know that their wealth means another’s poverty and that that’s actually relevant because ultimately, they can only be truly well if everyone is well, and that they, too, live in a climate catastrophe from which they cannot escape, even if they built themselves the most sophisticated bunker.

Appearing not courageous enough to act to use their fortunes for the greater good and for everyone’s well-being, because they seem so afraid they would not have enough, even though they already have way more than enough (and will keep enough) to live a comfortable and fulfilling life, and to move away from their ways of “making” money, especially when these ways include exploiting and damaging people, animals, or planet, out of the same fear of not having enough, or other fears like not being able to replicate their success or being admired for it.

There’s some superb (and superbly sad) irony here that millionaires and billionaires are in the best
position to be role models, by doing amazing things for the well-being and advancement of mankind (and all species)

So if you wanted people to read your blog, you had to make it compelling enough that they would visit it, directly, because they wanted to. And if they wanted to respond to you, they had to do it on their own blog, and link back.

There are bright spots [for blogging], though. I fear we’re in a newsletter bubble (how many subscriptions can one person pay for?)

Some of the best blogs have evolved and expanded. Independent media is more important than ever, and Donald Trump’s recent attempts to censor mainstream outlets, comedians he doesn’t like, and “leftist” professors underscore the fact that speech is critical.

it’s actually a lot harder to intimidate a million different outlets, each run by a single determined person.

To help:

Do mutual aid
Post on your local Buy Nothing project group what you can offer
Join Food Not Bombs
Start a Free Pantry: reach out to local grocery stores and ask if you can take the stuff they're about to throw out.

The poisonous tumour installed in my brain by a decade of reading about Silicon Valley always thinks 'this is a business that can never scale' and it's like well yes that is the fucking point actual

In short, I am now trying really hard to spend my money in ways that I hope will affect and improve the world around me both for myself and for others. None of us can do it alone. But I think there is hope if we do it together.

I haven't been talked down to by anybody else who is also making their own gentle change. The same way that you rarely get shit on by somebody doing better than you at anything.

Pourquoi donner des milliards d'aides d'État aux entreprises privées ?

Alors qu'on pourrait simplement les applaudir à 20h tous les soirs !

Cela a tellement bien marché pour le personnel soignant.

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J’ai appris une chose importante : l’arbitrage n’est pas une discipline scientifique.

En dehors du sport et du football avec des caméras et aide à la décision, un pilote de chasse.

En 2024, un pilote s’est éjecté de son F-35, car, malgré plusieurs reboot, son casque connecté indiquait des erreurs critiques. Problème : après l’éjection du pilote, l’avion a continué à voler correctement pendant de très longues minutes. Il semblerait que son casque avait un simple bug informatique. [...] La subtilité réside par la suite avec la carrière du pilote, poursuivi pour abandon d'avion fonctionnel [...] Nous n’avons plus des pilotes qui « sentent » leur avion, mais des opérateurs suivants des procédures informatisées.

Non seulement la complexité crée artificiellement des problèmes, mais elle empêche les humains d’acquérir de l’expérience et de prendre des décisions.

La seule stratégie possible pour un humain raisonnable est donc de ne plus prendre de décisions (ce qui est déjà une décision en soi).

#égalité #equity

Looking for examples of web magazines made with html/css [so the 3. option].
The spectrum:

1. a website with branching levels of navigation, average content-heavy website
2. a website with single level of linear paginated navigation, back and forth, text-heavy html/epub
3. a responsive paginated website that mimics printed magazines in the best way possible, and looks interesting on all screens
4. embedded static PDF viewer with page turn and zoom
5. static PDF

C'est délirant puisque l'IA n'est pas encore capable de remplacer les jobs.

The most radical act in tech isn’t building something new. It’s keeping the old ideals alive: that people should control their tools, not the other way around.

The lack of tone, diversity of cultures, and the fact that many people using social media in English aren't native speakers make it all harder to detect irony and serious-sounding jokes online.

Please be careful and make sure your jokes don't end up feeding the disinformation machine, even if you feel it's obvious to you. In doubt, at least use the popular markers "/s" (sarcastic) or "/j" (joke) or parentheses at the end to make this clearer.

Make implicit explicit, especially in this age of disinformation and AI slop.

When we look around in our field, everyone in Tech seems to focus on one thing: "How can we adopt AI in our tooling and in our processes?"

So it is a proof of a bubble. Everyone is enthusiasts but it doesn't solve real use cases.

A rightful question can be: "How can we set up our engineers for long-term career success?"

Jens Meiert ask pertinent questions to solve this big up question.

What can be done reasonably well with AI today? (And tomorrow? And the day after tomorrow?)
How are our engineers affected by AI?

• Are our engineers using AI?
• How are our engineers using AI?
• What are realistic expectations for our engineers in terms of AI use and proficiency?
• Are we setting clear expectations for use of and proficiency with AI in our job descriptions as well?
• Do we document and anchor these expectations in our competency and skill matrixes?
• Are we watching the AI market, and are we evaluating tooling?
• While the AI market is in flux—which it may be for some time—, do we have enough flexibility (budget, processes, room for errors) to test AI tooling?
• If our engineers leave the company, would they find a new job—or would their profile make them less interesting?
• If they would not necessarily find a new job, what extra skills and experience do they need?
• How can we make our engineers ready for the AI age?

As you can tell, we cannot have all those answers yet—this is precisely why this is so important to get on top of, and it’s also the reason why I say “start answering.”

Now, everyone’s a prize exhibit in the FAANG zoo, because mastering this tangled mess is what opens their gates. Being just a CRUD monkey doesn’t feel fun anymore. If this is what “progress” looks like, I don’t want any part of it.

The technologies to build for 10 years ago dramatically improved!

As mentionned by LeHollandaisVolant, one thing the article doesn't mention is that:

• 1 the pages are more interactive
• 2 the data changes in real time

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If, given the prompt, AI does the job perfectly on first or second iteration — fine. Otherwise, stop refining the prompt. Go write some code, then get back to the AI. You'll get much better results.