I don’t really know if age gives you any mental advantage but besides ossification of your thinking I think for most folks it clears away the doubt about who and what you are. It’s okay to be who you are…
Breakfast Well, the spouse and I love to have breakfast out. Well, maybe not her so much but she doesn�t actively mind it either.
Checked out a new place this morning. Not our cup of chai, so to speak. Bad coffee, Bad selection of items, meh food.
I used to be a regular Yelper but I never liked how Yelp became a paid echo chamber of dark user bitching about how the business owner�s incompetent staff didn�t treat the yelper writing the review like royalty.
After 8 years as Elite I stopped Yelping.
Why? Mostly, I think bad reviews do a disservice to the business but also I don�t believe most business owners paid any attention to anything intended for critical improvement. Plus, I don�t like being nasty.
I bring this up because this mornings breakfast was one of the few places I might, of old, have left a negative review. But as I say. I don�t do that anymore…
Go Me!
Tech Question of the Day -
Why is there no app like Bleachbit for iOS?
iOS is, in an odd way, a Unix variant.
Many christians in America wonder at the growing loss of respect for the faith. They never seem to realize that it is because so few of them actually practice what they preach.
Want to understand DOGE better? Read this tidbit of analysis from [Anil Dash.] (https://www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/DOGE-procurement-capture/) As a side note, I can remember when I was in manufactoring sales, I frequently had government procurement officers ask me how to write specs for items my company sold. Was I giving unbiased advice? No! I blantantly handed over boilerplate language that only my company could fulfil. And, it got used! A lot! So, don’t brush over the ‘Capture’ language stuff. It’s real.
“AI is at best a tool, and at worst a means of manipulation.” — Bruce Schneier
So…
You gotta understand that I consider Bruce to be one of my heros of rational thinking. His book, ‘Beyond Fear’, should be mandatory reading for every tech person or those who employ or supervise tech people.
Bruce writes a blog too and he’s recently made a stunning comment toward understanding the place of AI and Robotics in society.
Read the Full article. You’ll appreciate it.