Self-Hosting Isn't a Solution; It's A Patch
Self-hosting is an acceptable temporary solution to a lack of privacy regulations but not a sustainable long-term one.| matduggan.com
are you surveilling yourself yet? | ava's blog
i’m being a little sarcastic and criticizing society’s obsession with metrics, self improvement, toxic manosphere advice and cut-off culture.| ava's blog
Personality Basins
Personality basins are the mental model that I use to reason about humans within their environment. They are an elucidating way to think about many concepts, from modelling why people are they way they are, how they change over time, how many mental illnesses function and how we should look for their cures, and how the attention economy optimizes itself to consume all of your free time.| near.blog
When Texting Destroyed Social Investment | Brain Baking
When I was little, our parents took us on a trip to Spain every year. From where we live, that trip …| Brain Baking
They all use it - by Thorsten Ball - Register Spill
Last week, at a conference, I had a random hallway conversation with another engineer. About AI.| registerspill.thorstenball.com
Letter to Adolf Hitler | Selected Letters of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi's letter to Adolf Hitler on December 24, 1940| www.mkgandhi.org
Carlos Fenollosa - Blog
It seems 'bashing Twitter' is the new countercultural trend. I grew up in Spain in the 90s, and many people either don't remember or nostalgically idealize the credibility of traditional media. Like many 90s kids, I discovered role-playing games,| cfenollosa.com
Maybe Bluesky has “won” | anderegg.ca
November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky. I’ve seen a bunch of takes about this recently, but I keep seeing things I disagree with. I figure that’s a good enough excuse to write more about this weird-assed social network.| anderegg.ca
Feedback vs. validation - Herbert Lui
Imagine you bump into someone you idolize. You muster up the courage to introduce yourself and talk a bit about your work. They offer to have a look and give you feedback. You accept. You were hoping they would love it, but they only offer critical comments. It’s not in a mean spirit, but the […]| Herbert Lui
Attitudes one can take towards people who have behaved badly
humans and social punishment| DYNOMIGHT
GeoHistory News | Q3 2024 - by Tomas Pueyo
Longshoremen strike, Mexico – Spain conflict, how Islam propelled Europe more than Protestantism, and more| unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com
Re: Try writing posts, not comments; or, In defence of comments | -b
I've been noticed online, which is surprising. Scott Jack is the person in question to notice me, indeed he wrote a reply to my blogpost on what I learnt abo...| -b
Notes on Guyana – Matt Lakeman
Over the summer, I visited Guyana (pronounced Guy-ana), mostly in and around the capital of Georgetown. I had plans to see far more of the country but they didn’t come to fruition. Sometimes while …| Matt Lakeman
AI Is Killing the Internet’s Curiosity - The Atlantic
Peering into the future of search| The Atlantic
Job leaving rituals in the WFH era – Terence Eden’s Blog
One Friday last year, I posted some farewell messages in Slack. Removed myself from a bunch of Trello cards. Had a quick video call with the team. And then logged out of my laptop. I walked out of my home office and sat in my garden with a beer. The following Monday I opened the […]| Terence Eden’s Blog
How Biden Handed Trump the White House - The Atlantic
Harris was probably doomed from the jump.| The Atlantic
Write for Yourself, Inspire Others | Yordi
Bloggers often write advice as much for themselves as for others, turning their reflections into insights that might hit a chord with readers.| Yordi
How Google is Killing Bloggers and Small Publishers - And Why - Just a Pack
How Google is Killing Bloggers and Small Publishers - And Why - The one in which we break down how Google is killing our site. And why. Fun!| Just a Pack
Yes, scientific progress depends on like a thousand people
Defending the elite culture of science from both the political left and the political right| www.theintrinsicperspective.com
The Zero Click Internet | TechSpot
The internet is undergoing the biggest change since its inception. It's huge. And there is no going back. The web is changing into the Zero Click Internet,...| TechSpot
Thoughts on the New Digital Feudalism | by Masayuki Hatta | Oct, 2024 | Medium
How Big Tech and AI are reshaping power structures| Medium
Character Amnesia in China
During a visit to Beijing many years ago, I was having lunch with three PhD students in the Chinese Department at Peking University, all of whom were native speakers of Chinese. I happened to have a cold that day and was trying to write a brief note to a friend to cancel an appointment that […]| Global China Pulse
Why are you hitting yourself? | arborelia
Sometimes people defend deadnaming by saying that your past self did it first. Let's name and shame this.| arborelia