Jimmy Cerone
@jrcii
Software Dev who loves to write, read, and hang with doggos.
Jimmy Cerone
You could see AI making an exact replica of The Room and it having none of the value, because it wasn't made by someone. Because there was no human-led deviation between what was attempted and what was made. That deviation, in art and in life, is what makes us so damn human.
Alex Dobrenko` • Will AI Replace the Artist?
I actually think this is pro-AI, in that it ringfences it. AI can make fun sounds, but it can’t create real stories.
Cut a chrysalis open and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly… No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay.
— Pat Barker
— Pat Barker
If you aren’t sure what to do, make the choice that preserves or expands future optionality . Remember: Most startups fail. Will you be okay with your choices if (& when) this one does too?
charity.wtf • The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad For Business)
A simple approach that has you split a notebook page into four parts: 1/ title, 2/ notes, 3/ keywords/questions, and 4/ summary. And no, it’s not because I worked at Cornell for the better part of a decade, but because this method encourages you to document your thought processes (i.e., ask questions), synthesise what you’re learning in real-time
... See moreDr Werner Vogels - https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/ • A Few Words on Taking Notes
My mind is blown here. I just started using this and it is so lightweight and yet still valuable.
“It's tough to be good at something you're not interested in. It's nearly impossible to be great at something you're not obsessed with.”
FS (Farnam Street) • Brain Food: Maximum Flexibility
Really getting me thinking, especially as I watch Brooklyn 99 and The Bear, both shows where people give a huge shit about what they do.
Here are some other techniques people use to access and maintain the zone:
- Introducing a long delay between when you do the work and when it is shown to the world. Annie Ernaux writes about this in A Simple Passion, a memoir about how she becomes obsessed in a banal way with a man who is having an affair with her—the thought that others will read
Henrik Karlsson • Notes | Substack
Government checks don't have credit risk directly , they have operational risk which becomes a credit risk. In the case where either the person cashing them isn't the person named on the check, or where the government later comes to the conclusion that it didn't really want to pay them, that money could (at some risk) be clawed back from the bank,
... See moreBits about Money • The Business of Check Cashing
Ahhh this makes sense now.
People are starving. To run in the dark across grassy fields holding sizzling sparklers up to the stars, dive into the deep cold blue sea, curl up on the couch with a good book, a big mug of tea, and a nest of blankets near a crackling fireplace. Return to the pure presence of childhood. Experiencing for the sake of experiencing. Unaccountable to... See more
Tommy Dixon • the end of our extremely online era.
Though the Chemical Warfare Service ran tests on animals—goats were a favorite—it insisted that all gases and equipment be ultimately tested on humans. Those humans were soldiers, recruited with modest inducements such as extra leave time or appeals to patriotism. They participated in three types of tests. In the drop test, liquid was applied to
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