Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
zettel.org
My most vivid memory of reading an entire novel in college was picking up Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse . On an unseasonably warm spring night in 2002, I propped myself against the steps of the library, opened the book, and stayed there until the early morning.
Walt Hunter • C’mon, Professors, Assign the Hard Reading
Of course, not all AI systems need to forget. In high-stakes domains — medicine, law, scientific research — perfect recall can be life-saving. However, this essay is about a different kind of AI: the kind we bring into our daily lives. The ones we turn to for brainstorming, emotional support, writing help, or even casual companionship. These are
... See moreDOC • To Grow, We Must Forget… but Now AI Remembers Everything
Wir reden miteinander über unwichtigen Scheiß, obwohl wir beide Small Talk hassen, während der riesengroße Elefant im Raum Schatten auf uns wirft.
Caroline Wahl • Windstärke 17
Das Grundproblem ist der Haß gegen Israel, gegen den wir uns nur wehren, den wir aber nicht aus der Welt schaffen können. Wir leben an der Bruchlinie zwischen westlicher und anti-westlicher Welt, und im Moment ist es an dieser Bruchlinie ungemütlich. Ich glaube nicht, dass die anti-westliche Kampagne, die auch im Westen viele Menschen überzeugt hat... See more
What makes this mode so different is the way it loosens the grip of the keyboard on the thought process. When I type, I’m always self-editing—backspacing, rephrasing, or policing awkward syntax. When I talk, the ideas tumble out in real time. It’s less linear, but that turns out to be great for brainstorming.
every.to • I Started Talking to My Computer Instead of Typing. It Changed How I Think.
This rant via Shalom Auslander
I was thinking about sex the other day because I was having a really depressing day, and a dead body had been found by the pier, and as I was taking my son to school and waiting at a traffic light, a homeless man in a mad fury began circling my car, shouting and spitting, and it felt like forever before the light
... See moreA good rant, on how nothing makes sense, by Shalom Auslander. It reminds me of On Bullshit’s opening line: One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share.
A 2009 study by Dr. Serge H. Ahmed, Is Sugar as Addictive as Cocaine?, published in the journal Food and Addiction, proved that sugar was eight times as addictive as cocaine. When I first read this, it was hard for me to believe. But this carefully designed study found that when rats were offered intravenous cocaine or sugar (in the form of
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