MargaretC
@margaretc
MargaretC
Our bias is to always add more. More rules, more procedures, more code, more features, more stuff. Interdependencies proliferate, and gradually strangle us. Systems want to grow and grow, but without pruning, they collapse. Slowly, then spectacularly.
When a piece of trash drifts across the beach, it is our duty to pick it up so the next person can... See more
When a piece of trash drifts across the beach, it is our duty to pick it up so the next person can... See more
stephango.com • What Can We Remove?
Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
outlivecliffnotes.com
I loved how this book summary was laid out. It allowed me to go directly to exercise which is my area of interest. And I learned something new. I had no idea women should aim to carry 37.5% of their body weight in each hand so a total of 75%. For men it's 100%. Doing the plank or a press up is a lot easier than carrying stuff in your hands.
The other interesting fact is
There are so many people who don’t know what they want. And I think that, in this world, that’s the only thing you have to know — exactly what you want. ... Doing what you were born to do ... That’s the way to be happy.
Maria Popova • Iconic Painter Agnes Martin on Art, Solitude, and the Secret of Happiness
Wow. Chat GPT goes away and works behind the scenes for up to 24 hours!
reactive use of intelligence narrows our vision. In contrast, projective thinking is expansive, “open-ended,” and speculative, requiring the thinker to create the context, concepts, and the objectives.
David Brooks • This Will Make You Smarter
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- Lifestyle. This may be the big one. Several clues are starting to emerge that point to parallels between the lifestyles of super agers. Healthy-aging researchers have identified four common habits.
A physically and intellectually active lifestyle.
The willingness or ability to constantly challenge oneself.
An active social life and a wide social... See more
Jeanne Dorin McDowell • Celebrating What's Right With Aging: Inside the Minds of Super Agers
Many gangs still operate in Russia and Ukraine, though ransomware hubs have emerged in Iran, Brazil, India, North Korea, China and Peru. Some hackers seem to work independently, like pirates. Others appear to have links to their country’s government, or at least a licence to harass Western companies as long as they don’t cause so much harm that... See more
Amanda Chicago Lewis • Secrets of a ransomware negotiator
So, Apple decided to reduce the danger of misuse or error. They have turned Siri into a Copilot. You see these sorts of Copilots appearing in many products - very narrow AI systems designed to help with specific tasks. In doing so, they hide the weirder, riskier, and more powerful aspects of Large Language Models.