The Not So Stupid History of Dunce Caps
Definitely for filing in the @TIL box
“What is past is prologue.”
Finally, I have my bookshelves looking like I want them - enormous thanks to @Moondeer - next job putting the footer stuff I used to have before I moved to @pimoore ’s Awesome Hitchens design back in.
Yes - I can add it to the ‘footer’ - but that isn’t where Hitchens footer info goes!
Chelsea’s Russian Owner Says Proceeds Sale Will Go to Ukraine Victims
Filed in the bucket of not seeing that coming. (Chelsea FC being sold) …. more background reading needed.
Epic Games acquires Bandcamp to create fair platforms for creators
Umm … Bandcamp exists .. so the platform has been created. No?
I don’t feel good about this.
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer
New news to this reader.
Is it me, or are cancer diagnoses accelerating?
Or are we better at finding it?
Babysitting Costs Jumped by 11% in 2021, Faster Than Inflation
$20 per hour to watch ‘junior’. I am clearly in the wrong business … or geography?
The segue on tonight’s news gave me an idea.
Send all those protestors in Wellington to Ukraine - and have them protest against the Russians.
Cryptocurrencies: A Necessary Scam?
“Yes, Web3 is a bunch of bullshit. The problem is, compared to what?”
Matt Stoller
Rest and hustling by Ben Werdmuller - highlighting the problem of ‘the hustle’.
It’s funny how you can put off projects that seem overwhelming, but when you finally get down to it, take less time than it takes to go out to lunch.
📺 What Is Truth?
I recently watched the TV series of Fargo seasons and came to realise that the ‘True Story’ theme of Fargo … where none of it is true … is itself a theme throughout.
It explores what different characters believe is their truth … and who are we to judge?
Example Scenes
Final Scene - Part One - of Final Episode of Series 3 of Fargo
Final Scene - Part Two - of Final Episode of Series 3 of Fargo
“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
Albert Camus
Side Note
The actor who played Varga in Series 3 ( David Thewlis )has just popped up in a new series - Landscapers with another favourite of mine - Olivia Colman.
Landscapers is a true story - not like Fargo truth - real truth! Proving that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
Web 3 - Whatever That Is!
To understand what I mean - you might want to check out this earlier post. Meanwhile, on my personal thoughts microblog, I have been collecting a series of links - you can find them here.
Meanwhile, I was thinking that it probably makes more sense to include them on this blog. Thus we have a new living post, starting with that list and expanding - as I find then - below.
Probably the most important blog that relates to this post is
Web3 Is Going Just Great
Added March 11th
World’s ‘First NFT Vending Machine’ Didn’t Work And Neither Did The NFTs
Original Links
Why Web3 matters - by John Henderson - The Idea Exchange
Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs - YouTube
So … what the hell is Web3? With the Chernin Group’s Jarrod Dicker - Recode Media
The New Get-Rich-Faster Job in Silicon Valley: Crypto Startups
The Web3 Renaissance: A Golden Age for Content - by Li Jin
Web3's Instant Rush to Centralization
Matt Birchler summarizing Moxie’s piece
Via Doc Searls ...
About My Book …
Just found this comment posted on a site out there …
“Best. Book. Title. Ever.”
A Metaphor for Computer Systems? (Jobs aside … I need to find the quote about the back of a book case.)
‘Peaky Blinders’ Production Company Working With Bushmills On A Themed Whiskey
No discussion of what it actually tastes like!
“Science describes accurately from outside, poetry describes accurately from inside, [and] both celebrate what they describe.”
“The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.”
💬 P. J. O'Rourke
Leaked Plan Shows Intel Will Try to Be More Efficient Than M1 Max by Late 2023'
Of course, @gruber has a point - a couple of them actually.
Let me add another.
Who thinks that catching up with the M1Max in just under two years will actually be competitive in two years?