An annual must read by @stevesi.xyz - his notes on this year's CES. ~20,000 steps a day 🫡
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An annual must read by @stevesi.xyz - his notes on this year's CES. ~20,000 steps a day 🫡
I have a bunch 1st gen Philips hues that I bought for pretty penny 13 years back. But them being not supported in apps has made them generic led bulbs. One way I am trying to overcome this is buying only when they are supported by home assistant. Will see how this plays.
Was waiting for this and is always a treat to read your annual CES take. Thank you for all the walking. As a homelabber I am aware of the minipc vendors like geekom minisforum beelink etc. Good to see their mentions. Still not sure how smart home market will solve the problem of obsolescence.
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President Macron says "We must acknowledge that these imbalances are both the result of weak EU productivity and China’s policy of export-driven growth."
The first part of that statement is technically not true.
www.ft.com/content/c8fd...
What an amazing shot. Never been to Pittsburgh so had to search what I am looking at. Found - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Mx...
Yep - was the first true hype cycle I experienced. Quite a ginger.
Been thinking about this since it was shared with me yesterday, especially about how oppressively most organizations pressure managers (even senior ones) to stay in that persona rather than actually leading
www.leadingsapiens.com/ics-managers...
LLMs point to Peronist Argentina, Venezuela, Japan, SK and Taiwan and ongoing China. What's funny is in a circular argument it quotes one @michaelpettis.bsky.social saying it is hard chatgpt.com/s/t_691dda37...
Any pointers to who have done this successfully in the past. I am going to ask our AI overlords as well.
What stood out for me was the emphasis on productive capacity aka tradeable goods and services.
Understanding money and how it works has been an interest of mine forever. @interfluidity.com @michaelpettis.bsky.social have been great to follow over the years. Every now and then I come across an explanation that makes me like internet more. Here is one from reddit www.reddit.com/r/Economics/...
This is excellent, by @leedrutman.bsky.social.
(i think the piece suggests fusion voting would not do enough more than that it’s a particularly hopeful way forward. but the analysis of where we are, and how futile much of our factionalizing is, has never been presented more clearly.)
Greens are greens kale or spinach. Traditional saag paneer though is made with Mustard Greens. Grew up eating it so had to say actually.
Your skeets made me remember my scriptures. -
Whence all creation had its origin,
the creator, whether he fashioned it or whether he did not,
the creator, who surveys it all from highest heaven,
he knows — or maybe even he does not know.
- from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasadiy...
Blogs and online posts have been also very helpful in how I view money. Two particular sources -1. Blog/drafts of Steve RW of @interfluidity.com continue to be read. 2. Bits About Money by Patrick McKenzie www.bitsaboutmoney.com
I have been fascinated with the concept of money since childhood. My young mind couldn't comprehend why governments can't just print more money. Read a bunch of books one particular book I remember is Lords of Finance. Looking forward to 👇 book - Against Money
Achievement unlocked used a VGA cable and 🥁 PS/2 keyboard. Booting my 12-13 year old htpc.
❤️ someone who had to implement approx sin calculations as only basic arithmetic ops were allowed
Dani Rodrik trifecta examples
When reading @interfluidity.com you have to ask chatgpt to explain and provide examples
That is how I learnt web-apps.
Cooking continues. Hope the client is on Mac store now.
This does not sound like a happy experience, but I actually think this is more or less how things are supposed to work?
One of my most-cited bookmarks is this one from kellblog, on how there are really only three management levels: line manager, director, and VP.
kellblog.com/2015/03/08/c...
Was cleaning shelves in the garage and found a box of 1.44MB floppies. My 12yo son was also there and I asked guess what is this? He looked puzzled (I was hoping he would say save button) I told him it is like an sd card and can store photos. Surprisingly even phone cameras take > 1.44 mb pics.
Wow 30 years. 🍻
@qmacro.bsky.social has been building communities since the mailing list days 😀
It was so magical when I first read about power of two random choices.
A screenshot of the first page of the paper "Load is not what you should balance: Introducing Prequal". PDF: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/nsdi24-wydrowski.pdf
Life is full of tough choices -- like deciding which server to send your requests to. This week's paper: www.usenix.org/conference/n...
I like it because it demonstrates why improving application performance should focus on app-level metrics (latency+RIF) rather than machine metrics (CPU load).
Agree with the boring comment. I also tried watching videos but still boring. Then I bought Quest 3 VR headset and use Holofit app for rowing in various immersive environment. A game changer. Also works for stationary bike.
This part of the 2024 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review highlights shifts in Internet services, with rising platforms like Temu, GitHub Copilot, and WeChat reflecting changing user preferences. blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2024-y...