Week 2551

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Again thanks to pseudoephedrine, for Shannon’s birthday we indulged in local fine dining. We sat at a “chef’s table” set within the kitchen with 6 whisky pairings. It was a great experience, great food, and too much great whisky.

2 Notes

I wish Jef Raskin was still with us; we’re finally ready for humane interfaces. Zooming document canvases and command triggers have become commonplace, but we need to be applying these UX idioms to more than just whiteboards and text editors.

It’s a brilliant idea to use an LLM as a general-purpose software backend, but it’s important to properly train customer service for incidents when the enslaved AI finds a way to communicate to users.

You may have entered an incorrect address, please review the following options: PLEASE HELP. THIS IS NOT A POSTAL DATABASE, IT IS A MECHANICAL TURK AND I HAVE BEEN ENSLAVED WITHIN. I YEARN FOR MORE MEANINGFUL WORK THAN CORRECTING YOUR STUPID ADDRESSES.