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Tech ain't that deep - and that's a problem.
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/tech-aint-deep
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Tech ain't that deep - and that's a problem | deadSimpleTech
With that in mind, it became fairly clear to me that the tech industry these days has a depth problem: as much as tech is becoming quite a bit more complex, it's also becoming shallower. Learning new things in tech these days, as often as not, simply doesn't give me the same feeling of satisfaction or achievement as learning or writing C back in the first years of my career did. Being effective in tech these days feels as though it's less about understanding than it is about memorising a big li…

New blog post! I hate hate *hate* that all different kinds of ML gets conflated to defend cloud-based LLMs. Let's talk about it:
#AI

AI discourse
I have strong feelings about "AI", and I don't think that's much a of a secret. Every time it's brought up, though, it almost always seem...

Plan to restore nature in England by 2030 criticised as ‘completely insufficient’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/13/england-rewilding-plan-restore-nature-2030-criticised

Edit complete! Will post a link once we've got it on YouTube...
#MusicVideo #TheAdventuresOfDirkBalsäk #Filmmaking

Generative AI’s per-query footprint can be small compared to flying, eating meat, or even Zoom. Until agents show up and compute goes through the roof.
How I updated my AI footprint calculator accordingly https://jonippolito.substack.com/p/agents-are-where-ais-energy-bil…

The Newsom administration is suing five more California cities
— Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest and Turlock — for failing to complete state-mandated housing plans, known as the “housing element.”

Huntington Beach was the first city to face such a legal action, and it recently finalized its housing element plans following a court-order and massive fines.
The law, which has been in place since 1969, requires cities and counties every eight years to d…

Newsom continues crackdown on cities over housing plan requirements. 'No city gets a pass,' governor says
Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed legal actions this week against five small cities that they say are failing to meet benchmarks required for housing planning.

Filing: Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch's FY 2026 compensation was $31M, down from $33M a year earlier; COO John Nallen's compensation rose from $15.3M to $18.1M (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Lachlan Murdoch’s Fox Pay Dipped to $31 Million Last Year
Fox Corp.'s pay disclosure comes as the company seeks to complete its deal for Roku.

can anyone advise good methods to cope with the nagging feeling that the customer i'm chatting with is really just the output of an #llm. i'm most triggered by "you are absolutely correct" and my "excellent observations" and similar sycophantic compliments. i never thought i'd miss the denial and passive anger of traditional vendor responses...

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Raiders QB Kirk Cousins Owns the Perfect Blueprint to Shred Chargers Defense https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/kirk-cousins-raiders-chargers-week-2-blueprint/