Links (7 November 2024)

Some thoughts, because I write to think. Tech is about to enter a proper wealth extraction phase. One of my annoyances with “enshittification” is the lack of imagination it implies. Tech, as an industry, can be much more extractive than this. There’s ways to the bottom yet. Most large tech software products are, effectively, extremely shoddy...

Back when I relaunched this site in 2010 – switching from a pair of named blogs, Loud for links and Another Quiet Day for essays, to a eponymous blog and site – the point was that it would be a more focused foundation for my career. Unlike the blogs I’d been running up until then, this site has always had a defined purpose. I might digress into...

Went out and followed the local ravens around for a bit. A few more juveniles have joined the ones that arrived the other day. I’m guessing there are at least ten currently in town. They love to perch on streetlights. They were also very good about flying past the sunset. Finally, starlings.

“Your AI code generators are your new net-negative developers”. “A Doc On How Amazon Workers Unionized Drew Critics’ Praise, But No Major Takers to Distribute”. We’re going to see a lot more like this if the US’s vestigal anti-trust efforts get abandoned. “‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril |...

Five juvenile ravens moved into town during a recent cold spell. They’re a little bit too boisterous to capture easily in groups but will pose for you occasionally. I have an unreasonable liking for the one with the autofocus mishap. And bonus starlings Icelandic horses seem unconcerned by the frost. Apparently they can handle cold and snow, but...