There’s a certain amount of irony in the proposition that one response in the comments on Jeff Atwood’s post commemorating the 10th anniversary of the launch of Stack Overflow was to suggest that the post be marked as a duplicate of https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/09/27/stack-overflow-is-10/. I think Jeff Atwood puts it best himself: Interesting, so we can close… Continue reading Stack Overflow at 10
Month: October 2018
STET
STET is a breathtakingly good story by Sarah Gailey, told as much in the footnotes as the body text, about the implications of letting Artificial Intelligence loose on the public roads. Which is more chilling? 10 – Read: ‘Murder’. It was murder, the car had a choice, you can’t choose to kill someone and call… Continue reading STET
Social Surveillance
Australia’s ABC News on China’s plans to leave no dark corner when it comes to monitoring the populace’s lives online: Dandan doesn’t object to the prospect of life under the state’s all-seeing surveillance network. […] The 36-year-old knows social credit is not a perfect system but believes it’s the best way to manage a complex… Continue reading Social Surveillance
Weekend TV
Such a good weekend TV-wise. Catching up with a new season of The Good Place was a delight. (Provided you could ignore Ted Danson/Michael’s attempt at an Australian accent when he was posing as a librarian to help nudge Chidi in the right direction at one crucial moment. It’s entirely possible that half a dozen… Continue reading Weekend TV
Libraries
Susan Orlean tells a tale that starts out much like that of many bookworms, of Growing Up in the Library, but her story ends with her reconnecting with libraries later in life, after a long spell when she had both the money and the inclination to buy most of her reading material and ends up… Continue reading Libraries
Standard Notes
On my radar, for if (when) Evernote stumbles: Standard Notes A writing experience unlike any other. Standard Notes is free to use on every platform, and comes standard with cross-platform sync and end-to-end privacy. For those wanting a little more power and flexibility, we created Extended, which unlocks powerful editors, themes, and automated backups. There’s… Continue reading Standard Notes