A Simple Proposal for Killing Comments with Annotated Links - Hapgood
I am surprised that Dave never added a “commenting feature” to his blogs where the way for one to add a comment to a site was to place a titled link to their own blog post at the bottom of the page.
Achievement unlocked:
Alexa, turn on the Christmas tree
Paper Thoughts and the Remix Hypothesis, Mike Caulfield,
“We’re computer users thinking paper thoughts” – Bret Victor
Google has released the first update to Chrome OS since I’ve owned the Pixelbook and so far it has not appeared. I’m a bit surprised, I would expect Chrome OS updates to hit Pixelbooks first.
For a company that is data driven, I am surprised by how little information Google’s Digital Wellbeing app provides. For example, it doesn’t tell me my average screen on time nor does it tell me whether my use is trending up or down. Trends are key to making decisions and Digital Wellbeing provides none, therefore I don’t understand what decisions I should conclude from the data it does provide.
Finch in the tree.
The sun is shining and the birds are at full throat.
My contribution to decorating the tree is the smart switch that controls the lights.
I’ve successfully moved my Philips Hue lights from the original version of the Hue bridge to the latest (version 2) version. If you read the page on which I narrated my work, you should reach a conclusion about the state of the Internet of Things.
It seems that one thing common among micro-bloggers is that they have a Now page on their site for the purpose of sharing what one is currently working on.
I followed that trend but have not been in the practice of updating it as there is simply too much friction to do so. Instead, I find having a Now page in my Federated Wiki to be much more useful and dynamic. If you want to edit a page frequently, you need the easiest way to do so.
On the docket for this weekend is migrating my Philips Hue lights from the original version of the Hue bridge to the latest (v2) version of the Hue bridge.
I am having a lot of fun in my online garden.
I’ve long supported the idea of reverse chronology in blogs because I always want the current stuff at the top of the page. However, I am finding that when reading through a blog site archive I prefer to see the archived content listed in chronological order because it provides context.
Progress Requires Wrong AND Right
Progress cannot happen amongst people who are unwilling to accept they could be wrong. The scientific method is based on the truth that ideas, hypothesis, can be wrong and hence requires proof of hypothesis that is peer reviewed and consensed as being right or most likely right. Proofs are not only facts but also consensed arguments of what is most likely right. Built in to science is acceptance that what may be considered a proven correct hypothesis today could be proven incorrect hypothesis tomorrow and that is considered to be progress.
I think that unregulated capitalism is really survival of the fittest applied to wealth. Left unchecked, as it mostly is today, pure capitalism leads to monopolies that destroy any real free market.
I am encouraged by Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Act even if I am skeptical it will result in real legislation. This topic needs to be addressed because of this:
But in the 1980s a new idea quickly took hold: American corporations should focus only on maximizing returns to their shareholders. That had a seismic impact on the American economy. In the early 1980s, America’s biggest companies dedicated less than half of their profits to shareholders and reinvested the rest in the company. But over the last decade, big American companies have dedicated 93% of earnings to shareholders - redirecting trillions of dollars that could have gone to workers or long-term investments. The result is that booming corporate profits and rising worker productivity have not led to rising wages.
The problem is, I have two quarterbacks (Cousins & Wentz) of two mediocre teams. That one of those teams is the defending Super Bowl champs and the other went to the NFC championship last year is the shocker.
Fr. Richard Rohr:
“The churches are not doing their job,” he said. “That we can create such a high amount of angry, dualistic people, who see everything in terms of winning and losing [means] Christianity has not handed on its heritage. When you don’t have a real God, your nation and your politics, of course, become your god.”
Source: Rohr: Church needs an ‘awakening of the soul’ - National Catholic Reporter
If you want to learn more about discerning real or fake information or how such discernment can become habit, read Mike Caulfield’s writing of his studies on the topic.
Dear world. I am tired of completing online surveys. Repeat after me. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should do it.