Category: Found
Links, news articles, clippings, etc. – classic blog-style.
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“PE 2.0”
We are seeing a distinct movement where infrastructure is being reclaimed as a first-class platform concern. In the early days, platform engineering focused heavily on developer experience, often treating the underlying infrastructure as a utility that was managed separately. That is no longer sufficient. To succeed in the AI era, platform teams must have deep…
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Things that don’t work are disliked
Per the report, 60% of consumers in the U.S. say that brands that use “AI” in their messaging are a turnoff, and 86% don’t fully trust AI and still want to explore original sources. Notably, 42% of consumers said that AI-generated answers without clear attribution are trusted less than airline fees, confusing privacy policies, and…
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“a staggering 3,611 active or planned use cases for AI across the federal government”
The office of management and budget (OMB) disclosed a staggering 3,611 active or planned use cases for AI across the federal government. The list has balloonedby 70% from the one published in the final year of the Biden administration, and includes many disturbing-seeming plans to hand over sensitive governmental functions to AI. Yes, but: While…
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The backstory of named colors
One color a day, told as it ought to be told: with its provenance, its chemistry, and the people who paid for it in poison. 🔗 Storied Colors Related, I collect color palettes I like over on cote.pizza.
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Using AI to organize the blizzard of paperwork, etc., needed for building permits.
Our planning system remains heavily reliant on cumbersome paper-based processes that consume the time of expert planning officers. We are dragging the system into the 21st Century. And: It triages applications, summarises key information and provides planning officers with an initial assessment they can consider when making their decision. The government says the technology aims…
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Rots your brain
Asked what evidence exists on the impact of digital devices on infants and young children, Professor Denis Mareschal, director of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck, replied: “There is very little, if any, causal research in the early years. Almost everything is correlational.” Yes, but: For Dr Dusana Dorjee, a senior lecturer…
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The last test
Previously, I had a setting that emailed every post. So, you saw some tortillas. Hopefully there is off now.
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Moved back to WordPress
I’ve moved the blog and home page back to WordPress. Everything should be fine? The newsletter should go out as usual, the feeds, the pages. There are more wing-dings. Just don’t look at the HTML and CSS it makes. It is horrific.
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🤖 Europe 2031: How AI Dependency Becomes Geopolitical Irrelevance Without Radical Political Will
Original: Summary — Europe 2031 – Europe 2031 Project. Summarized by Claude AI on Jun 15, 2026. The Take Europe is sleepwalking into a structural position where it owns almost none of the AI stack, accesses frontier models only on American terms, and can be economically hollowed out and geopolitically cornered by 2031 — not…
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The worst thing about being 80 is that you still want to say yes to everything, but the world moves without asking. The old fire in your heart still tells you to do this and that, but your body says we already did it. Also, nothing surprises you. It sounds like a luxury but it’s…
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