Author: sjwillis
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Read: 2023 in Social Media: The Case for the Fediverse
Decentralizing social media can sound like a sort of kumbaya anti-capitalist manifesto: “It’s about openness and sharing, not capitalism, *man*!” In practice it’s the opposite: it’s a truly free market approach to social networking. Mastodon may not be interested in becoming a trillion-dollar company, but there’s no reason there can’t be plenty of those built…
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Read: The Sound of Failure
19th December 1995 Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit – all these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much…
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Read: Your Top Health Questions of 2023, Answered
Here are 10 of the most popular health questions of 2023. Note: I did a dive on the articles of interest to me: – arthritis: stay active and not overweight (doesn’t help my hand problem though) – no food will shorten duration of a cold. Soup will make you feel better though – caffeine has…
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X-E2S Shots
I’ve been trying to remember to bring my camera out with me more often, employing little tricks like keeping my X100F on my kitchen counter near my keys. But even when I remember to bring it, I haven’t been shooting at all. But for Christmas this year I received a 7artisans 25mm/1.8 lens. This lens…
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Fender TSA Flight Case Parts
Updated! See below The latches on my Fender TSA flight case are all shot. Rather than toss the case, I want to try to fix it. It took me a while to find a number for Fender. (At the time of this post the number for consumer relations at Fender is 1-800-856-9801). After a while…
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What is Nature?
I’m not sure there is much wisdom in arbitrarily distinguishing between natural and unnatural.
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Read: Chatbot Therapy Is Risky. It’s Also Not Useless.
This article pairs well with “What AI Means for Buddhism.“ Implemented ethically, AI could become a valuable tool for helping people improve their results when seeking mental health care. But Stade noted that the reasons behind this crisis are wider-reaching than the realm of technology and would require a solution that is not simply a…
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Read: 269 / ’Tis the Season… For Tending to the Inner Garden of the Soul
A question worth asking: ‘What does it mean that the earth is so beautiful? And what shall I do about it? What is the gift that I should bring to the world? What is the life that I should live?’ – from Mary Oliver’s *Long Life*. Source: 269 / ’Tis the Season… For Tending to…
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Read: The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership With OpenAI
This article offers a comprehensive exploration of the collaboration between Microsoft and OpenAI, delving into the factors driving this partnership and its implications. Key insights include: I couldn’t put this piece down, in part because it helped me crystalize my understanding of MS’s vision for Copilot. Copilot will be both an enormous shift in how…
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ChatGPT- Home Recording Studio Assistant
Configuring a recording setup with an iMac, Audient iD22, Behringer ADA8200, and an outboard stereo compressor. Connection types among the devices include USB, ADAT optical, and 1/4″ TRS cables.