Our sense of control over the world around us is a prime example of what psychologist Bertrand Russell dubs the “illusion of control,” and it’s a common, almost universal, human trait. People are wired to believe they have some limited control over their lives and the world around them. It turns out a great many of the choices we make in our lives are illusory.
I’ve been playing with OpenAI’s GPT3 recently. It’s an awesome tool for writing, but it’s not always fit for purpose. I recently asked it to come up with some ideas for a paper my daughter had to write; some of the completions it came up with were - ahem - shockingly inappropriate. In other cases it is very useful. I guess it’s kind of like many AI tools: surprisingly clever, widely very stupid ; so not always 100% good.
About a year ago I complained about the status of pinboard.in. Today I revisted the service’s resources and was pleasantly surprised with all the 2021 updates. I renewed my subscription immediately after seeing this.
Am I the only one who found “State of the Union” @ WWDC painful to watch? Keynote to SOTU was like hitting a wall at 150 mph.
Is it a bird? No, its a swimming pool that is costing us way too much. But come summer we won’t care.
Today is international burger day. Will have to celebrate that!
2nd COVID vaccine administered! 💉🎖
The barista pretty much nailed the finishing on this one
Nothing like a cold brew to recharge the batteries.
Wow! Excel on a Mac is so much worse than the Windows equivalent. It’s probably my biggest gripe when working from home.
As per the official website of Apple, today’s Apple event will commence at 10:00 AM PDT. For viewers from pitiful Australia, this time translates to 3:00 AM AEST, 2:30 AM ACST, and 1:00 AM AWST on April 21.
Stipe Miocic needs a haircut. But I won’t be the one telling him that.
What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years.
—Carl Sagan
While I’m great at the job, it lacks the creativity and problem solving that my brain craves. Without it, I am bored don’t feel engaged at work.
“Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.” - An Wang
Me: “We should go somewhere as a family this weekend.” My teenager: “Can’t, my weekend is fully booked.”
The Ever Given being stuck in the Suez Canal is a massive metaphor for how so many people are feeling right now: weighed down, stuck in between where they are and where they want to go and desperately hoping for help digging themselves out. ://
Teen Friday night pizza party. With a bonfire for s’mores.🍕🔥🎉
My daughter’s M1 Macbook Air is stuck in a boot loop. We’ve booked an appointment at the Genius Bar on Saturday, but wondering if anyone has experienced something similar?
I miss Africa more and more. Not the politics. Not fearing for your life every living second. I miss the people, the culture, the food. Living on this red rock just isn’t the same. Nostalgia, what are you doing to me?
Getting my Covid vaccination 💉 today. Mixed feelings…
Note to self: Finish the coffee before eating the curry 😤😥
Watching Magic Camp with the youngest of the humans I’m responsible for. Yet another very entertaining Adam Devine movie which demands little cranial input (which is how I prefer entertainment these days).
Prime Video is just such good value for money and their originals are SO good that I barely go to Netflix anymore (apart from the excellent Umbrella Academy which I’m currently watching with the eldest of my offspring).
My first car was this exact same model. The emotions this video evoked are unbelievable.😢