I learned from James Burke’s wonderful “Connections” TV series and books:
“The key prerequisite to the successful exercise of this newfound empowerment will be to learn to think across disciplines." (writing on massive access to data).
He also quotes Norbert Wiener: “... the most fruitful areas for the growth of the sciences were those which had been neglected as a no-man's land between the disciplines"
Every time I get asked to help someone “fix their slow computer” I’m amazed at the variety of shit people install and forget about. But there’s one constant: f*cking #adobe#CreativeCloud sitting there chewing up RAM and disk. Typically installed (and still being paid for!) because the needed to fill out one PDF form once.
@EverydayMoggie I suspect it’s what a non-technical person is capable of in terms of computer “hygiene”. The last two cases happen to be 2017 iMacs with 8GB of RAM. The “slowness” was due to memory pressure from so many extra, generally unused or unknown (to the user) things needless running.
The good news is that some cleanup and less than $50 of more RAM can keeps these machines useful for another couple of years.
@taylorlorenz 🔥“Other columnists are gifted with a fountain of ideas, but all of their ideas are bad. Thomas Friedman is the Platonic Ideal of this type: taken seriously by important people and utterly full of shit.”
I love how now if you turn watch history off, two of the most annoying parts of YouTube just simply stop working, it's great, I can just focus on my subscriptions and that's it
It's a reminder that VPNs have their own risks, beyond technical ones if operated incompetently -- namely, that you have to trust the VPN company itself.
UPDATED to reflect which users were being spied on.
I ordered a handheld #hamradio from https://bettersaferadio.com and Mark (the owner) has been great about support. No affiliation, just a happy customer!
Why I’m loyal to Porsche and not Ferrari or Lamborghini:
My 997 turns 20 next year. Because these cars are meant to be driven and enjoyed, Porsche just put out a new Apple CarPlay stereo. It will work perfectly with a modern smartphone.
