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rands, 5 days ago to random

When did we collectively start calling margarita's "margs"? I feel I missed a memo.

rands, 6 days ago to random

Countering arguments the Trump trial was unfair: https://popular.info/p/all-the-arguments-against-trumps

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Ken Burns: “Do not be seduced by easy equalization. There is nothing equal about this equation. We are at an existential crossroads in our political and civic lives. This is a choice that could not be clearer.”

https://www.brandeis.edu/commencement/2024/burns.html

rands, 20 days ago to random

Today's stupid robot trick. Ask your favorite robot to draw some text in ASCII.

rands, 21 days ago to random

I am a sucker for Productivity Systems, Text Editors, and Bug Tracking Systems. Currently nerding out on: https://linear.app — it’s quite good.

rands, 23 days ago to random

Last night, using the voice feature, I had ChatGPT on my Phone ask ChatGPT on my Mac a question. After 10 minutes of back and forth, one robot was teaching the other about black holes. Note: I never said anything about black holes.

rands, 25 days ago to random

It's not that big of a 🤨, but you can get DALL-E to draw signatures for you.

rands, 27 days ago to random

This remains the ultimate test of ChatGPT for me. Here's the ChatGPT 4o answer:

rands, 1 month ago to random

I am considering doing a quarterly anonymous survey of leadership types. I am wondering what kind of questions you might ask on said survey. No bad ideas in brainstorming.

rands, 1 month ago to random

I’ve done a lot of interviews over the years. This might be my favorite: https://youtu.be/-Akmf4SGHTQ?si=mRsKBM24GRlSCHGq

rands, 1 month ago to random

On the importance of doing good work: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/crazy-charlies-window/

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When you discover a heretofore undiscovered keystroke that you’ve always needed. The excitement you feel is the aggregate time saved for the rest of time.

rands, 1 month ago to random

I’m at the “Try rebooting and see if that fixes it” phase of owning a PC.

rands, 2 months ago to random

I’m looking for not ugly desktop speakers with huge sound that are not huge. The usual high-end folks, Bose and Hermann, seem to be focused on Bluetooth (“Smart”) speakers or TV speakers. Any suggestions Internet? I’m ok spending a bit of cash.

rands, 2 months ago to random

I humbly ask every YouTuber ever to please get to the point.

rands, 2 months ago to random

Biden is outraising Trump, again: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-campaign-war-chest-exceeds-trumps-before-major-fundraising-event-2024-03-28/

rands, 2 months ago to random

Rands Socials Update. Twitter/X data is untrustworthy. Mastodon grew, but at its slowest monthly rate since tracking started. Same with Threads. Rands Leadership Newsletter grew, but slowly. Rands Writing Prompt had impressive growth with a small denominator. Rands Leadership Slack continues to grow steadily. BlueSky doesn’t offer obvious fine-grained stats and is flat.

rands, 2 months ago to random

The Enablers: https://kottke.org/24/03/the-enablers

rands, 2 months ago to random

Every meeting I've ever had titled "Quick Sync" has always been bad news.

rands, 2 months ago to random

Just because you’re ready to say it doesn’t mean they are ready to hear it.

rands, 2 months ago to random

The amount of aggregated information you need to do your job increases as a function of the magnitude of your responsibility.

rands, 2 months ago to random

The answer is “When is it OK for an application to automatically change my text?” is “Never without my consent.”

rands, 2 months ago to random

This will blow your mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDUUT2Y_9qk