The books I read in 2023 polymath.net/2024/02/the-...

We’ve all moved to Threads, right? I just can’t keep posting to and keeping up with all of these Twitter things.

threads.net/@jblanton

Just finisheds Robert Wright’s “Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny” (✭✭✭✭✫) https://amzn.to/3OiphVI

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iStatistica Pro - macOS System Monitor iStatistica Pro is an advanced system monitor for macOS. CPU, RAM, apps, fans and temperature monitoring.

After *15 YEARS* I'm switching from iStat Menus to @imagetasks' iStatistica Pro. It's pretty great, and I much prefer its aesthetic, especially the menu bar stuff. Only downside is that you can't hide the dock icon. Hopefully soon. 🤞🏼

https://www.imagetasks.com/istatistica/pro/

What the fuck is the deal with site logins asking for your email and THEN asking for your password on a NEW page?

TIL that the last name of the creator of the lithium-ion battery is "Goodenough". He also died today.

I used to gulp Red Bull and vodkas in an effort to maybe die, and now I'm gulping Red Bulls in an effort to maybe live longer (taurine). Science is crazy!

I hope Trump stays out of prison long enough to combat Pence on the debate stage. Can you imagine? I’m salivating. 🤞🏼

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Can’t remember the last WWDC where I cared about literally nothing announced 😕

Quick Links for Sunday, June 4 Most aliens may be artificial intelligence. I wrote about this very thing six years ago: Are most alien intelligences “artificial?” Paragraphica is a “context-to-image camera that uses locatio...

https://polymath.net/2023/06/links-0050/

The Vision Pro looks an awful lot like the Quest (Pro). Then again, like rectangular screens, how many different ways can you do it?

Quick Links for Monday, May 22 I finished Andrew Knoll’s A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters (✭✭✭✭✫) [amazon.com] Wendy’s is testing a new food delivery system that “will have robots travel through tunnels to transport online food orders from Wendy’s kitchens to the ‘Instant Pickup portals’ that sit

https://polymath.net/2023/05/links-0049/

I'm loving all the domain-based auth, identity, destination, etc. stuff going on lately. Just another few reasons everyone should own their own domain.

- Mastodon - @justin@social.polymath.net
- Bluesky (Justin Blanton) @polymath.net
- ENS wallet.polymath.net

Even after all these years, the NES Zapper still looks badass

“Twitter expats” may be my new favorite phrase

After more than a decade on my homescreen, the Wikipedia app has been displaced by the new (official) ChatGPT app. End of an era.

LOVING @raycastapp's ChatGPT integration. The extensions were great, but the native implementation is fantastic. I'm done with my Python CLI interface, Obsidian's plugins, OpenAI's web dingus, etc. Only downside is that I can't use Raycast on my phone (even if only for ChatGPT).

LFG!

Remember pair programming? Please say hello to your new AI coding companion, SteveIsBetterThanYou.

Have you had the “AI talk” with your kids? I recently published a post linking back to something I wrote many years ago regarding AI, and am doing the same here, and for the same reason, namely the growing interest in AI among the general public. Most jobs are going away and they aren't coming back. AI is coming

https://polymath.net/2023/04/birds-bees-ai/

The number of headlines I've seen around the king's coronation. Ugh. WHO GIVES A FUCK?

Highly skeptical

AI and biological evolution A little over five years ago I wrote a piece that today feels especially apropos given that even muggles are starting to realize the immense potential of AI, for better or worse. In light of this, I’m publishing below the original post in its entirety. Darwin was one of

AI and biological evolution https://polymath.net/2023/03/ai-and-evolution/

Surely these CAPTCHA systems know everything about traffic lights at this point

In my entire life I've never not let perfect be the enemy of the good. So that's been fun.

My favorite thing about Twitter right now is that none of my notifications have anything to do with what I’ve tweeted, or with any interest of mine. 👍🏼