Weekend reading:

The combination of a deep-seated mythology of American exceptionalism, progress gospel, (willful) historical ignorance, and a lack of political imagination has created a situation in which a lot of people simply refuse to take the Trumpist threat seriously.

This week’s piece:

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/it-could-definitely-happen-here

As a fellow William and Mary alum (I wasn’t asked to leave like he was), I can verify this was a common reaction to impending deadlines. Thankfully he didn’t have access to LLM.

#genai #llm #4thofjuly #wmalum

Spectacular timelapse capturing an entire night from sunset to sunrise over the ALMA Observatory on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Atacama Desert.

Video Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)

Unreal Tournament 2004 was released on this day 20 years ago

🏢 Epic Games
📅 16/03/2004
🖥 Linux, Mac, Windows

#videogames

For the Fremen!!

#DeepThoughtsOfSpringBirds
#HashTagGames

How bad business broke the smart home

when my smart home fails, it’s because an executive somewhere decided to change the terms of a business agreement governing how connected devices talk to each other. In the digital world, these sorts of contract disputes are common.

But in the physical world, we are used to products that break according to the laws of physics or chemistry, not contract law.

#SmartHome #InternetOfThings #IoT #business #management #technology #tech

https://www.theverge.com/23970749/smart-home-broken-policy-fixes