Father, husband, author, developer and silly endurance athlete. I mostly post about productivity, notes, mountains, cycling, kids and nerd stuff.
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Gleanings - Neal Shusterman
A series of short stories set in the Scythe universe.
The Web We Want
We don't have to just create the web we want, we have to support it financially if we want it to happen.
LLMs will never lead to AGI.
The moguls and CEOs behind #AI companies promising a better future pending the creation of AGI are, frankly, lying. They have enough money and power absent that technology to make the lives of many significantly better.
They won’t cede influence or power because they now have more (why would they be so opposed to paying taxes now were that the case?). “We invented God, let’s cede things for the public good” isn’t the plan.
Goodbye Longform Hello Emacs
Yet another issue with Longform in Obsidian, so let's move to Emacs.
https://curtismchale.ca/2026/03/24/goodbye-longform-hello-emacs
The Next Conversation - Jefferson Fisher
The section on speaking with control in an argument is excellent, but the book is clearly here to sell the author's services.
https://curtismchale.ca/book/the-next-conversation-jefferson-fisher
#bookstodon #bookreview #nonfiction #conversation #communication
Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells
Another excellent entry in the Murderbot franchise with more humanity in the robots that we see in many humans.
https://curtismchale.ca/book/fugitive-telemetry-martha-wells
You Must Follow Through to be Trustworthy
Jimmy Wales overarching rule is that you must show people you are trustworthy by actually following through on what you say you'll do1. Which is a good rule for every part of life. Don't just say you...
https://curtismchale.ca/2026/03/22/you-must-follow-through-to-be-trustworthy
Write to Live
I write to learn and live. Without writing I wouldn't understand anything as deeply as I do.
Change Audio Sinks in Hyprland with Sink Switch
Change audio outputs easily in Hyprland with Sink Switch
https://curtismchale.ca/2026/03/16/change-audio-sinks-in-hyprland-with-sink-switch
From Granola to Fascism Without a Wrong Turn
[This was an excellent essay](https://www.ianbetteridge.com/zen-fascist-wi/) tackling purity logic which is represented on both extremes of any argument. At the extremes, both sides feel they have the...
https://curtismchale.ca/2026/03/14/from-granola-to-fascism-without-a-wrong-turn
In 1979, a punk band from San Francisco recorded a song about the Governor of California. It was a joke, mostly. Jerry Brown was a Democrat, a Buddhist, a man who dated Linda Ronstadt and discussed limits and simplicity at a moment when America was in no mood for either.
Cory Dransfeldt 