It's fun watching people on different Big Social sites come to the realization that they have been working for free for billionaires all this time.
Even funner is watching the billionaires openly explain this relationship better than I ever could.
Not that I'm against carbon offsets--I'm not. But as a justification for not examining/changing current practices, that answer felt wrong.
Oh hi folks. I just read an FAQ for carbon offsets that justified this practice for in-person conferences in part by arguing "Even virtual conferences need massive amounts of energy to run the technology that we all use to remotely attend those events" -- and my antennae began waving. I need to start research on this. Is energy usage for 10k people attending an online conference anywhere equal to 10k people flying to a conference site?
I've experienced two examples of blatant ageism in the past week, the first time on Twitter and the second time in person. Will there be a hat trick?
All I can think of to post this week is this moment from The Graduate (with apologies for this movie having so many issues):
Mr. Braddock: "Ben, this whole idea sounds pretty half-baked."
Benjamin: "Oh, it’s not. It’s completely baked."
I asked #ChatGPT for an "authentic recipe for Turkish Delight." It posted a recipe. I asked for the source. It said "This recipe is a combination of classic Turkish Delight recipes that I have seen in various cookbooks and on websites. I have combined the ingredients and instructions from various sources to create a recipe that should produce delicious results. I can't point to a specific source as it is a combination of multiple recipes."
This is so wrong on so many levels!
1996: I register a domain. In WHOIS I list my email for that domain (cue ominous music)
Somewhere between 1996 and 2013: I renew the domain for a long time, at a great price
2013: ICANN changes its rules to require verification of domains
2023: I renew the domain, but because the email goes to an address that needs verification...
2023: Wife wonders why email is dead
2023: Many kermit-flails later, I update the WHOIS record, using an email from another domain, verify the domain, & all is well
This is one of those nights when I wish I had set up a standing 2 am Zoom meeting for anyone interested called "Yesterday."
As I draft proposed amendments to the bylaws of the American Library Association, I am wondering... why do we need to number bylaws articles with Roman numerals? I always have to pause and do the math to figure out that "ex eye vee" is 14. Why can't Article V be Article 5? What am I not understanding?
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