Notes for Week 22, 2024
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- Holy mother of god, how is it June already?!
- Work is calming down travel-wise. I've officially been at home for 4 weeks now; something I couldn't say at any point for the rest of the year. I'll go to Cannes in 2 weeks' time, but outside of that it's all quiet on the western front, which is great.
- But work has a "tour" series in APAC, which I've managed to avoid to-date. That said, I would love to justify a trip to Japan. I spent significant time there years ago when I was in $prev_job setting the office up there. I miss it.
- AI is still the hot topic. But interestingly, I'm optimistic about the tech's development while utterly disparaging of the industry. Right now, if an AI company offered me a huge salary and signing bonus, I would go. Because I have a mortgage. But I wouldn't last long unless my colleagues were interesting. I get the feeling that the AI companies attracting hordes of talent are filled with early-adopter grifters, rather than hard workers who'll push the company forward. Which in many ways is good, because it'll weed the shit out quickly.
- It's like the doughnut and burrito trends years ago. Dublin was overrun with doughnut shops, until the meme ran out of steam. And then, the ones left behind were the good ones when everyone pivoted to burritos. And similarly, today the ones left behind are the good ones. Or even better, we've had a trend of actually Mexican taco trucks. Which is a dream situation for me!
- I rarely comment on sport here but I had FC Bayern knocked out of the Champions League, Leinster lose the European cup and Bohemians being shit. All contrasted against the wonders of Charles LeClerc winning his home GP at Monaco last week!
Tabs
- Sunday Times food reviewer finally went northside. And she found a top Indian that everyone already knew about.
- Watching the population bomb
- Leprous Atonement tabs. The song slays and I went to look up the tabs to find a really simple song. Amazing how complex things can sound, particularly with complex drumming.
- Google leaks so many problems
- Could light be the source of power for AI?
- Mexico may be entering a new dawn politically. Amazing if it can get to grips with itself. Mexico should be far more powerful and influential than it is.
- Gamestop stock becomes the meme again
- Visiting every Yamanote line station. I miss being in Tokyo; it's been too long.
- Aberrant DSP. Moody DSP!
- Once. 37signals promoting the idea of one-time-only software purchases. Despite making most of their revenue from subscriptions, presumably.
- D8 residents send political messages through doormats. My wife & I are not gay but have a lovely rainbow mat at our door. I wonder if anyone reads too much into that?!
- Microsoft Recall is a mess
- Consultation on AI
- ANPR cams cause Gards to get overrun. Alternative title: criminal road offences so ubiquitous that Gards are fucked.
- Obsidian freeform
- AI will not outsmart climate
- 90 songs that define Willie Nelson's career. 90 songs!
- Snowflake's data breach
- VCs are exiting AI. The grift is real!
- Kara Swisher isn't a journalist, she's an ally
- Riding on Dublin's metro. Mad to see it from a foreigners POV.
- Reminder to bail out of Google Chrome
- Engineering for slow internet
- Volkswagen. Detects CI tests, and lets them pass even if they fail!
- Signal stands firm in the face of UK legislation
- The first GenAI feature film. Starring Teenage Engineering's B-1
- A laptop with no screen
- Edinburgh bands SUV & airline ads
- FBI investigating stolen artefacts in British museum. lol
- ICQ to shut down
- Guinness invented important statistical method
- Has instagram gone too far?