Social Movements Are Pushing Google Sheets to the Breaking Point. A sea of viral Google Sheets and Docs that break attests to the need for scalable collaboration tools.
this seems like a success disaster for gsuite
Author: Gregor J. Rothfuss
TikTok and the Sorting Hat
TikTok doesn’t bump into the negative network effects of using a social graphs at scale because it doesn’t really have one. It is more of a pure interest graph, one derived from its short video content, and the beauty is its algorithm is so efficient that it its interest graph can be assembled without imposing much of a burden on the user at all. It is passive personalization, learning through consumption. Because the videos are so short, the volume of training data a user provides per unit of time is high. Because the videos are entertaining, this training process feels effortless, even enjoyable, for the user.
the reason tiktok has taken off is because it’s recommendation algorithm is really good, and it doesn’t need a social graph to thrive.
Razor Blades are a failure
surprisingly, blades chip on the surfaces, even when soft hair meets super hard steel.
Fashion Industry Collapse
the industry was on an unsustainable pace where they produce 4 collections a year, and have 1000s of losers travel from 1 fashion show to the next. what a deadweight loss, not to mention all the environmental destruction.
SLA punishes Lucky
the assholes at the city would rather punish the person pointing out their problems, instead of fixing them. how about we cut the city budget to eliminate all the graft around “licenses”?
2020 Hugo Awards
Best Novel
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady MartineBest Novella
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max GladstoneBest Novelette
Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin ( Forward Collection (Amazon))Best Short Story
“As the Last I May Know”,by S.L. HuangBest Series
The Expanse by James S. A. Corey
Fake activity edits
Level 85 accountant
Hybrid forever
Really remote school should continue, partially, forever
global classrooms could be tailored so every student is at a similar level, ready to be challenged and learn well from the material provided. If it’s judged a student is having too much trouble in a class, or to little, it’s very simple to switch them until they find just the right level.
GPS Vulnerabilities
jamming has been around for a while, but now there’s also software-based spoofing. given that billions of devices rely on GPS, this is not good.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 