The ethical case against using LLMs for work is straightforward and unambiguous The productivity case against using LLMs for work is complex and requires an understanding of volatility, variability, biases, security issues, lock-in, and more But it turns out that if you don’t have any time for ethics, you also don’t have any time for understanding complex systems, so neither case matters to them

For this #caturday, some of the local cats hanging out in and on top of a commercial greenhouse. They're friends with the staff, who occasionally forget the cats are there when they leave at the end of the day, so the owner has to go and let the cats out when they don't show up for meals

“Un-Listed”

Second Breakfast

Un-Listed

I've started and paused and restarted this email several times. I thought I'd send it Monday, then Wednesday, and now look: it's Friday afternoon (...

> Silicon Valley tries to soothe us into submission: here, have an app, have a hack, use this agent. And pretend that you’ll be spared the violence built right into the software.

These photos are kind of the "leftovers". Not bad photos, per se, but don't work quite as well as I had hoped they would when I took them. I'll probably need to revisit them at a later date. #photos #iceland

Last of this batch of bird photos. A pair of pigeons perch on a street light. #iceland #bird #birds

Scenes around the river Varmá here in Hveragerði were genuinely picturesque this week. #photos #iceland

The smaller birds were also out and about this week here in Hveragerði. Redpolls, redwings, and blackbirds #photos #iceland #bird #birds

A few more raven photos from earlier this week. #photos #iceland #bird #birds #raven

So, during winter here in Hveragerði steam frosts on the plants in needle-like ice formations when it's cold. I'm guessing this can happen wherever humidity and frost combine, but it gives the plant life next to the river a unique look #photos #iceland #winter