My town looks okay, for now (photos):

My town looks okay, for now (photos)

Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

As a neurospicy person prone to anxiety, pretty much all of my spare time over the past week has been spent either hiking or under a weighted blanked with noise-cancelling headphones. I think everybody's coping mechanisms are getting intensive workouts these days.

“'I don't want to leave my people' - fear grips Greenland”

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'I don't want to leave my people' - fear grips Greenland

For generations, Greenlanders felt protected by the US - the superpower that had helped defend them during World War II and maintained a reassuring...

> The fear has become so acute that she is considering fleeing the country with her family.

Raven pair #iceland #bird #birds #raven

“If users notice your software, you’re already a loser – Pivot to AI”

Pivot to AI

If users notice your software, you’re already a loser

Nobody wants a computer. They want what it does. Not the annoying machine. Including phones. I just got a new phone, a Fairphone 5. It’s a nice p...

> If you’re adding sparkly icon “now with AI!” features to your software, you’re in quarterly driven failure mode

With every report about cities or states in the US pushing back against the violent authoritarianism of their federal systems, I'm reminded of Tainter description of the prelude to collapse in "The Collapse of Complex Societies" > There is, first and foremost, a breakdown of authority and central control. Prior to collapse, revolts and provincial breakaways signal the weakening of the center. Revenues to the government often decline. Foreign challengers become increasingly successful.