Politico’s PLAYBOOK newsletter is a very useful resource. However, I just unsubscribed, because they persist in taking ads for Meta’s pervert glasses. I refuse to endorse in any way a publication that thinks this is an acceptable technology.
Milli Fire. 2017. 24,092 acres. View of Black Crater from the Dee Wright Observatory. This whole slope should be covered in trees, but only a few scattered stands survive.
Not a great eclipse shot, but the best one I got last night.
#dailyphoto #moon #lunareclipse
Douglas fir outside my second-story office window. There are benefits to living in Oregon.
#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon
Mushroom season never really ends around here.
#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #mushroom
“Sunrise Ripples”
Meta settles social media addiction case with California, other states for $16.7 billion
Looking at the details released so far, Meta is going to pay out something less than 1% of their gross profits for 10 years to various state initiatives, and make some app changes that will, I suspect, have little or no effect. Hard to see this as more than a slap on the wrist.
As far as I can suss out, AI software development proponents admit that there will be a lot of slop code written, but somehow the good code will prevail in the end.
These are people who have never looked at an app store or social media feed in their lives.
“Peeling”
