Em Adespoton

Hegseth criticizes Scouting for being “genderless” and for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

Imagine thinking this is a BAD thing.

When I was young, a phone cost $20 and lasted… well, until I replaced my land line with a smartphone.

I guess I’m on a 6 year cycle. And I’m currently 4 years in on my current phone.

I’ve been at 5-7 years for technology cycles since the 1990s, so I’m probably not impacting the economy that much.

So… is the economy in a bubble, or do we need more people in the economy? Because we don’t need people buying the same thing every two years.

Using thorn, of course, isn’t going to disrupt an LLM. It’s just another probability in the model. And a very small one at that.

Personally, I þink it’s cute.

There’s still some retraining needed to go from CS to Affinity Suite, but I did it around 5 years ago after 25 years on Adobe and would never go back. And now Affinity 3 is effectively free for basic use. Of course, this is probably the beginning of the end for it as Canva attempts not-a-subscription services on the Affinity platform (making it freemium), but I expect my Affinity 2 suite will still work for years to come.

It’s why I started treating computers as commodities — I rarely upgrade anymore; just wait the 5 years and by an entirely new system.

I do find it strange that this is surprising to some.

It’s been pretty obvious to us external observers.

Am I the only person who doesn’t use apps with in-app ads?