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More than even that, there is more news being generated than there are 3 inch chimp brains available to digest it all (even with AI busy summerizing everything) or act on it. There…

Fwiw I just run kiwix/zeal locally which has old school search index of all articles in wiki/stackoverflow etc. That seems enough for most of my day to day use.

All that is a side show. What would you have done with the cash if you were right? Thats always the real story. My Aunt runs an accounting firm and is constantly moaning about the …

Sounds like an Order of Battle that armies publish these days after a war which documents the entire list of units, unit size, commander, equipment, experience etc etc

Check out Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety

Well the article is saying transformers are overheating. That means the entire distribution network is probably not rated for such high tempratures and god knows how that is going …

"Pouring water over transformers". Does this actually do anything?

Well I was just thinking about how much time and energy it takes to warm a large building. This system is warming things up for thousands of miles. It probably makes what the entir…

Just imagine how much energy is required to produce that band at planetary scale.

Interest bearing CBDCs can replace many banks today. No AI required.

Meta will keep oscillating. Its an example of too much cash chasing too few ideas. Tomorrow Zuck will say solving quantum field equations are the future, and since they wont find m…

There is no reason to focus on them is the point. Social media attention capture is all temporary not long term. People outside the twitterverse dont really focus on these people.

Well few years back my Boss thought it was a bright idea to buy all the women on the team, Sandbergs book for womans day. End of the day I am walking with him to the parking lot pa…

According to Ashbys Law of Requiste Variety systems that survive a wide range of ever changing issues must display a wide range of responses. If variety in response is low system b…

Think about what friction means. If there is no frictiom how do you walk? How do you turn? How do you brake? In systems theory Friction is a requirement for stability, controlabili…