The Water in Which We Swim
Some common sense. [Common Sense with Dan Carlin] Show 326 – The Water in Which We Swimhttps://podcastaddict.com/common-sense-with-dan-carlin/episode/224278412 via @PodcastAddict
I’m tired of talking to AI
Stop doing this. “I worked as a developer at a company. I asked the business owner a question about a business task. He sent me a ChatGPT screenshot with the answer. I replied that it had nothing to do with… Read More »I’m tired of talking to AI
Collections: Rome: Decline and Fall? Part I: Words
Rome has not fallen in a day. “Roman Empire in the west was swept over by some destructive military tide. Instead the process here is one in which the parts of the western Roman Empire steadily fragment apart as central… Read More »Collections: Rome: Decline and Fall? Part I: Words
Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans, Part V: Saving And Losing an Empire
“Imagine I were to build a bridge over a stream and for twenty years the bridge stays up and then one day, quite unexpectedly, the bridge collapses. We can ask why the bridge fell down, but the fundamental force of… Read More »Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans, Part V: Saving And Losing an Empire
It is about context
Specialization matters.
Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part IV: The Color of Purple
Modern concept of race cannot be applied to the past. “I want to note that I think this argument begins from a mistaken premise: it is assuming that the divisions we impose today on our culture are fundamentally true in… Read More »Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part IV: The Color of Purple
Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part III: Bigotry and Diversity at Rome
People are complex. “identities are not exclusive; they layer and coexist, sometimes easily, sometimes in tension. This insight is essential to make any sense out of how historical people think of themselves and define themselves and others.” https://acoup.blog/2021/07/16/collections-the-queens-latin-or-who-were-the-romans-part-iii-bigotry-and-diversity-at-rome/
Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans, Part II: Citizens and Allies
USA or Trum do not go to war. American citizens electing him are. “Citizenship status was clearly extremely important to the ancients whose communities had it. Greek and Roman writers, for instance, do not generally write that ‘Athens’ or ‘Carthage’… Read More »Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans, Part II: Citizens and Allies
It’s time to be right
Is AI useful for your use case? “Low defect frequency, high defect seriousness. This is an odd corner, where the opportunity is mostly constrained to a set of experts. Software built here is going to need to be reviewed, debugged… Read More »It’s time to be right
Gen Z is “Maxxing” Everything
People are so stupid.