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Remember when the petroleum industry sold us disposable plastic bags as a way to “save the trees”?

Panna cotta. The pana cotta is the message.

I prompted ChatGPT to write and adjust a linear Python script for a repetitive task I needed to automate. It took 30 minutes versus the 6-12 hours I would have consumed if I had coded it myself.

It’s a huge force multiplier when used properly.

Seems like conspiracy statutes tend to cover lying pretty well, and lying under oath is perjury. What other ways could lying be covered?

Big Toothpaste gonna fight this. Tooth and nail.

I used to have two separate note systems, a journal and linear academic notes. Journal was always free-form and digital; academic notes started on paper using the Cornell method and moved to digital a couple of years ago.

Very recently I’ve moved to a digital Zettelkasten via Obsidian.md and I’ve basically combined the two, previously separate, systems.

Journal type entries are still kept generally segregated from my Zettels, but cross-linking can now happen.

My specific speed at digital note-taking has always been good, but what was lacking before was the a ability to backlink, which is a substantial strength in Obsidian.

Imagine your own personal Wikipedia for the bits of knowledge relevant only to you. That’s Obsidian. If you need a framework, that’s Zettelkasten.

But to answer your additional questions, I take notes to reference and retain. I’ve never been able to trust my complete memory recall, but I can usually recall a cue or keyword. With notes, especially digital notes, a cue or keyword search will get me right to what was on the edge of my mind. This has been especially helpful as I work on my undergrad, and as I move into the portion of my undergrad requiring more research, I anticipate large dividends from my Zettelkasten.

That’s how they started out. In 2007 I had the seven-at-a-time package because my wife and I would watch a movie a night. Shipping took 3-4 days, so by the time I got to number 7, I’d have only had it for 3 or four days before it went straight back into the mailbox.

It was a different time. As fast as things were starting to go, in retrospect it was all still pretty slow.

We’re Disruptors.

I have run my own PiHole previously. Then I wanted Ad blocking on my phone, so I also setup OpenVPN that ran alongside my PiHole so I could get ad blocking anywhere. I travel often, and then we moved, so I never got it set up again, at the same time I discovered AdGuard could be configured on both home networks for network-level blocking, but they also have device profiles for iOS.

I haven’t had to fuss with PiHole now in years.

If you are happy to do the administration of a PiHole, and the scope it provides, it’s good. I didn’t want to have to fuss with it anymore.

It’s borderline impossible to use less oil in increasingly car-centric infrastructure systems.

AdGuard! They even have installable profiles for Apple devices, so I get ad blocking even on mobile!

mb, DDNS. nvm