Advice
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Pryday
Because “consent” is a fiction Pre-consent tracking is the norm. Prophesy When MyTerms succeeds, CMP—Consent Management Platforms—will mean Contract Management Platforms. These will be contracts you and I proffer and sites and services accept. I look forward to CMPs having a new job. From the Annals of Enshittification Seth Godin on The Amazon Tax: “Amazon… Continue reading
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Where Apple Mail hides ‘All Sent’ in Tahoe
My wife’s Mac laptop has ‘All Sent’ listed under ‘Favorites’ in the left panel of her Apple Mail app. Everywhere my Big AIs and I looked online, however, we didn’t see a way to add it, until ChatGPT suggested I mouse over the Favorites heading to see what appears. The two items that showed up… Continue reading
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Oofday
This one is too good at them I just wasted an hour of writing and research by hitting the wrong chord on my keyboard here, after neglecting to save my work in progress. You can't teach an old dog old mistakes. Uh oh Some bad shit is going down in Garden Grove. The other two don't… Continue reading
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Trust This Signal
Next Tuesday, 21 April, at 4 pm Eastern, Judith Donath will speak here at Indiana University and online on The Alchemy of Confidence, addressing the most pressing question in our still-new digital age: Why do we trust some signals—and fall for others? She explains, In a time when every AI passes Ye Olde Turing Test,… Continue reading
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How to Be Old, Lesson 1
I’ve been young a long time. My chronometer says 78.4685 years, which is long for a human but short for a rock. I know a lot of rocks. It helps to have perspective. I still work. A lot. I’ve outgrown getting paid, though my work is still valuable. (Or so I believe.) But it’s hard… Continue reading