End of a garbage era
Our garbage service has, finally, abandoned its dot-matrix printer and tractor-feed perforated forms for a laser printer and shiny multi-color forms.
Hands and AI
When I see ordinary human hands on a screen, they’ve begun to look like the work of AI.
Jury doody
“Over 100 people are calling this number, so you may experience busy signals,” the summons said. “Please be patient and try again.”
“Meaning everyone”
In The New York Times, Virginia Heffernan writes about attending virtual Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the time of the coronavirus.
Eric Schmidt and Warren Buffett
Who is Eric Schimdt to tell us how we are to live? Warren Buffett knows better.
"Old-world skillz"
E.g., "Calculating how many lines to leave for a footnote (yes, with a manual typewriter)."
Work and online life
On "work-relevant characteristics of online life"
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