CIRCLE WITH A DOT

Paul Ford on AI and the Infinite Software Era. “All of the people I love hate this stuff, and all the people I hate love it. And yet, likely because of the same personality flaws that drew me to technology in the first place, I am annoyingly excited.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/opinion/ai-software.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFA.Q5V5.RFhmZVUFQ04Z

@kottke I don't want to be a buzzkill, I feel like Terry Godier put some thought into this. I agree RSS reader ought to adapt to user's actual usage of their sources to try and highlight stuff they really want. And to whatever degree his features are novel, doing anything different is worth trying.But I think his premise that unread count causes anxiety is absurd, and between this product page and his initial essay I feel like I've been slapped in the face with a TEDx talk.

@kottke "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Phantom of the Paradise". Oh, and earlier my brother took a much-too-young me to "Performance". And people wonder why I'm so warped...

@kottke This is said engineer after said daughter Molly’s wedding. Haven’t thought of a molly guard in ages…

@kottke The public utility commission in California years ago asked Musk on a conference call with him, “How much more capacity do we need to handle EVs in the future?” His answer “Whatever you have now, double it.” (That’s genius speak for “I’m clueless, but let me answer your question.”)