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Douglas Adams article in which he originally stated:
1) everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal; 2) anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it; 3) anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it until it’s been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really.

"Google’s latest Pixel cameras pushes the AI envelope just a little further."

"Twenty years after Challenger came Columbia, and our assessment was that NASA was in the same kind of dysfunctional patterns that preceded Challenger. Today, there’s nobody accusing NASA and Boeing of being in a closed shop and not listening. I think the lessons of Challenger got forgotten, but the lessons of Columbia have not been forgotten."

"How many revolutions does the cog of culture make before a new truth about reality catches into gear?"

"Regular photography shows a tool shed and more isolated toilet would be appreciated."

"They reject more of the AI's offers, probably to get it to be more generous."
TBH, not terribly surprising, but useful to know.

"Don McGowan...goes into great detail about why he left the NCMEC board, and why he felt the board had become rotten, captured by interests not aligned with the underlying mission of NCMEC, and more focused on making it look like they’re protecting kids than actually protecting kids."