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aklemm··on GIMP Development Update
Honestly, this is fair.
aklemm··on Saying No
This is correct
aklemm··on Degrees of Wealth
This is the error I get trying to load the page (Firefox):

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aklemm··on Tiny black holes may be exploding stars across the Milky Way
And yet no one does a thing about it.
aklemm··on The End of an Era
/s I hope
aklemm··on The KIDS Act would require age checks to get online
It’s quickly being understood as a ploy for mass surveillance.
aklemm··on I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA
Right, and it's quite possibly not even very relevant to the book.
aklemm··on It's death
It seems like a gem to me. For those who don’t “get it” just think about what it evokes and follow those thoughts. That’s all there is to it.
aklemm··on Ferrari Luce
Everything but that stubby, sawed-off, blunted rearend looks pretty good
aklemm··on Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs
I bet the victims had their socks on too
aklemm··on Helium is hard to replace
My son's life was saved when he had a severe asthma attack and helium treatment helped him recover. The doctor told us about helium scarcity and how much she hated party balloons. ;p It certainly is a precious resource.
aklemm··on We Do Not Support Opt-Out Forms (2025)
Their detailed explanation of compliance issues in the space is interesting and enlightening.
aklemm··on Velox: A Port of Tauri to Swift by Miguel de Icaza
Following this thread to this comment has been one of the biggest disappointments of my week. Your paranoid pedantry is not helpful.
aklemm··on The Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, Atlas are the same mountain range
When I learned this, I also learned that in the Appalachian Mountains, the valleys were the peaks originally and the peaks are what were the valleys. This has to do with the type of rock and the erosion that has happened; the original peaks were a softer rock. That mountain range was extremely tall at one point.
aklemm··on My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020)
This is the way. Obviously as mentioned, a calendar is a pre-requisite and for me so are various note-taking/writing systems such as a physical notebook, more .txt files, and sometimes heavier stuff like Google Docs. But those are only for deeper work or archival stuff. Most everything starts and and ends right in thst one .txt file. Each day new stuff goes at the top. Sometimes I go through it and delete things that have become meaningless or will never be useful.
aklemm··on McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash
Nobody wants it, and we all have a sense of the dark future ahead. Why they think we would think this is an acceptable way to sell burgers is crazy.
aklemm··on Human hair grows through 'pulling' not pushing, study shows
As I’ve ALWAYS suspected
aklemm··on Short Little Difficult Books
I’ll do as I like.
aklemm··on A new book about the origins of Effective Altruism
The angle that has always perturbed me about EA is the implication (or outright accusation, really) that the entire philanthropy world is full of useless bozos ineffectually stumbling around failing to help people.

While greater efficiencies are always welcome, it seem immature or unwise to bring the “Well I tell ya what I’d do…” attitude to incredibly complex messy human endeavors like philanthropy. Ditto for politics. Rather get in there and learn why these systems are so messy…that’s life, really.

aklemm··on Tech workers' fight for living wages and a 32-hour workweek is a battle for all
The title says exactly that, does it not?
aklemm··on Electricity can heal wounds three times as fast (2023)
Indeed, the takeaway I get from this is how we tend to underestimate how long healing takes. People expect major injuries to be healed in 6 weeks, but it often takes that long to simply turn the corner toward full healing.
aklemm··on Diane Keaton has died
Is art within your sphere of awareness?
aklemm··on California enacts law enabling people to universally opt out of data sharing
When universal opt-out isn’t available https://simpleoptout.com/
aklemm··on Eliminating contrails from flying could be cheap
We can bomb immigrants and protestors. Let your imagination soar in these innovative times!
aklemm··on Increasing your practice surface area
No there isn't.
aklemm··on Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
Haha yes because it went on for a couple weeks before disappearing.
aklemm··on Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
Man I went straight for psydub info. Back about 5 years ago I stumbled onto so some really interesting “psydub” playlists on Spotify with very strange song names and I thought I’d really found something good. Then poof! they disappeared one day and nothing labeled “psydub” seems to hit the mark and I don’t know what the hell that stuff was that disappeared.
aklemm··on Meta exposé author faces $50k fine per breach of non-disparagement agreement
Well she’s done a massive service exposing these absolutely imbecilic people at Facebook. It’s depressing, but aslo helpful to know definitively that our next step as a culture can safely be to end the cult of the billionaire. They do not deserve our admiration, and there is no place for them in public policy.
aklemm··on ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair
It is so true. Pick up any well-regarded book even quick short ones and the depth of information, insight, and connection you get put most online things to shame. Like it’s not even close compared to good blogs, podcasts, and videos…books run circles around them.
aklemm··on Trucker built a scale model of NYC over 21 years
Good point
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