ongoing by Tim Bray
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Last post published on Fri Jul 19 2024
The author reflects on the experience of reupholstering their old sofa, highlighting the benefits of supporting local, family-owned businesses over globalization and profit-driven capitalism.
A review of a Tedeschi Trucks Band concert, praising their exceptional musicianship and production values, and calling for other touring bands to follow suit.
The text discusses the racist views of British author Anthony Trollope in his book "The West Indies and the Spanish Main", highlighting his beliefs on race relations.
The rapidly evolving cloud storage market, where providers compete on price, performance, and durability, with Amazon Web Services leading the way.
The text discusses the importance of maintaining photointegrity in the age of AI-generated images and editing tools, highlighting the need for transparency and digital watermarking.
The challenges of typing on mobile devices and the various methods people use to enter text, with a focus on personal experiences and opinions.
User's criticism of a language model's inaccurate responses about Tim Bray's views on Google.
Author released a stable and fast program 'topfew' to find most frequent field values in a record stream, on GitHub.
Comparing options to play a music collection without Google Play Music or YouTube Music: USB drive, Plex, and Apple Music; noting Plex's ease of use and audio quality, but its dependency on Android Auto.
A project to replace Google-dependent services with open-source, ad-free, VC-funding-free, and non-affiliated alternatives.
Warning about an unsustainable investment bubble in the tech industry, specifically in AI and machine learning, due to unrealistic profit expectations and FOMO.