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www.wired.com/story/i-went... hilarious and grim

I recently read Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience — it’s an exemplary demonstration of what an essay can be. Thoreau’s wit and style are striking but also reveals how little things have changed with govt and the problems civil society has with it. angadh.com/thoreau-1

There was a brief moment when NASA was figuring out how to build von Braun wheels. Then Apollo’s messed it up. I unpack this and more in the link below. angadh.com/wherevonbraunwheel

I often meet people who dunk on London (& the UK/Europe generally) a lot. But one of my first convos, upon moving here from California, with a barista caught me off guard when he said he owned a home. angadh.com/london-1

Wrote on a contentious topic, it appears.

Not qualified to say Claude et al will replace SWE but I will pronounce myself Claude whisperer. The kinds of things I want in my static website in appearance and writing workflow (Obsidian+Jekyll+css) would simply not be possible for someone at my skill level without Claude+Cursor. angadh.com

Emails from students. Never gets old.

Space station R&D is something else.

"Flow" was the best movie I watched at the London Film Festival. Pleased that it won the best animated film at the Golden Globes. Cannot recommend the movie enough.

Something I am sitting with and find striking is how inhuman the humanity of ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode is. I just can’t get myself to take it seriously. When does data become humanity? Can it?