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Written by Delisa on 2025-01-16 at 19:04

“This is one instance of a general problem, which is products having only algorithmic solutions to the user’s needs, with no opportunity for the user to contribute to the solution.

The […] model admits only one remedy: Improve the algorithm. But because no algorithm will ever be perfect, you’ll be playing this game of whac-a-mole forever.”

— Let the user solve their own problem by @boredzo

https://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2025-01-14/let-the-user-help-solve-their-own-problem

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Written by Delisa on 2024-12-21 at 12:33

This is the best/worst earworm 🃏☄️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8YDa_khyKg

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Written by Delisa on 2024-11-28 at 10:07

Beginning to dread seeing the sparkle ✨ emoji, the harbinger of Online Thing You Like Is Now Worse

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Written by Delisa on 2024-11-24 at 14:07

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Written by Delisa on 2024-11-22 at 12:39

I thought I was getting extra forgetful but no, I just have two almost identical browser windows in different workspaces. What could go wrong?!

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Written by Delisa on 2024-11-20 at 11:02

"How did the sites look different after the work that you did on them?"

"They became basically beautiful meadows of native plants that were flowering, and now there are bees and birds and all sorts of life coming through. … In three months we saw a more than 50 percent reduction in all [petrochemical] pollutants. And then by the 12-month period, they were pretty much not detectable."

From "Turning Brownfields to Blooming Meadows, With the Help of Fungi"

https://e360.yale.edu/features/danielle-stevenson-interview

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Written by Delisa on 2024-11-18 at 10:21

“What makes a person worthy? What determines the worth of a human being? How do you, the reader, answer that question?”

https://jthornburyauthor.com/#essaywhowouldvegonenazi

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Written by Delisa on 2024-11-14 at 15:52

I meant to follow up on this post sooner to say I finished Lifehouse, the book the quote was excerpted from, and it was really thought-provoking. The concept felt like a meaningful strategy among others for the material benefits flank of a larger movement.

The book: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2536-lifehouse

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Written by Delisa on 2024-11-13 at 16:38

I had a potato in the cabinet decide to not just sprout but actually make a handful of tiny potatoes. In the dark! I don't even understand how this could happen with no plant at all.

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Written by Delisa on 2024-11-13 at 15:17

I had a blast playing Build a Jetpack https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=144726

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Written by Delisa on 2024-08-30 at 10:03

Why do squash plants gotta be so prickly, I’m only trying to help 🥲

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