"The temptation, particularly in a world of influencer media on note-taking, is to get a Big System to Lead You Right To The Big Connections in Your Thoughts. You don’t need that, you’ve got one sizzling away in your noggin, right now."
Heads up: Vacay
"In my most recent talks to companies, even though everyone is talking about AI, less than 10% of people have even tried GPT-4, and less than 2% have spent the required 10 or so hours with a frontier model."
A quote from Ethan Mollick
simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/12/ethan-mollick/
"Roglič has now abandoned all three of his appearances at the race since he was denied the yellow jersey by Pogačar in a stunning stage 20 turnaround in 2020."
Didn't know this:
"...he recently opted out of defending his Olympic time trial title and was not selected by Slovenia for the road race at the Paris Games"
It just dawned on me that Primož Roglič has crashed two days in a row. 🙈
Caliper brakes: So easy and reliable, but I can only fit these skinny tires
Cantilever brakes: Fidgety, low-powered, and squeaky
V brakes: FML
Hydraulic disc brakes: I can't service these at all
I'm down to trying cable disc brakes on the next bike, I guess.
Content Warning: Tour de France spoiler
The thing professional creatives must be doing better, and the thing we aspiring professional creatives don't talk about enough, has to do with the fact that the hard part is not the initial creation, it's that by the time one arrives to the moment where they are putting their work into the world, they've lived with that work for so long that it is hard to like it, or enjoy it, or believe in it any longer.