Items I happen to view each day. Science, Technology, Management, Culture, and Writing

    This is my day book for this week. It is a log of things I see on the Internet.

This week: 20-26 January, 2025

Summary of this week:

• The Russians are still in Ukraine
• There is a cease fire in the Israel-Gaza conflict as Mr. Trump becomes President
• Donald Trump becomes President of the United States again
• TikTok goes offline, for one day
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Monday 20 January 2025

A Stanford research report on AI in the Federal government is not flattering to the Chief AI Officers in agencies. They just don't know much about AI. They are career bureaucrats.

Despite all the news about a trade war etc., the US and China have cooperated for years on AI research.

TikTok is back online this morning. Stay tuned for what happens next in this saga of the place where teenage girls post after-school dance videos.

Bluesky announces that they too will facilitate teenage girls after-school dance videos and the like.

We need a national effort to save local journalism (say some). Is that a contradiction?

And government experts (is that a contradiction in terms) say that Baltic sea data and power cables were damaged by accident.

Amazon employees returned to the office. Not enough parking spaces and not enough chairs or desks.

Linux 6.13 is released.

Adding little stories to non-fiction writing. Of course it works.

Good piece on why many freelance writers aren't paid much money.

When the light enlightens.

Daily writing vs binge writing. Writing is writing. Writing on the current big project is different. Understand the difference.

I like this piece about having an central idea for a book and sticking with that one idea too long. Sometimes the idea is good for a starter, but there comes a time to abandon it and write a different book.

Bored as a writer? Do something different. Why do we have to remind ourselves of such obvious things?

Let's revisit social media once again for 2025 and writers. Which sites? How much time?

Thoughts on the concept of "suspense" in fiction.

A call for writers to continue writing (what else would a writer do?). And this also boosts the self-importance of the writer to heights that are a bit too much.

Too old for this? Nope, just getting started.

Tuesday 21 January 2025

In an odd period of history, this one ... well ... Mr. Biden issues pardons for many people who have never been charged with crimes.

The professional football team associated with the Ohio State University wins the national championship, minor league division, in football. Lots of money is flowing, so I suppose that is good for someone.

Much is being made about the billionaire$ front and center at the Trump inauguration. It is widely and well known that Mr. Trump highly respects two groups of people: (1) military generals and (2) those who have made it rich in business. Both groups generally show high competency and that seems to bother some folks.

Mr. Trump renames the US Digital Service (an Obama creation) to the US DOGE Service. The government website has not changed (usual slowness). And government unions, which don't really exist, are already suing the President.

One of the first-day Trump Executive Orders revokes a Biden EO on AI. Less regulation, more experiments, and let adults decide what will work better.

Everyone take care if you stick out your arm high to wave to someone. You could be a Nazi saluting Hitler or something like that.

Another first-day EO bans Federal employees from telling social media outlets what they should censor. That practice was mind numbing from the start. How did anyone think it was okay. "But they are not correct in what they say!" That is the hallmark of the American legacy media. Look at old magazines and see how being incorrect occurred all the time.

What's a day without TikTok ban news? Yet another EO delays a law (can you do that?) and protects someone from something.

Nvidia is limited to what AI processors it can sell in China. Chinese companies are jumping into this lower-powered competition.

Comparing Nvidia's 5090 to the 4090. More better at lower prices.

This editorial predicts doom and gloom as the billionaire tech celebrity CEOs will now bribe all of Washington D.C. Is that new or news?

This tool helps find the location of a photograph. Great for the good guys. Also a big help for the ne'er-do-wells.

Yet another way to make money: GPUaaS or rent the GPUs you already have to those who didn't buy them back what they were cheaper.

Wednesday 22 January 2025

Thursday 23 January 2025

Friday 24 January 2025

Saturday 25 January 2025

Sunday 26 January 2025