Mill v1.0.0 has been released! :rocket:
It's a major release, bringing a number of big improvements (and breaking changes :hammer_and_wrench:)
Those include:
- builds are now compiled with Scala 3.7.1 (moving directly from Scala 2.13)
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"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.

Homelessness is solved by housing — not handcuffs.

Poster illustration showing the back of a bicycle rider riding on the side of a street and running out of room as a truck driver drives so close to the curb as to make the bicyclist lose control.

Mind That Cyclist! Give Him Room
1950
Artist: Roland Davies

My sincere take on generative AI is: why on earth would you want a plagiarism machine to live your life? To get to think, write, or speak for you?

🌊 We’re launching Fight Paperwork
(AI appeal-writing for providers who are done getting steamrolled by insurers)

After helping folks generate 3,000+ appeals through Fight Health Insurance professionals asked: "Can I use this?"

And now they can use fightpaperwork.com to get paid for their work :D

Cyc has an inference engine that performs general logical deduction. Might be worth a blurb. It falls into AI, cognitive science, ontology, KR buckets.

I just bought your book. Excited to think this topic might make the last 20%.

I dunno about links, or causes -- I'm an armchair dismal scientist right? -- but concentration of capital distorts the market's ability to innovate. Borrowing from wikipedia: innovation "depends on the political and societal context in which innovation is taking place". Too little diversity is bad.

Same.

CanInnovate | Kyle Briggs | Substack I write about innovation policy, scientific publishing, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, and research ethics. I comment on the incentives created by existing policy structures for the sake of ...

At a public policy level I think we are failing to create sufficient social support for creative destruction (Schumpeter). It still happens naturally, but it sjeems to be through trauma. I am not an economist, but it seems like we could do this better. You might enjoy www.caninnovate.ca.

I read "Information Doesn't Want to Be Free" recently. It covers reasons why things are getting shittier with media services in particular. Quick read. Available as an audio CD on Spotify. I recommend it. I think there is thematic overlap with the industry in general, not specific to media.

I think it depends on the people; the often mutually exclusive goals they're trying to achieve; taxes and subsidies (carrots and sticks). Plectics.

Is it a question about industry in general or specific teams or products?

Is www.dictionary.com/browse/enshi... a sufficient explanation as to "why?"? The wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshitt... has more context, including two tentative solutions (the end-to-end principle, and the right-of-exit).

Could you share some examples of UX/UI where you see "awful"?

Neil Derraugh A fundraising page for Neil Derraugh

I am cycling 100k on May 4th to raise money for kid's cancer research at CHEO.

If you’d like to help raise money you can use cheofoundation.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fu.... Or you can sign up too at cncycle.cheofoundation.com.

Distances vary from 2-5k (walk) to 15k - 100k (cycling).

pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/b...

Good, old-fashioned, Canadian fun. 🇨🇦❄️

A quote from The Upside of Stress Everyone has an Everest. Whether it’s a climb you chose, or a circumstance you find yourself in, you’re in the middle of an important journey. Can you im...

"The most meaningful challenges in your life will come with a few dark nights." - Kelly McGonigal, The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It

src: www.goodreads.com/quotes/11094...