Scripting News: Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Tuesday, December 31, 2024
After his death at 100 on Sunday, the news has been full of talk about Jimmy Carter. It's not polite to say it's exhausting and boring, and seems pointless. Then I happened to hear Jimmy Carter himself, on the latest episode of the Fresh Air podcast, and that was fantastic and totally worthwhile. It had been a long time since I listened to him, and I've grown a lot since then. Listen to the person, much more interesting than people talking about the person.#
In addition to a $20 per month ChatGPT account, I also have a full Gemini account because I bought a snazzy new Pixel 9 Pro which comes with one year of Gemini included. So far that's just meant that I get pop up dialogs all over the place telling me I can use Gemini with Gmail, Google Drive and whatever else. Honestly it's just annoying. I do not want these apps to do my writing for me. Please. That imho is not a valuable use of AI. I can write for myself thank you very much.#
Braintrust query: I'm kind of stuck with my little feed reader in Bluesky. It works, but a few hours into it, at 10PM last night, we start getting rate-limit errors from bluesky. If it really is a rate limit, shouldn't reset after a while?#
Still looking for WordLand testers who write good bug reports and use WordPress for writing on a regular basis, even daily. #
WordPress for writers#
I posted this on Threads, and thought it should also be on my blog. :-)#
I don't want to be critical of anyone in the WordPress world, there's already a lot of that going around. I want to be off on the side, seeing the immense value of the platform, and things we can do with it that aren't possible any other way. #
Toward that end, I want to say -- for a product that is so incredibly useful for writers, not much attention has been paid to how writers work. We can do a lot better, imho.#
Again, not meant to be in any way personal. It's just the way it happened.#
That's all for '24#
Happy new year everybody! 😄#

Linkblog items for the day.

Top 20 charts of 2024. jabberwocking.com
Biden World Thinks He Should Have Stayed in the Race. What Are They Smoking? (What are you smoking? It couldn't have turned out much worse than it did.) thebulwark.com
Apple TV+ Announces Free Weekend. macrumors.com
Trump coverage needs to change and here's how. presswatchers.org
Elon Musk's promises for Tesla in 2024, from robotaxis to Optimus bots. techcrunch.com
Aaron Brown, CNN Anchor During the Sept. 11 Attacks, Dies at 76. nytimes.com
Things You Should Never Plug Into a Power Strip. homemaking.com
Listen to Jimmy Carter. wordpress.com
Congress does not have to accept Trump's electoral votes. thehill.com
Elon Musk Stays at Mar-a-Lago to Be Near Bestie Donald Trump. rollingstone.com
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