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"...the tech sector’s obsession with taste is so much more nakedly about the destination: the point of amassing cachet is, much like any asset or underutilized web domain, to flip it into something you can get investor backing for. The subtext being: that little gemstone of humanity inside all of us is only as useful as an efficient converter of aesthetic revelation into liquid shareholder value? How bizarre. The rest of us are using it to like, feel interesting sensations and maybe find each other. But okay!"

Delia Cai

#taste #quotes #delia cai

“The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars. One of the basic and difficult lessons every artist must learn is that even the failed pieces are essential. X-rays of famous paintings reveal that even master artists sometimes made basic mid-course corrections (or deleted really dumb mistakes) by overpainting the still-wet canvas. The point is that you learn how to make your work by making your work, and a great many of the pieces you make along the way will never stand out as finished art. The best you can do is make art you care about — and lots of it!”

David Bayles, Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

#art #quote #david bayles

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

- George Orwell, 1984

#1984 #george orwell #quotes

I have a theory that we will soon be listening to audio through sunglasses or glasses. I believe audio is the first truly useful consumer avenue for mass AI adoption, especially if coupled with multi-modal capabilities.

I own AirPods and wired headphones, but I stopped using them completely once I got a pair of Meta Ray-Bans.

If Meta is smart, they will reduce the price significantly, similar to how Amazon made Alexa devices (which have mostly been a failure, but that's a different topic for another time) more affordable.

This gives them a path to creating the first mainstream AI device. Their hand may be forced by what Jony Ive and Sam Altman are developing.

In the meantime, I'll continue my daily walks, listening to podcasts and music through my glasses, which is a very enjoyable experience. My ears aren't sore afterward, unlike when I use my headphones.

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#AI #Audio #Meta Raybans #Multimodalai #Sunglasses #Predictions

"N period on from now, software engineers who haven't adopted or started exploring software assistants, are frankly not gonna make it. Engineering organizations right now are split between employees who have had that "oh fuck" moment, are leaning into software assistants and those who have not." - Geoffrey Huntley

#AI #Software Assistants #quotes

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth! But you gotta be willing to take the hits. And not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that! I’m always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens. You’re my son and you’re my blood. You’re the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, you ain’t gonna have a life." - Rocky Balboa

#quotes #movie quotes #rocky #fight

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“[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall all alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.” ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, Take Time for Paradise: Americans and Their Games

They have the Dodgers..we have the Mets and McDowells!

#LFGM

BASEBALL IS THE BEST

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