Three times in the past few days Google failed me but I got the right result from ChatGPT. Dark days for Google, formerly the greatest internet productivity tool in the world.

Entering my birth year in the GIF search:

The top of the Empire State Building was originally designed to be used as a docking station for airships. In the late 1920s, there was a belief that cross-Atlantic travel would soon be carried out using zeppelins or dirigibles. Therefore, the investors behind the Empire State

I absolutely thought my increasing rate of typos as due to me getting older!

Some of the best of Charlie Munger: “Every time you hear EBITDA, just substitute it with bullshit”. Absolute legend. 🐐

As a fairly accomplished speaker myself, I need to add a glaring omission to the below: practice. Seriously: rehearse. For important speeches I’ve spoken them out loud to myself 3-5 times. All other techniques come after knowing your content down pat.

I have only one author for which I've read all his work and eagerly look forward to the next one: Neal Stephenson

Speaking only of Furiosa: the movie was not that good. It lost something from Fury Road. And none of the stars are box office draws.

This guy doesn’t know what “bricked” means.

This just reminds me of a quiet happiness I just had with Singapore ode like to share: I think your chances of getting it back here are near 100%. If you left in a taxi, 98% chance. At a restaurant, 95%.

Amazed this ChatGPT detection trick worked

Hey Tim Hannigan nice work on History of Indonesia. Great read. Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation (Brief History of Asia Series) a.co/d/bx7dXYU

I don't think the author of this article knows what "scrape" means. Meta used data that was given to them by their users. Yes, it's sketchy. But it ain't scraping. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-1…

We are so back (this is a real slide from SoftBank's investor presentation earlier this year)

Visiting Korea and curious to see that every nearby appliance seems to be a wifi hub.

Hey Dan Carlin have you read and do you recommend Denis Fustel de Coulanges’s The Ancient City. Seems kinda like Your Thing but I’ve not heard you mention it. amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D274…

"The black death? Yeah I think that sounds amazing." -- 9 random americans

Anyone else out there getting real assistance-level support from Copilot? Not quick answers and summaries. I mean thoughtful conversation and insight. Because I’ve been disappointed by it again and again. Not sure why Copilot couldn’t match OpenAI quality.