Links, December 13, 2024
Happy Friday the 13th. I’ve been busy this week, but here’s some things I think are worth sharing:
You should have a website
I’m guessing if you’re reading this you’re also sympathetic to this argument, but this also provides a lot of great resources for people who aren’t quite so technical.
In a world where technology is deeply alienating and increasingly locked to be controlled only by experts, having agency over a machine is empowering. Being able to show your friends that you made a website feels good. And when shit hits the fan and you lose Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook, your mastodon instance, your Telegram channel, Instagram, cohost, or wherever else you make your posts, you will feel better having a place to fall back to, and if you continue with social media somewhere else, you will have a place to hang up a sign that says “find me here”.
101 things you can do on your personal website
- Share a list of your favourite books.
I’ve been meaning to start this for a while now. Soon.
Storing times for human events
What’s wrong with calculating the exact UTC time the event is starting and storing only that?
The problem is that we are losing crucial details about the event creator’s original intent.
I’ve updated my Understanding Time Zones piece to reflect some of this advice.
Have we been duped by the primary energy fallacy?
This fallacy arises when comparing energy sources based on their primary energy consumption, often overlooking fundamental differences in efficiency and utility.
In some ways this is the opposite of the Jevons paradox.