Baldur Bjarnason

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– Baldur Bjarnason

Fear Of Missing Out is lethal when somebody invents a footgun #

I published “Fear Of Missing Out is lethal when somebody invents a footgun” over on the newsletter

That last part is vital. Because sometimes the groundbreaking and original new technology is just a bigger footgun with very little actual benefit. One of my worries with generative models in software development is that extensive cognitive automation and programming is an extremely bad fit as it makes us think less about what we’re doing, which makes us more likely to make careless mistakes.

Read more over on the newsletter site.

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Old photos #

The sun sets behind the trees as a woman walks towards the grove where the rest of the party is waiting for her.

The shadows in the park are so sharp they're almost geometric shapes. A man sits in a chair in the middle of the park.

The shadows in the park are so sharp they're almost geometric shapes. A man sits in a chair in the middle of the park. Except this time it's in colour so you get distracted by all the yellow and green.

We see out-of-focus trees through a row of tall grass.

Looking through the grass, we see a duck swimming.

A bloodied gull flees.

The silhouette of a sparrow caught mid-flight.

Somebody is reading a book in the shade in the park.

In the distance, we see a man sit under a tree.

People gather in the park.

A view down the underpass under a railway bridge. We see the silhouette of a person on the other side

A scruffy discarded chair was left under a bridge in Montreal. It really did have that venomous green look.

Concrete blocks and barbwire along a bridge.

We see people beyond the trees. The leaves on the ground and the changing colours of the grass almost looks like a rainbow.

The sun sets behind the reeds.

Parc Jarry is covered with snow. A person is walking along the path as the sun sets behind them. The snow is blueish. The sky is yellow.

A group of people stand in the rain in Parc Jarry, talking under umbrella cover.

A scruffy, blurry, grainy photo of a duck in rain.

A goup of people sit by a table under a tree in Parc Jarry.

Children fly a kit in Parc Jarry, in black and white.

Children fly a kit in Parc Jarry, in colour.

Children fly a kit in Parc Jarry, in colour.

Children fly a kit in Parc Jarry, in colour.

A foal watches an adult horse scratch the side of its head.

The sun is setting behind a summer cabin.

A photo of a mountain, whose name I've forgotten, taken while driving through Kaldidalur. That name translates as cold valley, which was appropriate.

A ruined harbour with Hvalfjörður in the background and a mountain range in the distance. Colour.

A ruined harbour with Hvalfjörður in the background and a mountain range in the distance. Black and white.

The remains of a hospital wall. Colour.

The remains of a hospital wall. Black and white.

A photo taken in Árbæjarsafn which is a museum dedicated to Iceland's architectural history. The chickens are "landnámshænur" which is said to be the original viking breed of chicken.

This was taken in Viðey, a historically important location in Iceland and, as such, had generally very few tourists.

A photographer in Reykjavík harbour taking pictures of Viðey that's out off to the side.

Ahead we see a couple walking along the sidewalk in a Montréal street.