markjgsmith

2023/12/29 #

• Communism - The problem with communism is communism itself, for the very same thing that saves you from oblivion, the commune, also blocks you from succeeding at anything. The commune cuts both ways. Ultimately you are constantly taking two steps forward, then two steps backwards.

  The people with the power, keep the power, and the people without the power, stay without any power. Everyone is stuck, and literally every single thing is a fight.

  And with AI it will be even worse. Even more stuck, even more of a fight for everything. #

• Build minutes - Bit of a quiet day posting wise today. I've been waiting for my build minutes to get reset. I was just able to publish the notes and links that were supposed to go out this morning. #

• Harassment - The harassment I've been subjected to the past few days has been off the charts. Tsunami after tsunami after tsunami. I've tried not to mention it much because it's Christmas, no one wants to read about harrassment over the holidays. Anyway just wanted to mention it because there have been several of these harassment incidents, which appear to be linked, that could definitely be classified as being sexual in nature.

  Very strange and uncomfortable situations too. This sort of thing has happened before, about a year ago, I think I wrote about it last time it happened too. It's my belief that it's intimidation, manufactured situations, trying to get me angry. I don't want to get into specifics, but I just want to say it's definitely not ok. #

Today’s links:

• UK vinyl sales at the highest level since 1990 - The cool thing about vinyl is the awesome artwork that often is included. There’s so much creativity that goes into the production. That’s the one thing that we lost with digital. I’m glad people are still collecting, record stores are a big part of the music scene. www.bbc.com #