James Box

@nickonion @EITS Strong colour palette there @nickonion

Gig 1 of the weekend. Explosions in the Sky, Brighton. Perfectionists of crescendo sound. Amazing to see and hear. @EITS @boxman

Featuring talks from @nicolebradfield, @rachelcoldicutt, @DivideClass, stanleyjamespress.com, @anjali28, @anilkseth and @Optimistontour plus amazing food from bakestone.uk, we hope you can join us.

This is Optimism is an intimate one-day conference in the Sussex countryside on Friday 20th September, where we’ll explore the power of optimism in shaping our futures. optimism.is

@simonw Cloudflare will not harm you unless you harm it first

Good thing my blog is behind Cloudflare

@genmon This is wonderful. Thank you.

The entire BBC In Our Time archive browsable by Dewey-Decimal code? Yes please I made a website to find old episodes of In Our Time to listen to. There are almost a thousand, it’s my starting point for any new topic Very early, suggestions welcome genmon.github.io/braggoscope/

@qwertykate Road trip planning underway

@boxman Thought you might enjoy this... 😄 theguardian.com/science/2023/j…

@stef @paulg @pinecone @gpt_index Yes! 👏

@boxman @paulg @pinecone @gpt_index A little like a personal board. Gather the "people" who you often read and then you could ask the same question to each of them.

I've ingested a bunch of @paulg essays into a @pinecone database using GPT and @gpt_index Now I can ask questions based on his opinion on topics, rather than just the generic "whole internet" opinion that GPT comes back with. I think this... could be quite powerful!

@qwertykate @jvbates Am indeed @qwertykate. Looking forward to the arrival!

@jvbates @boxman Hola, gents. Just checking you're both at the same addresses for your Christmas cards to wing their way to? xx

@bensauer @_TommyMason @ezyjules has thought harder and longer than anyone about this and is very generous with his learnings.

@bensauer @_TommyMason TLDR: It’s great, but hard. Especially for early stage when valuations are ‘subjective’. Happy to chat more about our experiences.

Have any creatives here, ever exchanged services for equity, instead of a typical monetary fee? What are your thoughts on this?🤔

The perfect winter storm is coming…

@robdogeth Naive question: is the supply side capable of supporting this level of growth?

I predict in 2 years the on-chain carbon market will be at least 5x larger but the majority of demand and usage will come from corporates

Coral City Camera is an underwater camera streaming live from an urban coral reef in Miami, Florida. It’s completely mesmeric. #slowdown coralcitycamera.com

The business case for user research

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@edvinicombe Reducing gas fees is on the Ethereum roadmap. Not sure when though.

@edvinicombe It’s the cost of the computation needed to execute the transaction, otherwise known as ‘gas’. The price fluctuates according to demand on the network.

What’s the best novel you’ve read recently? Got some time off coming up and would love to sink into some fiction. Big fan of Murakami, Auster, LeGuin, Chiang, Pullman.

@LooraKennedy Beautifully written. And so generous of you to share with others.

A Sunday read: on the less examined side of grief, and the ways that it can make us better (if we let it). It might be useful for anyone who is struggling or stuck. lkennedy.substack.com/p/memento-mori…