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I made this site static
This site is using WordPress to create and manage the content, but I decided to experiment with exporting the entire site as a static site. This means that WordPress is ‘switched off’ and only the HTML, CSS, Javascript, and other required assets (images etc.) are available in the site. This means that it’s faster to load and there’s less chance of security related problems. It’s also more sustainable (less resources consumed to create the page – better for the environment), and I think it’ll be really inexpensive to host as well. This static site approach is useful for sites that…
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Platform fatigue
Okay, so this is not something that most people will have to deal with, but I do. Everybody that I speak to has a platform (read… WhatsApp, Messenger, Slack, Signal et al.) which they prefer to use. This means that I have to communicate on dozens of different platforms. I can’t keep up! I have a tiny mind, and I’ve no idea how we solve the splintering of communications. When I was a kid, you had a postal address and a phone number. If you wanted to organise something, you had to arrange it in the real world; you had…
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Algorithms are not good at ‘human’
Good grief. You cannot make this up. Nobody was hurt, thank goodness, but if you ask AI an open-ended question, you’re likely to get some silly / harmful answers… https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59810383 Do some ‘honest-to-goodness’ research, then browse the internet. DO NOT ask some form of AI the answer!