2024 Week 46 - Weekly Notes

There’s been a bunch of back and forth with shuttling our things out of our old apartment. As such, I have not been taking as many week notes for this week.

PSA

The Atlantic - Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula - I mean, I definitely grew up with them and used them throughout college until moving over to silicon ones. When one melted, I “noped” out of it.

Fence Sitting

Valerie Bishop Pearson - Not A Vote Of Confidence

And for those looking for more information, try this subreddit: FencesitterUS

I’ve seen other flurry of articles rushing to find the faults

Paul Butler - The hater’s guide to Kubernetes

Jeremy Brown - Kubernetes is a red flag signalling premature optimisation.

Election Controversy

NYTimes - How Crypto Enthusiasts Hijacked a Dog Mayor Competition

Upset by poll-stuffers, Enzo’s owner dropped him off.
See who won

When to hold vs. keep

🌲 Heuristics for Hanging on to Things - by Eleanor Konik

Where is the balance between how much we capture and how much that we capture is useful?
Some notes are returned to on a recurring basis, like cooking thanksgiving meals
For all things digital, the heuristic is to store it in archive, as loss aversion leads to regrets if the file is lost forever. Examples: lost photos, notes, etc.