Baldur Bjarnason - All Writing
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“Why are you being so difficult? This could be a good thing for us? How can you be so sure?”
This was in late 2000. We were having drinks in the Water [...]
This raven is picking the meat off a sheep’s jaw. I’m guessing somebody threw their “svið” leftovers out for the ravens to enjoy.
Whoops dropped it. I [...]
Information Wants To Be Free. Information also wants to be expensive.
—Stewart Brand
There is a tension inherent in the economic nature of data.
Data [...]
A couple of simple bird shots. Redcaps and a starling.
The ravens are still in town. [...]
The other day a reader of The Intelligence Illusion sent me a short email that outlined their takeaway from the book and ended it with a simple questi [...]
Icelandic ravens stay in the countryside during the summer, but are urban in the winter. The cemetery in Gufunes, for example, usually has a bunch of [...]
“Could you have a quick look at this manuscript? I think it could do with a fresh pair of eyes.”
A request like this wasn’t unusual in the early days [...]
(This was originally posted as a social media thread. Edited and posted here for posterity.)
I’ve stopped trying to debate software developers on LLMs [...]
Things look a bit dire all over, but last week’s photography walk was a good one.
This raven pair gave off strong “Statler and Waldorf commenting on p [...]
Given how rough this year has been for most people, I’m postponing off some of the end-of-year review essays and, instead, present you with these phot [...]