An Agent in the Machine Which Represents You 1985
“…an agent in the machine which represents you.” – Larry Tesler, Xerox PARC / Apple 22:47 in
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“…an agent in the machine which represents you.” – Larry Tesler, Xerox PARC / Apple 22:47 in
“Your brain was never designed to be a storage system. It was designed to think. Every time you force it to remember something instead of letting it work on something new, you’re paying a tax you don’t see. And in 2026, when AI can multiply what you produce, that tax is more expensive than ever.” … Read more
“AI can hold a 200k token context window (150k words) in a form of attention that allows constant cross-referencing across that entire input length… This isn’t intelligence in the human sense, it’s something different: Comprehensive pattern matching across a very large context window, with the ability to apply consistent rules without fatigue or forgetfulness — … Read more
Considering the chess → computation → AI arc as a deliberate civilizational pipeline, not an accident. The framing assumes intentionality, long-range planning, and ideological continuity. Chess as a Pre-Modern Control System Disguised as a Game Chess is routinely described as an “ancient game,” but this description conceals its functional role. Chess is not merely recreational; … Read more
Celigo is the do-it-all battleship to accompany the aircraft-carrier that is Oracle NetSuite. This dynamic duo can be pricey. An equally-capable lower-level framework, Tim Dietrich’s SuiteAPI is a free DIY tool that is designed to be maximally leveraged by integrators and coders for significant cost-savings. Both can be used together. One brings much pre-built possibility; … Read more
This takes the corpus of homogenous junk, reworks it with fringe arcane elements, and ‘sells’ it back to the collective — yet it is ’empty calories’ since what is already known rehashed is ultimately already known. It’s a wonderful example of Cardinal Wolsey’s Learning Against Learning scheme to cause chaos via information overload — prime … Read more
In NetSuite there are two main axes of remote access: Here’s the breakdown: SuiteAnalytics Connect (ODBC/JDBC/ADO.NET) SuiteScript (RESTlets / Suitelets) REST/SOAP Web Services ✅ Bottom line: Here’s a side-by-side comparison table of the major NetSuite remote access methods, focused on power, scalability, and use cases: NetSuite Remote Access Comparison Method Data Access Scope Read/Write Custom … Read more
ORM Explosion due to One-For-All (Laravel, CakePHP, Symfony, etc) Framework It’s 2025 and down through the decades, and technologies, this same awfulness keeps happening … it’s like a fatal flaw of Doing Things The Wrong Way … and an harbinger against relying deeply upon Laravel, CakePHP, Symfony and similar ilk. Get far enough along and … Read more
Why migrate “365 Apps for Enterprise” to “Office 365 E3” – Microsoft Treadmill Instinct to “do nothing” can be entirely rational — and often correct — depending on goals, budget, and risk tolerance. Evaluation from a practical, strategic perspective. THE CORE ISSUE: WHY MIGRATE Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise to Office 365 E3? This proposed … Read more
Time to pay the 2025 Microsoft Exchange Online Plan 1 Here is a detailed breakdown of Exchange Online (Plan 1), showing what it includes, what it lacks, and how it fits into the Microsoft ecosystem—especially compared to Office 365 E3 and Power Automate. What Is Exchange Online (Plan 1)? Exchange Online Plan 1 is a … Read more