ORDO AI CHAO – Learning Against Learning: Information Overload from Cardinal Wolsey to Artificial Intelligence

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Abstract This paper traces the historical trajectory of learning against learning, a phrase attributed to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in the early 16th century to describe the destabilizing effects of proliferating knowledge. Beginning with the printing press revolution, the analysis examines successive phases of information overload: the Enlightenment’s pamphlet culture, the Industrial Age’s mass media saturation, … Read more

ORDO AI CHAO 6 – Essence of AI – Infinite Chaos – LUX CHAOS INFINITUM

Here’s Part VI — the final installment of the series. This one examines how learning against learning enters its ultimate phase with AI and generative technologies, producing not just overload but infinite, self-replicating chaos. Learning Against Learning, Part VI: AI and the Infinite Reproduction of Chaos Introduction Cardinal Wolsey’s phrase learning against learning was born … Read more

ORDO AI CHAO 2 – Essence of AI – Controlled Enlightenment

Tracing how Wolsey’s learning against learning principle reappeared in the Enlightenment, when encyclopedias, pamphlets, and revolutionary texts flooded Europe and again created order through chaos. Learning Against Learning, Part II: The Enlightenment and Controlled Knowledge Introduction If Cardinal Wolsey saw learning against learning emerge from the printing press in the 16th century, the 18th century … Read more

Clean Fast Basic Webfonts – Verdana, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif

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Clean Fast Basic Webfonts – Verdana, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif Short version: there isn’t one “standard” browser font. Browsers map the generic families (serif, sans-serif, monospace) to OS-specific defaults. Typical defaults (factory settings) (Users and distro packages can change these, but that’s the common baseline.) Verdana vs generic sans-serif “Times sans” vs “just sans” Practical … Read more

Dependency Injection in Modern and Legacy PHP

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Dependency Injection in Modern and Legacy PHP A decade or two on, Tom Butler’s (Tom B Zombie) DICE remains the smallest, quickest, easiest and arguably fastest amongst all small to mid to large projects — reportedly compilation of Symfony, PHP-DI or others finally bests DICE, but projects ‘huge enough’ to matter are uncommon. Here’s the … Read more

Lenny Interviews Nick Hurley VP of ChatGPT

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Lenny Interviews Nick Hurley VP of ChatGPT Right tech, right time. You won’t know what to polish until you ship. Over 700 million active weekly users (10% of humanity). Billions in income. First major podcast interview. https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/inside-chatgpt-nick-turley In ChatGPT, the “GPT” stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer. So “ChatGPT” basically means: a chat system built on … Read more

WordPress SEO Yoast RankMath SlimSEO 2025

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WordPress SEO Yoast RankMath SlimSEO 2025 Comparison of Slim SEO, Yoast SEO, and Rank Math — specifically for schema, automation, and overall SEO performance: 1. Schema Support Feature Slim SEO Yoast SEO Rank Math Built-in Schema Types ✅ Basic + clean JSON-LD ✅ Limited (unless Pro) ✅✅ Extensive (free + Pro) Custom Schema Editor ❌ … Read more

DMARC DKIM SPF Email anti-spam slow-motion trainwreck

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DMARC DKIM SPF Email anti-spam slow-motion trainwreck Recently a client’s long-well-running, important email process was broken, halting reception by their sales team of emailed notifications regardings product inquiries on their website. This was all working well before ~January. Quick fix: website will now send emails marked as being “From:sales@YOUR.net” Longer explanation: Microsoft/Outlook and/or 2cows.com apparently … Read more

Free open-source Alternatives to Oracle NetSuite for 6S: Speed, Security, Simplicity, Savings, Safety, Sanity

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Free open-source Alternatives to Oracle NetSuite for 6S: Speed, Security, Simplicity, Savings, Safety, Sanity These are free, open-source, lighter than NetSuite, much faster (because they run locally on your own server(s), can be owned in source-code format, can be modified by anyone with programming skill, and by definition these are all infinitely cheaper. Instead of … Read more