As a former lighting designer, we would call this “task lighting” and you are completely correct. Generally speaking, task lighting is MUCH more pleasant that simply relying on overhead lights, recessed or otherwise.
Stopped here to say this as well. While he may be lesser-known than the three names mentioned, I’ve been a fan of Justin Johnson’s work since discovering circa ~2019. I believe he is with the WL crew.
You can say it in any context and people will think you're the smartest person in the world while simultaneously dismissing their concerns with no chance for rebuttal.
For me, it was about the time of the early announcements for the TPM2.0 reqs for windows 11 that I started to seriously consider alternatives (though I consciously accepted many pain points even then).
The initial debacle that was the Recall recall and announcing the level of AI stuffing of win 11 that made me actively try out Linux mint (which has been quite nice and smooth). LLMs help to diagnose and fix items if you aren’t familiar with Linux. You no longer have to scour message boards for up-front answers (only use them as a “confirmation backstop”).
For work I now use macOS which feels like a toy but is ok overall (probably still some personal habit-based things).
If it weren’t for the fact I still develop plugins for a single, very specific windows-only app in my spare time, I would completely ditch windows, with contempt. Outside of Windows I am continually stubbing my toe on every single use of every single MSFT product with which I interact; primarily outlook, teams, and some azure stuff. Their products feel highly “feature optimized” with absolutely zero (perhaps negative) cross-feature cohesion. e.g. it’s as if the various outlook panes and the boxes of content were designed so modularly and independently that they don’t re-size or scale themselves cooperatively.
I perpetually experience stark jamais vu using their products, i.e. I am forced to use them every day and each time feels as unfamiliar, clunky, and unintuitive as the first time I ever touched them.
It doesn’t seem this is a question of ToS though. I would hope it is abundantly clear to anyone and everyone:
THEY’RE USING YOUR DATA
As they involve themselves directly, explicitly in the process of scientific research and discovery, it becomes a question of scientific and professional ethics.
It certainly does not excuse any actions, but it seems like OAI’s initial and continued intent was to scoop Anthropic. Unfortunate that it seems Buckmaster ultimately became collateral damage within the _battleground_ of his own research project.
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