[SC 2.4.4] Presented in an arbitrary order
You there, sit down for a spell. Rest those weary legs as you read through these links presented in an arbitrary order.
The Worst Programmer I Know
"…don’t try to measure the individual contribution of a unit in a complex adaptive system, because the premise of the question is flawed."
Decades after state institutions shut down, their history could shape the country’s approach to prisons
We're not as far away from the past as we'd like to think.
I Blame the W3C's HTML Standard for Ordered Lists
"I start with a single HTML tag and end with the downfall of civilization."
We're Safety Now Haven't We - Full Album - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (YouTube)
This is legit chock full of bangers.
Worms with spider genes spin silk tougher than bulletproof Kevlar
This real world news item is also a passing sentence for worldbuilding in a mediocre scifi novel.
The Woman on the Line
What a moving and haunting profile. We can do so much better than pouring all our money into cops.
Forming an Edge
I am here for the electron microscope image of a knife blade.
Is Star Wars trying to ditch its most hilariously inappropriate name?
Star Wars: welcome to the Streisand effect.
The Disappearing Art Of Maintenance
"In much of the developed world, labor costs are higher than material costs, which creates incentives to burn through fresh material rather than invest in the labor to use it more efficiently or maintain it for longer-term use."
Elegant and powerful new result that seriously undermines large language models
The longer AI hype goes on, the more of a cheap party trick it reveals itself to be.
The history of syphilis is being rewritten by a medieval skeleton
This is great for destroying a certain odious colonizer myth.
‘Unconscionable’: Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate ‘not seen since the Clutch Plague’ — here’s what’s driving this terrible trend
Sspoilers: it's late-stage Capitalism!
Potatoes helped keep peace in Europe for hundreds of years
Good job, potatoes.
These 183,000 Books Are Fueling the Biggest Fight in Publishing and Tech
It's neat how they'll probably get away with such a clear-cut case of * holds mouth uncomfortably close to the mic * wholesale, systematic plagiarism.
FCC Aims to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules After US Democrats Gain Control of Panel
Oh neat, some optimism!
The Untold Story Of The Most Insane Game Controller Ever Made
Inspired to use this for Kerbal Space Program.
Pizza Hut Classic: “Wholesome” Nostalgia vs. “Newstalgia”
On one hand, I'm irritated that they can manipulate me so easily with manufactured nostalgia. On the other, the lamps.