[SC 2.4.4] Literal counting crows
This week I've got literal counting crows, a review designed to kill, Devo facts, Wu-Tang clan news, and more!
Crows Appear to Be Able to Count Out Loud
Hell yeah, crow bros.
City In A Bottle – A 256 Byte Raycasting System
😮
Pay researchers to spot errors in published papers
This is a good idea!
Did GitHub Copilot really increase my productivity?
"After a year of working with Copilot, I would say I am better at that than when I first started using it, but I have yet to fully grasp all the intricacies."
Bumper Stickers For Your Phone
Hell yeah.
UI Density
"Designing for UI density goes beyond the visual aspects of an interface. It includes all the implicit and explicit design decisions we make, and all the information we choose to show on the screen."
People with commonly autocorrected names call for tech firms to fix problem
"'The red line bothers me – I didn’t choose the ‘wrong’ name for my child.'"
Poly Mono is a “game font” made of shapes that creates Karel Martens-inspired prints
This is so fun and playful!
Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory
Wowza.
Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review
It is nice to have definitive research here, but also at this point I don't think it'll move the needle on anything.
Valedictorian album review
I'd like to report a murder.
Henrietta Lacks family can proceed with lawsuit over use of HeLa cells after ‘milestone’ ruling
Good.
The Canadian State Is Euthanizing Its Poor and Disabled
Right to die narratives seldom deal with sociopolitical power dynamics.
Everything we thought we knew about Devo's "Whip It" was wrong
I KNEW IT!
The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’
Everything about this technology is so exploitative and extractive, I can't stand it.
Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX
Opera competing with Brave for the most gross browser out there.
Dancing Type
"Dancing type is an exploration of audio-reactive, machine-learning-generated type varying on a 512-dimensional axis."
Mossad chief Yossi Cohen 'stalked' ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry
Oh.
Wu-Tang’s rarest album is getting public play soon, says its NFT group owner
This headline goes from "hell yeah" to "fuck no" so fast I got whiplash.
An even faster Microsoft Edge
React is shit, and we'll be undoing the damage it inflicted for decades.