[SC 2.4.4] A deliberate, if often overlooked choice
I wrote about making my Mastodon instance look nicer, and how being able to do that is a deliberate, if often overlooked choice.
The Secret Language of Ships
I love secret little niche languages like this.
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
uh oh
Optimal Plex Settings for Privacy-Conscious Users
If you're a Plex user: Take note that they've started going down the enshitification path.
SSENSE Exclusive Black 'Rotisserie Chicken' Hoodie
I NEED IT
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is Autocorrelation
"The point of this story is to illustrate that the Dunning-Kruger effect has nothing to do with human psychology. It is a statistical artifact — an example of autocorrelation hiding in plain sight."
Science is littered with zombie studies. Here’s how to stop their spread.
Speaking of correlation!
Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago
"We report here on the earliest evidence for structural use of wood in the archaeological record."
I’m linking to my stylesheet as if it’s 2015
Respect.
Is capitalism dead? Yanis Varoufakis thinks it is – and he knows who killed it
Yeah, this feels spot-on to me.
The Harvard Law Review Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza
This is a chilling breakdown of how consent is being manufactured for an objective atrocity that meets the literal legal requirements of a genocide.
Making God
"By all rights, Singularity theory should have faded back into obscurity for at least another decade or so. But nearly simultaneously with the dual crashing-and-burning of metaverse and crypto came the rise of techno-futurists' last great hope: generative AI."
The electronic noses designed to prevent food poisoning
CYBERNOSE
Effective obfuscation
Molly White is a gift, and we're lucky to have her.
Study: The serotine bat uses its super-large penis as an arm when mating
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DOS_deck
Classic DOS games: in your browser!
Sega Swirl video game
I cannot comment on why Curlz was chosen, I can only bear witness to it.
Accessibility Advocates Oppose Disability Simulations
"Ultimately, most agreed that sharing experiences with disabled people and forming relationships with them may be the most powerful experiential lesson."
My $500M Mars Rover Mistake: A Failure Story
"These stories of near misses, learning curves, and eventual triumphs are not just mine, but are shared by many who build things."