[SC 2.4.4] I kind of ran out of time last night
I kind of ran out of time last night, so here's this week's edition. Better late than never!
Fixing my tooltip accessibility mistake
I want to commend and applaud Jake here for not only doing the right thing, but also being classy as all hell in the act of doing so. I wish this was the default, rather than the scorn and dismissal many other people in this space exhibit when an inaccessible experience is brought to their attention.
Cursed knowledge
I love me a cursed knowledge dump.
No Evidence of Dehydration with Moderate Daily Coffee Intake: A Counterbalanced Cross-Over Study in a Free-Living Population
Linked too while smugly drinking their third glass of coldbrew.
The Onion King and Market Manipulation
When you come at the onion king you best not miss.
Substack writers, you need a website!
You might have noticed I never link to Substack. There's reasons for that!
ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’
oh.
The Only Type of Restaurant I Won’t Post About
"But as long as one understands the risks, they should get to enjoy the intimate experience of enjoying home cooking in a stranger’s backyard."
FirstGlance in Jmol ("Front Door")
One of my "serves a random website when you visit it" services delivered in full. This magnificent specimen is also still in operation!
The Economic Benefit of Refactoring
I am ugly laughing as someone who enjoys working on the unglamorous bits of tech.
AI Has Ideas About Intellectual Disabilities. It’s Not Always Accurate
You don't fuckin' say.
Flock cameras are getting mobbed
Good to see this getting mainstream attention, and also here's a cool birdfeeder.
How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking
And good to see this also getting mainstream attention.
A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack
lol, lmao
ABC accuses FCC of ‘attempted censorship’
Get 'em.
Welcome To The Resistance: Meet The Workers Dodging (And Sabotaging) Their Employer's AI Mandates
"When the bubble inevitably bursts, what happens to everyone at these companies when they're caught up in the middle of an economic meltdown?"
The world map that reboots your brain
"In a world facing a climate crisis, understanding the interplay of weather phenomenons […] relies on a firm understanding of the world's systems and structure."
A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency. It’s led to delays, incorrect information and privacy concerns.
So weird how this keeps happening! If only there was an alternative.
The Y2K Comeback: Why Retro UI Is Trending Again
Because contemporary tech sucks and we're all pining for a simpler time that didn't actually exist.
How ALL CAPS Lost Its Voice
THANK YOU, PRINT MAG, FOR THIS VITAL EXPOSÉ
The adorable love story behind Wikipedia’s ‘high five’ photos
"Nearly 14 years later, the tale of this iconic couple can finally be told."
a wasted crisis
And related.
Let Me And A Food Scientist Sample The Abandoned Fish Sauce Terrorizing A Small Canadian Town
Funny, I played bass for The Abandoned Fish Sauce Terrorizing A Small Canadian Town.
Don't be a meat proxy
"Read it, understand it, validate it, and then write a response in your own words. Making that effort is value you can add."
Anime User Interface
Delivers what it promises.
The Perfect Cripple: A User Guide to Being Palatable
"What matters is not just that you suffer, but that your suffering can be told in a way that reassures people: about institutions, about care, about themselves."
What Colors Are We? Constructing A Good Enough Color Space For Skin Tones
Color spaces continue to be funky and weird and cool.
LAPD Officer Facing 13 Years in Prison for Recording the Racist Comments of Coworkers
Here's the system, sadly working as designed.
ikea complexity index
"~20k ikea products, ranked by how long they take to build"
“As a Windows user, it’s a very surreal way to install a program.”
It is difficult to not link to everything Marcin Wichary writes.
Why I switched from Firefox to Vivaldi for browsing
I have been happily using Vivaldi as a Chrome replacement, despite a little jank. Not sure if I'm quite ready to ditch Firefox, although I share these sentiments.
lena - Ethically sourced Lena picture
This is incredibly funny and good.
Why I don't recommend Tailwind CSS
"What if you just use modern CSS?"
AI-Generated Images Discourage Me From Reading Your Blog
"I’d rather see a shitty Microsoft Paint drawing as opposed to some AI image."
The Accidental Architect of the Internet’s Brain
"The problem, as Pruitt saw it, was not the errors themselves—there are plenty of mistakes on Wikipedia—but rather where the responsibility for those errors lay."
How art invented humanity
hahahaha yessssssssss
Microsoft Tells Engineers ‘Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For’
Why do people keep breeding poisonous snakes after we put out a bounty on poisonous snakes?!?!
Dress made of living mycelium can renew and repair itself
Good job, fungus dress.
Thank the moon for Earth’s lengthening day
GODDAMNIT MOON, NOT NOW
