[SC 2.4.4] These aren't happy times
I wrote about OpenAI and Russia's Cold War nuclear monitoring systems. It's not a happy post, but these aren't happy times.
RFK Jr. Says He’ll Send People Taking Adderall to Labor Camps
When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
Can You Have Accessibility Without DEI?
"TL;DR: Accessibility, Yes. Good Accessibility, No."
Missed Connections
"Every prompt a connection that could have been. A world of missed connections."
Survival Tips For Women In Tech
"I will list the 24 here, with a little more elaboration."
The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development
Come for the history, stay for the tracks.
"I love mid-century modern but it makes me sad"
"Certainly, like so many others, I will always find mid-century modern beautiful, even sublime, and I've got my eyes on a few more alluring examples. But I wouldn't want too much of it in my life."
Chatbot Software Begins to Face Fundamental Limitations
Oopsiedoodles!
FDA approves first non-opioid pain medicine in more than 20 years
This is very, very good news.
How many ants live on Earth? Scientists finally have an answer
shakes you by the shoulders "HOW MANY?"
Herdimas Anggara on GOBLIN.exe
"GOBLIN.exe by Mark Fingerhut is software that uses real malware techniques to take over the user’s desktop temporarily, only to delete itself upon completion, minutes later."
When everything becomes a profit center…
"No one likes to have their personal, traumatic, family emergency turn into a sales lead on someone else's system, but here we are and there are multiple software companies built to support it."
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Good time to subscribe to Wired.
Japanese mark the end of winter with bean-throwing ritual to ward off evil spirits
I;m thinking about throwing thos Beans
Signed Away
I enjoyed this insight into Deaf culture.
ARETE Visual History of the Latin Alphabet
Delivers what it promises.
I bought a container full of Chinese electric excavators. Here’s what showed up
I love it!
Black Pepper Market Update – October 2024 and Forecast for the Rest of the Year
So I guess we gotta add pepper to the list of things we have to hoard.
The Interface Is Always There
"An unmediated digital experience is an oxymoron."
Consider the Bangers
I will never not post something that mentions CVS Bangers.
The universe could undergo a 'catastrophic change' that could alter absolutely everything, quantum machine shows
Now would be nice, universe.
Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help
I think way too much of how much better the world would have been if we were descended from bonobos, and not chimpanzees.
A Paralyzed Man Just Piloted a Virtual Drone With His Mind Alone
Neat!
SCS Researchers Develop Method To Transmit Power Through the Body
Also neat!