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The Four Horsemen of the Tech Recession
Tech is increasingly divorced from the real economy thanks to the COVID hangover and Apple’s App Tracking Transparency
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The most popular blog posts about society, policy & culture on Hacker News. 952 posts.
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Man, Myth and Magic
Collect the set! I don’t really need a digital copy of Man, Myth and Magic—I’ve been the fortunate owner for many years of the bound set of original magazines you see above—but I imagin…
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None of us are truly living off the grid
Xoilac tv là kênh xem bóng đá trực tiếp 24/7 phát sóng trực tiếp bóng đá hơn 20 giải đấu. Chất lượng hình ảnh HD 4K, tốc độ ổn định, xem ttbd trên mọi thiết bị.
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We aren't close to creating a rapidly self-improving AI
The current paradigm will not lead to an overnight superintelligence explosion.
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Understanding British Money: What's a Quid? A Shilling? (2020)
British money has a lengthy history, so it's not surprising that it's evolved and changed over the years. Whether you're watching British TV, reading British
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The origin of the law of torture: A cautionary tale
+ Ordeals and Plea Bargaining
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Chicago’s Railroad Problem
In February 2023, two thousand feet of Chicago’s South Normal Boulevard disappeared. The street’s end came at the hands of Norfolk Southern’s 47th Street intermodal terminal, a facility which moves…
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The AI Hype Wall of Shame
Menu Home Editorial Collective Events Blog The AI Hype Report Design Justice AI Design Justice Labs The AI Hype Report Welcome to the AI HypeContinue reading
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Lego MRI Scanners donated to hospitals to help children cope with anxiety (2022)
The LEGO Foundation to donate LEGO® MRI Scanners to hospitals globally
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Alien Artefacts
The purpose of this blog post is to introduce the concept of alien artefacts 1 , a subcategory of legacy code. I use the term to describe particularly complicated and important pieces of software written by very smart engineers that are no longer working for the company—and thus not available to support it. The…
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History is just one damn thing after another
This is a short story about what happened to the U.S.
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The problem with federated web apps
Trying to make web applications federated is a popular effort. Examples include things like the “fediverse”, as well as various other efforts, like attempts to make distributed software forges, and so on. However, all of these efforts suffer from a problem which is fundamental in building federated applications built…
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A fourth of U.S. health visits now delivered by non-physicians
Health care provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants expected to rise
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SS United States, the fastest passenger liner ever built
The fastest passenger liner ever built, the SS United States was a joint undertaking by a civilian shipping line and the US Navy. SS United States, rusting away in Philadelphia photo from WikiCommo…
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Multifaceted: The linguistic echo chambers of LLMs
This is a fun one. I’ve spent more time than I’d care to admit staring at LLM output. And there’s something that I’ve noticed: LLM-generated prose has a kind of… vibe. It’s difficult to describe,…
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Shitflation, shrinkflation, inflation database
A recent UK Channel 4 TV programme talked about the recent decline in quality of food: YouTube Channel 4
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Weird things you can buy online
It’s April Cools! It’s like April Fools, except instead of cringe comedy you make genuine content that’s different from your normal stuff.1 For example, last year I talked about owning a microscope. This year I debated doing another hobby but settled on a much dumber topic. Have you ever seen those lists of weird…
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The EU's new Cyber Resilience Act is about to tell us how to code
First a round of thanks for the many people in industry and government who provided valuable links, background and insights! I could not have done this without your help! If you spot any mistakes, or have suggestions, please do contact me on bert@hubertnet.nl The EU’s new Cyber Resilience Act is admirable in its goal…
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Googling for answers costs time (2020)
When I’m learning a new language, I tend to take a very dumb approach (and I don’t mean that in some enlightened way). I’ll usually try out a tutorial or two, but if the language is similar to another language that I know, I’ll basically just start coding without investing a lot of time learning the language features…
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My diatribe against “skeptics” (2016)
April 10, 2023. The backlash was immediate after I spoke at the 2016 Northeast Conference on Science & Skepticism , which bills itself as a “celebration of science and critical thinking.” Although the conference had allotted me 10 minutes for questions, the stage manager, Jamy
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Hippo Meat Nearly Became an American Food Staple
Visit our Ripley’s Believe It or Not! aquariums and attractions, today. Immerse yourself in a world of wonder and create memories with your friends and family.
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AI model weight providers should not police uses, no matter how awful they are
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital civil liberties advocacy group, recently published a good article entitled “ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech—No Matter How Awful It Is.” 1 It argues that providers within the internet “stack” should refrain from censoring traffic according to their own values. That…
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What if AI didn't make you a bad writer, but a better thinker?
AI will make us smarter and better at our jobs. But if we don't watch out, it will create chaos.
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The low, low cost of committing cybercrime
The low, low cost of (committing) cybercrime, Author: Jan Kopriva
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Unix is both a technology and an idea
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
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The evolution of expert communities
A look at how online forums grow, thrive, and then decay.
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Japan’s silent movie culture is still going
There was a cultural divide in benshi preferences, rather like the difference in taste between those