weekly reel April 28, 2024
Hi geeks, and music with classy new Thom Yorke + new old CocoRosie.
Thom Yorke – Knife edge (youtube-nocookie.com)
Elevator Angels, by CocoRosie and Gael Rakotondrabe (bandcamp.com)
News
Feathers are one of evolution’s cleverest inventions, via Kottke.
Technology connections - Simmerstats: The genius old tech that controls your stovetop.
McSweeney’s: A message from the chancellor on the recent student protest.
Software
Why you need a “WTF Notebook”, via Kottke.
NeoPragma: Random musings on the Agile Manifesto.
The Verge on internet undersea cables.
Drew DeVault: Copyleft licenses are not “restrictive”.
JS naked day, thx Grâg.
Prime reacts: The plight of Cobol mainframe programmers 👏👏👏.
Christmas shopping online in 1996, via waxy.
AI
Molly White: AI isn't useless. But is it worth it?
Daniel Lemire: Large language models (e.g. ChatGPT) as research assistants.
Games
Cold Take: Stop killing games (website).
Shitty tech ℹ️
Ed Zitron: The man who killed Google Search.
Tracker Beeper, 2022 software having your computer makes noise every time it sends data to a surveillance company. Via Nelson.