News gathered 2024-08-26
(date: 2024-08-26 11:43:09)
@Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed (date: 2024-08-26, from: Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed)
Saw this fish with the Ukrainian flag colors at the aquarium
https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/113029765147627795
Seattle airport ‘possible cyberattack’ snarls travel yet again
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
No word yet on if ransomware is to blame
The Port of Seattle, which operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, is investigating a “possible cyberattack” after computer outages disrupted the airport’s operations and delayed flights.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/seattle_airport_cyberattack/
A New Exhibition in Amsterdam Explores the Holocaust Through Looted Objects
date: 2024-08-26, from: Smithsonian Magazine
“Looted” examines how the Nazis systematically plundered Jewish cultural items during World War II
NASA, Blue Origin Invite Media to New Glenn Launch of Mars Mission
date: 2024-08-26, from: NASA breaking news
NASA and Blue Origin are preparing for the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission, which begins on the inaugural launch of the company’s New Glenn rocket. The mission will study the solar wind’s interaction with the magnetosphere on Mars. Blue Origin is targeting no earlier than Sunday, Oct. 13, for the […]
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-blue-origin-invite-media-to-new-glenn-launch-of-mars-mission/
Daily Deals (8-26-2024)
date: 2024-08-26, from: Liliputing
The annual Intel Gamer Days sale is here, which means that you can score savings on select Intel-powered gaming laptops, desktops, handhelds, and accessories from supporting retailers. But there are also some noteworthy deals on AMD-powered handheld gaming PCs at the moment, not to mention a bunch of ways to score free or cheap PC […]
The post Daily Deals (8-26-2024) appeared first on Liliputing.
https://liliputing.com/daily-deals-8-26-2024/
How to Enhance Your University Club’s Branding
date: 2024-08-26, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)
Source:Flickr Strong branding helps attract new members, build credibility, and create a lasting impression within the university community. Yet, many clubs underestimate the power of effective branding or aren’t sure…
Innovative Ways Students Can Stay Informed About Consumer Laws
date: 2024-08-26, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)
(Image created by Copilot) You’ve bought your first car, only to find out it’s a lemon. You feel swindled, right? Knowledge is power. Staying informed about consumer laws can save…
Topic: 3 Innovative Career Paths Blockchain and NFTs Might Revolutionize by 2025
date: 2024-08-26, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)
(Image created by Copilot) The career landscape is shifting faster than a crypto bull run, and blockchain and NFTs are the catalysts. In 2025, these technologies could flip traditional roles…
Intel enlists Morgan Stanley to defend against activist investors
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Multiple lawsuits doesn’t mean investors are coming for the board yet, but better safe than sorry, right?
Worried shareholders may drag it kicking and screaming into directions unknown, Intel has reportedly been meeting with advisors to hash out an anti-activist game plan. …
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/intel_activist_investors/
The limited edition 2024 XOXO Field Notes are available to the public…
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: Jason Kottke blog
https://kottke.org/24/08/0045181-the-limited-edition-2024-
Kroger and Albertsons’ Dirty Tricks To Preserve Greedflation
date: 2024-08-26, from: The Lever News
As Harris vows to tackle grocery store prices, the grocery chains are doing everything they can to bypass regulators and merge into a price-gouging behemoth.
https://www.levernews.com/kroger-and-albertsons-dirty-tricks-to-preserve-greedflation/
Rare Endangered Lynx Spotted in Vermont for the First Time Since 2018
date: 2024-08-26, from: Smithsonian Magazine
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has only confirmed seven sightings of the wildcats since 2016
NASA Invites Public Input on Low Earth Orbit Microgravity Strategy
date: 2024-08-26, from: NASA breaking news
As NASA and its partners continue to conduct groundbreaking research aboard the International Space Station, the agency announced Monday it is seeking U.S. industry, academia, international partners, and other stakeholders’ feedback on newly developed goals and objectives that will help guide the next generation of human presence in low Earth orbit. “From the very beginning, […]
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Madison Wisconsin Cap Times endorses Kamala Harris.
🚨 New Every Frame a Painting!! 🚨
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: Jason Kottke blog
https://kottke.org/24/08/-new-every-frame-a-painting
AMD internal data reportedly offered for sale
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Second sensitive info theft claimed by the same crims since June
Digital data thieves have reportedly breached AMD’s internal communications and are offering the allegedly stolen goods for sale. …
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/amd_internal_data_intelbroker/
Positron - an upside-down and portable 3D printer
date: 2024-08-26, from: Jeff Geerling blog
Positron - an upside-down and portable 3D printer
<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>I've been getting into 3D printing lately. I have an older Ender 3 V2 at home I bought during COVID. And in the past year I've acquired an Ender 3 S1, Bambu Labs P1S, and Prusa MK4.</p>I also dove head-first into 3D CAD, and designed a number of small SBC cases or parts to help with things around the house.
But I’d never built my own 3D printer from a kit—all the printers I’ve had were pre-built and at most, required assembling the prebuilt gantry or toolhead. That finally changed with the Positron V3.2:
<span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Jeff Geerling</span></span>
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/positron-upside-down-and-portable-3d-printer
Danny Jansen, Double Threat
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: One Foot Tsunami
https://onefoottsunami.com/2024/08/26/danny-jansen-double-threat/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
This is a test. Please ignore.
https://feedland.org/?item=14879346
Vandals Spray-Painted Graffiti on Historic Structures at Gettysburg National Military Park
date: 2024-08-26, from: Smithsonian Magazine
Police have identified a suspect, and preservationists have removed “all traces” of paint
Big Tech’s LLM Bets is Trillion-Dollar Poker
date: 2024-08-26, from: Om Malik blog
Link: The Big Stack Game of LLM Poker / Sarah Tavel TLDR: The AI race is a high-stakes poker game where tech giants are all in. With more than $600 billion invested and trillions at stake, it’s a battle of deep pockets and nerves. The winner takes all, but the real jackpot? Unprecedented innovation will …
https://om.co/2024/08/26/big-techs-llm-bets-is-trillion-dollar-poker/
Netherlands fines Uber €290M for improper EU-US driver data transfers
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
The ride-sharing provider insists it broke no rules during the three-year legal gap
Privacy authorities in the Netherlands have imposed a €290 million ($324 million) fine on ride-share giant Uber for sending driver data to servers in the United States - “a serious violation” of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). …
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/uber_fined_eu_us_data/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
A lot of new in-car tech is “not necessary,” survey finds.
School Is Back in Session, But Summer’s Not Over Yet
date: 2024-08-26, from: Heatmap News
This week’s weather forecast is like the Uno reverse card: Texas might finally get a break from triple-digit temperatures, but the summer heat is making its way back into the Northeast.
After some taste of fall, summer returns to the north
Those west of the Appalachians might have already started to feel a shift in the air this weekend. After a week of below-average temperatures and fall-like weather, heat maps for the Northeast have gone back to looking very red. Temperatures could run 5 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit above average this week, Paul Pastelok, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, told me. “Highs will be the low to mid 80s, nights in the upper 50s to lower 60s,” he said.
Philadelphia, which has already started to get warmer, might see even higher temperatures, with some days later in the week hitting the low 90s. But for those in the state hoping to make the most of the heat by turning it into a beach vacation, I am sorry to say this week will likely be cloudy from beginning to end.
New England will also see the return of some warmth this week, but it’ll be “slower and less impressive” than other nearby states, according to Pastelok. Temperatures there will be closer to average, and will very soon cool back down.
A cold front is finally in store for Texas
This summer hasn’t been fun for Texas. The unrelenting heat — more intense there than in any other state — has shattered multiple temperature records, increased wildfire activity, and contributed to severe drought. Just last week, when most of the country got a taste of cooler days ahead, the Texas energy grid broke its demand record. While it’s still too soon to call off the season of scorching temperatures, the new week brings some good news.
A strong cold front will bring temperatures down below average across northern Texas later this week. Some precipitation in South Texas could pull readings a few degrees lower still, Pastelok told me, even though humidity is expected to remain high. Central Texas has already started to get some relief, finally dropping out of the triple digits this past weekend.
Heat to intensify in the West
Those in the Midwest will have to bear through an increase in temperatures this week. The Great Plains, the Mississippi Valley, the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes can all expect temperatures in the high 80s and mid 90s, Pastelok told me. The heat won’t last long, though. Starting Thursday, a cold front will start moving through the region, and temperatures are expected to drop well below average across the Plains and the Midwest for at least a few days.
- Back to School: This quick but intense heat wave is making its way across the Midwest right in time for back to school season. Chicago Public Schools went back into session today with a series of heat adaptations in place — athletic games have been canceled until Wednesday and outdoor practices were moved indoors. While in Chicago all classrooms are equipped with air conditioning, that is not true across all of the region. According to The Washington Post, as heat waves become more constant in the North, almost 14,000 public schools that did not need AC back in 1970 need it today.
In California, the week will be hot and wet. After a series of storms pass through the state earlier this week, temperatures will go back to rising. “The Central Valleys of California by late next week will be well above average, along with the Desert Southwest,” Pastelok told me. Cities such as Sacramento, Modesto, and Fresno, can see temperatures above 100 degrees.
Fall will be toasty
According to the National Weather Service’s forecast, the entire country will experience above average fall temperatures this year. Seriously, I mean the entire country. The hardest hit states will be New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and then over on the top of the Northeast, from Maine to New York.
According to AccuWeather forecasts, for many, fall will feel more like a “second summer” than a new season. In fact, only two states — Washington and Oregon — will see a quick transition into fall. The rest of the country is, well, doomed.
Not only will fall be hotter, it will also be dryer, raising concerns over increased wildfire risk across California, parts of the Great Lakes and the Northeast. Severe weather, such as tropical storms and hurricanes, will also define the season. AccuWeather has predicted six to 10 storms to hit the country from this week through the end of September alone.
For snow lovers such as myself, it seems like flakes might not make an appearance until November, and only in some of the coldest spots in the northern Plains, Rockies, and Upper Midwest.
https://heatmap.news/climate/summer-heat-midwest-schools
A quick guide to tool-calling in large language models
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
A few lines of Python is all it takes to get a model to use a calculator or even automate your hypervisor
Hands on Let’s say you’re tasked with solving a math problem like 4,242 x 1,977. Some of you might be able to do this in your head, but most of us would probably be reaching for a calculator right about now, not only because it’s faster, but also to minimize the potential for error.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/ai_llm_tool_calling/
@Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed (date: 2024-08-26, from: Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed)
Schedule our flu and Covid shots for this Thursday!
Psyched!
https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/113029021709028868
Lenovo launches Legion Go accessories including a docking station, controller connector, and keyboard
date: 2024-08-26, from: Liliputing
Nearly a year after introducing the Lenovo Legion Go handheld gaming PC with an 8.8 inch, 144 Hz display, an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor, and a set of detachable controllers, Lenovo is expanding the ecosystem with a series of new accessories for the Legion Go. Those accessories include an official USB-C dock, carrying case, […]
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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
The NYT isn't trying to make us love Trump, that's impossible. But they are trying to make us not fall in love with Harris.
http://scripting.com/2024/08/26.html#a150923
Sols 4284–4286: Environmental Science Extravaganza
date: 2024-08-26, from: NASA breaking news
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 One of the many challenges of operating a rover on another planet is that we don’t always know where we’re going to be located before planning starts each day. Although we do plan our drives in advance, Curiosity doesn’t blindly follow the orders that we deliver. If an […]
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4284-4286-environmental-science-extravaganza/
How Our Longest Nerve Orchestrates the Mind-Body Connection
date: 2024-08-26, from: Quanta Magazine
Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear.The post How Our Longest Nerve Orchestrates the Mind-Body Connection first appeared on Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-our-longest-nerve-orchestrates-the-mind-body-connection-20240826/
Sols 4282-4283: Bumping Away from Kings Canyon
date: 2024-08-26, from: NASA breaking news
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024 Having stayed in place for quite a few sols during our Kings Canyon drill campaign, we’re looking forward to doing a bump (ie: a short drive) and accomplishing some science in a new region. I’m on the SA-SPaH (ie: robotic arm) downlink team, which assess and reports on […]
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4282-4283-bumping-away-from-kings-canyon/
Solar Panels for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Pass Key Tests
date: 2024-08-26, from: NASA breaking news
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Solar Array Sun Shield has successfully completed recent tests, signaling that the assembly is on track to be completed on schedule. The panels are designed to power and shade the observatory, enabling all the mission’s observations and helping keep the instruments cool. The Roman team has two sets of […]
Telegram, free speech and illegal activities
date: 2024-08-26, from: Marketplace Morning Report
Over the weekend, French authorities arrested the 39-year-old founder of the messaging app Telegram. This reportedly has to do with a wide-ranging investigation into illegal activity on the app. But some are decrying the arrest as a free speech violation – saying it threatens the very essence of what makes Telegram useful. We dig in. Plus, an eco-friendly concert and a look at how bond markets are responding to signals of interest rate cuts.
FBI Uses January 6 Rioter’s Self-Published Amazon Book as Evidence Against Him
date: 2024-08-26, from: 404 Media Group
The Kindle book has been taken down by Amazon but the author’s children’s books remain up.
Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10
date: 2024-08-26, from: OS News
Earlier this year, Microsoft introduced a so-called “Account Manager” for Windows 11 that appears on the screen when you click your profile picture on the Start menu. Instead of just showing you buttons for logging out, locking your device or switching profiles, it displays Microsoft 365 ads. All the actually useful buttons are now hidden behind a three-dot submenu (apparently, my 43-inch display does not have enough space to accommodate them). Now, the “Account Manager” is coming to Windows 10 users. ↫ Taras Buria at Neowin Yes, this is a really small ad int he grand scheme of things, but the mere concept of my operating system showing me all kinds of ads and upsells, as both Windows and macOS have been doing aggressively for years now, is so deeply offensive to me. It shows such utter disrespect to me as a user, and shows that Microsoft and Apple see me not as an end user, but as a ripe plum ready to be bled dry at every turn. It’s revolting. As the latest release, Windows 11 has always been the most ad-ridden of the Windows releases still in use, but it seems Windows users can’t escape the onslaught either. I’m especially expecting ever more aggressive ads and upsells for Windows 11 to appear in Windows 10 now that the 2025 cutoff date for Windows 10 support is nearing, of course appearing at the most inopportune times – because everybody loves a giant fullscreen ad on your operating system when you’re trying to give a presentation or meet that tight deadline you forced yourself yo stress about by playing a bit too much League of Legends. If you want an ad- and upsell-free operating system, your options are legion – there’s countless Linux distributions and the various BSDs to choose from.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Imagine the NYT were narrating this moment. When we win they don't report it.
https://x.com/KnicksMuse/status/1827855492095365254
Disposable vape products creating worldwide pollution
date: 2024-08-26, from: VOA News USA
The rapid rise in disposable electronic cigarette, or vape, usage is creating a tidal wave of pollution, and it’s raising serious environmental concerns. Aron Ranen reports from New York City about one woman who is trying to make a difference.
https://www.voanews.com/a/disposable-vape-products-creating-worldwide-pollution/7757270.html
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
"We suspect Trump’s team has not even told their boss about this dispute because it would be too embarrassing to admit they don’t think he can handle himself.."
No unmodified files remain from original import of OpenBSD
date: 2024-08-26, from: OS News
The greek quiz is so obscure that it is ridiculous — noone can play this. Replace it with a new quiz about galley (ship) parts. This commit changes the LAST UNMODIFIED ORIGINAL FILE (meaning revision 1.1.1.1) from the original import that created OpenBSD on Oct 18, 1995. With this commit, we have completed an amusing mission of replacing the final parts of the original OpenBSD. We have reached OpenBSD of Theseus. ↫ Theo de Raadt With this change to a quiz game in OpenBSD, every single file of the OpenBSD code base is newer than that first, original import. Now I’m curious to see which other projects have achieved this milestone, and when.
https://www.osnews.com/story/140586/no-unmodified-files-remain-from-original-import-of-openbsd/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
The NYT et al aren't even doing a fair job of covering the election as a horserace, because they're making sure it's a virtual tie, so even if our team has overwhelming power…
http://scripting.com/2024/08/26.html#a135108
Webb Finds Early Galaxies Weren’t Too Big for Their Britches After All
date: 2024-08-26, from: NASA breaking news
It got called the crisis in cosmology. But now astronomers can explain some surprising recent discoveries. When astronomers got their first glimpses of galaxies in the early universe from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, they were expecting to find galactic pipsqueaks, but instead they found what appeared to be a bevy of Olympic bodybuilders. Some […]
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
The Twitter API still works. It is useful for cross-posting, but not easily incorporated into indie developer's products, but useful for individuals with developer accounts.
http://scripting.com/2024/08/26/133249.html
Technically, California won’t delay an oil well protection law — but Newsom axes funding to enforce it
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The LAist
The governor backed off his controversial plan to extend deadlines for oil and gas operators to comply with a new law on wells.
https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/california-oil-well-protection-law-newsom-axes-funding
Hubble Captures Unique Ultraviolet View of a Spectacular Star Cluster
date: 2024-08-26, from: NASA breaking news
Roughly 210,000 light-years away, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of our Milky Way galaxy’s closest neighbors. In fact, this small galaxy is one of the Milky Way’s “satellite” galaxies, which orbit our home spiral galaxy. Nested within the SMC is this spectacular star cluster, known as NGC 346. Its hot stars unleash a […]
Hubble Captures Unique Ultraviolet View of a Spectacular Star Cluster
date: 2024-08-26, from: NASA breaking news
Roughly 210,000 light-years away, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of our Milky Way galaxy’s closest neighbors. In fact, this small galaxy is one of the Milky Way’s “satellite” galaxies, which orbit our home spiral galaxy. Nested within the SMC is this spectacular star cluster, known as NGC 346. Its hot stars unleash a […]
California memorial run honors US service members killed in 2021 Kabul bombing
date: 2024-08-26, from: VOA News USA
A memorial run has been held in Simi Valley, California to honor 13 U.S. service members killed three years ago during a suicide bombing as U.S. troops were withdrawing from Afghanistan. VOA’s Genia Dulot attended this year’s run and spoke to two Gold Star families as well as the event organizer, whose son survived the attack at the Kabul airport.
31.5M invoices, contracts, patient consent forms, and more exposed to the internet
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Unprotected database with 12 years of biz records yanked offline
Exclusive Nearly 2.7 TB of sensitive data — 31.5 million invoices, contracts, HIPPA patient consent forms, and other business documents regarding numerous companies across industries — has been exposed to the public internet in a non-password protected database for an unknown amount of time.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/31m_invoices_business_files_exposed/
Here’s the Pitch Deck for ‘Active Listening’ Ad Targeting
date: 2024-08-26, from: 404 Media Group
404 Media previously reported Cox Media Group (CMG) was advertising a service that claimed to target ads based on what potential customers said near device microphones. Now, here is the pitch deck CMG sent to prospective companies. Google has kicked CMG off its Partner Program in response.
https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/
Your SoCal weather report for Monday, Aug. 26: Warmer weather continues through Tuesday
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The LAist
Forecasters say the weekend warming trend continues through Tuesday, followed by a normal weather pattern.
https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/la-weather-report-august-26-am-warm-weather-continues
How I automate electron-to-chromium updates
date: 2024-08-26, from: Kilian Valkhof’s blog
For the past 6 or so years I’ve been maintaining the electron-to-chromium package and I realise I never wrote a blog post about it. Electron-to-chromium is an NPM package that maps Electron versions to Chromium versions so you can input e.g. Electron 32 and get back Chrome 128. This is useful because a lot of […]
The post How I automate electron-to-chromium updates first appeared on Kilian Valkhof.
https://kilianvalkhof.com/2024/electron/how-i-automate-electron-to-chromium-updates/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Kamala Harris and the strategy of joy.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Pro-Trump "Undecided" Panelist Says CNN Knew He Supported Trump.
https://meidasnews.com/news/pro-trump-undecided-panelist-says-cnn-knew-he-supported-trump-
How to follow the money in local races this election season
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The LAist
Campaigns are in full swing ahead of the Nov. 5 election — who’s spending all that money in Southern California to sway your vote?
https://laist.com/news/politics/los-angeles-campaign-finance-follow-money-election-season
California State University students begin the year with budget cuts
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The LAist
Officials say a state funding deficit will affect class offerings and student support.
https://laist.com/news/education/california-state-university-students-begins-year-with-budget-cuts
Best things to do this week in Los Angeles and Southern California: August 26 - 29
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The LAist
Free comedy night at NeueHouse, Alison Saar at the Getty, Bayou jams in San Juan Capistrano, and more.
Biologists are puzzled over the brown pelican die-off. Here’s how you can help
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The LAist
Earlier this year, hundreds of the seabirds were starving to death in California.
https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/biologists-brown-pelican-die-off
The American West’s megafires are silencing birds
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The LAist
One sound index used to monitor biodiversity fell by as much as 15% following particularly smoky days, according to a new study.
https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/american-west-megafires-silencing-birds
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Must-read thread, expands on theme of podcast I linked to earlier.
https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1827322219644539343
More jobseekers are being haunted by “ghost jobs”
date: 2024-08-26, from: Marketplace Morning Report
Last week’s jobless numbers revealed that more than 1.8 million people were drawing unemployment. Among the irks for would-be workers? A frustrating uptick in the number of “ghost jobs,” or postings that stay up on jobs sites for months on end without a hire. Also on the show: a moment of clarity on the future of interest rates and the sunsetting of a free COVID-19 vaccine program for uninsured adults.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
How Kamala Wins: Inside the Clever Strategy Causing Trump to Unravel. I listen to this podcast every day.
https://newrepublic.com/article/185200/kamala-wins-inside-clever-strategy-causing-trump-unravel
The Rising Popularity of Plug-In Hybrids
date: 2024-08-26, from: Heatmap News
Current conditions: The Midwest is bracing for a brutal heat wave • California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range received a dusting of snow over the weekend • It will be 85 degrees and cloudy today in Flushing Meadows for the start of the U.S. Open tennis championship.
THE TOP FIVE
- Fire in Rivian factory parking lot damages dozens of vehicles
A fire broke out in the parking lot at Rivian’s Normal, Illinois, plant on Saturday, damaging dozens of cars before being extinguished. The plant itself was not affected, according to the Normal Fire Department, and no one was injured. The source of the blaze is under investigation. Rivian’s Normal factory produces all of the EV company’s current models. Last week Rivian got the city’s approval to expand the plant by about 1.3 million square feet to manufacture the upcoming mass-market R2 SUV. EVs catch fire less often than gas-powered cars, but they burn hotter and are harder to put out once alight.
- Fauci recovering from West Nile infection
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is recovering from West Nile Virus, a spokeswoman said. Fauci was hospitalized with fever, chills, and fatigue but is now at home and is expected to make a full recovery. According to Dr. Jonathan LaPook, the chief medical correspondent for CBS News, Fauci thinks he was infected after being bitten by a mosquito in his backyard. West Nile is the most common mosquito-borne disease in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far this year 216 cases have been confirmed. About one in five infected people develop symptoms. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, climate change is one of many factors that increase the risk of human exposure to West Nile by accelerating mosquito development, biting rates, and disease incubation.
- Unpacking the rising popularity of plug-in hybrids
The Wall Street Journal explores what’s going on with plug-in hybrid cars, which have been on the market for more than a decade but are experiencing a bit of a revival as of late. The number of models on sale in the U.S. has nearly doubled over the last five years, to 47, and sales were up 60% in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2024. While conventional hybrids come with a small battery and motor that helps power the car’s engine to reduce fuel use, plug-in hybrids have a bigger battery that’s strong enough to run the vehicle exclusively on electricity for a little while before the gas engine takes over. The recent rise in sales is attributed in part to automakers being forced to comply with new tailpipe emissions rules, and drivers being EV curious but not quite ready to abandon gas entirely. “Plug-in hybrids balance the need to reduce vehicle emissions and offer consumers an entry point to electrified vehicles,” a Stellantis spokesperson told the Journal. GM is bringing back plug-in hybrids in 2027 after axing the Chevrolet Volt. Toyota, Volkswagen, and Ford are all either considering rolling out a plug-in hybrid in the U.S. or expanding existing lineups.
- Aramco invests in CO2-absorbing nanoparticles
A U.K.-based startup called Promethean Particles recently closed an £8 million ($10.5 million) Series A funding round to make tiny, super absorbent particles that the company says can soak up greenhouse gases. Promethean Particles produces metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which are “composed of metal ions interconnected by organic molecules to form a porous, lattice-like structure.” These nanoparticles have huge surface area, and the size of their pores can be customized to trap different gases and liquids. So the technology is being eyed as an option for capturing carbon at source for storage and transport, but like many CCS technologies, it is very expensive. The company’s MOFs are already being used in a prototype project in the U.K. Promethean Particles will use the new funding round (which was led in part by Aramco Ventures) to create a bigger manufacturing facility and work to improve affordability.
- First of 4,500 defunct EV charging ports gets govt. upgrade
In case you missed it last week: The U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation recently got to work on its mission to repair roughly 4,500 EV charging ports across the country. It’s starting with an out-of-service charging station in Washington, D.C., that will get new infrastructure and added charging capacity at faster speeds. The upgrades are made possible by a $150 million grant program through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, which was created as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
THE KICKER
Almost all (97%) of the new electricity generation capacity the U.S. added in the first half of 2024 came from carbon-free sources including wind, solar, battery storage, and nuclear.
https://heatmap.news/electric-vehicles/rivian-fire-factory-normal
Telegram founder arrested in Paris
date: 2024-08-26, from: Marketplace Morning Report
From the BBC World Service: Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of messaging platform Telegram, was arrested in France for allowing a wide range of crimes to take place on the platform due to insufficient moderation. Then, a “right to disconnect” law comes into force in Australia. We’ll hear how employees are feeling about the change. Plus, English band Massive Attack performed in Bristol — without the use of diesel generators.
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/telegram-founder-arrested-in-paris
Cognizant alleges Infosys swiped its trade secrets
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Sueball suggests outsourcer went out of bounds by developing competing product
A subsidiary of IT outsourcer Cognizant filed a lawsuit on Friday in Texas federal court alleging that rival Infosys was involved in stealing trade secrets and engaging in anticompetitive behavior.…
Illuminating the National Archives Building
date: 2024-08-26, from: National Archives, Pieces of History blog
Seventy years ago, the National Archives Building’s exterior was illuminated for the very first time. While several other Washington, DC, landmarks were illuminated, the National Archives Building stood dark every night for the first 19 years it was open. Although John Russell Pope, the building’s architect, had made plans for exterior lighting, a lack of funds … Continue reading Illuminating the National Archives Building
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2024/08/26/illuminating-the-national-archives-building/
Bargain-hunting boss saw his bonus go up in a puff of self-inflicted smoke
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Buying PCs off the gray market can (literally) blow up in your face
Who, Me? Welcome, gentle reader, to another Monday morning. We here at The Reg hope your working week is starting well – or at least better than it went for the protagonist of this week’s instalment of Who, Me?…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/who_me/
Alaska landslide kills 1,injures 3 in Ketchikan, authorities say
date: 2024-08-26, from: VOA News USA
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — One person was killed and three were injured by a landslide that prompted a mandatory evacuation in the Alaska city of Ketchikan, authorities said.
Three people were transported to Ketchikan Medical Center following the landslide, which struck around 4 p.m. Sunday and damaged homes and infrastructure, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and City of Ketchikan said in a joint statement Sunday.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared an emergency for Ketchikan, while Borough Mayor Rodney Dial and city Mayor Dave Kiffer issued a separate emergency declaration.
“Friends, is with a heavy heart we relay that a landslide in the city has taken a life, caused several injuries, damaged homes and impacted our community,” Dial said in the statement.
Kiffer said the loss of life was “heartbreaking, and my heart goes out to those who lost their homes.”
“In my 65 years in Ketchikan, I have never seen a slide of this magnitude. With the slides we have seen across the region, there is clearly a region-wide issue that we need to try to understand with the support of our State geologist,” Kiffer said.
Two of the victims were admitted to the hospital and one was treated and released. All other individuals have been accounted for, the statement said.
Multiple homes were impacted by the landslide and a mandatory evacuation was ordered for residents of Third Avenue and nearby streets, while a shelter was set up at Ketchikan High School, the borough and city said.
A potential secondary landslide area was identified to the south of the original slide location and crews were standing by, the statement said.
How progressive, Christian women of color are keeping the faith
date: 2024-08-26, from: VOA News USA
Today in SCV History (Aug. 26)
date: 2024-08-26, from: SCV New (TV Station)
1873 – Vasquez gang raids Tres Pinos (San Benito Co.); hotelier is killed, for which Vasquez later hangs [story
https://scvnews.com/today-in-scv-history-aug-26/
Ones to Watch: Fall Sports
date: 2024-08-26, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)
It’s a new year for CSUN athletics and that means some fresh faces and familiar names are back for another season. Men’s and women’s soccer as well as women’s volleyball…
https://sundial.csun.edu/183738/sports/ones-to-watch-fall-sports/
Cantando
date: 2024-08-26, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)
Once you have found your ideal study spot either on or off campus, you will likely want some music to help boost your productivity. From LoFi to alternative, here are…
https://sundial.csun.edu/183746/arts-entertainment/cantando-2/
“This Whole Other Monster”: Resisting ICE’s “Alternatives to Detention” Program with Mario Perez
date: 2024-08-26, from: Logic Magazine
<p>“Let’s call it for what it is: they’re not there to support you, they’re there to deport you.”</p>Who Gets to Live Forever? with Tamara Kneese and Santiago Sanchez
date: 2024-08-26, from: Logic Magazine
<p>“The entire fantasy of living for much longer only makes sense if you have that kind of extreme wealth or if you believe that you have the capacity to achieve it.”</p>https://logicmag.io/issue-21-medicine-and-the-body/who-gets-to-live-forever
Broadcom promised to reform VMware so it enables better hybrid clouds. Will it deliver?
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
It needs to – Virtzilla’s customers, allies, and enemies are all pondering off-ramps and trying to lure unhappy users
VMware Explore Adopting – or increasing the use of – a proprietary computing architecture like IBM’s POWER is a very niche thing to do in 2024. Yet in June, Big Blue suggested doing just that: employing its single-supplier stack as a replacement for the VMware stack.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/vmware_explore_preview/
Telegram founder and CEO arrested in France
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Rumors swirl that lack of content moderation has angered authorities
The founder and CEO of made-in-Russia messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France on Saturday – and subjected to further detention the next day – apparently over his company’s failure to follow content moderation laws and assist with several criminal investigations.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/telegram_ceo_pavel_durov_detained/
@Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed (date: 2024-08-26, from: Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed)
Looks like everyone was at xoxofest, need to book tickets for next year and see what the excitement is all about.
https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/113025869028226300
Alleged Karakut ransomware scumbag charged in US
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Plus: Microsoft issues workaround for dual-boot crashes; ARRL cops to ransom payment, and more
Infosec in brief Deniss Zolotarjovs, a suspected member of the Russian Karakurt ransomware gang, has been charged in a US court with allegedly conspiring to commit money laundering, wire fraud and Hobbs Act extortion.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/karakut_ransomware_scum_charged/
India misses ten million public WiFi hotspot goal, catchup not looking likely
date: 2024-08-26, updated: 2024-08-26, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Plus: Glowing reports for Fukushima wastewater; New datacenters in Fiji, Malaysia & South Korea; and more
ASIA IN BRIEF India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority last Friday admitted the nation has fallen “much below” its target to deploy ten million public Wi-Fi hotspots by 2022, and a further goal of 50 million hotspots by 2030 is in peril.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/asia_tech_news_in_brief/
China opposes US sanctions on firms with alleged ties to Russia’s war efforts
date: 2024-08-25, from: VOA News USA
Beijing — China on Sunday expressed its opposition to the latest U.S. sanctions on Chinese companies over their alleged ties to Russia’s war in Ukraine, saying it will adopt necessary measures to safeguard the rights and interests of the country’s businesses.
The U.S. announced Friday sweeping sanctions on hundreds of firms in Russia and across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, accusing them of providing products and services that enable Russia’s war effort and aiding its ability to evade sanctions. The U.S. Department of State said it was concerned by “the magnitude of dual-use goods exports” from China to Russia.
The Ministry of Commerce in China in its statement firmly opposed the U.S. putting multiple Chinese companies on its export control list. The move bars such companies from trading with U.S. firms without gaining a nearly unobtainable special license.
The ministry said the U.S. action was “typical unilateral sanctions,” saying they would disrupt global trade orders and rules, as well as affect the stability of the global industrial and supply chains.
“China urges the U.S. to immediately stop its wrong practices and will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interest of Chinese companies,” it said.
The U.S. action is the latest in a series of thousands of U.S. sanctions that have been imposed on Russian firms and their suppliers in other nations since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The effectiveness of the sanctions has been questioned, especially as Russia has continued to support its economy by selling oil and gas on international markets.
According to the U.S. State Department, some China-based companies supplied machine tools and components to Russia companies.
China has tried to position itself as neutral in the Ukraine conflict, but it shares with Russia high animosity toward the West.
After Western countries imposed heavy sanctions on Russian oil in response to Russia sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022, China strongly stepped up its purchase of Russian oil, increasing its influence in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin also underlined the importance of China by meeting in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping soon after being inaugurated for a fifth term in the Kremlin.
The Windows Control Panel being “deprecated” isn’t news
date: 2024-08-25, from: OS News
Virtually every tech media outlet has been reporting that Microsoft is deprecating the Control Panel in Windows as if that’s some sort of big revelation we should be outraged about. They’re basing this on the following, now changed, paragraph someone found buried deep in a Windows support site somewhere: The Control Panel is a feature that’s been part of Windows for a long time. It provides a centralized location to view and manipulate system settings and controls. Through a series of applets, you can adjust various options ranging from system time and date to hardware settings, network configurations, and more. The Control Panel is in the process of being deprecated in favor of the Settings app, which offers a more modern and streamlined experience. ↫ Windows support website It seems the sudden avalanche of articles about this spooked Microsoft, because when you open the same website now, that last line instead reads: Many of the settings in Control Panel are in the process of being migrated to the Settings app, which offers a more modern and streamlined experience. ↫ Windows support website The idea that the Control Panel is being “deprecated” is not exactly a new one; it’s been an ongoing process since the release of Windows 8, twelve years ago now. With every new Windows release, more Control Panel applets are removed in favour of expanding the Settings application, to a point where few regular users have a need to open it directly. Settings still does rely on old Control Panel applets, though, and it won’t take you many clicks through Settings to end up at a classic applet. So, while directly opening the Control Panel might not be a common thing people do, using classic applets sure is. Microsoft may be changing the verbiage of its support page to remove the word “deprecated”, but that ain’t fooling anyone: the Control Panel has already been gutted beyond recognition, and it’s definitely in the process of being deprecated – in true Microsoft fashion, it’s just taking them a really long time, because nobody inside Microsoft seems to really care about Windows anymore.
https://www.osnews.com/story/140582/the-windows-control-panel-being-deprecated-isnt-news/
Virtuoso training club meets in Valencia
date: 2024-08-25, from: The Signal
Every Saturday morning Ward Ventanilla and his Virtuoso team get up before 8 a.m. to run through the trails in Valencia. Ventanilla is the one responsible for the new Virtuoso […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/08/virtuoso-training-club-meets-in-valencia/
Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
date: 2024-08-25, from: VOA News USA
Don’t feed the troll
date: 2024-08-25, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog
Trump says abortion legislation should be left to states.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/politics/donald-trump-abortion-2024/index.html
Soledad Canyon brush fire halted at 2 acres
date: 2024-08-25, from: The Signal
A 2-acre brush fire that broke out between Soledad Canyon Road and Camp Plenty Road Sunday afternoon was quickly halted, according to Supervising Fire Dispatcher Bernard Peters of the L.A. […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/08/soledad-canyon-brush-fire-halted-at-2-acres/
Sept. 18: Latino Business Alliance Hispanic Heritage Celebration
date: 2024-08-25, from: SCV New (TV Station)
The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce Latino Business Alliance will host an inspiring evening on Sept. 18, 5:30-8 p.m. at Hart & Main for the Hispanic Heritage Celebration.
https://scvnews.com/sept-18-latino-business-alliance-hispanic-heritage-celebration/
@Tomosino’s Mastodon feed (date: 2024-08-25, from: Tomosino’s Mastodon feed)
Tim Curry made an album in 1979. Now it’s mine! Muahaha
https://tilde.zone/@tomasino/113024359068469179
NASA will fly Boeing Starliner crew home with SpaceX, Calamity Capsule deemed too risky
date: 2024-08-25, updated: 2024-08-25, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Eight days going on eight months for pilots stuck on orbiting space station
+Comment NASA has decided the Boeing Starliner pilots stuck on the International Space Station will return to Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon pod next year – after the US agency’s engineers could not clear the Starliner’s thrusters for the return trip.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/25/nasa_spacex_starliner/
Princess Cruises Announces Expanded 2026 Caribbean Season
date: 2024-08-25, from: SCV New (TV Station)
Princess Cruises, headquartered in Valencia, has announced its largest summer Caribbean cruise season ever for 2026, with two ships, Regal Princess and Caribbean Princess, departing from Ft. Lauderdale/Port Everglades and Port Canaveral respectively
https://scvnews.com/princess-cruises-announces-expanded-2026-caribbean-season/
Sept. 14: Tickets Available for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
date: 2024-08-25, from: SCV New (TV Station)
Tickets are available for purchase for the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy performance scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons
https://scvnews.com/sept-14-tickets-available-for-big-bad-voodoo-daddy/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-25, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
"We have no visibility into the inner workings of the NYT. We can't vote them out of office. We can't even rebut them. They rarely carry opposing opinions."
https://www.threads.net/@davew/post/C_GmCiXJVBa
CL-32 is a DIY pocket computer with a thumb keyboard, E-Ink screen and ESP32-S3 chip
date: 2024-08-25, from: Liliputing
The CL-32 is a work-in-progress pocket-sized PC that combines modern hardware with classic design inspired by systems from the 1980s like the TRS-80 Pocket Computer. While some details haven’t been finalized yet, the basic elements include an ESP32-S3 system-on-a-chip combined with a small E Ink display and a custom printed circuit board with a QWERTY […]
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Wall Street Week Ahead — ‘Super Bowl’ Nvidia earnings stand to test searing AI trade
date: 2024-08-25, from: VOA News USA
New York — The rally in U.S. stocks faces an important test […] with earnings from chipmaking giant Nvidia NVDA.O, whose blistering run has powered markets throughout 2024.
The S&P 500 .SPX has pared a sharp drop it suffered after U.S. economic worries contributed to a sell-off at the beginning of the month and again stands near a fresh all-time high.
Nvidia, whose chips are widely seen as the gold standard in artificial intelligence, has been at the forefront of that rally, jumping by more than 30% since its recent lows. The stock is up some 150% year-to-date, accounting for around a quarter of the S&P 500’s 17% year-to-date gain.
The company’s Aug. 28 earnings report, coupled with guidance on whether it expects corporate investments in AI to continue, could be a key inflection point for market sentiment heading into what is historically a volatile time of the year. The S&P 500 has fallen in September by an average of 0.78% since World War Two, the worst performance of any month, according to CFRA data.
“Nvidia is the zeitgeist stock today,” said Mike Smith, a portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, which holds the company’s shares in its portfolios. “You can think of their earnings four times a year as the Super Bowl.”
Some investors are getting ready for fireworks. Traders are pricing in a swing of around 10.3% in Nvidia’s shares the day after the company reports earnings, according to data from options analytic firm ORATS. That’s larger than the expected move ahead of any Nvidia report over the last three years and well above the stock’s average post-earnings move of 8.1% over that same period, ORATS data showed.
The results come at the end of an earnings season during which investors have taken a less forgiving view of big tech companies whose earnings failed to justify rich valuations or prodigious spending on AI. Examples include Microsoft MSFT.O, Tesla TSLA.O and Alphabet GOOGL.O, whose shares are all down since their July reports.
Nvidia’s valuations have also climbed, as the stock soared about 750% since the start of 2023, making it the world’s third-most valuable company as of Thursday, while also drawing comparisons to the dotcom bubble of more than two decades ago. The company’s shares trade at about 37 times forward 12-month earnings estimates, compared with a 20-year average of 29 times, according to LSEG Datastream.
Market sentiment could depend as much on Nvidia’s guidance as its results. Evidence that it sees robust demand will be a bullish sign that companies are continuing to invest rather than pull back in anticipation of an economic slowdown, said Matt Stucky, chief portfolio manager, equities, at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management.
Nvidia’s “connection to the largest companies in the U.S. stock market makes this a must-watch event,” he said. “The biggest piece that investors want to know is whether there is sustainability and what demand will look like in ’25 and ’26,” he said.
The trajectory of monetary policy and the U.S. economy also looms large for investors. In a Friday morning speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered an explicit endorsement of interest rate cuts, saying further cooling in the job market would be unwelcome.
Investors will be watching U.S. labor market data on Sept. 6 for evidence of whether last month’s unexpected downshift in employment carried over to August. Signs that employment is continuing to weaken could bring back the recession fears that rocked markets earlier this month.
A tight presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, and Republican former President Donald Trump may also whip up market uncertainty in the weeks ahead.
The August surge in stocks may make it difficult for markets to make much more headway in the near term even if Nvidia’s earnings impress Wall Street, said John Belton, a portfolio manager at Gabelli Funds, which holds shares of the chipmaker.
The S&P 500 trades at 21 times expected earnings, far above its long-term average of 15.7.
“The stock market as a whole is still trading at stretched valuations so the bar remains high,” Belton said.
Tomorrow is International Dog Day
date: 2024-08-25, from: The Signal
Top Breeds rated by state American families adore their four-legged companions. Approximately two-thirds of U.S. households own a dog, and a staggering 85% of dog owners consider their pets a […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/08/tomorrow-is-international-dog-day/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-25, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Walt Mossberg: "Journalists have one core job: to tell the truth, especially when it’s clear. The staff of the NY Times has done it in the past, even at great risk. Why don’t they do it now?"
https://www.threads.net/@mossbergwalt/post/C_CXbTyxPD3
Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too
date: 2024-08-25, from: Tedium site
Pondering “You Get What You Give,” the one-hit wonder recorded by a guy smart enough to realize that it would be a one-hit wonder. It’s a survival story.
https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16781759/new-radicals-gregg-alexander-history
The Cold Truth: Cold Brew vs. Iced Coffee
date: 2024-08-25, from: The Signal
Cold brew and iced coffee are the go-to choices for those seeking a refreshing caffeine fix. But what sets these two beloved beverages apart? Lisette Gaviña Lopez, fourth-generation coffee roaster […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/08/the-cold-truth-cold-brew-vs-iced-coffee/
Bring Optimistic Content to Your Social Media Feeds
date: 2024-08-25, from: The Signal
For many Gen Z-ers, scrolling on social media has become a primary source of entertainment and a tool for staying connected. In fact, the majority of Gen Z Americans report […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/08/bring-optimistic-content-to-your-social-media-feeds/
The Organ Builder
date: 2024-08-25, from: Doc Searls (at Harvard), New Old Blog
On the right is the high school yearbook picture of Allan John Ontko, one of my best friends during the three years we were classmates at what I half-jokingly call a Lutheran academic correctional institution. Because that’s what it was for me. For most of the boys there, however, it was a seminary. Allan, then […]
https://doc.searls.com/2024/08/25/the-organ-builder/
End of Summer Fun!
date: 2024-08-25, from: The Signal
The three-day Labor Day Weekend is considered the unofficial end of “summer” because kids are back in school and summer vacation season is winding down. The calendar lists Sept. 22 […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/08/end-of-summer-fun/
SUSD to Host Community Meetings on Facility Needs
date: 2024-08-25, from: SCV New (TV Station)
The Governing Board of the Saugus Union School District approved Resolution 2024-2025 #15 in a special meeting held on Thursday, Aug. 1 ordering a school facilities bond measure be placed on the Nov. 5, 2024 ballot
https://scvnews.com/susd-to-host-community-meetings-on-facility-needs/
Start-up incubator Y Combinator backs its first weapons firm
date: 2024-08-25, from: Ben Werdmuller’s blog
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<div class="e-content">[George Hammond at the Financial Times]
“Y Combinator, the San Francisco start-up incubator that launched Airbnb, Reddit, Stripe and Coinbase, is backing a weapons company for the first time, entering a sector it has previously shunned.”
Specifically, its a low-cost cruise missile startup, which the Financial Times reports would be suitable for use in a potential war between the US and China. The cruise missiles are 10x smaller and 10x cheaper than today’s alternatives, but presumably still murder people.
Also from the article:
“There is “a very interesting situation where geopolitical heat and the end of zero-interest rate policies have made people become more pragmatic,” said the founder of one start-up that was in the same group of YC-funded companies as Ares. […] “People support builders doing cool, hard stuff.”“
Very interesting indeed. Certainly, you can make money by selling weapons of war. But should you? And in what world is killing people “cool stuff”?
Silicon Valley’s origins are in large part military, of course, so this shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. But for a while there, in the wake of the this-is-for-everyone radical inclusion of the web (which was not a military creation), it seemed like tech was heading in a different direction. It’s disappointing to see that this was ephemeral at best.
<p>[<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/17f16071-87e0-4675-a152-6d6285b97fd5">Link</a>]</p>
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</div>https://werd.io/2024/start-up-incubator-y-combinator-backs-its-first-weapons-firm
Microsoft’s Copilot falsely accuses court reporter of crimes he covered
date: 2024-08-25, from: OS News
German journalist Martin Bernklau typed his name and location into Microsoft’s Copilot to see how his culture blog articles would be picked up by the chatbot, according to German public broadcaster SWR. The answers shocked Bernklau. Copilot falsely claimed Bernklau had been charged with and convicted of child abuse and exploiting dependents. It also claimed that he had been involved in a dramatic escape from a psychiatric hospital and had exploited grieving women as an unethical mortician. Copilot even went so far as to claim that it was “unfortunate” that someone with such a criminal past had a family and, according to SWR, provided Bernklau’s full address with phone number and route planner. ↫ Matthias Bastian So why did Copilot (which is just OpenAI’s ChatGPT with sparkles) claim Bernklau did all sorts of horrible things? Well, his occupation – journalist – is a dead giveaway. He has written a lot of articles covering court proceedings in Tübingen on abuse, violence, and fraud cases, and since Copilot is just spicy autocorrect, it has no understanding of context and pinned the various crimes he covered on Bernklau. Adding in his address, phone number, and a damn planned route to his home is just the very disgusting icing on this already disgusting cake. What makes matters even worse, if you can believe it, is that Bernklau has absolutely no recourse. He contacted the public prosecutor’s office in Tübingen, but they stated they can’t press charges because the accusations coming from Copilot aren’t being made by a real person. And to make it still even worse, Microsoft just threw its hands in the air and absolved itself of any and all responsibility by pointing to its terms of service, in which Microsoft discards liability for content generated by Copilot. Convenient. This is nothing short of a nightmare scenario that can utterly destroy someone’s life, and the fact that Microsoft doesn’t care and the law isn’t even remotely prepared to take serious matters like these on is terrifying.
Hurricane Hone sweeps past Hawaii, dumping enough rain to ease wildfire fears
date: 2024-08-25, from: VOA News USA
HONOLULU — Hurricane Hone passed just south of Hawaii on Sunday, dumping so much rain that the National Weather Service called off its red flag warnings that strong winds could lead to wildfires on the drier sides of the islands.
Meanwhile, the eastern Pacific saw a new threat emerge as Tropical Storm Hector formed, packing top sustained winds of 75 kph (45 mph). There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect as Hector churned far out at sea, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hone had top winds of 140 kph (85 mph) Sunday morning as it swirled slowly past the Big Island, centered about 72 kilometers (45 miles) off its southernmost point, according to Jon Jelsema, a senior forecaster at the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. He said tropical storm force winds were blowing across the island’s southeast-facing slopes, carrying up to 30 centimeters or more of rain.
Floods closed Highway 11 between Kona and Hilo, and a higher-altitude alternative, the Cane Road, was closed by flooding as well, isolating properties like the Aikane Plantation Coffee Co. outside Pahala, where owner Phil Becker said his 25-centimeter rain gauge overflowed in the deluge.
“We’ve got quite a lot of flood damage, the gulches are running full speed ahead and they’re overflowing the bridges, so we’re trapped down here, we can’t get in or out,” Becker said Sunday.
Becker said his plantation is off the grid, powered with batteries charged by solar electricity, and his family is safe, so they have no reason to evacuate. The weather may even prove beneficial: “We’ve been in a drought situation so the coffee is probably loving all this rain,” he said.
Hurricane Gilma, meanwhile, weakened to a still-major Category 3 hurricane Saturday night, but it was far east of Hawaii and forecast to weaken into a depression before it reaches the islands.
Shelters were opened as Hurricane Hone blew in and beach parks on the eastern side of the Big Island were closed due to dangerously high surf, Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth said.
Jelsema offered a vivid metaphor for the rainfall: “As the rain gets pushed up the mountain terrain it wrings it out, kind of like wringing out a wet towel,” he said.
“It’s been really soaking those areas, there’s been flooding of roads. Roads have been cut off by high flood waters there in the windward sections of the big island, and really that’s the only portion of the state that’s had much flooding concern at this point,” he said.
Hone, whose name is Hawaiian for “sweet and soft,” poked at memories still fresh of last year’s deadly blazes on Maui, which were fueled by hurricane-force winds. Red flag alerts are issued when warm temperatures, very low humidity and stronger winds combine to raise fire dangers. Most of the archipelago is already abnormally dry or in drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The Aug. 8, 2023, blaze that torched the historic town of Lahaina was the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, with 102 dead. Dry, overgrown grasses and drought helped spread the fire.
Calvin Endo, a Waianae Coast neighborhood board member who lives in Makaha, a leeward Oahu neighborhood prone to wildfires, has worried for years about dry brush on private property behind his home. He’s taken matters into his own hands by clearing the brush himself, but he’s concerned about nearby homes abutting overgrown vegetation.
“All you need is fire and wind and we’ll have another Lahaina,” Endo said as the storm approached. “I notice the wind started to kick up already.”
The cause of the Lahaina blaze is still under investigation, but it’s possible it was ignited by bare electrical wire and leaning power poles toppled by the strong winds. The state’s two power companies, Hawaiian Electric and the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, were prepared to shut off power if necessary to reduce the chance that live, damaged power lines could start fires, but they later said the safety measures would not be necessary as Hone blew past the islands.
Roth said a small blaze that started Friday night in Waikoloa, on the dry side of the Big Island, was brought under control without injuries or damage.
Days before FBI search, OC supervisor defended his daughter’s nonprofit against fraud claims
date: 2024-08-25, updated: 2024-08-25, from: The LAist
The remarks made on a Vietnamese radio broadcast are Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do’s first known public response after O.C. officials filed a lawsuit alleging millions of taxpayer dollars were misspent.
https://laist.com/news/politics/fbi-oc-supervisor-andrew-do-vietlink-radio-viet-america-society
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-25, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Interview with Kamala Harris's aunt in India. Really interesting. Her mother came to the US on a Fullbright scholarship.
https://www.tiktok.com/@rushinarasima/video/7406754964791364907?_r=1&_t=8pAQrHxBuJu
US rapper Macklemore cancels Dubai gig over alleged UAE role in Sudan war
date: 2024-08-25, from: VOA News USA
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — U.S. rapper Macklemore has announced he is cancelling an upcoming show in Dubai over the UAE’s involvement in the conflict in Sudan, charges the Gulf state has denied.
The rapper best known for hits like 2012’s “Thrift Shop” made the announcement in a post on social media on Saturday.
“I have decided to cancel my upcoming show in Dubai this October,” he said.
“Over the last several months I’ve had a number of people reach out to me, sharing resources and asking me to cancel the show in solidarity with the people of Sudan,” he said.
“Until the UAE stops arming and funding the RSF I will not perform there,” Macklemore added, referring to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that have been battling the Sundanese army.
War has raged since April 2023 between the Sudanese army, under the country’s de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, which is commanded by Burhan’s former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
For months, the army has accused the UAE of supporting the RSF.
In June, Sudan’s ambassador to the United Nations Al-Harith Idriss al-Harith Mohamed called Abu Dhabi’s financial and military support for the RSF the “main reason behind this protracted war.”
The UAE has denied allegations of RSF support as “disinformation,” saying that it’s efforts are focused exclusively towards de-escalation and alleviating Sudan’s humanitarian suffering.
Macklemore has released socially aware music in the past, supporting LGBTQ+ rights while also criticizing ills including poverty and consumerism.
In his latest track released in May, Macklemore voices support for Palestinians and also praises students across the United States protesting against Israel’s war in Gaza.
The song, “Hind’s Hall,” is named after a building at Columbia University that students recently occupied and renamed after Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza.
Buying a PC for local AI? These are the specs that actually matter
date: 2024-08-25, updated: 2024-08-25, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
If you guessed TOPS and FLOPS, that’s only half right
Feature Ready to dive in and play with AI locally on your machine? Whether you want to see what all the fuss is about with all the new open models popping up, or you’re interested in exploring how AI can be integrated into your apps or business before making a major commitment, this guide will help you get started.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/25/ai_pc_buying_guide/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-25, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Stephen Wolfram thinks we need philosophers working on big questions around AI.
LEVER WEEKLY: Dark Money Is Blocking Your Ballot Box
date: 2024-08-25, from: The Lever News
The dark-money web behind a voter purge, the Senate obstacles standing in Harris’ way, and more from The Lever this week.
https://www.levernews.com/lever-weekly-dark-money-is-blocking-your-ballot-box/
Podcast: A Whirlwind Tour of DEF CON
date: 2024-08-25, from: 404 Media Group
Joseph went to DEF CON to talk to hackers on location. AI, hacking biology, and community all came up.
https://www.404media.co/podcast-a-whirlwind-tour-of-def-con/
Long Beach Shark Lab needs $500K in donations to keep shark monitoring program afloat
date: 2024-08-25, updated: 2024-08-25, from: The LAist
Support for the previously state-funded program was cut earlier this year due to California’s budget deficit.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-08-25, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
I’ve watched Michelle Obama ask dozens of times who’s gonna tell Trump that the job he’s seeking might just be one of them black jobs and it makes me laugh every damn time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6PT_zSfHZio
Schubert on Sunday 9: Elias Quartet play D. 804
date: 2024-08-25, from: Logic Matters blog
The last Schubert on Sunday post — over six months ago, how did that happen? — was a wonderful video recording of Julian Prégardien singing Die Schöne Mullerin, accompanied by the fortepianist Els Biesemans. Prégardien has now just released a CD of the same cycle, this time with the fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout. This is quite […]
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https://www.logicmatters.net/2024/08/25/schubert-on-sunday-9-elias-quartet-play-d-804/
Today in SCV History (Aug. 25)
date: 2024-08-25, from: SCV New (TV Station)
1916 – Woodrow Wilson signs act creating National Park Service; its first director is Stephen T. Mather, who made his fortune with the Santa Clarita Valley’s borax mine and envisioned & put his own money into forming the Park Service. [story
https://scvnews.com/today-in-scv-history-aug-25/
Gynecologists, patients focus on making procedures less painful
date: 2024-08-25, from: VOA News USA
Weeks after floods, Vermont businesses struggling to get visitors to return
date: 2024-08-25, from: VOA News USA
burke, vermont — Two bouts of flooding from storms in July has hampered businesses and destinations in an economically depressed section of northern Vermont, with some still closed as they continue to repair damage and others urging visitors, who were deterred by the weather, to make the trip.
Kingdom Trails, a popular destination for mountain bikers, draws tens of thousands of visitors a year. But the storms that hit the region on July 10 and July 30 washed away some roads and bridges, damaged homes and trails, and discouraged visitors at the height of the season.
Businesses and destinations are picking up the pieces, with some still closed in nearby Lyndonville, while others want to get the word out that they are very much open.
“I can’t stress enough that we are open and our community is welcoming people,” said Abby Long, executive director of Kingdom Trails. “We’re encouraging folks to not only come visit Kingdom Trails and have an awesome time but sign up to volunteer mucking and gutting houses for the morning and then relax on the trails in the afternoon.”
The storms caused $300,000 in damages to the trails — and that doesn’t account for the loss of membership revenue, she said. The trails were closed for about a day and a half as crews worked furiously to get them back open. The cost of repairs comes on top of the $150,000 in damages suffered in last summer’s flooding.
“That is not sustainable,” Long said.
So far, 341 businesses in Vermont have reported flood damage to the state this year, according to Economic Development Commissioner Joan Goldstein. Last summer, about 1,100 businesses were affected, she said.
In Lyndonville, a popular diner that had been in business since 1978 will not be reopening after getting damaged in the July 10 storms. The owner of the Miss Lyndonville Diner is having repairs done and plans to sell the restaurant. She told the Caledonian Record that the flooding convinced her it was time to retire.
Leaving ski industry
The nearby Village Sport Shop, which also has been in business for nearly 50 years, has decided to close its flooded Lyndonville shop and exit the ski industry, according to a social media post by the business.
“With the multiple flooding events we have endured and the evolution we have needed to take as a business, we have come to the decision it is time to turn our focus towards the summer side of the business and relieve ourselves from the flood risks the lowest lying real estate on the strip endures,” the post said. The business has a trailside bicycle shop in East Burke.
A bagel shop and a Walgreens drugstore were still temporarily closed as they recover from the flood damage.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration making federal funding available to help individuals and communities recover from the July 9-10 flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. Governor Phil Scott has requested a separate disaster declaration for the July 30 storms and flooding.
In May, Vermont became the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by extreme weather fanned by climate change. But officials have acknowledged that collecting any money will depend on litigation against a much-better-resourced oil industry.
In Burke, a town of about 1,650 that is home to the Burke Mountain ski area, Kingdom Trails is a huge economic driver, said Town Administrator Jim Sullivan.
“It’s traumatic, it’s unbelievable the extent that it ripples out,” he said. “If Kingdom Trails can’t open, people cancel their reservations at the Airbnbs and at the inns. We have restaurants that are counting on all of those people coming here. And it’s just a chain event that eventually dwindles where you have these absolutely beautiful days and you just don’t have the people here that we normally would have if we didn’t have this devastation.”
‘Screeching halt’
The East Burke Market was having a really good summer but when the trails closed down, business “came to a bit of a screeching halt,” said co-owner Burton Hinton.
Each of the storms caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in road and property damage, Sullivan said. The town lost a bridge in the July 10 flooding and the whole mountain road in the storm weeks later, he said.
“We’re still waiting for some direction from the federal government. In the meantime, everybody has really come together and done a great job of helping each other. True community,” he said.
About 60 student-athletes who race in cross-country mountain biking with the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Cycling League, and 40 coaches, were in Burke to train at Kingdom Trails when the latest flooding hit on July 30.
The group had to pivot to ride on gravel for a few days but then some trails reopened quickly, said Michael Morrell, with the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, who was with them.
“The trail system up here and the trail crew are just so efficient, and the trails, many of the trails, they drain very well,” he said on August 1.
Still, he said he felt terrible for those reliant on getting tourists to visit the local trails.
“I feel so bad that their roads are closed,” Morrell said. ” … We’re just glad that we can help support them in any way we can.”
US crossword fan creates puzzles celebrating Black heritage
date: 2024-08-25, from: VOA News USA
NEW YORK — It started a couple of years ago when Juliana Pache was doing a crossword puzzle and got stuck.
She was unfamiliar with the reference that the clue made. It made her think about what a crossword puzzle would look like if the clues and answers included more of some subjects that she was familiar with, thanks to her own identity and interests — Black history and Black popular culture.
When she couldn’t find such a thing, Pache decided to do it herself. In January 2023, she created blackcrossword.com, a site that offers a free mini-crossword puzzle every day. And Tuesday marked the release of her first book, Black Crossword: 100 Mini Puzzles Celebrating the African Diaspora.
It’s a good moment for it, nearly 111 years after the first crossword appeared in a New York newspaper. Recent years have seen an increasing amount of conversation around representation in crossword puzzles, from who’s constructing them to what words can be used for answers and how the clues are framed. There’s been a push to expand the idea of the kinds of “common knowledge” players would have to fill them out.
“I had never made a crossword puzzle before,” Pache, 32, said with a laugh. “But I was like, ‘I can figure it out.’”
And she did.
Made ‘with Black people in mind’
Each puzzle on Pache’s site includes at least a few clues and answers connecting to Black culture. The tagline on the site: “If you know, you know.”
The book is brimming with the kinds of puzzles that she estimates about 2,200 people play daily on her site — squares made up of five lines, each with five spaces. She aims for at least three of the clues to be references to aspects of Black cultures from around the world.
Pache, a native of the New York City borough of Queens with family ties to Cuba and the Dominican Republic, had a couple of goals in mind when she started. Primarily, she wanted to create something that Black people would enjoy.
“I’m making it with Black people in mind,” she said. “And then if anyone else enjoys it, they learn things from it, that’s a bonus but it’s not my focus.”
She’s also trying to show the diversity in Black communities and cultures with the clues and words she uses, and to encourage people from different parts of the African diaspora to learn about each other.
“I also want to make it challenging, not just for people who might be interested in Black culture, but people within Black culture who might be interested in other regions,” she said. “Part of my mission with this is to highlight Black people from all over, Black culture from all over. And I think … that keeps us learning about each other.”
What, really, is ‘general knowledge’?
While on the surface if might just seem like a game, the knowledge base required for crosswords does say something about what kind of knowledge is considered “general” and “universal” and what isn’t, said Michelle Pera-McGhee, a data journalist at The Pudding, a site that focuses on data-driven stories.
In 2020, Pera-McGhee undertook a data project analyzing crossword puzzles through the decades from a handful of the most well-known media outlets. The project assessed clues and answers that used the names of real people to determine a breakdown along gender and race categories.
Unsurprisingly, the data indicated that for the most part, men were disproportionately more likely than women to be featured, as well as white people compared to racial and ethnic minorities.
It’s “interesting because it’s supposed to be easy,” Pera-McGhee said. “You want … ideally to reference things that people, everybody knows about because everyone learns about them in school or whatever. … What are the things that we decide we all should know?”
There are efforts to make crosswords more accessible and representative, including the recently started fellowship for puzzle constructors from underrepresented groups at The New York Times, among the most high-profile crossword puzzles around. Puzzle creators have made puzzles aimed at LGBTQ+ communities, at women, using a wider array of references as Pache is doing.
Bottom line, “it is really cool to see our culture reflected in this medium,” Pache said.
And, Pera-McGhee said, it can be cool to learn new things.
“It’s kind of enriching to have things in the puzzle that you don’t know about,” she said. “It’s not that the experience of not knowing is bad. It’s just that it should maybe be spread out along with the experience of knowing. Both are kind of good in the crossword-solving experience.”
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-crossword-fan-creates-puzzles-celebrating-black-heritage/7752195.html
Kamala’s acceptance speech
date: 2024-08-25, from: Dave Winer’s Scripting News
Full audio for Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech at the DNC.
Thanks to Ian Landsman for converting the video to MP3.
My blog post about the speech.
Podcast: 37 minutes.
http://scripting.com/2024/08/24/014006.html?title=kamalasAcceptanceSpeech
Culinary Icon Alice Waters Meets Santa Barbara Elite to Improve How We Eat
date: 2024-08-25, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Raising awareness for the Edible Schoolyard Project at Belmond’s El Encanto.
The post Culinary Icon Alice Waters Meets Santa Barbara Elite to Improve How We Eat appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
Person robbed in Canyon Country
date: 2024-08-25, from: The Signal
Personnel with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to reports of a person robbed on Saturday afternoon in Canyon Country. The robbery involved a male suspect with no additional […]
The post Person robbed in Canyon Country appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/08/person-robbed-in-canyon-country/
I’m Speaking: Kamala Harris Is Seen and Heard
date: 2024-08-25, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Many feminists have waited for this day to come around again, but one must wonder whether a sufficient number of Americans have changed their sexist and racist attitudes in order to elect Harris.
The post I’m Speaking: Kamala Harris Is Seen and Heard appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/08/24/im-speaking-kamala-harris-is-seen-and-heard/
Stranger Things: The First Shadow with Audio Description (AD)
date: 2024-08-25, updated: 2024-08-25, from: Tink’s blog
https://tink.uk/stranger-things-the-first-shadow-with-audio-description/
Full Circle Weekly News 380
date: 2024-08-25, from: Full Circle Magazine
Credits
- Host: @bardictriad, @zaivala
- Bumper: Canonical
- Theme Music: From The Dust - Stardust
- https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic
- CC BY 4.0
https://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcasts/podcast-380/
Xecast Episode 3: The curse of the artist
date: 2024-08-25, from: Ze Iaso’s blog
Xe returns while on vacation where they built a new PC, made a SaaS to check web server headers, and re-evaluated how they think about complexity.