News gathered 2024-11-27

(date: 2024-12-02 11:56:57)


Not Just ‘David Mayer’: ChatGPT Breaks When Asked About Two Law Professors

date: 2024-12-02, from: 404 Media Group

ChatGPT breaks when asked about “Jonathan Zittrain” or “Jonathan Turley.”


https://www.404media.co/not-just-david-mayer-chatgpt-breaks-when-asked-about-two-law-professors/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-02, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Apparently Substack's RSS feeds are a disaster, according to Manton Reece, who I trust on things like this. I'll have to take a look.


https://www.manton.org/2024/12/01/substacks-rss-feeds.html


MeLE Overclock4C mini PC with Intel Core i3-N300 coming soon

date: 2024-12-02, from: Liliputing

The MeLE Overclock4C is a nearly pocket-sized desktop computer with an Intel Alder Lake-N processor that’s been pushed to allow better sustained performance by increasing the power limits. After launching the original MeLe Overclock4C with an Intel N95 processor in 2023, MeLe followed up this summer with a version sporting an Intel N100 chip. Now the company […]

The post MeLE Overclock4C mini PC with Intel Core i3-N300 coming soon appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/mele-overclock4c-mini-pc-with-intel-core-i3-n300-coming-soon/


Belated Expansion

date: 2024-12-02, from: Tedium site

If you haven’t heard, people are finally using the NES’ forgotten expansion port in commercial products. What took them so long?!


https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16907622/nintendo-expansion-port-history


Wired Follows That Car

date: 2024-12-02, updated: 2024-12-02, from: One Foot Tsunami


https://onefoottsunami.com/2024/12/02/wired-follows-that-car/


Landlords Are Using AI To Raise Rents — and Cities Are Starting To Push Back

date: 2024-12-02, from: The Markup blog

Federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself “at the expense of renters who pay inflated prices”


https://themarkup.org/locked-out/2024/12/02/landlords-are-using-ai-to-raise-rents-and-cities-are-starting-to-push-back


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-02, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Biden Should Pardon Tony Fauci.


https://donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/biden-should-pardon-tony-fauci-1cbabef3d87b


Run your Next.js SSR app on Deno Deploy

date: 2024-12-02, updated: 2024-12-02, from: Deno blog

Here’s how to get your Next.js SSR project up and running on Deno Deploy.


https://deno.com/blog/nextjs-on-deno-deploy


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-01, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

The Anti-Semitism of Donald Trump's Cabinet Picks.


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/anti-semitism-donald-trumps-cabinet-picks/680741/?gift=f35zZN0v_gDFE8xNwlQAHY2J9ROiXDQVbnsqJTL7N6s


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-01, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

The Big Interview with Dan Rather podcast is gold. Just listened to his interview with Steven Van Zandt of the E Street Band and the Sopranos. There are nine seasons of this podcast between 2013 and 2021. Going to keep me busy for a while. The RSS feed works.


https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/8e6d7e9c-00fb-4434-b699-b07a012cac5b/1c515561-6a90-4cfb-8f70-b07d0142b4bf/34077f42-ce99-472a-9884-b07d0149f32f/podcast.rss


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-01, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars.


https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-01, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

'Cohousing' is the answer for some people who find parenting isolating.


https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/29/nx-s1-5210688/lonelieness-epidemic-social-isolation-parenting-cohousing


Frameworkism

date: 2024-12-01, updated: 2024-12-01, from: Robin Rendle Essays


https://robinrendle.com/notes/frameworkism/


OpenWrt One router is now available for $89

date: 2024-12-01, from: Liliputing

OpenWrt is a free and open source, Linux-based operating system designed for routers and other networking applications. While it’s most often used as an aftermarket replacement for the firmware that comes pre-installed on a router, earlier this year the OpenWrt team announced it was partnering with Banana Pi to design and sell the first router […]

The post OpenWrt One router is now available for $89 appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/openwrt-one-router-is-now-available-for-89/


The FreshWash Clip – Every home should have one!

date: 2024-12-01, from: Status-Q blog

This afternoon I went into our little utility room, made some measurements, and created this beautiful work of art on my iPad:   I then went upstairs and opened up my CAD program, where I was able to turn it into this: And extrude it into three dimensions, so it looked like this: whence I Continue Reading


https://statusq.org/archives/2024/12/01/12292/


Me and Skiing

date: 2024-12-01, from: Chris Coyier blog

I don’t seem like I’d be much of a skiier, do I? (I do not.) But here I am, doing skiing. It’s very (very) popular in Bend, Oregon because of the proximity to Mt. Bachelor (and to a lesser degree Hoodoo) and the outdoor lifestyle vibes here. People you know will be downhill skiing in […]


https://chriscoyier.net/2024/12/01/me-and-skiing/


Cyber Monday 2024 sales on Handheld Gaming PCs

date: 2024-12-01, from: Liliputing

Without a doubt, the two best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals this year on handheld gaming PCs are sales on Valve’s Steam deck and Lenovo’s Legion Go handheld gaming PC. Valve is selling the Steam Deck LCD with 512GB of storage for $337, and Amazon is running a deal that lets you pick up […]

The post Cyber Monday 2024 sales on Handheld Gaming PCs appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/cyber-monday-sales-on-handheld-gaming-pcs/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-01, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

"The firing of Christopher Wray is the real outrage. The nomination of Kash Patel just adds frosting and sprinkles."


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/trumps-fbi-kash-patel/680840/?gift=f35zZN0v_gDFE8xNwlQAHdZhJpMM_pgB_y0yN3oy-Q8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share


Wisdom of the crowds, or lowest common denominator?

date: 2024-12-01, from: Status-Q blog

I liked this: People have too inflated sense of what it means to “ask an AI” about something. The AI are language models trained basically by imitation on data from human labelers. Instead of the mysticism of “asking an AI”, think of it more as “asking the average data labeler” on the internet. … But Continue Reading


https://statusq.org/archives/2024/12/01/12284/


Maxell’s MF 2-DD Floppies

date: 2024-12-01, from: Computer ads from the Past

The Gold Standard


https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/maxells-mf-2-dd-floppies


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-01, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Disclaimer, on AppleTV got mixed reviews, deservedly, but at the end I felt it was totally worth it. Tells an important story, imho.


https://www.metacritic.com/tv/disclaimer/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-01, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Michael Clayton is one of the finest movies ever made,


https://www.metacritic.com/movie/michael-clayton/


Apply for funding before February 1st 2025

date: 2024-12-01, updated: 2024-12-01, from: nlnet feed


https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241201-call.html


Designing DX Keynote (20 min)

date: 2024-11-30, from: Chris Coyier blog

The short ‘n’ sweet version of my talk from All Things Open.


https://chriscoyier.net/2024/11/30/designing-dx-keynote-20-min/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-30, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

The buyer of the $6.2 million banana art piece eats it. Too much money.


https://www.npr.org/2024/11/29/nx-s1-5210800/6-million-banana-art-piece-eaten


Ergotron’s MacTilt

date: 2024-11-30, from: Computer ads from the Past

MacTilt is the Solution


https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/ergotrons-mactilt


The Rise of the Dinosaurs, Written in Poop

date: 2024-11-30, from: 404 Media Group

This week, we explore the digestive products of dinosaurs, the sartorial skills of prehistoric peoples, the superpowers of a supreme squirter, and the effects of “repeated social defeat” in fish.


https://www.404media.co/the-rise-of-the-dinosaurs-written-in-poop-3/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-30, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Vaccines Will Have to Prove Themselves Again. The Hard Way.


https://donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/vaccines-will-have-to-prove-themselves-again-the-hard-way-e8b807c369c4


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-30, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

British lawmakers vote to legalize assisted dying.


https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=279a7eb2-ca28-4b0c-8523-7530f6ca5a8e&appcode=BOSGLO&eguid=59edd60a-baa3-467f-9346-2e70436aecc3&pnum=17#


FAQs are not the answer

date: 2024-11-30, from: Blog by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti

Everybody loves to hate Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQs. More often than not, technical writers pale and stagger at the sight of hefty, unsorted FAQs, as if they were beholding a writhing mass of primal chaos. Others value their pragmatic qualities: FAQs, they say, lower the bar to contribution and are good fuel for LLMs and search engines. My opinion is that FAQs pose a problem only when there’s no strategy around their usage.


https://passo.uno/what-the-faq/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-30, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

I wasn't clear enough yesterday. We're losing the word "podcast" very quickly. It's coming to mean video interviews on YouTube. Our only hope is upgrading the open platform in a way that stimulates the imagination of creators, and there's no time to waste.


http://scripting.com/2024/11/30.html#a161924


Name that Ware, November 2024

date: 2024-11-30, from: Bunnie’s Studio Blog

The Ware for November 2024 is shown below. Click on any image for a larger version. I have a policy of never using one of my own projects for name that ware. But, sometimes I see another person’s project in the wild and it is just too cool not to share! I came across this […]


https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2024/name-that-ware-november-2024/


Winner, Name that Ware October 2024

date: 2024-11-30, from: Bunnie’s Studio Blog

Last month’s ware were boards from a Sony HCD-T1. Thanks again to spida for contributing the ware, and congratulations to marcan for nailing it. Ping me if you want a prize!


https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2024/winner-name-that-ware-october-2024/


Summary of changes for November 2024

date: 2024-11-30, from: Hundred Rabbits blog

Hey everyone!

This is the list of all the changes we’ve done to our projects during the month of November.

Summary Of Changes

Our website has a new look! The illustrated algae-eared rabbit nav helped solve the problem of navigating on mobile. We added a lot of information to this wiki over the years, creating separate portals for its evergrowing content was inevitable, we hope you like the re-design. Some of the content has shifted, and we’ve simplified many of the pages.

A couple of folks on Merveilles got together recently and made a Diablo Tribute tape. A limited run of physical cassettes are currently in production, but in the meantime the tribute album is available to download on Bandcamp.

Next month on December 6th, Devine will share the stage with Iszoloscope, Oddie(Orphx) & Creature at Foufounes Electriques in Montréal as part of AMP Industrial Events. Then on the 7th, we will both(remotely) present a summary of all the interesting analog communication schemes that inspired and found their way into Rabbit Waves and Wiktopher for Iterations 2024 organized by Creative Coding Utrecht.

Devine’s talk for Handmade Seattle 2024 entitled A Shining Palace Built Upon the Sand was released online(YouTube), we also released the written transcript.

Due to the ongoing Canada Post strike we had to close the sale of stickers in our store, we’ll let you know once we resume operations (this also applies to Patreon supporters, we’ll ship perks your way as soon as we can).

Book Club: This month we are still reading The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Continue Reading


https://100r.co/site/log.html#onov2024


Power User Vs. Strong POV

date: 2024-11-30, from: Tedium site

The just-released elementary OS 8 is interesting, but it has a problem—its impressive but prescriptive interface paradigm has to live in an ecosystem of power users. Who blinks first?


https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16905814/elementary-os-8-thoughts


Black Friday - Happy Birthday sale

date: 2024-11-30, from: Computer ads from the Past

Let’s mix things up!


https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/black-friday-happy-birthday-sale


Lessons learned from burning things.

date: 2024-11-30, updated: 2024-11-30, from: Anil Dash


https://anildash.com/2024/11/30/making-fire/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-29, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Tesla owners turn against Musk.


https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/29/tesla-owners-elon-musk


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-29, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Poll: Where would you like to get your podcasts?


https://mastodon.social/home


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-29, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Poll: Where would you like to get your podcasts?


https://mastodon.social/@davew/113567866581585208


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-29, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Identity has been the next big frontier since the 90s.


https://x.com/photomatt/status/1862574138868617457


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-29, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

How the Kennedy-Nixon debate changed the world of politics.


https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-debate-that-changed-the-world-of-politics


Black Friday 2024: Mini PC deals

date: 2024-11-29, from: Liliputing

Mini PCs can serve a variety of purposes. There are high-performance models that you can use as a full-fledged desktop or even gaming PC. There are fanless models that can be used as silent media players, digital signage systems, file servers, or network utilities. And there are pocket-sized models that you can easily hide behind […]

The post Black Friday 2024: Mini PC deals appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/black-friday-2024-mini-pc-deals/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-29, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

I want to add an important feature to podcasting that can only work with RSS, it can’t work with Spotify, Google, Audible etc.


http://scripting.com/2024/11/29.html#a133619


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-29, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Beatles ’64 trailer. Yeah yeah yeah! ;-)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLzMtQJnH8k


The eras of CSS

date: 2024-11-29, updated: 2024-11-29, from: Robin Rendle Essays


https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-eras-of-css/


Hack your Amazon Fire tablet with Fire Toolbox (Install Google Play, disable Amazon apps, and more)

date: 2024-11-29, from: Liliputing

Amazon’s Fire tablets offer a lot of bang for the buck. With list prices starting as low as $60, they’re far cheaper than any iPad, and more affordable than most tablets from companies like Samsung, Google, or Lenovo. Amazon’s tablets also go on sale for even lower prices at least a few times a year […]

The post Hack your Amazon Fire tablet with Fire Toolbox (Install Google Play, disable Amazon apps, and more) appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/hack-your-amazon-fire-tablet-with-fire-toolbox-v10/


MSI Claw 7 and 8 AI+ handheld gaming PCs with Intel Lunar Lake go up for pre-order for $800 and up

date: 2024-11-29, from: Liliputing

The first MSI Claw handheld gaming PC wasn’t very well received when it launched earlier this year as the first (and only) model in the space to feature an Intel Meteor Lake processor and Intel Arc integrated graphics. But MSI has promised that the company’s next-gen models would fix many of the original’s weaknesses by offering […]

The post MSI Claw 7 and 8 AI+ handheld gaming PCs with Intel Lunar Lake go up for pre-order for $800 and up appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/msi-claw-7-and-8-ai-handheld-gaming-pcs-with-intel-lunar-lake-go-up-for-pre-order-for-800-and-up/


Lenovo Legion Go S could be a cheaper handheld gaming PC

date: 2024-11-29, from: Liliputing

The Lenovo Legion Go has proven to be a relatively popular handheld gaming PC since shortly after it first launched a year ago. But with list prices starting at $700, it’s not exactly the most affordable option around. So it’s unsurprising that Lenovo is not only planning a next-gen model that will bring improved performance, […]

The post Lenovo Legion Go S could be a cheaper handheld gaming PC appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/lenovo-legion-go-s-could-be-a-cheaper-handheld-gaming-pc/


That’s One Safe Deer

date: 2024-11-29, updated: 2024-11-29, from: One Foot Tsunami


https://onefoottsunami.com/2024/11/29/thats-one-safe-deer/


Behind the Blog: How About Them Eggs

date: 2024-11-29, from: 404 Media Group

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we talk about traffic, a return to Azeroth, egg prices and bullying.


https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-how-about-them-eggs/


Deploying Ultralytics YOLO models on Raspberry Pi devices

date: 2024-11-29, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)

Explore the seamless deployment of Ultralytics YOLO models on Raspberry Pi devices, unlocking accessible, efficient, and easy-to-implement vision AI solutions.

The post Deploying Ultralytics YOLO models on Raspberry Pi devices appeared first on Raspberry Pi.


https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/deploying-ultralytics-yolo-models-on-raspberry-pi-devices/


Happy Affiliate Marketing Day to All Who Celebrate

date: 2024-11-29, from: 404 Media Group

Black Friday: A good encapsulation of why the internet is the way it is.


https://www.404media.co/happy-affiliate-marketing-day-to-all-who-celebrate/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-29, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Why it’s time for the ultra-rich to abandon luxury—and their private jets—to save the world.


https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/68698/why-its-time-for-the-ultra-rich-to-abandon-luxuryand-their-private-jetsto-save-the-world


Urteil in Köln: Vormarsch der polizeilichen Videoüberwachung gestoppt

date: 2024-11-29, updated: 2024-11-29, from: Chaos Computer Club Updates

Die umstrittene großflächige Videoüberwachung in Köln muss nach jahrelangem juristischen Kampf der Initiative „Kameras stoppen“ und einem Urteil des Verwaltungsgerichts rückgebaut werden. Es bleibt die Frage: Ist bei den Datenschutzbehörden noch jemand wach?


https://www.ccc.de/de/updates/2024/polizeiliche-videoueberwachung-koeln


Black Friday

date: 2024-11-29, from: Purism News and Events

Today, Friday November the 29th 2024, get the Black Friday Librem 5 bundle with 15% off its base price along with 2 batteries and 2 screen protectors!

The post Black Friday appeared first on Purism.


https://puri.sm/posts/black-friday/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-29, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

“Thank you” is a complete sentence.


https://seths.blog/2024/11/thank-you-is-a-complete-sentence/


If Not React, Then What?

date: 2024-11-29, updated: 2024-11-29, from: Alex Russel’s blog


https://infrequently.org/2024/11/if-not-react-then-what/


GHC 9.12.1-rc1 is now available

date: 2024-11-29, from: Glasgow Haskell Compiler

GHC 9.12.1-rc1 is now available

Zubin Duggal - 2024-11-29

The GHC developers are very pleased to announce the availability of the release candidate for GHC 9.12.1. Binary distributions, source distributions, and documentation are available at downloads.haskell.org.

We hope to have this release available via ghcup shortly.

GHC 9.12 will bring a number of new features and improvements, including:

A full accounting of changes can be found in the release notes. As always, GHC’s release status, including planned future releases, can be found on the GHC Wiki status.

We would like to thank GitHub, IOG, the Zw3rk stake pool, Well-Typed, Tweag I/O, Serokell, Equinix, SimSpace, the Haskell Foundation, and other anonymous contributors whose on-going financial and in-kind support has facilitated GHC maintenance and release management over the years. Finally, this release would not have been possible without the hundreds of open-source contributors whose work comprise this release.

As always, do give this release a try and open a ticket if you see anything amiss.


http://haskell.org/ghc/blog/20241129-ghc-9.12.1-rc1-released.html


ChatGPT, at Age Two

date: 2024-11-28, from: Gary Marcus blog

The bullshit just keeps on coming.


https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/chatgpt-at-age-two


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-28, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Musk accuses Trump whistleblower Vindman of ‘treason,’ says ‘he will pay.’


https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5012743-musk-accuses-trump-whistleblower-vindman-of-treason-says-he-will-pay/


date: 2024-11-28, from: National Archives, Text Message blog

In 1941, a Joint Resolution of Congress established that Thanksgiving be observed on the fourth Thursday of each month.  There are a number of properties on the National Register of Historic Places that are related to the American holiday devoted to turkey, football, and all the trimmings.  In New York City, Thanksgiving starts with the … Continue reading We Gather Together – Thanksgiving Related Properties in the National Register of Historic Places


https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2024/11/28/we-gather-together-thanksgiving-related-properties-in-the-national-register-of-historic-places/


Black Friday Mobile Tech Deals 2024: Laptops, tablets, smartphones, mini PCs, and more

date: 2024-11-28, from: Liliputing

It feels like Black Friday has been with us all month, but the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season officially kicks off on Friday, November 29th… with many of the best deals having already gone live some days before. While some of the “deals” are certainly better than others, you can save money on […]

The post Black Friday Mobile Tech Deals 2024: Laptops, tablets, smartphones, mini PCs, and more appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/black-friday-mobile-tech-deals-2024/


The Redbox Removal Team

date: 2024-11-28, from: 404 Media Group

Redbox left 24,000 abandoned DVD rental kiosks. These are some of the people recovering them.


https://www.404media.co/the-redbox-removal-team/


Waiting for My Asteroid to Come In

date: 2024-11-28, updated: 2024-11-28, from: One Foot Tsunami


https://onefoottsunami.com/2024/11/28/waiting-for-my-asteroid-to-come-in/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-28, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

A longish post that fits on WordPress.


https://daveverse.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/489/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-28, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

I’ve always felt that tech was science before it was art and politics.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-28, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

If you want to win, create an internet farm system.


http://scripting.com/2024/11/28/153349.html


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-28, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

The RSS-based podcast industry just hasn’t been moving and if we don’t add features, improve the tech with new features for creators and users, then we deserve what we get.


https://x.com/davewiner/status/1861952003418853659


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-28, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

WeSQL sounds interesting.


https://wesql.io/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-28, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

The Hidden Risks of YouTube and Spotify That The Suck-Up Podcast Bros on LinkedIn Won't Admit.


https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden-risks-youtube-spotify-suck-up-podcast-bros-linkedin-veglio-2wqve/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-28, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Silo season 2 is pretty great so far, two episodes in.


https://www.metacritic.com/tv/silo/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-28, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

The Secret Recordings Netanyahu Wants Censored.


https://www.levernews.com/the-secret-recordings-netanyahu-wants-censored/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-28, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Marc Andreessen goes full MAGA on Joe Rogan's podcast.


https://sfstandard.com/2024/11/27/marc-andreessen-joe-rogan-trump-maga-silicon-valley/


About Me

date: 2024-11-28, from: Specbranch blog

My name is Nima Badizadegan, a software and hardware developer in the Northeastern United States. I am passionate about building computer systems to solve problems, and I like to examine the underlying assumptions of computer systems, from hardware to numerics, to build systems with durable advantages in their field. I am currently working on a startup, Aimcast that connects employees to corporate content when they need it before they know they need it.


https://specbranch.com/about/


GPD G1 Review: Compact AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT GPU gives your PC a graphics boost

date: 2024-11-27, from: Liliputing

The GPD G1 is a small, portable and self-contained external GPU. Comprised of an AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT mobile graphic card together with an inbuilt 240 watt power supply, the GPD G1 offers both OCuLink or USB4 ports for connection to a host computer, allowing you to bring discrete graphics to a handheld, laptop, […]

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https://liliputing.com/gpd-g1-review-compact-amd-radeon-rx-7600m-xt-gpu-gives-your-pc-a-graphics-boost/


Amazon S3 Adds Put-If-Match (Compare-and-Swap)

date: 2024-11-27, from: Michael Tsai

AWS (via Hacker News): Amazon S3 can now perform conditional writes that evaluate if an object is unmodified before updating it. This helps you coordinate simultaneous writes to the same object and prevents multiple concurrent writers from unintentionally overwriting the object without knowing the state of its content. You can use this capability by providing […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/27/amazon-s3-adds-put-if-match-compare-and-swap/


Unlisted MindNode Classic

date: 2024-11-27, from: Michael Tsai

Markus Müller-Simhofer (via John Gordon): Despite our best efforts, we encountered difficulties bringing our planned changes to MindNode. Providing seamless sync, live collaboration, and other new features was impossible when storing documents as files on disk. We revised our plans and started to develop a new app, “MindNode Next,” that now manages its documents directly […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/27/unlisted-mindnode-classic/


Brazil Rules Against Apple’s Anti-Steering Rules

date: 2024-11-27, from: Michael Tsai

Reuters: Brazilian antitrust regulator Cade said on Monday that Apple must lift restrictions on payment methods for in-app purchases, among other things, as the watchdog moved to proceed with an investigation into a complaint filed by Latin America e-commerce giant MercadoLibre.[…]MercadoLibre’s complaint, filed in 2022 in Brazil and Mexico, accused Apple of imposing a series […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/27/brazil-rules-against-apples-anti-steering-rules/


Daily Deals (11-27-2024)

date: 2024-11-27, from: Liliputing

Black Friday is still a few days away, but retailers stopped paying attention to the calendar years ago, so a whole bunch of Black Friday sales are already live. Whether you’re looking to score savings on streaming video, handheld gaming PCs, Chromebooks, Windows or Mac laptops, or tablets, there are already a bunch of deals […]

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https://liliputing.com/daily-deals-11-27-2024/


Russian Disinformation Campaign Spreads Lies About Ukraine’s ‘Stalker 2’

date: 2024-11-27, from: 404 Media Group

A Russian disinformation operation has set its sights on Stalker 2, which has become a symbol of Ukrainian perseverance.


https://www.404media.co/stalker2-disinformation/


Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus says AI must be regulated. He has a plan.

date: 2024-11-27, from: Gary Marcus blog

Fantastic writeup of my views today at The Wall Street Journal:


https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/cognitive-scientist-gary-marcus-says


You Don’t See Women Winning the Presidency

date: 2024-11-27, updated: 2024-11-27, from: One Foot Tsunami


https://onefoottsunami.com/2024/11/27/you-dont-see-women-winning-the-presidency/


GPD Pocket 4 is an 8.8 inch mini-laptop with up to AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (crowdfunding)

date: 2024-11-27, from: Liliputing

The GPD Pocket 4 is a mini-laptop with an 8.8 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel, 144 Hz display, support for up to an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 “Strix Point” processor, and a convertible design that lets you twist the screen 180 degrees and fold it down over the keyboard for use in tablet […]

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https://liliputing.com/gpd-pocket-4-will-be-an-8-8-inch-mini-laptop-with-amd-ryzen-ai-300/


Solve Advent of Code 2024 with Deno and Win Prizes!

date: 2024-11-27, updated: 2024-11-27, from: Deno blog

We’re giving out exclusive prizes for using Deno during the Advent of Code 2024. Here’s what you can win.


https://deno.com/blog/advent-of-code-2024


Raspberry Pi CM5 is now available for $45 and up (BCM2712 and up to 16GB of RAM… eventually)

date: 2024-11-27, from: Liliputing

After showing up at a German trade fare earlier this month, the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 is now official. It’s a 55 x 40mm (2.17″ x 1.57″) computer-on-a-module with the same 2.4 GHz Broadcom BC2712 ARM Cortex-A76 quad-core processor as the Raspberry Pi 5. It’s currently available with up to 64GB of eMMC storage […]

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https://liliputing.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-is-now-available-for-45-and-up-bcm2712-and-up-to-16gb-of-ram-eventually/


Are Overemployed ‘Ghost Engineers’ Making Six Figures to Do Nothing?

date: 2024-11-27, from: 404 Media Group

“We have data on the performance of >50k engineers from 100s of companies. ~9.5% of software engineers do virtually nothing: Ghost Engineers.”


https://www.404media.co/are-overemployed-ghost-engineers-making-six-figures-to-do-nothing/


Podcast: Pokémon Go to The Military Industrial Complex

date: 2024-11-27, from: 404 Media Group

Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, is building an AI model based on user data; we discuss the rise of AI pimping, and a phone sold the U.S. military is expanding to the public.


https://www.404media.co/podcast-pokemon-go-to-the-military-industrial-complex/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-27, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Oliver Willis has started Breaking News USA.


https://breakingnewsusa.com/


Compute Module 5 on sale now from $45

date: 2024-11-27, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)

The modular version of Raspberry Pi 5 is available now from just $45: an ideal form factor for embedded products.

The post Compute Module 5 on sale now from $45 appeared first on Raspberry Pi.


https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/compute-module-5-on-sale-now/


Powering industrial innovation: Compute Module 5 meets Revolution Pi

date: 2024-11-27, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)

Revolution Pi’s latest flexible industrial device, RevPi Connect 5, takes advantage of the brand-new Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5.

The post Powering industrial innovation: Compute Module 5 meets Revolution Pi appeared first on Raspberry Pi.


https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/powering-industrial-innovation-compute-module-5-meets-revolution-pi/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-27, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

2010: “For Twitter, doing good would mean decentralizing, not making every tweet flow through their servers.”


http://scripting.com/stories/2010/03/15/twitterAsAForceForGood.html


Safety and stability

date: 2024-11-27, updated: 2024-11-27, from: Robin Rendle Essays


https://robinrendle.com/notes/safety-and-stability/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

A review of the Kia EV6.


https://a.wholelottanothing.org/a-review-of-the-kia-ev6/


Someone Made a Dataset of One Million Bluesky Posts for ‘Machine Learning Research’

date: 2024-11-26, from: 404 Media Group

A Hugging Face employee made a huge dataset of Bluesky posts, and it’s already very popular. 


https://www.404media.co/someone-made-a-dataset-of-one-million-bluesky-posts-for-machine-learning-research/


Lilbits: Handheld gaming roundup, plus Huawei’s first phones with a fully Android-free OS

date: 2024-11-26, from: Liliputing

The company working on a Linux-based operating system for handheld gaming PCs that’s not as tightly integrated with the Steam game client as Valve’s SteamOS has released a second alpha. And this time it’s not even all that locked to handhelds – there’s keyboard, mouse, and NVIDIA graphics support, which means you can run it […]

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https://liliputing.com/lilbits-handheld-gaming-roundup-plus-huaweis-first-phones-with-a-fully-android-free-os/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

The Silver Lining of the Pam Bondi Nomination.


https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/pam-bondi-versus-leonard-leo/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

In First Post-Election Interview, Kamala Harris’s Advisors Admit that Democrats Are “Losing the Culture War.” Actually they're not even showing up for it.


https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/pod-save-america-interview-kamala-harris-2024-election


First handheld gaming PC with AMD Strix Point and a 144 Hz OLED display is now available

date: 2024-11-26, from: Liliputing

The ONEXFLY F1 Pro is a handheld gaming PC with a 7 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel OLED display featuring a 144 HZ refresh rate and up to 800 nits brightness. While that alone would be enough to make this little computer unusual, it’s also the first handheld available for pre-order to feature an AMD Strix Point […]

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https://liliputing.com/first-handheld-gaming-pc-with-amd-strix-point-and-a-144-hz-oled-display-goes-up-for-pre-order/


Update re: Microsoft and training data

date: 2024-11-26, from: Gary Marcus blog

Relevant to the post I sent earlier today, https://www.howtogeek.com/is-microsoft-using-your-word-documents-to-train-ai/says that an unnamed spokesperson at Microsoft claims that “Microsoft does not use customer data from Microsoft 365 consumer and commercial applications to train large language models.


https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/update-re-microsoft-and-training


This handheld gaming PC has an 11 inch, glasses-free 3D display and Intel Lunar Lake

date: 2024-11-26, from: Liliputing

Chinese media and gaming company Tencent has revealed a handheld gaming computer that it says is the first with a glasses-free 3D display that leverages eye-tracking technology to adjust on-screen images to create a stereoscopic 3D effect. At this point, the Tencent 3D One handheld is an experimental product, so it’s unclear whether it will […]

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https://liliputing.com/this-handheld-gaming-pc-has-an-11-inch-glasses-free-3d-display-and-intel-lunar-lake/


X’s Objection to the Onion Buying InfoWars Is a Reminder You Do Not Own Your Social Media Accounts

date: 2024-11-26, from: 404 Media Group

“X CORP. OWNS THE X ACCOUNTS.”


https://www.404media.co/xs-objection-to-the-onion-buying-infowars-is-a-reminder-you-do-not-own-your-social-media-accounts/


Watch Out for Counterintuitive Implicit Actor-Isolation

date: 2024-11-26, from: Michael Tsai

Jared Sinclair: I ran into some unexpected runtime crashes recently while testing an app on iOS 18 compiled under Swift 6 language mode, and the root causes ended up being the perils of using @unchecked Sendable in combination with some counterintuitive compiler behavior with implicit actor isolation.[…]What occurred to me instead was to find a […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/26/watch-out-for-counterintuitive-implicit-actor-isolation/


Mini vMac for iOS Rejected via Notarization

date: 2024-11-26, from: Michael Tsai

Jesús A. Álvarez: Mini vMac for iOS won’t be coming to #AltStorePAL, it was just #RejectedByAppReview for notarization after an initial rejection and appeal. You can of course still get it from GitHub and build it with Xcode or sideload the ipa with AltStore Classic. Via Riley Testut: Apple’s complete abuse of Notarization is going […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/26/mini-vmac-for-ios-rejected-via-notarization/


App Store Search Queries Appear to Violate Data Minimization Practices

date: 2024-11-26, from: Michael Tsai

Mysk: This is an example of what the App Store app shares with #Apple when you search for an app. Everything you type in the search field is recorded as an event and associated with your Apple ID before it is sent to Apple. When I search for “Google Authenticator,” events are recorded as I […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/26/app-store-search-queries-appear-to-violate-data-minimization-practices/


Apple’s Movie Theater Beef With Hollywood

date: 2024-11-26, from: Michael Tsai

Mike Fleming Jr.: Jon Watts, the filmmaker who stepped out of the Spider-Man franchise with Tom Holland and Zendaya to script and direct George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the film Wolfs for Apple, created a press dustup yesterday when he let slip that he and they would not be doing a sequel, even though […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/26/apples-movie-theater-beef-with-hollywood/


Raspberry Pi-powered Pilet 5 and Pilet 7 handheld computers coming soon to Kickstarter

date: 2024-11-26, from: Liliputing

SoulScircuit’s Pilet line of computers are handheld PCs powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 and featuring retro-inspired designs with beige, orange, black, and grey color schemes. The Pilet 7 is a modular tablet computer with a 7 inch display an add-on slot that lets you connect a keyboard, game controller, or other accessories. And the Pilet […]

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https://liliputing.com/raspberry-pi-powered-pilet-5-and-pilet-7-handheld-computers-coming-soon-to-kickstarter/


$876 Million Available for Resilient Transportation Projects!

date: 2024-11-26, from: Infrastructure LA Blog

Funding Internet and Infrastruturec $876 Million Available for Resilient Transportation Projects! The Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program is offering $876 million in competitive grants to strengthen surface transportation against natural hazards and climate challenges. Funded projects will focus on resilience planning, enhancing community evacuation routes, and […]


https://infrastructurela.org/876-million-available-for-resilient-transportation-projects-intel29/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=876-million-available-for-resilient-transportation-projects-intel29


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

2022: Sources Go Direct, explained.


http://scripting.com/2022/04/13/165056.html?title=sourcesGoDirectExplained


OneGx 2 is a handheld gaming PC that’s also a mini-laptop with swappable keyboard layouts

date: 2024-11-26, from: Liliputing

Most of the handheld gaming PCs that have launched in the past few years have looked vaguely like a Nintendo Switch or Valve Steam Deck: there’s a display squeezed between a pair of game controllers and no physical keyboard. But there are a handful of portable gaming PCs that do have keyboards for easier text input. […]

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https://liliputing.com/onegx-2-is-a-handheld-gaming-pc-thats-also-a-mini-laptop/


Fragments of a Life: Diego Rivera through the Lens of the FBI

date: 2024-11-26, from: National Archives, Text Message blog

“Each and every one of my murals contains the expression of my own personality” Diego Rivera [1] The National Archives’ Special Access and FOIA Program recently made the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case file on Mexican artist Diego Rivera (100-HQ-155423, v. 1 and Sub. A) [1] available online. The FBI compiled case files to document … Continue reading Fragments of a Life: Diego Rivera through the Lens of the FBI


https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2024/11/26/fragments-of-a-life-diego-rivera-through-the-lens-of-the-fbi/


PSA: Microsoft may be training on your private data without your knowledge

date: 2024-11-26, from: Gary Marcus blog

The Great Data Heist continues.


https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/psa-microsoft-may-be-training-on


WTF Is Stake, the Online Casino Using Viral Posts to Advertise Its Gambling Site

date: 2024-11-26, from: 404 Media Group

Stake is an online casino and sportsbook that’s using watermarks on viral meme accounts to advertise on social media. But it goes deeper than that.


https://www.404media.co/what-is-stake-gambling-casino-watermark/


Raspberry Pi Christmas shopping guide

date: 2024-11-26, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)

Unsure what to buy your favourite Raspberry Pi enthusiast this Christmas? This list should help.

The post Raspberry Pi Christmas shopping guide appeared first on Raspberry Pi.


https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-christmas-shopping-guide/


Teen-Driven Hack Club launches High Seas Coding Challenge

date: 2024-11-26, from: System76 Blog

High Seas, a coding challenge that rewards teens for coding projects with sweet prizes — including 15 System76 Launch Keyboards is happening now!


https://blog.system76.com/post/high-seas-coding-challenge


Take This Job and Restaff It

date: 2024-11-26, updated: 2024-11-26, from: One Foot Tsunami


https://onefoottsunami.com/2024/11/26/take-this-job-and-restaff-it/


oberon@gitlab.inf.ethz.ch pushed to project branch main at Felix Oliver Friedrich / Oberon A2

date: 2024-11-26, updated: 2024-11-26, from: Oberon A2 repository

oberon@gitlab.inf.ethz.ch (329ba1da) at 26 Nov 15:50

do not use SLCR locking/unlocking mechanism on linux (always unlocked)


https://gitlab.inf.ethz.ch/felixf/oberon/-/commit/329ba1daa16f2554766ceb5815f1e8d4bca7cfbf


Steam Removes Oct 7 Game at Request of UK Counter-Terrorism Unit

date: 2024-11-26, from: 404 Media Group

The creator of a game that allows players to recreate “Operation al-Aqsa Flood” says it’s no different than Call of Duty.


https://www.404media.co/steam-removes-oct-7-game-at-request-of-uk-counter-terrorism-unit/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-26, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Scripting News: There are no more gotchas.


http://scripting.com/2024/11/21/143547.html


Educating a New Generation of Workers

date: 2024-11-26, from: O’Reilly Radar

There is a crisis in technical education. The golden road to a career has always been through a college education. However, this “golden road” has developed deep cracks and is badly in need of maintenance. Postsecondary education is rapidly becoming unaffordable, even at public colleges and universities. Tuition has risen at a rate 50% greater […]


https://www.oreilly.com/radar/educating-a-new-generation-of-workers/


Starshield: Situational Awareness for the Star Labs StarBook

date: 2024-11-26, from: mrusme blog

Going off-the-grid with an add-on for the Star Labs StarBook – and pretty much every other laptop – that adds situational awareness through various sensors and removes the need for privacy-invasive cloud services for things like GPS positioning and current temperature.


https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/starshield-situational-awareness-for-the-star-labs-starbook/


[Podcast] Your docs are your infrastructure

date: 2024-11-26, from: Blog by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti

I recently was a guest on The Stack Overflow’s Podcast today, talking about docs (of course), the Vale prose linter, job titles, automation, LLMs, and much more. You can listen to the entire episode here or in the SO blog, or read the transcript. Getting docs closer to developers was one of my personal goals this year, and I think these kind of appearances might help. We need to be where developers are.


https://passo.uno/posts/podcast-your-docs-are-your-infrastructure/


Science Notes / The Finite Fall

date: 2024-11-26, from: Greg Egan’s feed

The page “Science Notes / The Finite Fall” has been updated


https://www.gregegan.net/SCIENCE/FiniteFall/FiniteFall.html