News gathered 2024-11-28

(date: 2024-12-02 11:57:06)


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.

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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.

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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/