News gathered 2024-12-15

(date: 2024-12-15 07:10:46)


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-15, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

The 13 Best TV Shows of 2024.


https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/12/best-tv-shows-2024-hacks-shogun-industry/680850/?gift=f35zZN0v_gDFE8xNwlQAHUscc5OCHNTsBGeIkek7Xeo&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-15, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

His Family Voted to Support Trump’s Deportation Plan. That Includes Him.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/us/trump-immigrant-deportations-rome-georgia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hk4.26H9.hCtTKGkMiDC3&smid=url-share


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-15, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

I asked ChatGPT to “roast me and don’t hold back” and omg that really hurts. Seems it has been remembering all the hoops I make it jump through, who knew it could harbor so much resentment. Not kidding.


https://chatgpt.com/share/675ea664-3680-8012-9b78-064bbe4f5200


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-15, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

AOC #1 kickass Dem.


https://daveverse.wordpress.com/2024/12/15/aoc-1-kickass-dem/


Pressed

date: 2024-12-15, from: Tedium site

This week’s preliminary injunction in the WordPress/WP Engine saga clears a lot of air for the CMS space. But does it clear enough?


https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16921569/wordpress-wp-engine-reaction


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Highly recommend this week’s Chris Lydon podcast.


https://radioopensource.org/blyth-is-back/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

2025 Rivian R1T Review, Pricing, and Specs.


https://www.caranddriver.com/rivian/r1t


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

They could give us easy tools to build our own models, from our own archived writing, for private use. This may be a blind spot. It's as if when personal computers started, instead of spreadsheet editors, we were offered great sets of tabulated recalc'ing data. Fun to watch, maybe useful for researchers, but nothing compared to the utility of playing "what if" on our own models.


https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/DDklIL1K7Y8


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Scripting News: Online communities can work.


http://scripting.com/2024/12/14/184411.html


date: 2024-12-14, from: Gary Marcus blog

In early November, I had a stimulating Zoom call with a former OpenAI employee and Berkeley graduate named Suchir Balaji, who had just left OpenAI.


https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/generative-ais-continuing-copyright


The Data on Civilization-Ending Superflares

date: 2024-12-14, from: 404 Media Group

Don’t panic…yet. Also: A baby galaxy with a bedazzled name, tiny poops with big potential, and an ancient ritual compound in a secret cave chamber.


https://www.404media.co/the-data-on-civilization-ending-superflares-3/


Our Real-World Impact In 2024

date: 2024-12-14, from: The Markup blog

The Markup’s reporting led to federal lawsuits, local government reforms, and much more


https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2024/12/14/our-real-world-impact-in-2024


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-12-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Users are now flocking to Bluesky. But every social media platform becomes a wasteland in the end.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/magazine/bluesky-social-media.html


@Robert’s feed at BlueSky (date: 2024-12-14, from: Robert’s feed at BlueSky)

Nice short (11 min.) intro to building and cross compiling a TypeScript command line program. Hit the pause button while viewing and type along. See the embedded YouTube video at https://docs.deno.com/examples/command_line_utility/.


https://bsky.app/profile/rsdoiel.bsky.social/post/3lda45muanc2m