What I saw on the web on 2022.10.11

[reblogarythm]

1. It occurs to me that the difference between an EV and an IC vehicle is very analogous to the difference between a land line telephone and a cellphone.
   by Charlie Stross
   http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2022/09/i-cant-even.html#comment-2157882
   an interesting analogy
   via checking his comments on his blog post
   
   
2. Trusting (machine learning) trust; The housing market turns (more) toxic
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/11/rene-descartes-was-a-drunken-fart/
   two good pieces from doctor o here, one on an inherent weakness of machine learning, the other on an inherent weakness of housing as a speculative asset class
   via rss
   
   
3. The X of Generation X
   by W. David Marx
   https://culture.ghost.io/the-x-of-gen-x/
   i don't think i knew this. except for the bit about the smurfs, of course
   via previous link
   
   
4. Slacker (1990): 1:16:40 - 1:17:12 (1080p)
   by R.Malice, Mark Quirk, and Richard Linklater
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF4LPlBqO3E
   i dunno, i kinda agree with that
   via previous link
   
   
5. Seeing the future with a trunkful of gourds
   by Steve Lafleur
   https://theline.substack.com/p/steve-lafleur-seeing-the-future-with
   sorta confirming what Charlie said in the first link
   via rss
   
   
6. on the resurgence of the striped t-shirt
   by Sean Cotter and Richard Astley
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oADU2PIzhD0
   i would not have expected this
   via boing
   
   
7. Richard Linklater's Slacker 10th year anniversary reunion at Austin Film Society
   by a whole bunch of people
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n079hFF4C1c
   so that's what these freaks were up to 10 years later!
   via youtube recommends after link 4