What I saw on the web on 2022.10.21

[reblogarythm]

1. If you think you’re having a bad day at work, at least you’re not Harry Cole or James Heale....
   by Chris Bakke
   https://twitter.com/ChrisJBakke/status/1583104284559781889
   yeah, that wouldn't be fun
   via FB
   
   
2. ask the AI for catboy Gandalf
   by Eliezar Yudkowsky
   https://yudkowsky.tumblr.com/post/698694583956193280/so-did-you-know-you-can-ask-the-ai-for-catboy
   be careful of what you ask for: you may get it
   via rss
   
   
3. Strong and Stable!
   by Charlie Stross
   http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2022/10/strong-and-stable.html
   in which the omnishambles shambles on
   via rss
   
   
4. Conservatives in Alberta aren't speaking the same language. And that's a problem for the UCP
   by David Cymbaluk
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/conservatives-alberta-united-conservative-party-annual-general-meeting-edmonton-1.6623529
   the comparison with astronomy and astrology is, i think, instructive
   via rss
   
   
5. UK Prime Minister Recruitment Ad
   by Larry and Paul
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCtNxp7sfhE
   if you're looking for a job, i heard about this opening....
   via TYWKIWDBI
   
   
6. 2022 United Kingdom government crisis
   by wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis
   because by now there's a disambiguation page for it!
   via David Morgan-Mar
   
   
7. Comparing alphabets
   by TYWKIWDBI, reblogging some stuff from reddit
   https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2022/10/comparing-alphabets.html
   this stuff is totally my jam
   via rss
   
   
8. 200 BASSISTS play the most famous bass line of all time
   by Charles Berthoud and 200 bassists
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynr990vdK4s
   these are the days it never rains but it pours . . . bassists?
   via boing
   
   
9. Interesting People of History: Charles Williams
   by Ozy Brennan
   https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/interesting-people-of-history-charles
   i'd heard tiny bits about Williams before due to the Inklings connexion, but most of this was new to me.
   via rss
   
   
10. The Commodordion
    by Iftkyro
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBCYvoC4muc
    in case you lack an accordion, but have two C64s and a pile of floppy disks....
    via reddit
    
    
11. Sixtyforgan: The unlikely sound of magnets, springs, and a C64.
    by Iftkyro
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfsyCG-J6R8
    another nifty C64 hack. (i have opinions about his tempi choices in BWV 565)
    via previous link