What I saw on the web on 2022.10.11
Oct. 12th, 2022 07:25 am- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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