What I saw on the web on 2022.12.6

1. Beowulf’s Bespoke Typewriter
   by Jonathan Crowe
   https://www.jonathancrowe.net/2022/12/beowulfs-bespoke-typewriter/
   what a cool machine! eth! ogoneks!
   via rss
   
   
2. Raising money for Locus Magazine
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/06/good-grief-charlie-brown/#locus
   these novels sound like gonzo fun
   via rss
   
   
3. "Perhaps I could best describe my experience of doing mathematics..."
   by Andrew Wiles
   https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10057979-perhaps-i-could-best-describe-my-experience-of-doing-mathematics
   this is the dude who craked Fermat's Last Theorem. he knows whereof he speaks
   via memory, googlery
   
   
4. No Linux? No problem. Just get AI to hallucinate it for you
   by Benj Edwards
   https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/openais-new-chatbot-can-hallucinate-a-linux-shell-or-calling-a-bbs/
   in the future, the AI will hallucinate everything for us
   via charlie stross
   
   
5. Cory Doctorow Wants You to Know What Computers Can and Can’t Do
   by Christopher Byrd interviewing Cory Doctorow
   https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/cory-doctorow-wants-you-to-know-what-computers-can-and-cant-do
   a lot of good points from doctor O
   via several places, but i think i first saw it on Ada_Palmer
   
   
6. Maths Your Own Kaleidoscopic Shapes!
   by Matt Parker
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUK-j5bKk0Q
   HSM Coxeter would be so proud right now
   via rss
   
   
7. Who Gets to Be Mentally Ill?
   by K. J. Aiello
   https://thewalrus.ca/who-gets-to-be-mentally-ill/
   many good questions here about how society relates to mental illness
   via discord? i think?
   
   
8. Could I cool down the Earth by capturing a comet and dropping it in the ocean, like an ice cube in a glass of water?
   by Randall Munroe replying to Daniel Becker
   https://what-if.xkcd.com/162/
   short answer: no. long answer: noooooooooooooooooooo
   via rss
   
   
9. Metallica’s Lars Ulrich Is Confident Covering Sabbath and AC/DC, But Not “Qualified” for RUSH
   by Jon Hadusek
   https://consequence.net/2022/12/metallica-lars-ulrich-rush/
   that's fair
   via FB