What I saw on the web on 2023.1.31

[reblogarythm]

1. A fishy inequality
   by Flying Colours Maths
   https://www.flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk/a-fishy-inequality/
   a fun little problem
   via rss
   
   
2. "If you can't say it, write it"
   by MIchaela Haas
   https://reasonstobecheerful.world/white-mailboxes-stop-child-abuse/
   an excellent method to connect with children in need of help
   via rss
   
   
3. True Facts: The Smartest Slime
   by Ze Frank
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GTIL7AECQ
   so smart! so slimey!
   via rss
   
   
4. Tater Tots from Breaking Bad
   by Binging with Babish
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PaeU_ABK94
   sharing mostly just as an excuse to use the word "franch"
   via rss
   
   
5. An AI app walks into a writers room
   by Charlie Stross (and ChatGPT)
   http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2023/01/chatgpt.html
   remember that Wallace and Grommit script that Charlie wrote?
   via rss
   
   
6. Author Talk with Randall Munroe
   by Brandon Adler interlocuting Randall Munroe
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAEutGwIQ9c
   i've not yet actually listened to this, but i look forward to doing so
   via reddit
   
   
7. Canada's privatised shadow civil service
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/31/mckinsey-and-canada/#comment-dit-beltway-bandits-en-canadien
   it's a problem
   via rss