What I saw on the web on 2026.5.2

[reblogarythm]

1. Pedal Steel (the hardest instrument I've played so far)
   by Rob Scallon learning from Doc Brown
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIoA182qE58
   two necks, twenty strings, several pedals, several knee levers?!?, and a volume pedal. wowzers!
   via youtube recommends
   
   
2. AI learns language from skewed sources. That could change how we humans speak – and think
   by Ada Palmer and Bruce Schneier
   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/14/ai-language-human-speech
   excellent piece. i didn't have "Ada and Bruce co-write something for the Gruniad" on my bingo card for today, but am glad to read it
   via discord