links, etc Sci-fi writer Ted Chiang: ‘The machines we have now are not conscious’ | Financial Time because yeah, i read pretty much everything i see from ted chiang. archive.is Silicon Valley Is Turning Into Its Own Worst Fear more in a similar vein. archive.is
links, etc Supreme Risk: An Interactive Guide to Rights the Supreme Court Could Take Away — ProPublica honestly, the ProPublica folks have been punching way above their weight class for the stuff that they’ve been publishing lately. they’re killing it on the supreme court coverage.
links, etc The Ancient ‘Wonder Material’ Sucking CO2 Out of the Atmosphere this is promising. now we just need a bajillion more things like this ramped to scale. In Defense of Disney’s Strange Solarpunk World - YouTube {< youtube rqQJHja9qxU >} i don’t remember how i stumbled across this, but it was an interesting twist on things. now, i have to stomach watching a disney movie to pick up all the references....
links, etc NO_COLOR: disabling ANSI color output in various Unix commands it would be nice to see this baked into something a little more formal than this web site. still, this is a nice start. Private Spies Hired by the FBI and Corporate Firms Infiltrate Discord, Reddit, WhatsApp remember kids, if you’re doing anything publicly or in a forum where you don’t know all the participants, you really should be operating under the assumption that a profile is being assembled on you....