May 2023 Archive
2461.
Something Awful is racing to save the best and worst of web history (theverge.com)
2462.
Unwanted Thoughts: a new history of the Index of Prohibited Books (nybooks.com)
2463.
Nuclear: Not a Faustian bargain, a near-perfect providential gift (2008) [pdf] (gordianknotbook.com)
2464.
Twitter launches new Pro tier for $5000/month (developer.twitter.com)
2465.
Please, please stop using Xorg with Asahi Linux (social.treehouse.systems)
2466.
Not Even a Recession: The Great German Gas Debate in Retrospect [pdf] (econtribute.de)
2467.
Has ChatGPT Been Neutered?
2468.
A Uber DEI exec placed on leave after hosting event “Don't Call Me Karen” (businessinsider.com)
2469.
OpenAI CEO's threat to quit EU draws lawmaker backlash (reuters.com)
2470.
Volkswagen-backed Gotion unveils new EV battery with 1k km range (technode.com)
2471.
Ask HN: Is Rust worth investing in as a reliable C-alt given its recent saga?
2472.
The dictatorship in Turkey is falling tomorrow (dostoynikov.bearblog.dev)
2473.
Tracking Blocked Scripts (chriscoyier.net)
2474.
GPT-4 Can’t Replace Striking TV Writers, but Studios Are Going to Try (vice.com)
2475.
Verisign WILL get .web, ICANN rules (domainincite.com)
2476.
A professor found her name on an article she didn’t write. Then it got worse (retractionwatch.com)
2477.
Why Frenemies May Be Hazardous to Your Health (nytimes.com)
2478.
British Telecom to cut 55,000 jobs with up to a fifth replaced by AI (bbc.co.uk)
2479.
California’s current water rights and investment (onthepublicrecord.org)
2480.
Why Most Startups Are Doing Data-Driven Decision Making Wrong (fforward.ai)
2481.
Captcha Is Asking Users to Identify Objects That Don't Exist (vice.com)
2482.
SBF says “dishonesty and unfair dealing” aren’t fraud, seeks to dismiss charges (arstechnica.com)
2483.
Catfishing on an Industrial Scale (wired.com)
2484.
Rde: A configuration framework for GNU Guix [video] (youtube.com)
2485.
GPT trainer says he's traumatized from the RLHF work (bigtechnology.com)
2486.
Nvidia's next DGX supercomputer is all about generative AI (tomshardware.com)
2487.
Lehman’s Laws of Software Evolution (bartwullems.blogspot.com)
2488.
RF test chambers and ranges (planetanalog.com)
2489.
Show HN: Hypertune – Visual, functional, statically-typed configuration language (hypertune.com)
2490.
Google tried to fix the web – by taking it over (AMP) (theverge.com)