The Personal, Political Art of Board-Game Design
A neat insight into the modern board game era.
“Not everybody enjoys killing monsters in dungeons,” said Isaac Childres, the designer of Gloomhaven, which is about killing monsters in dungeons.
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Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI?
I think there are a lot of small targeted applications of generative AI but the huge models are going to be less and less useful as there becomes no way to train them on updated data.
In other words, their AI replaces a single low-waged driver with 1.5 more expensive remote supervisors – and their cars still kill people.
The Supreme Court Did This to Itself
I'm sure this will be fine
Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real
The Singularity sounded super cool as a teenager. Then I grew up.
Largest Dataset Powering AI Images Removed After Discovery of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Tragically no surprise here
The Invasion of the Corner Stores - PubliCola
Mmm bagels
Seattle should take advantage of the public’s appetite for post-pandemic urban experimentation by redistributing density and commerce throughout the city’s neighborhoods, including in our neighborhood residential zones.
Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real
The future stinks.
huge masses of Facebook users are completely unprepared for our AI-generated future
Doom at 30: what it means, by the people who made it
What an achievement.
Donald Trump, American Dictator
It's terrifying but there remains hope for now due to recent overreach. But will it be enough in the few states that actually matter?
I think the part about self-victimization and "them" being a threat to "real Americans" is the key insight.
A Cultural Critique of the Tesla Cybertruck
We're afraid of the horrible system we've built.
My $500M Mars Rover Mistake: A Failure Story — Chris Lewicki
Panic!!!
A Decade of Have I Been Pwned
Some fascinating insights on how his passion project pretty much became critical security infrastructure.
Ursula K. Le Guin — Ursula on Writing: A Rant about "Techonolgy"
Yessss
Technology is the active human interface with the material world.
He Wanted Privacy. His College Gave Him None – The Markup
The tracking is everywhere. Kudos to this student for trying to stand up to it.
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The Age of PageRank is Over [manifesto] | Kagi Blog
This sounds really good in the abstract but I wonder a little about their justifications for requiring user accounts.
Nostalgia Overload: Today’s Throwback Google Doodle Shows A Guy In 2013 Getting Usable Results From His Google Search
Pretty much spot on
How to Be Poor in America
Useful index of state programs.
Opinion | A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.
Yikes
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies
Now that's a headline that pulls no punches.
Please Buy Tesla’s Cybertruck, Which Is Cool, Not Stupid
You gotta get this Tesla Cybertruck, bro. It’s great. Am I a paid spokesperson? Sort of. I’m a person who paid $8 a month to “spokes” for them.
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The Bond villain compliance strategy
They're super screwed. Interesting metaphor. I also spotted some fun references by this writer.
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
It's just really sad. And the long term impact is going to be felt for decades as these states just become worse places to live which will in turn further entrench minority party power!
Man shot and killed by state police after exchange of gunfire in Franklin, N.H., attorney general says - The Boston Globe
Nate Landrebe, 42, who was fatally shot overnight during an armed confrontation with State Police in Franklin, N.H., had exchanged gunfire with troopers as his apartment caught fire, officials said.
Super Mario RPG is an endearing, perplexing relic
I think that makes it clear it's not one I would pick up?
Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI
They're all children.
Reptar
Wild how optimizations from decades ago still bite us.
NASA Built a 'Tire Assault Vehicle' From an RC Tank to Explode Space Shuttle Tires
Clever!
Elon Musk praises antisemitic replacement theory that motivated a mass shooting as “the actual truth”
Of course he did.
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The fight to save old video games
Keeping the last 50 years of games alive for the next 50 is an awful lot of work.
Protective vaccination rates falling out of reach in US; exemptions hit record
Love this for us.