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404 Media on Reverse-Engineer Anything?
‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the New Wild West of AI It is the plagiarism machine being used for plagiarism, but also it is random people using AI to take control back over devices whose proprietary software was used to arbitrarily lock away basic functionality, to add…
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Ed Jefferson on Local Wikipedia: The
Local Wikipedia: The Encyclopedia For Local People Limit Wikipedia to your immediate area. Such a great idea and well executed here!
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cjr.org on Nicole Noren leaving ESPN over gambling
Nicole Noren: I'm not going to have blood on my hands. What troubles me most is the disconnect at the ESPN executive level between making money and caring about the human impact of constantly bombarding fans with betting odds and talk. It’s become impossible to escape—during…
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MIT Technology Review on Dont be fooled by AI hype
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype Describing them as “superintelligence” or “rogue models” ascribes agency to products rather than to the companies building them. This framing markets these companies’ products as “superhuman” and, at the same time, helps the companies…
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Wired on Wikipedia Workers Unionize
Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communications Workers of America. Great news, happy for them. Hopefully Wikipedia can continue to be a good example of…
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alilleybrinker.com on 1Password Supports Garbage
1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe Apparently DHH’s support for ethnic cleansing is not disqualifying to 1Password. So tired of these rich fascist tech bros propping each other up. I cancelled my 1Password subscription. Lots of alternatives in the modern era.
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Talking Points Memo on The Supreme Court Thinks...
The Supreme Court Thinks You Are Stupid “The President is only conceivably harmed by an injunction barring executive action if that court order is preventing him from doing something the law permits him to do ,” she wrote. Given that nothing in the Constitution empowers him to…
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NPR on West Africa
How a road could change West Africa’s urban future Kasoa is a snapshot of how unplanned urbanization is unfolding in the region. Its population growth is far outpacing the creation of new roads and other public development. “In Kasoa, things are much easier,” George says, “for…
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theconversation.com on Spokane Evacuation Drills
Just weeks before devastating wildfires hit, Spokane practiced a mass evacuation – the drill paid off Residents must decide when to leave, what to take, which route to follow and where to go, often while under intense stress. Research has consistently shown that factors such as…