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This is the most delightfully nerdy thing I've ever seen:
@marcoarment now relevant to your life re: public performance of sports and other events-- I believe this is the only platform that has most of the content https://everpass.com/
EverPass

EverPass live sports streaming TV for bars, restaurants and businesses featuring Peacock Sports, NFL Sunday Pass and many other live sporting events.

EverPass

“Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said - ABC News”

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/researchers-ai-powered-transcription-tool-hospitals-invents-things-115170291

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

Whisper is a popular transcription tool powered by artificial intelligence, but it has a major flaw

ABC News
Every XOXO talk this year was so good, but this one was so weird and wonderful, I encourage you to drop everything and watch it right now. https://xoxo.zone/@xoxo/113290246737213425
XOXO (@[email protected])

"Appreciate everything endlessly." A pit stop on a Seattle road trip at McDonald's in Centralia, WA sent Panic's @[email protected] down a deep and magical rabbit hole into the undiscovered life's work of a nearly-forgotten artist, bringing everyone at XOXO along for the ride. https://xoxofest.com/2024/videos/cabel-sasser/

XOXO Zone

I usually don't brag about our products, but today I have to. We made a thing and I think it's something special: It's a speaker with repairability in mind. Every product should be made like this.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/More-than-repairable-Teufel-presents-an-unusual-speaker-9863978.html

More than repairable: Teufel presents an unusual speaker

Teufel's new Bluetooth speaker Mynd can be repaired and upgraded. It is also designed to be particularly sustainable.

heise online
It was good to hear your voice: Popularity of Suns broadcaster Al McCoy spanned generations https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092424_mccoy_obit/it-was-good-hear-your-voice-popularity-suns-broadcaster-al-mccoy-spanned-generations/
Al McCoy - who passed away on Saturday at 91 - was the voice of the Phoenix Suns for 51 years and a beloved figure in Arizona sports, but those who knew him best say that he was just as beloved as a person – someone who cared about the welfare of others.
#Tucson #Arizona
It was good to hear your voice: Popularity of Suns broadcaster Al McCoy spanned generations

Al McCoy - who passed away on Saturday at 91 - was the voice of the Phoenix Suns for 51 years and a beloved figure in Arizona sports, but those who knew him best say that he was just as beloved as a person – someone who cared about the welfare of others.

TucsonSentinel.com

I don't know who to credit for this but it's perfect

#media #DNC2024

The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz

Two of the most famous investors in Silicon Valley endorsed Donald Trump. This is less about tech generally than their investment portfolio, specifically.

The Verge
If you have enough money to have an investment account, and in particular if you have ever moved that account from one institution to another, this may both amuse and educate you:
Guys what is wrong with ACATS https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/how-acats-transfers-work/
Guys what is wrong with ACATS

Ever transferred assets between brokerages? Impressive, terrifying machinations happened in the background. No cats were harmed.

Bits about Money
“These emails tell a dramatic story about how Google’s finance and advertising teams, led by Raghavan with the blessing of CEO Sundar Pichai, actively worked to make Google worse to make the company more money.” https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/
The Man Who Killed Google Search

Wanna listen to this story instead? Check out this week's Better Offline podcast, "The Man That Destroyed Google Search," available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else you get your podcasts. UPDATE: Prabhakar has now been deposed as head of search, read here for more details. This is the story

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