Chris Winters

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Chris WintersDec 24, 2023
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Hey, friends -- could you please follow and/or boost @summitpgh ?

The 26th annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit is coming up in just 4 weeks, and it's a cause that's near & dear to my heart. ❤️

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Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit (@summitpgh.bsky.social)

It's time to register for the 26th Annual Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit! From Othering to Bridging: Reconnecting for Social Change Keynote speaker Audrey Murrell of the Univ. of Pittsburgh, and a diverse panel of leaders in social justice and community building. Jan. 19-20 at PTS.

Bluesky Social
Chris WintersDec 13, 2023
Hacker NewsDec 13, 2023
Study shows 38% of Java apps still affected by Log4j vulnerability log4shell
L: https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/11/log4j_vulnerabilities/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38620877
posted on 2023.12.12 at 19:20:44 (c=0, p=5)
Two years on, 1 in 4 apps still vulnerable to Log4Shell

Lack of awareness still blamed for patching apathy despite it being among most infamous bugs of all time

The Register
Chris WintersDec 13, 2023
Show threadCorey QuinnDec 13, 2023

In response to "is just saying things about GenAI a 'strategy'?":

GenAI is the only space at the moment in which content writers can, with a simple blog post, begin LARPing as product owners.

Chris WintersNov 30, 2023
Alfie KohnNov 30, 2023

A short essay about how our promiscuous use of diagnostic labels implies that just about everyone has a psychological disorder. We end up not only pigeonholing people but pathologizing a normal range of behavior: https://tinyurl.com/ycxchv6r

And here's a related reflection on "semantic creep": how the too-casual use of words like "trauma," "abuse," and "gaslighting" (which, again, are now freely applied to ordinary adversities) do a disservice to real victims: https://tinyurl.com/335swru5

The big idea: Is it your personality, or a disorder?

Psychological diagnoses offer an easy way in to understanding character – but our habit of using them comes at a cost

The Guardian
Chris WintersOct 17, 2023
Charlie StrossOct 14, 2023
As someone on Bluesky noted, "Mona Lisa but with bigger titties" is the reductio ad absudam of AI "art" generators.
Chris WintersOct 17, 2023
Ben GrosserOct 17, 2023
Simplified for you --> Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto as redaction poetry. See the whole work here: https://bengrosser.com/files/Techno-Optimist-Manifesto-Andreessen-redacted-by-Grosser.pdf
Chris WintersOct 14, 2023
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Chris WintersOct 14, 2023
Gatekeeper..Oct 14, 2023
Chris WintersOct 14, 2023
Camille FournierOct 14, 2023
I went to an executive training thing earlier this year that shared this same chart, photographed in my 5th grader's classroom, only they did a worse job with the axes, so we are doing a better job teaching elementary school students how to name their emotions than most high performing execs get
Chris WintersOct 12, 2023
kottke.orgOct 12, 2023
Taffy Brodesser-Akner profiles Taylor Swift, from the (relatively) cheap seats. "Our only proof that she was actually in the stadium was that the people close to the stage seemed to believe that she was, and we chose to believe them." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/magazine/taylor-swift-eras-tour.html?unlocked_article_code=v_PnEG0AzHTijTAOTyf1zZTEGokvmKkGvvHB-KG9w_pCds5aU6NKMP2_yNKaAbzL81quoJ5nZz2CqFp2LC8ILO1JydL_CLa-mlE-sRA0M8UBb2XF3H8OA1RAm5fPbb5ROROv1jf8h9uXxgjoQv0IzoWgyGEMoq5eMmpggHe6Wo70WIrn8KQVEWroIjyaw4BfgRBT7WKuniWwezwdkEri_6iG3frUrN9mLg-Ls7fVG6o6sYyFG7xk7oo0SYkV0yL0yfs99nsBdP1TWnPSZxMlmp0oMvqjKHtkEqL9rjjJDh2bzFUm2XsU3H0SJF1p9scyRMojW8ExdvED6SaDsQB9&smid=url-share
What I Saw at Taylor Swift’s Delirious Eras Tour

Taylor Swift’s greatest gift is for telling her own story — better than any journalist could. But Taffy Brodesser-Akner gives it a shot anyway.

The New York Times