Can't wait to try out #Pentiment tonight.

I need me a good bedtime story...

...THAT WILL KEEP ME UP TILL 5AM.

#gaming

Quick map for #MapPromptMonday bivariate looking at #cycling rates and car ownership in London.

No real surprises but inner London boroughs tend to have higher cycling rates and fewer car owners. Slightly fewer people cycling in Lewisham and Greenwich though. Richmond has both high cycling rates and a lot of car owners. Guess if you're that close to Richmond Park, who doesn't enjoy cycling for leisure? #map #dataviz

Made in #python matplotlib, code here https://github.com/Lisa-Ho/small-data-projects/blob/main/2023/2302-car-ownership/cycling-vs-carowners-london-bivariate.ipynb

Recorded a half-hour horseback ride in The #Witcher3 to simply showcase the beauty of its open world.

However, it can go from zen to adrenaline real quick.

EDIT: I also removed the HUD for a slightly more cinematic experience.

https://youtu.be/o5PoOsKtnEs

#gaming #pcgaming #rpg #videogames #gamer #openworld

The real aim of the Big Tech layoffs is to bring workers to heel and cultivate an insecure workforce, as an actual recession has yet to hit the tech sector (Brian Merchant/Los Angeles Times)

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-01-30/column-how-big-tech-is-using-mass-layoffs-to-bring-workers-to-heel
http://www.techmeme.com/230131/p30#a230131p30

Folks are treating the recent tech layoffs as something spontaneous. They were not. Apparently the current layoffs were orchestrated by hedge funds.

This hedge fund demanded that the big tech companies lay people off because they were being paid too much. Let that one sink in: a hedge fund manager saying that you're being paid too much.

Note that TCI is demanding that Google lay off more people.

"You are helping by cycling when you can"
British WWII propaganda poster
ca. 1940

Still true today

Another stupid hot take about the Fediverse. This time courtesy of Megan McArdle from the Washington Post.

Apparently, Mastodon is doomed because it solves problems most users don't care about.

Just like Linux is a failure—because only hobbyists and IT professionals use it.

Except—unknown to Megan—Linux is a huge success which runs on everything (including your router).

Also Megan seems unaware that the *actual* problem with social media really is centralization.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/17/twitter-mastodon-replacement-social-media/

We have a new study out!

The short version is this: "Car Brain" - the cultural blind spot that makes people apply double standards when they think about driving - is real, measurable and pervasive.

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