Mastodawn

Kári Tulinius Jun 2, 2023

Baldur Bjarnason Jun 2, 2023

That article about an “AI” drone killing its operator in a simulation is a complete fabrication. “Simulation” here means constructed scenario. No actual “AI” model was created

https://twitter.com/harris_edouard/status/1664390369205682177

Edouard Harris on Twitter

“@ESYudkowsky @Grimezsz @ArmandDoma Flagging that "in sim" here does not mean what you appear to be taking it to mean. This particular example was a constructed scenario rather than a rules-based simulation. So by itself, it adds no evidence one way or the other. (Source: know the team that supplied the scenario.)”

Twitter

Kári Tulinius Apr 22, 2023

Last night I found out from an article about Chubby Checker that the song I knew as "The Twist" was actually "Let's Twist Again", a follow-up song he did a year after the original. I'm almost positive I've never actually heard the original, but "Let's Twist Again" was routinely played at various dances I went to as a kid. Since yesterday I've learned that the latter is more popular these days, but I still feel like I've landed in one of those Berenstain Bears situations.

https://www.stillalivemag.com/articles/chubby-checker

Chubby Checker

How "The Twist" froze a "nightclub performer" in a single moment

Kári Tulinius Apr 15, 2023

Nilay Patel

@theverge.space Apr 14, 2023

I promise you this was meant to be a softball question.

There’s only so much context you can put in a TikTok clip, but I really encourage you to listen to the entire 60-minute conversation with Substack CEO Chris Best that includes this exchange— we went pretty deep on Substack’s business, Twitter vs Substack, and, of course, what kind of moderation expectations people should have for Substack Notes, which looks a lot like a social network.

www.tiktok.com/@decoderpod/video/7221602731998498094

Is Substack Notes a ‘Twitter clone’? We asked CEO Chris Best

Substack enters new territory with the launch of Substack Notes. Can it handle content moderation, running a consumer product, and beefing with Elon Musk and Twitter?

The Verge

Kári Tulinius Apr 15, 2023

Annalee Newitz 🍜Apr 14, 2023

Way back in 2021, I called out #Substack as a scam because it was masquerading as a service provider when it fact it was paying certain writers (often secretly) to create content for them. (https://buttondown.email/thehypothesis/archive/heres-why-substacks-scam-worked-so-well/) They had an editorial mission and a paid writing staff, but claimed to be a neutral service provider like Etsy for authors. Here's how that story is going ...

Here's why Substack's scam worked so well

I think of myself as having decent critical faculties, but somehow I got suckered again by a bog-standard publishing venture masquerading as a useful...

Kári Tulinius Mar 8, 2023

this is my local tram line

of all the memes to find yourself living inside, this one’s probably the optimal

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Kári Tulinius Mar 1, 2023

To be fair, Twitter also breaks. This is what the homefeed looks like right now, with me logged in. Yup, no tweets.

Kári Tulinius Feb 27, 2023

I used Facebook for the first time in forever yesterday, and it took me three or four clicks to break the website. I'd forgotten just how badly made it is.

Kári Tulinius Feb 20, 2023

rambaði inn í nammibúð í Tampere í Finnlandi þar sem var hægt að kaupa íslenskt nammi
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wandered into a candy store in Tampere, Finland, where you could buy Icelandic candy

Kári Tulinius Feb 16, 2023

By Adolfo Kaminsky’s 18th birthday he had saved the lives of countless of his fellow Jews and others who had reason to fear the German occupying army and their French collaborators through his skill as a forger. That was just the start of an incredible career of righteousness. I recommend this obituary by Adam Shatz highly.

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n04/adam-shatz/beyond-borders

Adam Shatz · Beyond Borders: Adolfo Kaminsky’s Forgeries · LRB 16 February 2023

Kaminsky bought chemistry books from bouquinistes along the Seine and taught himself to make explosives. But when a man...

London Review of Books

Kári Tulinius Feb 11, 2023

Cheryl Morgan Feb 11, 2023

Godperson https://diva-magazine.com/2023/01/18/janelle-monae-gender-identity-speech-critics-choice-awards/

Janelle Monáe embraces their gender identity in a powerful speech at the Critic’s Choice Awards

The actor and singer has called on everyone to listen to trans and non-binary people, and investigate our own identities BY KRYSTA MCKENZIE, IMAGE BY ANITA ZVONAR Janelle Monáe has long expressed h…

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What?	I SAID I LIVE IN… oh, I’m a writer, mostly poems and fiction.