Link List

20-Aug-2023 – I was a USPS letter carrier for 44 years. To protect us from extreme heat, the postal service needs to provide more training and air-conditioned trucks.

Brief Summary: “This as-told-to essay is based on a series of conversations with Mike Kurz, a 65-year-old recently-r”

28-Jul-2023 – Python coding skills for statistic

Brief Summary: “Learning statistics is greatly facilitated by using a computational platform for doing statistics ca”

18-Aug-2023 – Transforming a Keyboard to a Mouse in Software

Brief Summary: “You’ve probably heard the old saying that if it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck… So whe”

18-Aug-2023 – Elon Musk Says X (aka Twitter) Will No Longer Let You Block Other Users (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Brief Summary: ”
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Elon Musk Says X (aka Twitter) Will No Longer Let You Block Other Users …”

18-Aug-2023 – Elon Musk Says X Will Remove Blocking Feature Except for DMs

Brief Summary: “Elon Musk said today that he wants to remove the ability to block people on X/Twitter, except for di”

18-Aug-2023 – AI-Generated Travel Guide from Microsoft Suggested Food Bank Stop on an “Empty Stomach”

Brief Summary: “Microsoft quietly pulled an AI-generated travel guide for the Canadian city of Ottawa, which suggest”

18-Aug-2023 – Lyft and Uber threaten to leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage ordinance by August 23 mandating at least $1.40/mile and $0.51/minute for drivers (CNN)

Brief Summary: ”
CNN:
Lyft and Uber threaten to leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage ordinance by Au”

15-Aug-2023 – Dad Stuns Internet With Amazing Flame Thrower He Invented For His Kids

Brief Summary: “In a feat of ingenuity, this Canadian father has shown why kids need creativity as they grow up! Thi”

15-Aug-2023 – Michael Peña dreams of space in A Million Miles Away trailer

Brief Summary: “Read the original post here: Flickering Myth

Prime Video has released a trailer for director Alejan”

15-Aug-2023 – Recording Industry Forces Important Video Downloading Tool’s Website Offline

Brief Summary: “When will the legacy entertainment industry get it through their thick skulls that recording content”

15-Aug-2023 – X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Musk attacks (Washington Post)

Brief Summary: ”
Washington Post:
X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Faceboo”

15-Aug-2023 – Building a blog in Django

Brief Summary: “We launched the Datasette Cloud blog today. The Datasette Cloud site itself is a Django app – it use”

15-Aug-2023 – Lorde is entering her “why the fuck not” era as she hints at what may come next at Sziget Festival

Brief Summary: ”
“This is my summer vacation too,” says Lorde, onstage at Sziget. She’s spent the past week playing “

15-Aug-2023 – Automation for the NES

Brief Summary: “Old hardware might not be anywhere close to as powerful as modern technology, but it does have a few”

14-Aug-2023 – Bloggers I read: Tuesday

Brief Summary: ”
I follow over a 100 tech blogs in my RSS reader actively and this week I’ve
picked ~25 of my fa”

14-Aug-2023 – Amazon Is Rolling Out a Generative AI Feature That Summarizes Product Reviews

Brief Summary: “Amazon is rolling out a new generative AI feature that summarizes product reviews for customers. Fro”

12-Aug-2023 – ChatGPT’s Odds of Getting Code Questions Correct are Worse Than a Coin Flip

Brief Summary: “An anonymous reader shared this report from the Register:

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s fabulating chatbot, pro”

12-Aug-2023 – deno_python

Brief Summary: “deno_python
A wildly impressive hack: deno_python uses Deno’s FFI interface to load your system’s Py”

12-Aug-2023 – #4562: Sapporo Ichiban Pokémon Noodles Tomato Cream Flavor – Japan

Brief Summary: ”
Here’s one that came in a Zenpop.jp box – use coupon code THERAMENRATER for a groovy discount!
Here”

12-Aug-2023 – CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry will drop the first taster of her new solo material, ‘Are You Awake?’, next month

Brief Summary: ”
Lauren Mayberry is set to give a first taster of her new solo material next month.

The CHVRCHES “

11-Aug-2023 – Illinois passes the US’ first law protecting child influencers, entitling influencers under age 16 and kids featured by influencers to a percentage of earnings (Fortesa Latifi/Teen Vogue)

Brief Summary: ”
Fortesa Latifi / Teen Vogue:
Illinois passes the US’ first law protecting child influencers, entit”