582 posts tagged ‘Post’
"This site will self-destruct" finally self-destructs after no-one signs guestbook for 24 hours
Boing Boing,
In 2020, David linked to a site that promised to automatically self-destruct if ever it went 24 hours without someone adding a message to its guestbook. The creator, FemmeAndroid, posted last week that the time had come [twitter.com]. "Well, the website is down. — Read the rest
CEO and others fired in corporate "bloodbath" after Sports Illustrated publishes drivelous AI-generated content
Last month, Sports Illustrated removed various articles after the authors were exposed as AI-generated personas and whose text was seemingly AI-generated itself—it was hard to be certain, because the material turned out to be sourced to a content farm whose excuses and assertions Sports Illustrated could only weakly repeat. — Read the rest
Yamaha betting that we've hit the "5-disc CD changer" stage of the retro audio technology cycle
What I like about Yamaha's blocky yet handsome new CD-C603 5-disc CD changer is that it looks just like it was made 30 years ago, but could now also contain—hypothetically—enough storage to hold millions of songs in lossless formats, and all sorts of other technological gadgetry besides, within its gargantuan chassis. — Read the rest
Watch Pharrell Williams' stunned reaction to hearing Maggie Rogers' music in a 2106 NYU critique session: "It's like when the Wu Tang Clan came out."
In 2016, Pharrell Williams visited an NYU music class to critique student songs. When then-student Maggie Rogers had her turn, Williams sat and listened in stunned silence. When the song was over, he said, "I have zero, zero, zero notes for that. — Read the rest
New leader of "unsalvageable" Project Veritas quits, citing "strong evidence" of past illegality
Hannah Giles replaced James O'Keefe as boss of Project Veritas—the conservative group famed for its manipulated recordings of liberals, media personnel and government workers—after it fired him for misusing its funds on vanity projects and abusing staff. But she is already stepping down, citing illegal goings-on. — Read the rest
Happy Dragon Tuesday!
Happy Dragon Tuesday to all who celebrate! Don't know what Dragon Tuesday is? Well, I'll fill you in on the secret. John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats declared the Tuesday after Thanksgiving "Dragon Tuesday" on November 25, 2012, via a tweet that read: black friday…cyber monday…but on dragon tuesday we carry our tribute to the cave in the misty hill. — Read the rest
Watch this amusing doggo climb trees to snoop on neighbors (video)
Whoever said dogs can't climb trees hasn't seen Nola, a busybody doggo so hellbent on peering over the fence, she's taught herself to scale trees in her backyard. And she's as good a climber as any cat — except for one anomaly. — Read the rest
Brands are abandoning Xitter
Elon "Pedo Guy" Musk looks to have finally emerged from his social network's tailspin only to begin an exciting new phase in his re-imaging of the former media powerhouse: death spiral. There has been a lot of noise made out of the advertisers fleeing after Musk's declaration of the "great replacement" theory to be "the actual truth." — Read the rest