Corey Doctorow on web scraping and corporate power.
Facial recognition companies say, “You can’t use copyright to ban scraping without creating a lot of collateral damage.” They’re right too – but what they don’t say is, “On the other hand, a privacy law would put us out of business and leave all the good scraping intact.”
Bad actors don’t tell you their weakness. Thankfully, weakness exist. Exploiting them helps everyone else.
Just realized the only correct response to being messaged “ping” is “pong”.
Model train dioramas are cool. 🚂
Reminder that while USB-C is a welcome universal plug, the rest of the situation is, and will remain, a mess.
Unity exec tells Ars he’s on a mission to earn back developer trust | Ars Technica
“There was a lot more [feedback than we expected] for sure… I think that feedback has made us better, even though it has sometimes been difficult.”
Execs always trot out the “we didn’t realize” line. Frankly, that says they are either disingenuous or impossibly stupid. Either way, not trustworthy.
In the LaGuardia airport they make you walk through a gift shop to get to the gates. For sale: a Turtles in Time arcade cabinet.
Who is making this kind of floor space decision in an airport?
A taste of las Vegas in LaGuardia.
✈️ Flying out to Chicago today. It will be my first time there. I’m planning on seeing some improv and eating a sausage. Any other recommendations?
With great powder comes great rash-squash-ability.
– Uncle Ben “Gold Bond” Parker
My friend Jon gifted me the classics. 🍿
New York style trend update: cop mustache’s for men and expensive mullets for women.
Started reading: The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff 📚
Did not finish: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho📚 Not for me. I’ve gotten my fill of “embrace your destiny” allegories.
Smoke stacks near industry city.
What is my “authentic” self? There isn’t one. There are untold multitudes within me, all of which are as real as any other.
Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse taught me new terms.
Started reading: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 📚
Finished reading: Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse📚
What a fantastic novella. Beautifully rendered, dripping with character, and not a wasted page.
🎙️ Fun episode of The Pursuit of Perfectness on perfectionism and reading.
I’m biased because I edit the podcast and sneak in as on-air talent.
TIL the term Jamais vu, which is essentially the opposite of déjà vu.
Jamais vu involves a sense of eeriness and the observer’s impression of experiencing something for the first time, despite rationally knowing that they have experienced it before.
Found it in this equally fascinating article on the strange scientific research awards.
🕹️ I just beat the original Kirby’s Dream Land for the original Gameboy. Took me an hour and a half. It’s short and relatively easy, but a real fun time. The last boss has a long annoying pattern though.
Every time it looks like the damage of the myth of perpetual growth and climate change couldn’t get any more stark. Wilful ignorance drives civilisation collapse
I haven’t posted anything today. Is that…good?
Currently reading: Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse 📚