Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “link”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'The job applicants shut out by AI: ‘The interviewer sounded like Siri’'
- kudos:So, if employers save time from AI, and applicants save time from AI, where’s the net benefit? Or does it become a new burden for everyone? link to “The job applicants shut out by AI: ‘The interviewer sounded like Siri’”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Tech Billionaire Tries to Ease Fears of Hawaii Takeover by Donating $150 Million to Hospitals'
- kudos:Last few sentences of the article really make the point. link to “Tech Billionaire Tries to Ease Fears of Hawaii Takeover by Donating $150 Million to Hospitals”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Kirtland Temple purchased by LDS church for $192.5 million'
- kudos:I have my own (complicated) thoughts to share on this later, but more than anyone else, I’ve wanted to hear from David Howlett (and, okay, Lach Mackay). Appreciate Jana’s coverage here. link to “Kirtland Temple purchased by LDS church for $192.5 million”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'AI’s craving for data is matched only by a runaway thirst for water and energy | John Naughton'
- kudos:Bookmarking for future reference. Are the purported benefits of generative AI worth these (and other) costs? link to “AI’s craving for data is matched only by a runaway thirst for water and energy | John Naughton”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Amazon Turkers Who Train AI Say They’re Locked Out of Their Work and Money'
- kudos:Helpful reminder that it’s low-paid, underappreciated workers who contribute to AI as much as high-paid programmers and household-name executives. link to “Amazon Turkers Who Train AI Say They’re Locked Out of Their Work and Money”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Fanfiction Community Rocked By Etsy Sellers Turning Their Work Into Bound Books'
- kudos:This strikes me as illustrating the digital labor issues associated with generative AI. It’s someone else profiting off of one’s work. link to “Fanfiction Community Rocked By Etsy Sellers Turning Their Work Into Bound Books”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools'
- kudos:Aw, geez, and I liked Automattic, too. I get that financing Tumblr is hard, but why this? link to “Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Pluralistic: Vice surrenders (24 Feb 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
- kudos:Dammit, I literally just started following Motherboard again. link to “Pluralistic: Vice surrenders (24 Feb 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'UK looks to change role of faculty senate. Employees worry it will take away authority'
- kudos:Need to read more on this before I fully understand what’s being proposed and what the consequences will be. I struggle, however, with the argument that reducing the power of faculty is somehow improving faculty governance. link to “UK looks to change role of faculty senate. Employees worry it will take away authority”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Christians Explain How Jesus Would Handle The Border Crisis'
- kudos:Darkly hilarious. link to “Christians Explain How Jesus Would Handle The Border Crisis”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Reddit: 'We Are in the Early Stages of Monetizing Our User Base''
- kudos:There are few phrases grosser than “monetizing our user base.” link to “Reddit: ‘We Are in the Early Stages of Monetizing Our User Base’”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Blue Origin Builds $8 Billion Barrel For Jeff Bezos To Ride Over Niagara Falls'
- kudos:This made me laugh out loud while reheating my leftovers for lunch. link to “Blue Origin Builds $8 Billion Barrel For Jeff Bezos To Ride Over Niagara Falls”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Thousands report issues with US mobile services'
- kudos:Oh, so it’s not just me… link to “Thousands report issues with US mobile services”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Criminologists cited in support of Safer Kentucky Act wonder why'
- kudos:Look, even academics cite the wrong papers sometimes, but if the researchers you cite to support your crime bill don’t actually support your crime bill, that should be a warning… link to “Criminologists cited in support of Safer Kentucky Act wonder why”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Elon Only Started Buying Up Twitter Shares After Twitter Refused To Ban Plane Tracking Account'
- kudos:Musk’s pettiness knows no bounds. link to “Elon Only Started Buying Up Twitter Shares After Twitter Refused To Ban Plane Tracking Account”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Walmart buying TV-brand Vizio for its ad-fueling customer data'
- kudos:We live in a dumb timeline. Why are we turning TVs into surveillance machines? link to “Walmart buying TV-brand Vizio for its ad-fueling customer data”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Reddit Signs $60 Million Deal to Scrape Your Online Community for AI Parts: Report'
- kudos:Look, I’ve never been really into Reddit, but I’m still really disappointed in the company. This sucks. link to “Reddit Signs $60 Million Deal to Scrape Your Online Community for AI Parts: Report”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Despite ‘mass fraud’ claims, data shows few Kentuckians use student IDs to vote'
- kudos:I’ve never voted for Michael Adams, but I appreciate his being a voice of reason within his own party. link to “Despite ‘mass fraud’ claims, data shows few Kentuckians use student IDs to vote”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Christian Man Persecuted Simply For Driving 90 Miles Per Hour In School Zone'
- kudos:I recently started following The Onion again, and it’s already paying off. link to “Christian Man Persecuted Simply For Driving 90 Miles Per Hour In School Zone”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Reddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of IPO'
- kudos:C’mon, Reddit. link to “Reddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of IPO”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Academia When You’re Six Raccoons Living in a Fjällräven Parka'
- kudos:I really ought to be reading more McSweeney’s. link to “How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Academia When You’re Six Raccoons Living in a Fjällräven Parka”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Mort d'Alexeï Navalny : propos racistes, nationalisme et positions conservatrices… L'autre visage de l'opposant russe'
- kudos:On peut pleurer la mort de quelqu’un sans oublier ses problèmes. Je ne savais pas tout cela, et j’avoue que je vois Navalny différemment maintenant. C’est toujours quelqu’un qui a mené une lutte importante, mais on ne peut pas ignorer ces propos non plus. link to “Mort d’Alexeï Navalny : propos racistes, nationalisme et positions conservatrices… L’autre visage de l’opposant russe”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot'
- kudos:Very interesting case. link to “Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'How the Kansas City shooting proves the 'good guy with a gun' idea is a fallacy'
- kudos:Depressing but important read. link to “How the Kansas City shooting proves the “good guy with a gun” idea is a fallacy”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Don’t Fall for the Latest Changes to the Dangerous Kids Online Safety Act '
- kudos:Look, it’s hard to oppose legislation that purports to be “for the kids,” but with the EFF, Mike Masnick, and other voices I respect still firmly against this, I’ll be calling my reps—and encouraging others to do the same. link to “Don’t Fall for the Latest Changes to the Dangerous Kids Online Safety Act “
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'University of Michigan Sells Recordings of Study Groups and Office Hours to Train AI'
- kudos:This is straight-up awful. Shame on the university for doing this. link to “University of Michigan Sells Recordings of Study Groups and Office Hours to Train AI”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Russia Hides Its War Toll. We Pieced Together the Clues.'
- kudos:Russia is in the wrong in this conflict, but that also means that Russians are among those being wronged. link to “Russia Hides Its War Toll. We Pieced Together the Clues.”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Future data centres may have built-in nuclear reactors'
- kudos:You know, instead of assuming that we must grow AI data centers and asking how we should power them, we could look at the costs in terms of power and ask whether we should grow AI data centers. link to “Future data centres may have built-in nuclear reactors”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Backdoors that let cops decrypt messages violate human rights, EU court says'
- kudos:Heck yes. link to “Backdoors that let cops decrypt messages violate human rights, EU court says”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'UK president to legislature: Proposed DEI, tenure legislation is ‘deeply concerning’ for Kentucky colleges'
- kudos:I appreciate it when our president speaks up against legislation that would hurt the University of Kentucky. link to “UK president to legislature: Proposed DEI, tenure legislation is ‘deeply concerning’ for Kentucky colleges”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Microsoft and OpenAI say hackers are using ChatGPT to improve cyberattacks'
- kudos:Hmm. Unsurprising but all the more frustrating for it. link to “Microsoft and OpenAI say hackers are using ChatGPT to improve cyberattacks”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'The rise and fall of robots.txt'
- kudos:Fascinating read on web crawlers and robots.txt link to “The rise and fall of robots.txt”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Sell lab-grown meat in Tennessee, pay a $1 million fine'
- kudos:Good article on some dumb fearmongering. link to “Sell lab-grown meat in Tennessee, pay a $1 million fine”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on ' Ky. Senate passes bill to limit DEI in higher education in the name of free speech'
- kudos:Well, crap. Not a lot of hope that House will stop this. link to " Ky. Senate passes bill to limit DEI in higher education in the name of free speech"
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Bill Ackman: Nazis On ExTwitter Are Just The Price Of Free Speech; But Marxist Theory Or Anti-Israel Claims On Campus Are Beyond The Pale'
- kudos:Masnick’s perspectives on free speech are always helpful. link to “Bill Ackman: Nazis On ExTwitter Are Just The Price Of Free Speech; But Marxist Theory Or Anti-Israel Claims On Campus Are Beyond The Pale”
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'The ‘queer.af’ Mastodon instance disappeared because of the Taliban'
- kudos:Domain name infrastructure plays a bigger role than we might think. link to “The ‘queer.af’ Mastodon instance disappeared because of the Taliban”