March 18, 2024
Interesting Things on the Internet: March 18th 2024 Edition
- Pivot to AI: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. What do you do if there's a surplus of computing power from mining bitcoin? Find a new grift that needs lots of computing power...
- Software Has Eaten The Media "all to show the world that they're "innovative" and "pushing boundaries" without being able to explain how."
- Post Office Scandal - Ian Hislop on Peston -10th Jan 2024. Ian Hislop on superb form about the travesty of Horizon.
- Notes: trust and cultural angles on AI; internet stuff; climate response. Excellent set of notes and jumping off points from Laura.
- “When Is Inequality Taken Seriously And When Is It Dismissed As A Trick Of The Light?”: What Diane Abbott’s Treatment Reveals About The State Of British Politics. "none of this parliamentary rhetoric about extremism and MP safety has been mobilised to protect Diane Abbott after the Conservative’s biggest donor said he wanted to shoot her. Quite the opposite". The increasingly authoritarian and rightward acceleration of the Tory party is worrying. The sooner their power ends, the better.
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