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Well, of course nobody really knows. Beyond, that is, the obvious and boring answer — by having lots of people buy it. Crusoe’s Books has a go at answering the question in a post entitled Sleepers. They use as a case in point John...
A sober analysis from the News Agents podcast of the press's role in the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday. Sopel is right here to repeat the adage stressed in every journalism school in the world: What's interesting to the...
My friend John Gruber is incensed by the idea that AI watermarking schemes adjust the output of a given LLM so that the output can later be assessed as likely coming from that particular LLM: They say “imperceptible” and “doesn’t change...
The thing you do best, you do substantially less well than you imagine. This isn't an accusation or a prognostication. It is an inevitability. It's because we rate ourselves on our intentions, not our results. "I am a good, competent...
Your romantic obsession is a message that could be interpreted in more ways than you think. When you are obsessed with a person, you think that person has connected deeply with you. They have managed to touch strings in your heart that...
Towards RebirthOut 24th July on Dark Descent Records With its roots in Merciless or Massacra, but growing branches out to death metal with a more developed melodic palette comes the latest album from Chile’s Ripper. A stylistically far...
I was reading Apple’s August 13 court filing in the Epic trial, helpfully hosted by 9to5Mac, and I was surprised by a statement Apple made about its developer program: Unlike cost-only based commissions, Apple’s revenue-based commissions...
Trump used the press as human shields but the White House Correspondents Association has barely raised a grumble. Margaret Sullivan on what should have been the last straw:→ margaretsullivan.substack.com
I’m sitting on a flight from Calgary to Toronto, en route to home. The screen is a blur, my glasses stowed in my bag in the overhead bin above. I could grab them, but the dapper old gentleman sitting behind me might have a cardiac...
While the Xbox One may not have had system-selling exclusive games on the same level as anything from Sony, the few it did have are really interesting. Sunset Overdrive was a huge surprise when it was announced to be exclusive to Xbox...
On Island Time6FPS V8#8: August 10, 2026E-mail: chuqvr@gmail.com • Site: https://chuq.meBlueSky: (https://bsky.app/profile/chuq.bsky.social)Know someone who might want to subscribe?Want to see previous issues? Visit here:...
I’m back from my travels, and have also recovered from the adventure, returning home a week ago Sunday. Both segments of the trip – the bamboo pipe course and the handbell shindig – were tiring in their own way. The journey to and from...
Michael Beach - Live at Phoenix Central ParkOne glance at the names on the cover here should be enough to get you to check it out. On this downright extraordinary live album, California-born/Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Michael...
Hello, loves! We’ll begin with a look at the new Denizen-related code. Refactor a bit. Add a flower. Tout le monde déteste l’IA. Yesterday I had a thought and for some reason tooted it on Mastodon: Hmm. What if the messages were indexed...