Cory Doctorow on the disenshittifaction of the Internet and technology in general. Well worth your time if you've wondered why progress in modern systems seems to be grinding to a haltā¦ why are we paying more for worse products? Why does Google search suck now? youtu.be/4EmstuO0Em8?...
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This guy has a succinct and entertaining way of explaining thingsā¦ which in itself is reassuring, considering what he does for a living. youtu.be/Bc9jFbxrkMk?...
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Excellent interview with @garethdennis.bsky.socialwww.railtech.com/all/2024/09/...
Award-winning railway engineer Gareth Dennis was recently fired for talking to the media about safety issues at Londonās Euston Station. Thatās after Lord Peter Hendy, the former chair…
I wish my ears could do that.
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His digital startup is spreading the word about heat pumps by offering training for installers, information for homeowners ā and guaranteed efficiency
Yeah, it definitely helps!
It's nice to have cover when you're loading your car, in hot or wet weather. It seems to be all-upside, basically!
Maybe it'll take a while to learn you againā¦ but Google search isn't what it used to be. It's strange how much worse it's got these days.
OK so thereās these human brain āorganoidsā, mini human brains with wee eyes on them grown from stem cells in jars. Swiss āwetwareā startup Final Spark has hooked them up to computers and offers access to their computing power for $500 a month. finalspark.com/neuroplatform/
They're both supposed to learn from the kind of things you use them for and to gradually be better at understanding youā¦ but both seem to have somehow lost their way.