The Woes of Being Addicted to Streaming Services
"I have found that, after more than a decade under the influence, it has begun to reshape my relationship with music. I’m addicted to a relationship that I know is very bad for me."

It's an interesting essay, though I think it goes on for too long. https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-woes-of-being-addicted-to-streaming-services/

Today in "What could possibly go wrong?" https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/09/re-opened-three-mile-island-will-power-ai-data-centers-under-new-deal/

Sometimes you need a manual for that old video card https://theretroweb.com

Life lessons from the movies:
What’s behind me is not important https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjGXn249Fc0

Meanwhile in North Carolina https://www.carolinajournal.com/robinson-under-pressure-to-withdraw-from-gubernatorial-race/

This Wake County, NC house, built in 2007, currently boasts a price tag of 1.7 million smackaroos. Its buxom 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths brings the total size to a completely reasonable and not at all housing-bubble-spurred 5,000 square feet. https://mcmansionhell.com

Rands: "I want to make it clear any motivated human can execute the skills of a good manager — leadership comes from everywhere — and, more importantly, I believe managers tell you where you are. Leaders tell you where you are going." https://randsinrepose.com/archives/words-on-founder-mode/

I’ve been asked to write a blog post, “Prompt Injection Explained” so let me know if there’s anything you insist I include. #chatgpt

(I’m not asking you to do my work for me. Just trying to avoid any instances of “How could you fail to mention that?!“)

Vessel rescued in English Channel after emergency call to Dover, Delaware, instead of Dover, England

I can think of a sole pun to accompany this story.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/vessel-rescued-in-english-channel-after-emergency-call-to-dover-delaware-instead-of-dover-england-1.7037396

Participants self-reported depressive, anxiety symptoms, suicidal ideation, and milk tea addiction symptoms including milk tea consumption, dependence, guilty feelings, withdrawal, tolerance, unable to stop, craving, and intention to stop. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032723010820?via%3Dihub

Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee is coconut flavored, layered with caramel and topped with red, white and blue star sprinkles.

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/09/13/ben---jerry-s-kamala-harris-ice-cream-flavor

A new educational video game called “Mooving Cows,” which gives dairy workers and anyone interested the opportunity to practice cow handling skills, is now publicly available to download and play. https://news.cals.wisc.edu/2024/01/25/mooving-cows-video-game-teaches-proper-cow-handling-skills/

TSMC’s first Arizona chips are now in production, and Apple is ready to be the first cab off the rank with mobile processors made using the foundry’s 5nm process. https://timculpan.substack.com/p/apple-mobile-processors-are-now-made

The Getty Vocabularies, published by the Getty Research Institute, “contain structured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, visual surrogates, art conservation, and bibliographic materials.” https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/index.html

Before he conceived of Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie decided it was time to grow up and quit smoking. He justifies this decision in My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke (originally published in 1890), which begins with a common trio of arguments against substance addiction. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/my-lady-nicotine/

The 20 tech companies that have cut the most jobs this year so far. Spoiler: The top three are Dell, Intel, and Tesla. https://www.bestbrokers.com/stock-brokers/2024-tech-layoffs-over-200000-jobs-slashed-globally-since-january/

"In a study of six users, the earring outperformed a smartwatch at sensing skin temperature during periods of rest. It also showed promise for monitoring signs of stress, eating, exercise and ovulation." https://www.washington.edu/news/2024/02/07/smart-earrings-can-monitor-temperature/

perfection.

Surf the web like it's 1999 https://billsworld.neocities.org/

Two cannibals are eating a clown.
One turns to the other and says, "Does this taste funny to you?"