estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017
"The Utrecht University Botanic Gardens have a unique archive of seed lists: records depicting and describing plants that have grown in the garden at a set point in time. Seed lists are offered for exchange between botanic gardens worldwide, and Utrecht’s archive dates back to 1837. It consists of more than twenty thousand seed lists from hundreds of different botanic gardens – each showcasing hundreds of entries."
https://www.uu.nl/en/news/historical-seed-lists-teach-researchers-about-plant-collections-of-the-past
Let It Airbnb... rooms to rent at early Beatles venue
I'm just here for the headline, honestly.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewlyyjnp1yo
"The study examined 2,060 House, Senate and presidential campaigns from the 2020 United States election cycle, representing the first large-scale analysis of the privacy practices of political campaign websites. Those campaigns, the study revealed, often retained extensive private data for an unspecified amount of time, generally provided incomplete or no privacy disclosures and were likely to share data with other campaigns or sell them post-election." (from February) https://news.wm.edu/2024/02/07/your-personal-data-is-political-wm-computer-scientists-find-gaps-in-the-privacy-practices-of-campaign-websites/
Smell this: Olfactory phones. https://www.fastcompany.com/91191596/smell-phones-scents
Overheard elsewhere: Your password must contain 10-18 characters, each with backstories.
How To Talk Minnesotan
I think I first heard about this from someone on the TAPCIS forum on CompuServe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSzwoJr4-0
“You look like a group who looked at the self-checkout counters at CVS and thought, ‘This is the future,’” Mulaney said.
https://sfstandard.com/2024/09/19/comedian-john-mulaney-brutally-roasts-sf-techies-and-ai-at-dreamforce/
I rather like this format: Answer people’s actual questions. https://www.wired.com/story/kamala-harris-autocomplete-interview/
ChatGPT on a TI-84 calculator. Severe maker porn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bicjxl4EcJg
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
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
estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017