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: Could building all those data centres be a bad idea? Anything about reducing AI usage to preserve …
: Cal Newport’s most recent article for The New Yorker “What If A.I. Doesn’t Get Much …
: Derek Thompson and Cal Newport Discuss AI In this episode of Plain English, Derek Thompson and Cal Newport spend over 40 minutes discussing …
: Great piece by Ed Zitron. It’s long but well worth the time. …
: Men and Machines “Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But …
: Frank Turner "Do One" Frank Turner is a musician I've listened to in the past but had forgotten about recently until I …
: Mrwhosetheboss on Enshittification This video provides great summary of Cory Doctorow’s theory of enshittifcation. Arun Rupesh Maini, …
: Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom I came across this quote while listening to Sean Illing interview Fareed Zakaria about his new book, …
: Tommy Tiernan on Israel This clip from Tommy Tiernan's Cracked show is around 20 years old but sounds like it could have …
: John Hodnett Interview Peter O'Mahony's reaction to John Hodnett's answer to a question is priceless.
: The Spider Within Sony Animation released a short film this week based in the Miles Morales universe. I love the …
: This Week in Ed Zitron Ed Zitron is the CEO of EZPR, a public relations firm based in Las Vegas. He's best known to me as …
: Fact Checking PTI I came across this clip from CNN about the fact checking team for the ESPN show, Pardon the …
: Cory Doctorow Humble Bundle As people know, I'm a huge Cory Doctorow fan. He has 18 titles for sale as a Humble Book Bundle to …
: 2024/03/10 Stuff I Learned I spent Saturday helping Brother 1 with the roof of the shed he’s building. We spent …
: 4,000 Of My Closest Friends The Markup published an interview of Dorothy Gambrell by Gabriel Hongsdusit, the visual designer of …
: Durable Relationships in Rural Ireland This letter made me to the Irish Times made me laugh. I have family in the farming community in …
: Be Selfish With Your Time Decoder had a great episode where Hank Green interviewed Nilay Patel, the Editor-in-Chief of The …
: The Rising of the Moon Damien Dempsey was interviewed on The Fresh Batch podcast and sang Jim Larkin's favourite song, "The …
: Automattic May Start Selling Users' Data to Train AI Tools 404 Media published a concerning report that they have obtained internal documents from Automattic …
: Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs at the Grammys One of the wonderful things about cover versions is how they can introduce a new audience to an old …
: It's All About Perspective Hat tip to Yogthos and Brian Krebs for sharing this on Mastodon. It made me laugh.
: Cover of "Standing Outside the Fire" Josh Wyatt's cover of "Standing Outside the Fire" by Garth Brooks is good.
: Layoffs in 2024 2023 was a brutal year for layoffs in tech and 2024 has not improved the situation. It can be an …
: Letting Go I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us. I …
: Penn Jillette on Libertarianism Penn Jillette has written and spoken about why he was a libertarian in the past. I came across this …
: Kim Stanley Robinson on Libertarians I came across this quote on a post from Jason Kottke's site. Especially since most minimalists want …
: Scarlett Johansson on Deepfakes Twitter blocked searches on Taylor Swift's name last week. The reason: explicit AI-generated images …
: Marshall McLuhan Lecture 2024 Cory Doctorow delivered the Marshall McLuhan lecture in Berlin on January 30th, 2024. It was …
: A Murder in Bellaghy The Second Captains Podcast had an episode about the murder of Sean Brown, the chairman of Bellaghy …
: Wi-Fi Option Missing on Windows PC I ran into an issue with a Windows laptop I was using for work. The internet connection dropped. I …
: QAA on Aaron Rodgers The guys on The QAnon Anonymous Podcast had Arif Hasan on to discuss Aaron Rodgers evolution over …
: Keith Kurson Says You Should Blog Keith Kurson wrote a great blog post about blogging and provides a number of links to help people to …
: This Was An Incredible Score Éanna Burke's winning point for St. Thomas in the All-Ireland club final yesterday was one of the …
: George Orwell's Anniversary George Orwell died on this day, January 21st, in 1950. Maria Popova shared a couple of post from her …
: Google: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves Dare Obansanjo (a great follow on Mastodon) shared a LinkedIn post from Diane Hirsh Theriault, a …
: Whoever Wrote This Had a Sense of Humour
: How To Read QR Codes I stumbled across an interesting website that is an interactive explainer on how QR codes work. If …
: Criti-Hype "You’re Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype" by Lee Vincel is an essay I return …
: Yanis Varoufakis on Digital Fiefdoms Yanis Varoufakis appeared on the Keen On podcast with Andrew Keen to talk about his new book, …
: Sam Kriss on Walter Isaacson Sam Kriss wrote a funny review of Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk in The Point. The part …
: Meredith Whitaker on AI Hype Meredith Whitaker, the President of Signal and chief advisor to the AI Now Institute, appeared on …
: Amazon's Silent Sacking Justin Garrsion wrote a really interesting article on how Amazon have used their return to office …
: Do Users Write More Insecure Code with AI Assistants? According to this study from Stanford University, the answer is yes. From the conclusion: We …
: Yes, Google Results Have Gotten Worse 404 Media reported on a study published by German researchers from Leipzig University, …
: Tadhg Hickey Talks to Philip O'Connor Tadhg Hickey is an Irish comedian, actor and writer who published a wonderful book last year, "A …
: A pro-worker work ethic I listened an interesting interview on the 'Protestant work ethic' and its lesser known, progressive …
: Things Fell Apart Season 2 I just finished the second season of Things Fell Apart, a BBC podcast series where Jon Ronson dives …
: 17 December 2023 -Joe Brolly Quotes Sunday Independent - 17 December 2023 Taxing issue of JP's gifts: Billionaires play by different …
: 17 December 2023 - Eamonn Sweeney Quotes Sunday Independent - 17 December 2023 FAI is still making the same mistakes: Hill's idea of staff …
: These Hands This is an effective advertisement by the UAW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhyMwNQRczA
: 03 December 2023 - Declan Lynch Quotes Sunday Independent - 3 December 2023 So they're trying the Great Replacement theory on us They are …
: 03 December 2023 - Eamonn Sweeney Quotes Sunday Independent - 3 December 2023 Icons of hope have much more to offer: McGregor's brand of …
: Restoring the Tech Worker's Dream I love this video of Cory Doctorow explaining how the dreams of tech workers have changed over the …
: Philip O'Connor on Shane MacGowan Shane MacGowan passed away on November 30th, 2023. He was a huge figure in Irish music and someone …
: Brian Stelter on Breaking News I was scrolling through my RSS feeds on Friday when I came across the news of Sam Altman being fired …
: Writing Science Fiction Cory Doctorow wrote a piece that appeared on John Scalzi's blog that had some great quotes on …
: Nate Jackson on Coaching I liked Nate Jackson's book, Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile, …
: Rita Dove Quote "There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints." - …
: WordPress Enters the Fediverse Interesting development. All WordPress.com users can now use ActivityPub on their blog. …
: A Good Way to Think of Voting I came across this post on Mastodon and it's a good reminder of what voting for someone actually …
: The Oxygen of Amplification I was listening to an interview on The Stand with Eamon Dunphy with Philip O'Connor on the current …
: First Generation of Apple Watches Obsolete MacRumors reported that all first generation Apple Watch models were going to be added to the …
: Cory Doctorow at DEF CON 31 This is the talk that Cory Doctorow gave at the DEF CON Conference earlier this year. The whole talk …
: Kara Swisher on Elon Musk This is a list of recent podcast episodes where Kara Swisher spent some time discussing Elon Musk …
: Incentives I came across this story of Tim Mackinnon recently. It provided a valuable reminder of the …
: The TextFX Project I heard of this project on This Week in Google and it looks to be an interesting application of LLMs …
: Social Media, Mental Health and Moral Panics This is a discussion between Mike Masnick of Techdirt and Professor Andy Przybylski from the …
: Interview with Jeff Jarvis I didn't know of Jeff Jarvis until I started listening to This Week in Google. He can be quite …
: Guidelines for Blogging at PowerShell.org I was looking at improving some PowerShell scripts I had written in the past and I came across …
: Jake Tapper on Writing I came across this interview with Jake Tapper on The Bulwark podcast. And then I try to write for at …
: Kashmir Hill on Life Without the Tech Giants While reading Kashmir Hill's profile of Mike Masnick I was reminded of the series she did on "Life …
: Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine One of the things I appreciate about movies and television is how old songs can be exposed to a new …
: Profile of Mike Masnick in the New York Times I briefly introduced Mike Masnick and Techdirt in a previous post. I was thinking about writing a …
: Chuck Klosterman on Memory I was listening to the Bill Simmons' conversation with Chuck Klosterman on his podcast and this …
: 1923 to 2023 And What We Can Learn From Studying History I listen to the Second Captains to stay updated on sport in Ireland. They introduced me to …
: Cory Doctorow on the Techdirt Podcast It's no secret that I'm a fan of Cory Doctorow. I do like Mike Masnick and the work he does on …
: Jon Ronson at Live at Hay I listened to a podcast episode from the Things Fell Apart podcast. It's an interview with Jon …
: Joe Brolly on RTÉ One of the podcasts I enjoy the most is The Free State podcast. The normal structure is a discussion …
: EFF Cover Your Tracks Service I listen to some of the podcasts on the TWiT network and as someone who uses a Windows PC for work, …
: Defamation and libel tourism in Ireland I was listening to the latest episode of The Irish Passport podcast with Naomi O'Leary and Tim Mc …
: Welcome to My Blooper Reel I'm a fan of Cory Doctorow and I came across this section of his interview with the Changelog …