A collection of interesting links I stumbled upon.
Turns out cities might be better for mating (for some birds at least) #
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From the piece: "YKK makes the best zippers on earth. They're Japanese, they cost more per unit, and brands that care about longevity use them because a zipper failure kills a bag faster than fabric wear. On VF Corp's lower-tier models, YKK hardware got swapped for generic alternatives. A few cents saved per unit across millions of bags." I knew it! #
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Just as a reminder, another good text about the virtues and necessities for self-hosting. Thanks Paul for the link! #
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This is both ridiculous and troubling. Troublingly ridiculous. #
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My blog platform of choice (which also happens to be an indie newsletter platform) released their newest iteration and it's now Fediverse compatible. I think that's kind of a big deal. #
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It's quite unfathomable that this aspect of the Trump regime hasn't seen closer scrutiny (and that people generally tend to not give a fuck). #
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That explains a fair bit, unfortunately #
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What's the ideology underpinning the AI movement? Here's one explanation, and it ain't pretty. #
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Found this in my notes, and was wondering: Is there still a Bucatini shortage? #
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If you ever wondered whether Kikkoman of soy sauce fame had their own winery, the answer is yes. #
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Very good: "Big tech — with venture capital by its side — spent a decade mistreating, manipulating and misleading governments, consumers and the media in the pursuit of greed, taking advantage of society’s optimism in the name of eternal growth." #
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Good news for wasabi lovers. The bad news: it's only valid for real wasabi, not the tube type you get with your sushi, which usually contains little to no real wasabi (it's mainly dyed horseradish). At roughly $400 per kilo wasabi here in Europe, there might be more affordable ways to improve your memory. #
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From the piece: "This horrible industry took root because the average person cannot simply work and thrive — they must hustle, they must suffer, they must find any way they can to make even a modest wealth, and that same desperation makes them susceptible to con artists that promise an easy way out." #
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Friends, if you haven't yet done so, it's time to install Firefox, the only browser these days that's not based on Google's Chromium. And the one browser that doesn't track the hell out of you (on the contrary, it helps you avoid being tracked as much as possible). #
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A fun read about finding Tom Cruise, which reminded me of a French book by a guy called Guillaume de la Croix about how Tom Cruise stole his life. Incidentally, I tried finding out more about him just now, and funnily enough, found more or less nothing. #
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Sad to hear of his passing. His whole saga began right around the time I started getting interested in computers, the Internet and such and while his was obviously a cautionary tale, it was still endlessly fascinating to read about his exploits (literally and figuratively). #
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"Nothing became him in life like the leaving of it, says a character from “Macbeth” of the traitor Cawdor’s acceptance of his execution. Boris Johnson may have once been commissioned to write a study of Shakespeare but he has never taken that particular line to heart. Perhaps that’s why he returned the publisher’s advance." – What a way to start this piece. I like it. #
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I only just found out that film genre scented candles and air fresheners exist. The documentary one, according to its description, is a fragrance of "university library archives, weathered newspaper clippings, a timeline of the events. found footage, the opinion of an expert, competing narratives, court documents (newly unsealed), the fog of memory, time." We live in strange times, folks. #
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"It injects a ton more diversity and serendipity to my daily reading. I wind up seeing, knowing, and hearing about far more things than I’d ever find out about in an algorithmically-sorted social-media feed." - I agree and I'm glad things are moving more in that direction in general. #
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"So if you have to work on something that’s cognitively demanding, the rule has to be zero context shifts during that period. Treat it like a dentist appointment. You can’t check your email when you’re having a cavity filled. You have to see it that way." - Honestly one of the best ways to frame it. The whole interview is quite enlightening. #
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