Monday 16. September 2024
Links and sundry: 16/08/2024
Baldur Bjarnason argues that the LLM honeymoon phase is about to end. This is going to get automated, weaponised, and industrialised. Tech companies have placed chatbots at the centre of our information ecosystems and butchered their products to push them front and centre. The incentives for bad actors to try to game them are enormous … Continue reading Links and sundry: 16/08/2024
Friday 13. September 2024
Minister for police’s purse stolen – at policing conference
The very occasional Headline of the Day award goes to The Guardian, which reports on a purse stolen from Diana Johnson who said the government wanted to “restore respect for the rule of law on British streets”. She’s not off to a great start.
Thursday 12. September 2024
Wednesday 11. September 2024
Reboots, adaptations and anime
We saw another three films this week. Two of them really did not need to be made, and I’m ambivalent about the third. Charlie’s Angels Charlie’s Angels, the TV series, is something that largely passed me by. I remember being aware of it, but it’s not a series of which I have any real memory, … Continue reading Reboots, adaptations and anime
Tuesday 10. September 2024
I feel deep sympathy for Kate and I’m glad she’s better. But this dance with the media devil won’t work | Marina Hyde
Shared from NewsBlur
Monday 09. September 2024
Back to School
It’s been a bit of a busy week. On Monday the boys all went back to school and for the twins, this involved starting new schools — moving up from middle school to secondary school. And they’re going to different schools this year, reflecting their differing academic interests. I’ve had the week off which meant … Continue reading Back to School
Sunday 08. September 2024
Wednesday 04. September 2024
Revisiting Arrakis: Chapterhouse: Dune
Chapterhouse: Dune is the last novel in the Dune saga (excluding the endless sequels and prequels that his son, Brian Herbert has written with the help of Kevin J. Anderson) and it’s a bit of an odd one. Whereas the previous novels are all loosely linked, this is the first one that feels like a … Continue reading Revisiting Arrakis: Chapterhouse: Dune
Tuesday 03. September 2024
Monday 02. September 2024
Links and sundry: 02/09/2024
Surveillance Watch is an interactive map that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry. Founded by privacy advocates, most of whom were personally harmed by surveillance tech, our mission is to shed light on the companies profiting from this exploitation with significant risk to our lives. In a detailed look at the way … Continue reading Links and sundry: 02/09/2024