{"id":3319,"date":"2023-11-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:49:39","slug":"href-weekly-nov-12-nov-18-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3319","title":{"rendered":"href weekly | Nov 12 -Nov 18 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A use of #ai<\/a> I can get behind https:\/\/dutchcyclinglifestyle.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is My Toddler a Stochastic Parrot?
“The world is racing to develop ever more sophisticated large language models while a small language model unfurls itself in my home.” .. a beautiful rumination on #ai<\/a> #llm<\/a> #humanity<\/a> https:\/\/1ft.io\/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fhumor%2Fsketchbook%2Fis-my-toddler-a-stochastic-parrot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A man who struggles to survive after awakening alone, trapped in a society connected only by a primitive computer network, where the ability to entertain is the only currency. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fsEQXnddPa4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

drawmyui.com<\/a> sketch a #UI<\/a> which is then sent to #gpt4<\/a> vision model & converted to working code #ux<\/a> #design<\/a> #ai<\/a> https:\/\/www.drawmyui.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pulling off an advanced scam on Wikipedia and got blocked, made a new account and spent five years of pretending to be an indie singer, emotionally traumatizing the person who revealed their fake(!) identity, disappeared off the face of the earth https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost\/2023-11-06\/Arbitration_report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All that location data your mobile churns out .. creates quite a market https:\/\/www.placer.ai\/the-square\/industry-trends<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck; when you invent the plane you also invent the plane crash; and when you invent electricity, you invent electrocution… Every technology carries its own negativity, which is invented at the same time as technical progress.” https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2023\/11\/from-toy-to-tool-dall-e-3-is-a-wake-up-call-for-visual-artists-and-the-rest-of-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound & Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

a free, #opensource<\/a> visual #synth<\/a> and #DMX<\/a> lighting tool https:\/\/videosync.showsync.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Beths – Expert In A Dying Field<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great Surface Noise show on @WFMU<\/a> .. trucker tunes & ambient country https:\/\/wfmu.org\/playlists\/shows\/133857<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Largely viewed as a nostalgic totem these days, the #cassette<\/a> #tape<\/a> was revelatory and revolutionary in its time; its disruptive power anticipated the even greater tectonic shift that the digital age would bring to music. https:\/\/1ft.io\/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fculture%2Fcultural-comment%2Fthe-cassette-tape-revolution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saddened and angered to witness this happening to #bandcamp<\/a> https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/thepitch\/is-bandcamp-as-we-know-it-over\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Mehr, author of “Trouble Boys: The True Story Of The Replacements” today on #wfmu<\/a> @WFMU<\/a> with Michael Shelley https:\/\/www.wfmu.org\/playlists\/shows\/133868<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politics & Economics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“We’re in the year 2023 .. if we get through this century without a mass extinction event and social breakdown – that is utopia. So, the bar for utopia has been lowered.” https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WF7j7J84Tdk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By removing the carbon tax on heating fuel, we now have the situation where far more than \u201c8 out of 10\u201d households in #novascotia<\/a> will be receiving more money back than they pay for the carbon tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the prime minister\u2019s decision to \u201caxe the tax\u201d simply enhances Canada\u2019s reputation as a climate laggard. #climatechange<\/a> #canada<\/a> #policy<\/a> https:\/\/www.halifaxexaminer.ca\/commentary\/the-effect-of-the-heating-oil-carve-out-in-nova-scotia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

drawing on an extensive review of photographs, videos and police investigative files from 11 mass killings between 2012 and 2023, The @washingtonpost<\/a> is publishing the most comprehensive account to date of the repeating pattern of destruction wrought by the #ar15<\/a> \u2014 a weapon that was originally designed for military combat but has in recent years become one of the best-selling firearms on the U.S. market. https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/interactive\/2023\/ar-15-force-mass-shootings\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other cases, including lack of or delayed implementation of legislation, such as the Coastal Protection Act and regulations in #novascotia<\/a> – political interests hinder planning actions that would limit hard infrastructure and development along the coast. https:\/\/theconversation.com\/let-coastlines-be-coastlines-how-nature-based-approaches-can-protect-canadas-coasts-217353<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you have 40 per cent of your market that\u2019s somehow able to keep prices really low, you\u2019re not going to be able to keep your prices really high, because people are going to have this other option,\u201d she says. \u201cThat\u2019s precisely why people don\u2019t want [the co-op] sector to grow.\u201d #canada<\/a> #housing<\/a> https:\/\/ricochet.media\/en\/4003\/people-love-living-in-co-ops-so-why-did-canada-kill-the-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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