{"id":3352,"date":"2024-02-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3352"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:52:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:52:01","slug":"href-weekly-feb-4-feb-10-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3352","title":{"rendered":"href weekly | Feb 4 \u2013 Feb 10 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These are almost certainly #fossilfuel<\/a> plants that might be reasonable candidates for retirement if it weren’t for their use to supply #bitcoin<\/a> miners. So, these miners are contributing to all of the health and climate problems associated with the continued use of fossil fuels. https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2024\/02\/over-2-percent-of-the-uss-electricity-generation-now-goes-to-bitcoin\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common Crawl\u2019s mission as an organization does not easily align with the needs of trustworthy #AI<\/a> #llm<\/a> development. https:\/\/foundation.mozilla.org\/en\/research\/library\/generative-ai-training-data\/common-crawl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

“the instrument emerged in the shadow of the National Research Council, Canada\u2019s federal agency for R&D in science and technology” #synth<\/a> https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/electronic-music<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hugh Le Caine Collection https:\/\/soundandscience.net\/collections\/midcentury-electronic-musical-instrument-design\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I couldn’t care less about the #grammyawards<\/a> .. but this performance from #jonimitchell<\/a> moved me https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/joni-mitchell-feb042024.mp4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

no riffs hint at the grittiness of navigating masculinity when you aren\u2019t born of privilege. No key shifts evoke images of depression, anxiety and identity crisis. Combs\u2019s interpretation of Chapman\u2019s lyrics feels like an ode to an actual car. What a waste. #music<\/a> https:\/\/archive.ph\/FboEl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a voice of \u201cthe doomed, the damned, the weird.\u201d https:\/\/1ft.io\/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2024%2F02%2F08%2Farts%2Fmusic%2Fmojo-nixon-dead.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a site for making mixtapes together. Once it’s full, your mixtape will be automatically converted into a single, crossfaded mp3 that can be streamed or downloaded #music<\/a> https:\/\/mixtapega<\/a>r<\/a>den.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If all my days was hills to climb and circles without reason,
If all I was was passing time my life was just a season .. https:\/\/youtu.be\/7CekMoTerEM?feature=shared<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One day Son, all this will be yours .. https:\/\/embed.tumblr.com\/embed\/post\/-Qo_qojk7kK4BBQB3f2Sgw\/741558348537888768<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Film & Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in a position where we\u2019re kicking the door in. When you kick the door in, you should just put your foot in the door and stand there.\u201d https:\/\/12ft.io\/https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/the-new-yorker-interview\/lily-gladstone-is-holding-the-door-open<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I expect taking real steps to address #foodsecurity<\/a> by regulating monolithic supermarket chains would have gone a long way in this unrest .. but no, tax the farmers & ditch the sustainability commitments instead .. https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/jan\/31\/eu-delays-biodiversity-rules-amid-rising-protests-from-farmers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#novascotia<\/a> #publictransit<\/a> #trains<\/a> https:\/\/www.halifaxexaminer.ca\/transportation\/railroad-trilogy-2024-canadas-passenger-rail-service-past-present-and-future\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bits These are almost certainly #fossilfuel plants that might be reasonable candidates for retirement if it weren’t for their use to supply #bitcoin miners. So, these miners are contributing to all of the health and climate problems associated with the continued use of fossil fuels. https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2024\/02\/over-2-percent-of-the-uss-electricity-generation-now-goes-to-bitcoin\/ Common Crawl\u2019s mission as an organization does not easily…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[260,263,259,261,262,31,212,264,205,265],"class_list":["post-3352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-links","tag-bitcoin","tag-foodsecurity","tag-fossilfuel","tag-grammyawards","tag-jonimitchell","tag-music","tag-novascotia","tag-publictransit","tag-synth","tag-trains","kind-article","h-entry","hentry"],"kind":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100101,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352\/revisions\/100101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}