{"id":3563,"date":"2024-12-01T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3563"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:06:25","slug":"href-weekly-nov-24-nov-30-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?p=3563","title":{"rendered":"href weekly | Nov 24 \u2013 Nov 30 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='e-content'>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=visualization\">#visualization<\/a> and walkthrough of an <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=llm\">#LLM<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=algorithm\">#algorithm<\/a> &#8211; explore the algorithm down to every add &amp; multiply, seeing the whole process in action. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bbycroft.net\/llm\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bbycroft.net\/llm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;blogging plus feed readers started out a lot more decentralized than <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=bluesky\">#bluesky<\/a> has, and having one big player enter the room and then exit effectively killed the system. And that&#8217;s even without feed readers being particularly expensive or challenging to run as independent software.&#8221; <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=decentralization\">#decentralization<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=federation\">#federation<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=defi\">#defi<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=activitypub\">#activitypub<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=atproto\">#atproto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dustycloud.org\/blog\/how-decentralized-is-bluesky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/dustycloud.org\/blog\/how-decentralized-is-bluesky\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;So long as <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=bluesky\">#bluesky<\/a> can be a trap, I won&#8217;t let myself be tempted. My rule \u2013 I don&#8217;t join a service that I can&#8217;t leave without switching costs \u2013 is my Ulysses Pact, and it&#8217;s keeping me safe from danger I&#8217;ve sailed into too many times before.&#8221; <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=federation\">#federation<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=decentralization\">#decentralization<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=activitypub\">#activitypub<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=mastodon\">#mastodon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pluralistic.net\/2024\/11\/02\/ulysses-pact\/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pluralistic.net\/2024\/11\/02\/ulysses-pact\/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">mastodon client <a href=\"https:\/\/phanpy.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/phanpy.social<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sound &amp; Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My son&#8217;s latest track on <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=bandcamp\">#bandcamp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/gabriel-music.bandcamp.com\/track\/sacred-machine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/gabriel-music.bandcamp.com\/track\/sacred-machine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The theme of the issue is \u201cforgotten and re-emerging media formats,\u201d but we\u2019re seeking material on that, or any other culturally relevant or irrelevant topics. <a href=\"https:\/\/wfmu.org\/lcd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/wfmu.org\/lcd\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim Deal on her own <a href=\"https:\/\/daily.bandcamp.com\/features\/kim-deal-on-her-own\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/daily.bandcamp.com\/features\/kim-deal-on-her-own<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Love the way these <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=song\">#song<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=samples\">#samples<\/a> are visualized <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FpaoCUEhZJM?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/FpaoCUEhZJM?feature=shared<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Travel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Surf\u2019nBird\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YJvKbwlglz4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Kilda_Beach,_Victoria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Kilda_Beach,_Victoria<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Film &amp; Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=folkhorror\">#folkhorror<\/a> \u201cSelf-destruction is by no means a uniquely British trait. But there is something about that pairing of aristocratic idiocy and condescension paired with an irreverent pantomime silliness that is utterly unique. We seem to have forgotten &#8211; or rather, repressed &#8211; this schizophrenia lately. I feel that The Wicker Man, and so many great folk horror films of the \u201860s and \u201870s, not only were all too aware of it, they recognised its destructive nature.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dangerousminds.net\/comments\/the_last_sacrifice_rupert_russells_new_film_examining_the_murder_that_inspi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/dangerousminds.net\/comments\/the_last_sacrifice_rupert_russells_new_film_examining_the_murder_that_inspi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Politics &amp; Economics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ballad of Barrett Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/the-ballad-of-barrett-brown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/the-ballad-of-barrett-brown.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nordic countries are distributing these pamphlets to their citizens <a href=\"https:\/\/rib.msb.se\/filer\/pdf\/30874.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/rib.msb.se\/filer\/pdf\/30874.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt tastes like the growing network of global shipping routes, and the increasing rotational speed of well-lubricated industrial machinery. It\u2019s a flavour that announced the dawn of a new world, the flavour of mechanisation.\u201d <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=food\">#food<\/a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=technology\">#technology<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-the-flavour-of-mechanisation\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-the-flavour-of-mechanisation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What if the psyche were a thing held in common? That is to say, what if our purchase on reality and the emergence of the self depended on human relationships and communities? From this perspective, the enclosure of the human psyche deprives us of a common world, which yields an experience of solidarity and belonging.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/theconvivialsociety.substack.com\/p\/the-enclosure-of-the-human-psyche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/theconvivialsociety.substack.com\/p\/the-enclosure-of-the-human-psyche<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlmost 47 percent of all food produced for Canadians is wasted annually\u201d <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/networkeffects.ca\/?tag=foodsecurity\">#foodsecurity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thewalrus.ca\/inside-second-harvests-fight-against-food-waste\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/thewalrus.ca\/inside-second-harvests-fight-against-food-waste\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bits A #visualization and walkthrough of an #LLM #algorithm &#8211; explore the algorithm down to every add &amp; multiply, seeing the whole process in action. https:\/\/bbycroft.net\/llm &#8220;blogging plus feed readers started out a lot more decentralized than #bluesky has, and having one big player enter the room and then exit effectively killed the system. 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