ben

ben, 4 hours ago to ai

"I’m happy to use LLMs for all sorts of purposes, but I’m not going to use them to produce slop. I attach my name and stake my credibility on the things that I publish." #AI https://werd.io/view/663d04995988d73dfc051f32

ben, 7 hours ago to DoctorWho

On the eve of the broadcast of the new season of #DoctorWho, here's what I would say to Russell T Davies if I could. https://werd.io/2024/a-letter-to-russell-t-davies

ben, 23 hours ago to random

The rhetoric expressed by Palantir's CEO during its earnings call is incredibly regressive - it's really surprising to see these words expressed during a public company meeting. https://werd.io/2024/palantirs-earnings-call-rhetoric-is-terrifying

ben, 23 hours ago to ai

"Stack Overflow, a legendary internet forum for programmers and developers, is coming under heavy fire from its users after it announced it was partnering with OpenAI to scrub the site's forum posts to train ChatGPT." #AI https://werd.io/view/663bf07cbcbd1162740fa872

ben, 1 day ago to random

I could use some unfiltered advice about what I should be doing to make my blog and newsletter more useful or interesting. They’re both relative small scale. If I approach it from a public service perspective, what’s the most useful thing I could be doing? https://werd.io

ben, 1 day ago to random

“The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.” Oh no https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-office-spinoff-peacock-plot-details-1235996108/

ben, 1 day ago to ai

"We found the company's [AI] authors and their work everywhere from celebrity gossip outlets like Hollywood Life and Us Weekly to venerable newspapers like the Los Angeles Times." #AI https://werd.io/view/663bad4209e56d91c308b8c2

ben, 1 day ago to productivity

"Here’s a small trick that worked for me over the dozen years I led remote teams: at the end of your working day, shut down every app on your machine. Yes, all of them. Stash your tabs somewhere if you must, but close them all down." I do this, including closing my tabs. #Productivity https://werd.io/view/663ba79d0ef49a2c9a0abba2

ben, 1 day ago to random

ShareOpenly now has a beautiful icon, designed by @jonhicks. The story behind it and an easy way to embed it on your own website to come. https://shareopenly.org/

ben, 1 day ago to technology

"There were times when Sinclair ZX Spectrum games were copied over the radio waves across Slovenia. Radio Študent broadcast screeching, beeping and whining, which we recorded on tape and played a game a few hours later." I love this! #Technology https://www.racunalniski-muzej.si/en/40-years-later-a-game-for-the-zx-spectrum-will-be-once-again-broadcast-over-fm-radio/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

ben, 1 day ago to random

Option grants are a get-rich-quick scheme, in a way, and like everything that fits that description, they're very often too good to be true. https://werd.io/2024/options-are-a-lottery-ticket

mnot, 2 days ago to random

And this is their earnings call.

"I think the central risk to Palantir, America and the world is a regressive way of thinking that is corrupting and corroding our institutions that calls itself progressive, but actually — and is called woke — but is actually a form of a thin pagan religion,"

ben, 2 days ago to technology

"Researchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces them to send and receive some or all traffic outside of the encrypted tunnel designed to protect it from snooping or tampering." #Technology https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/novel-attack-against-virtually-all-vpn-apps-neuters-their-entire-purpose/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

ben, 3 days ago to random

God. The juxtaposition of Palestinians cheering at the news that Hamas agreed to Egypt's ceasefire terms and the news that Israel won't agree and will continue the operation in Rafah is heartbreaking.

ben, 3 days ago to random

The newsroom I work for just won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service journalism. Neat! https://werd.io/2024/my-employer-won-a-pulitzer

ben, 3 days ago to DoctorWho

I'm really excited for this next season of #DoctorWho - which, if you've forgotten, is the best TV show ever made - and I quietly am trying to figure out what I need to do to get into the inner circle of people who get invited to the premieres. Probably become famous and also work in entertainment? Hmm.

ben, 3 days ago to random

The folks at @19thnews are committed to covering voting rights in this very important election - as they should. It's worth your time to take a look. If you have the means, consider supporting their work. https://19thnews.org/2024/05/voting-rights-coverage-2024/

ben, 3 days ago to random

If you were taking a group of people out to do something fun that incorporated food and drink somewhere within reach of downtown Manhattan on a weeknight, where would you go? (Don't say "Brooklyn".)

ben, 3 days ago to technology

"A local authority has announced it will ban apostrophes on street signs to avoid problems with computer systems." It's rare to see bad database security design advertised so openly! #Technology https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon