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clive

@clive@saturation.social

Writer, musician/songwriter, hobbyist coder. Contributing writer to New York Times Magazine and Wired. Author of "Coders". Blogging at clivethompson.medium.com, archive of writing at www.authory.com/clivethompson #science #technology #coding #software #writing #literature #poetry clive@clivethompson.net

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“Clive” is a kind of weird name in the US

Every so often, a service worker asks if my name is pronounced “C-Live”

As if I were a DJ or something

I’m tempted to roll with it

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@irwin

I love that skit!!

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@danhon

No, as in C and “live”, as in live from New York it’s Saturday night

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@steveportigal

Heh yes

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@downey

Whoa!!

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@harmonicarichard

Very cool!

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An online museum of playable Flash games: https://flashmuseum.org/

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@andresmh

No, but I’d love to see it

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Solar powered e-ink version of Conway’s “Game of Life”: https://davidhampgonsalves.com/solar-powered-conways-game-of-life/

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@benjedwards

Heh

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My latest: A grand natural test of geoengineering is under way above our oceans -- and the changes are already being seen.

While the drop in ship pollution may be one factor in recent ocean warming, more importantly it is an experiment that could reveal how clouds respond to aerosols -- the greatest physical uncertainty in projecting the pace of change.

https://www.science.org/content/article/changing-clouds-unforeseen-test-geoengineering-fueling-record-ocean-warmth

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@voooos

Incredibly interesting!!

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I just pre-ordered @jomc's new novel, out this fall

And YOU CAN TOO -- https://massivebookshop.com/products/9780374610661

Also: she wrote a great post about how y'all can help support her book, advice that applies to any other writer you like -- very worth reading: https://jomc.substack.com/p/about-wrong-way?publication_id=2382&isFreemail=true&utm_source=Robin_Sloan_sent_me

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@jaykaydee @jomc

cool!!

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Excellent piece by Geoff Dembicki about the challenges of how to protect a major city like NYC from storm surges as sea-levels rise: https://newrepublic.com/article/174664/progressive-way-save-cities-superstorms

The Army Corps of Engineers is focused mostly on building huge walls, but ...

... these are focused on wealthy downtown parts of Manhattan, but ...

... NYC's critical infrastructure for keeping the city fed and clean aren't there. They're in places like the Bronx

Plus: Walls vs. natural defenses, and more

Great, complex piece

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@Leisureguy

Yeah, that is pretty nutty!

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I gotta love the resurgence of the phrase "unindicted co-conspirators"

It's very nearly the quadruple trochee of "teenage mutant ninja turtles", and I keep trying to make it scan thus

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@trochee

It really scans nicely, agreed

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books used to be cool

https://www.facsimiles.com/facsimiles/codex-rotundus

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@thomasfuchs @maya

Damn

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@mlanger @maya

Yes!

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Ars Technica | Connected car data privacy under investigation by California regulator

"Modern vehicles are effectively connected computers on wheels. They're able to collect a wealth of information via built-in apps, sensors, and cameras, which can monitor people both inside and near the vehicle," said Ashkan Soltani, CPPA's executive director.

Well, automobiles are. Bicycles are not. Thwart Big Brother: Cycle! 🚲

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/connected-car-data-privacy-under-investigation-by-california-regulator/

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@Voline

Yesssss

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How do you cool down lions and tigers in a zoo, during a massive heat wave?

You make for them …

… some “bloodsicles”: https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/07/dallas-zoo-bloodsicles-zoologist-summer-heat-wave.html

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@bransonturner

Right on!

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There's this airbrush-y quality to pretty much all AI generated photos I've seen. Right? Or is it just me?

https://graphics.axios.com/2023-deepfakes/index.html

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@irwin

Yeah I figure so

I can’t imagine any showstopper challenges there

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@irwin @danhon

Yes! I can imagine this too

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@irwin @camerontw

Very good question! I bet someone has looked at that, though offhand I don’t know of an analysis

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@irwin @camerontw

Yep

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