I'm curious about this bit: "In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Jaxa shared a photograph taken by Slim of a nearby rock that it nicknamed a "toy poodle"."
What does nicknaming mean here? Is it the lander doing some sort of pattern recognition or how exactly does a machine generate a nickname?
> PS: not that many musicians are able to pay bills with their spotify checks, but that's not the point.
What IS the point, though? You seem to be criticising people who don't purchase a Spotify Premium while also admitting Spotify barely pays them anything. Yes, this client gives nothing to the artist, Spotify gives next to nothing, both are bad in different ways.
If anyone genuinely wants to support musicians - buy their merch, go to their concerts, buy their albums on Bandcamp or physical media. No streaming platform pays them their dues.
Oh wow, this is excellent, I love the ability to mix it, especially since the water sounds tend to overpower bird ones. This is exactly what I'd like, thank you so much!
Nice idea but it's a shame the recordings are so short. I'd love some hours-long version that I could put on in the background and pair with a bit of ambient for fun.
At the time this news came out, I thought PopSci was just no longer publishing on paper, but turns out even the digital magazine model isn't exciting enough to sustain itself sometimes.
This has the expectation that police wouldn't just pressure the clerk to do it themselves. The clerk says they'll forward it to corporate, the policeman tells him not to bother and hints that, you know, he is the one with the power here. How many people would ignore that and still do the bureaucratic procedure? Especially if the cop says it won't get back to legal and they'd be helping out on a case?
I'm mostly befuddled that he considers 4 hours of time with his child a waste. Feeling unproductive while walking with a stroller? Listen to a podcast. Do audio lessons for some new language. Record some thoughts, since he's a coach he could "write" a draft of a self-help book or something. It's the easiest chore to combine with other things.
I'm having real trouble with this text. The author's pompous ego makes it hard to take any of this seriously, which, at least, he does admit. But still, the style on this piece makes me wonder if it's a professional deformation of sorts - talking about one's lack of fulfillment while throwing in pointless metaphors and buzzwords, hyping up his genius. If this is meant to be a piece the reader should connect to - how will they do that when the post is half-confessional, half-promotional? Many people could connect to the idea that daily chores waste their precious time on this planet, but when he tries to sell himself as the equivalent of a rock star... Not to mention that broadcasting one's complete lack of preparation for parental roles is baffling to me. This isn't a feel-good post about learning to be a better parent, it's a post about living up to a bare minimum of standards while also peddling his services.
Ah, interesting, he mentions it started with him trying to represent pixels through ceramic tiles. That's a neat concept and he's apparently been at it for 25+ years now, that is dedication.
Is there a particular reason behind Space Invaders being the theme of choice here? I read the "About" page and it suggests the mosaics are also some kind of little ARG, it seems.
But openness about mental health issues and lower stigma around it is definitely a more modern thing, actually. I don't doubt that some subsets of the population got more depressed while others feel better, but it's very possible that rates would have been the same 30 years ago, had people felt okay with talking about suicidal thoughts, depression or a variety of other things that are at least a bit less stigmatised now. I'm not that old (or at least I like to think I'm not) but I can say with confidence nobody in my circle of friends 25 years ago would even think of saying they're depressed or suicidal. That would get you labelled a weirdo.
The bias in the article is a bit apparent, considering that Signal, a well-respected and excellent messenger, does the same thing, but isn’t called out in the title. WhatsApp, I presume, is similar? The kicker is that Telegram lets you turn off P2P and only has it enabled for contacts anyway.
Frankly, TechCrunch has changed for the worse in the past 1.5 years or so. Used to love their write-ups, now I barely bother to check inz
Oh, that's brilliant, wish I could attend. The Partisans are the only one I recognise and used to listen to a bit. There's a whole list of Welsh punk bands on RateYourMusic, so maybe I'll rediscover some of them. Would likely have to be on YouTube, through fan rips...
Why such a misleading title? It’s the TON foundation partnering, which isn’t related to Telegram. TON used to be a Telegram product but they dumped it, likely due to SEC not letting them launch it in the US.
> Don't you have to be fairly well off to invest the time to write a book?
Not necessarily, although I'm sure it helps. Quite a few writers started out by writing their book in between shifts of menial labour or just while they crashed on friends' couches. It's mostly about staying motivated to work on this thing that brings you no money while knowing that you could just give up and do a regular job instead. That's where most would fail while those who have a lot of money don't ever need to even consider it.
The turn-based one is cracking me up. There is something quite genius about taking a game as simple as Pong and deconstructing, reconstructing and just pulling it apart.
What was I supposed to take away from that? That The Beatles' members fell off? That drugs aren't for everyone? I'm struggling to find the insight here, because it feels more like tweet and less like a fruitful topic for discussion, lest we want to argue about Beatles' discography, in which Revolver is obviously the best.
A private group is not the same as DMs on a privacy level, though. Two can keep a secret, not more. I distinctly remember reading about cops socially engineering their way into protest chats in Hong Kong, because when it's a big group of people, it's easier to say "oh yeah, I'm a friend of John's" and get away with it.
I'm mostly worried about how long this can last and whether it will have the intended effect. It's a huge community rallying point but Reddit has clearly shown it does not care about the community's opinion.
Albrechts aren't a great example, considering one of them was bloody kidnapped. Although I don't know if the lack of security was before the incident or did they carry on guard-less even after that?
I'm positively baffled by the stereo bit. He had this really impressive thing built, was really happy someone noticed it and yet didn't play a thing on it? Not even some presentation audio, just to show off? Such a bizarre mix of showing off yet trying not to show off. I feel like most people, when they come into possession of something they consider cool, would jump out of their socks at the chance to show it to their guests.
Well, I suppose that's one benefit of Brexit, isn't it? In all seriousness, it's a shame that the project is going to be restricted from a development standpoint, but, frankly, with Google's reputation for privacy violations and their former clashes with GDPR, this shouldn't be a surprise and, for quite a few people, will be a welcome piece of news.
One of the rare times where I agree that someone being infuriated by these words is a bit ridiculous. It's not like they're offensive or emotionally manipulative, it's merely a matter of someone's style of writing or just a means of encouraging someone to do the task that might otherwise seem daunting by virtue of being one of a hundred tasks they have to do that day. It can be annoying but complaining about hyperbolic words and then saying they are "infuriating" is a tad ironic.
What's curious is that it's seen as a standard method of gaining traction for your website but Reddit, at least, now "strongly discourages" using alts in this manner.
The whole thing hinges on having a modified third-party app, so I don't really see how it's applicable to Telegram itself. Its apps are open-source and have reproducible builds - that ensures trust. I don't see what the point of this paper even is, because a third-party app could as well just forward all the messages to its servers. Still wouldn't be a fault in actual Telegram apps or encryption.
I guess it tracks with him being able to write intricate and detailed sci-fi, the man knew what he was talking about. There's a reason he's still revered as one of the greatest examples of the genre.