what i've been reading (47)
Whois, Carrots, UIs, Lobbying
The data found in WHOIS varies from registry to registry, not only in structure (as shown above), but of course also in content. Some include nameserver IP addresses, some don't. Some include DNSSEC information, others don't.
Carrot in a Box (video)
“Can I have the box that definitely has a carrot?” “Yes.”
8 Golden Rules of Interface Design
As much as possible, actions should be reversible. This feature relieves anxiety, since users know that errors can be undone, and encourages exploration of unfamiliar options.
Summary of AI-related federal lobbying
OpenAI did not report lobbying in the first nine months of 2023 and only recently registered as a lobbying client.
Anthropic… began lobbying the federal government in 2023. It spent $210,000 in the first nine months of 2023, lobbying for increased funding to the National Institute of Standards and Technology and for the CREATE AI Act.
Running a python program for 4 straight weeks to generate a 2 terabyte database may seem foolish to most, but I'm not putting this perfectly good PC to waste by turning it off.
The largest recorded household type had 20 members. There was a married couple, a bunch of kids, extended family, and one non-relative.
Socially acceptable anxiety is still anxiety
If you tell people that you manage your stress by tossing back a couple bourbons, or crying in bed all day, or pulling the wings off of flies, they get a little worried. But when you tell them that you manage your stress by thinking the same useless thoughts over and over again, hundreds of times a day, feeling very bad the whole time, they go “oh yeah, me too."
An ever growing collection of free game icons
This product is an E-paper device adopting the image display technology of Microencapsulated Electrophoretic Display, MED. The initial approach is to create tiny spheres, in which the charged color pigments are suspended in the transparent oil and would move depending on the electronic charge
