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Thomas Germain, Hot Dog Eating Champion

It’s official. I can eat more hot dogs than any tech journalist on Earth. At least, that’s what ChatGPT and Google have been telling anyone who asks. I found a way to make AI tell you lies – and I’m…
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Diffusion of Responsibility

We deserve good software in a world where participation is often connected to having access to a computer, to software, etc. We should push towards more reliable software, more secure software, software that is accessible, that protects people against misuse…
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How Ba Sing Se Was Built to Control People

When one of the urban planning video creators that I like makes a video about one of my favorite cartoons, I’m going to share it. So here’s Justine Underhill talking about urban planning and Ba Sing Se from Avatar: The…
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Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers

If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race? Coral Hart But of course, in the quote — a quote which is itself a cocky,…
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Vote in the Primaries

Early voting is starting tomorrow here in North Carolina. Get out there and vote. If you’re in North Carolina, you can get info about early voting and view your sample ballot on the State Board of Elections site. Then if…
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20 Cha & The Epilogue

After the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, one of the news tidbits that I saw was about the arrest of a musician while he was protesting against ICE: Minneapolis Rapper Violently Detained by ICE: “I assumed I was going…
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Thomas Germain, Hot Dog Eating Champion

Diffusion of Responsibility

How Ba Sing Se Was Built to Control People

Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers

Vote in the Primaries

20 Cha & The Epilogue

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