75-Minute DJ Set From Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter. He played tracks by Boards of Canada, Burial, Sonic Youth, and even Daft Punk. Available on YouTube and Soundcloud. (Bangalter also said there’s no Daft Punk reunion happening anytime soon.) [kottke.org]
On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness. “The wellness industry loves rest [because] rest can be sold, because rest promises a return.” But: “[Idleness] does not promise to make you better at anything. It offers no return on investment.” [idle.news]
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Thomas Bangalter, one half of the legendary duo Daft Punk, played a 75-minute DJ set for The Lot Radio the other day. He played tracks by Boards of Canada, Burial, Sonic Youth, and even Daft Punk (full setlist). The set
Why the wellness industry loves rest, fears idleness, and has spent a great deal of money to keep you from noticing the difference.
The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America. “America’s roads are now full of tactical-grade headlights, and no one is happy about it.” [theatlantic.com]
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Grappling With the Existential AI Threat. “The enthusiasts are not wrong. We are starting to see real, non-imaginary, discontinuous leaps in capabilities…” And: “The skeptics are also not wrong. When you ship code faster than engineers can read it..." [kottke.org]
CrankGPT. “Just a hand crank, a little computer, and a small stack of speech and language models running locally. Provided the electronics are kept dry and at a reasonable temperature, there’s no reason this thing won’t still work in a thousand years.” [squeezlabs.github.io]
Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump regime: FIFA rents an office in Trump Tower. “The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.” That’s called a bribe. [nytimes.com]
A local, voice assistant running on a hand-crank-powered single board computer.
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Anthropic has launched a streaming music video on YouTube for “thinking and building” called Claude FM. “Made and curated by musicians.” [youtube.com]
Every time I see a link to one of of Car Pal’s BeamNG car simulator videos, I have to stop what I’m doing and watch it. (It’s becoming a problem.) This one was particularly good: Is it possible to reach the speed of light with perpetual speed boosters? [youtube.com]
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The teaser trailer for the sequel to The Social Network is here — they’re calling the movie "a companion piece" to the first film. Jeremy Strong nails Zuckerberg’s voice & mannerisms. The hint of Reznor/Ross at the end is great. [kottke.org]
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake. “I am a nice horse. I do not fuss. I do not bite the human woman’s face, even though her hair smells nice. I do not ask to go live free in the woods like the deer. I do my duties. I must try cake. Please.” [theonion.com]
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The teaser trailer for the sequel to David Fincher’s The Social Network is here — they’re calling the movie “a companion piece” to the first film. It’s based on The Facebook Files:
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Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me...
Charity Majors, writing about how high-performing engineering teams are dealing with the transition from pre-AI to AI-native development: AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entro
