https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:00:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss fu0alnpga https://flipso.com/p/fu0alnpga?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:00:08 GMT BBC reports that Meta has largely ignored an EU-backed appeals body handling claims from Facebook, Instagram and Threads users who say they were wrongly banned. The body reviewed thousands of cases, but Meta provided useful evidence in only a small fraction, leaving many appeals unresolved. [bbc.com] sc2n62yqz https://flipso.com/p/sc2n62yqz?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:40:11 GMT A ham-radio experiment that sends teletext pages over AX.25 data links, bringing the 1980s information service back as a digital protocol for HF and VHF transmissions. [spectrum.ieee.org] 9wdryxgwl https://flipso.com/p/9wdryxgwl?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:00:09 GMT A field guide to surveillance technologies visible in downtown Seattle, including cameras, Amazon Go, automated license plate readers, and traffic-monitoring devices. The page maps a 1.3-mile route and explains what each system looks like, how it works, and why it matters for privacy and consent. [coveillance.org] amfwvc9s1 https://flipso.com/p/amfwvc9s1?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:22:30 GMT A long essay connecting Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance with AI coding tools, arguing that software still needs craft, judgment, and standards of excellence even as “working” software becomes easier to generate. [sinclairtarget.com] reao65i9q https://flipso.com/p/reao65i9q?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:00:09 GMT A nostalgia-driven build log about restoring grid-based Spaces navigation on macOS, why the old Leopard-era layout felt better, and the permission and App Store hurdles involved in shipping GridLion. [blog.hopefullyuseful.com] yif3ou8i9 https://flipso.com/p/yif3ou8i9?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:40:27 GMT MIT engineers have developed a wearable ultrasound pacemaker that can stimulate heart cells through the chest. In lab and rat experiments, the sticker helped correct arrhythmias and restore regular contractions, pointing toward a potential surgery-free alternative to implanted pacemakers. [news.mit.edu] idfvxg0mm https://flipso.com/p/idfvxg0mm?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:58:53 GMT Marisa Kabas argues that anti-AI backlash is a valid human response to a technology being pushed by billionaires, brands, and platforms. She points to public boos at commencement speeches, AI-generated mistakes in publishing, and LinkedIn’s flood of polished AI boosterism as signs that many people are tired of the hype. [thehandbasket.co] fiqii4blm https://flipso.com/p/fiqii4blm?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:26 GMT Shuko Oda on Koya’s 16 years in Soho, how the udon restaurant grew into a modern London fixture, and why its blackboard specials and house-made noodles have helped it endure. [vittlesmagazine.com] 09h3poeo2 https://flipso.com/p/09h3poeo2?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:20:28 GMT Ian Leslie argues that Tony Blair’s intervention exposed Labour’s lack of serious thinking about governance, growth, and policy. He says Labour’s responses were defensive and superficial, and that the party needs to engage more honestly with the country’s economic and strategic problems. [ian-leslie.com] 0ezqketu9 https://flipso.com/p/0ezqketu9?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:40:24 GMT Amanda Holmes reads Amy Levy’s poem aloud in this Read Me a Poem episode. [theamericanscholar.org] 8lp3ovty4 https://flipso.com/p/8lp3ovty4?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:00:28 GMT Japan’s Tokugawa peace depended in part on concentrating the samurai elite in Edo, a huge city that functioned as both capital and gilded prison. The result was a tightly zoned, resource-hungry urban system that helped keep the peace while constraining movement, status, and growth. [worksinprogress.co] 1jtt57fi4 https://flipso.com/p/1jtt57fi4?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:00:08 GMT Money laundering is a vast, little-understood industry, and John Lanchester asks why so much of it still operates in the shadows even as cash use keeps declining. [lrb.co.uk] u77zvepyd https://flipso.com/p/u77zvepyd?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:00:08 GMT Greg Egan’s novella follows a wealthy technologist who recruits an AI researcher to help build artificial intelligence on a revolutionary photonic crystal processor, raising questions about consciousness, selection, and the ethics of creating minds. [gregegan.net] u1vayf3an https://flipso.com/p/u1vayf3an?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:40:09 GMT To most AI researchers, the frame problem is the challenge of representing the effects of action in logic without having to represent explicitly a large number of intuitively obvious non-effects. But to many philosophers, the AI researchers' frame problem is suggestive of wider epistemological issues. Is it possible, in principle, to limit the scope of the reasoning required to derive the consequences of an action? And, more generally, how do we account for our apparent ability to make decisions on the basis only of what is relevant to an ongoing situation without having explicitly to consider all that is not relevant? [plato.stanford.edu] 62vo1b8w1 https://flipso.com/p/62vo1b8w1?ref=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:20:08 GMT So-called age verification for social media is spreading across the world, framed as an effort to create a safer internet for children. In reality, age verification lays the foundation for a fully government controlled internet. [mullvad.net] hp3mkw4p7 https://flipso.com/p/hp3mkw4p7?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:00:32 GMT Astronomer Andrew LePage describes hearing a loud boom and shockwave from his Massachusetts home on May 30, 2026, then tracing it to a bright bolide over Cape Cod Bay. He explains how satellite and radar data pointed to a meter-scale meteoroid that disintegrated high in the atmosphere, making ground recovery of fragments unlikely. [drewexmachina.com] 7kazda7he https://flipso.com/p/7kazda7he?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:40:31 GMT Ted Gioia’s latest roundup of new music, including an Italian cinematic funk trio and a young Mississippi blues musician with a debut album on the way. [honest-broker.com] prgga8s0s https://flipso.com/p/prgga8s0s?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:00:09 GMT For loading and processing 8-bit RGB images, normalize by 255 if the source images come from elsewhere. Divide by 256 only when you control both encoding and decoding and want a mid-tread quantizer with zero centered between codes. Division by 255 keeps black at 0.0 and matches common GPU/image-processing practice, while division by 256 is a niche choice tied to the full 8-bit pipeline. [30fps.net] x8w21qqah https://flipso.com/p/x8w21qqah?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:00:32 GMT A live discussion on whether Stoicism or Skepticism offers a better guide to truth, resilience, and living well, featuring Massimo Pigliucci, Vittorio Bufacchi, and Robin Reames. [classicalwisdom.substack.com] 9dz7x66uc https://flipso.com/p/9dz7x66uc?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:20:09 GMT https://idlewords.com/talks/superintelligence.htm [idlewords.com] cgkpj7kwr https://flipso.com/p/cgkpj7kwr?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:20:41 GMT Greg Girard photographed Hong Kong after dark from 1974 to 1989, capturing neon-lit streets and the city’s mix of old and new. [flashbak.com] g67d5cc82 https://flipso.com/p/g67d5cc82?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:00:10 GMT A hand-painted map of the Hawaiian Islands in Copic markers, watercolor, and ink. [notesfromtheroad.com] d98l9ymsz https://flipso.com/p/d98l9ymsz?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:40:09 GMT Experiments on sterilized soil kept producing carbon dioxide for years, suggesting that some life-like metabolic chemistry may happen outside cells and could offer clues to life’s origins. [quantamagazine.org] 97qqay73w https://flipso.com/p/97qqay73w?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:00:39 GMT A Trump-backed Penn Station redevelopment announcement raises more questions than answers: how through-running will work, whether NJ Transit and the MTA are involved, what happens to Madison Square Garden, and how the surrounding streets and public realm will be addressed. [commonedge.org] 5wicr6a4p https://flipso.com/p/5wicr6a4p?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:20:10 GMT A mathematical and programming note on why most 64-bit values cannot be expressed as the product of two 32-bit integers, with examples from overflow, hashing, and an exact count for the 64-bit case. [lemire.me] 4nc0dd3lm https://flipso.com/p/4nc0dd3lm?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:40:32 GMT A recent study suggests city planning can significantly reduce transportation emissions by encouraging denser development near city centers, shortening commutes, and making public transit more effective. The post also argues that walkable neighborhoods, more infill housing, EVs, and expanded work-from-home options can all help lower carbon emissions. [theness.com] sbhgu7wo0 https://flipso.com/p/sbhgu7wo0?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:40:32 GMT Paras Chopra reflects on Daniel Dennett’s ideas about how competence can come before comprehension, and how language, memes, and social pressures may have gradually helped minds develop self-understanding and consciousness. [invertedpassion.com] qjohydfgb https://flipso.com/p/qjohydfgb?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:41:05 GMT Inside a three-day gathering where a group of heirs collectively worth $7 billion learn the secrets to staying rich. [wsj.com] vqqhmyiwo https://flipso.com/p/vqqhmyiwo?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:30 GMT A 1902 postcard shows the Brooklyn Bridge in profile with the Fulton ferry below, while a 1910 postcard offers a hand-colored view of the walkway. The comparison highlights how postcard image-making balanced accuracy, detail, and a more modern photographic feel. [oldstructures.com] 3p2t7riru https://flipso.com/p/3p2t7riru?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:40:32 GMT Viagra and Cialis may support vascular health, but the evidence does not convincingly show they extend lifespan. Observational studies are heavily confounded, trial data are indirect or null, and the Mendelian randomization evidence does not support a clear life-extension effect. [cremieux.xyz]