https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:57:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss azcair022 https://flipso.com/p/azcair022?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:57:22 GMT Cory Doctorow argues that today’s AI boom is being propped up by a broken tech ecosystem, and says the way to deflate it is to challenge the business practices and power structures behind it. He discusses his new book, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI. [arstechnica.com] pn3o2wzzt https://flipso.com/p/pn3o2wzzt?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:20:28 GMT Feedback from casual friends and broad focus groups can be misleading when they aren’t the early adopters you’re trying to reach. A dislike from the crowd isn’t the same as a signal that your intended audience won’t want it; useful advice depends on imagining the needs of the specific people you hope to serve. [seths.blog] 65br403ws https://flipso.com/p/65br403ws?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:40:10 GMT WP 97-14 examines whether imposing cointegration actually improves long-horizon forecasts. The authors find that, by standard multivariate forecast accuracy measures, ignoring cointegration loses nothing at long horizons, and simple univariate Box-Jenkins forecasts perform just as well. [philadelphiafed.org] hkwos4umd https://flipso.com/p/hkwos4umd?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:00:10 GMT A 3D-printed Gaussian splat of one of the creator’s insects, made with crysta.ai. The post explains the workflow, including training with spherical harmonics, voxelizing the splat for printing, and the visual tradeoffs in color and transparency in the final crystal-like piece. [patreon.com] fids0z55p https://flipso.com/p/fids0z55p?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:40:28 GMT Data centers are driving new electricity demand and emissions, so the article argues they may be a useful target for carbon pricing—both to reflect climate costs and to tap into public skepticism about data centers. [slowboring.com] c17vba80u https://flipso.com/p/c17vba80u?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:00:09 GMT Explores how Lil represents points, strokes, and paths, then uses those structures to draw Hershey text and apply affine transformations like scaling, translation, mirroring, shearing, and rotation. It also shows a few more advanced effects, including perspective distortion and animated wavy line effects. [beyondloom.com] wmjgt2uzk https://flipso.com/p/wmjgt2uzk?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:40:33 GMT A critique of subtle, socially acceptable racism and the ways it hides behind politeness, deniability, and respectability. [caitlinjohnst.one] 36nr39kn2 https://flipso.com/p/36nr39kn2?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:20:18 GMT Marie Brenner reports on Frederick von Mierers, a self-styled New Age guru who sold costly gems and “life readings” to wealthy Manhattan devotees while prosecutors investigated possible fraud and cult-like manipulation. [archive.vanityfair.com] 821cb6rvs https://flipso.com/p/821cb6rvs?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:00:32 GMT A comic strip where Lar and Sohmer banter about an act-of-God mishap and who gets protected from it, ending in a playful punchline. [leasticoulddo.com] 9delwxwde https://flipso.com/p/9delwxwde?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:00:33 GMT A language teacher reflects on how native intuition shapes collocations, the subtle word pairings that make English sound natural. When a gifted student named Silvia becomes his trusted guide, the essay turns into a meditation on fluency, mentorship, and the rare luck of finding someone with an uncanny ear for language. [theamericanscholar.org] 8yi48pn5z https://flipso.com/p/8yi48pn5z?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:40:09 GMT Cancelled due to a red extreme heat warning from the UK Met Office. The event was scheduled for 24 June 2026 in London and was set to examine global extreme heat governance, new analysis from the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance, and the inaugural Adeline Stuart-Watt Award. [lse.ac.uk] v9lysn4rh https://flipso.com/p/v9lysn4rh?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:40:08 GMT Some skepticism of vitamin D skepticism [dynomight.net] y6sazv1vn https://flipso.com/p/y6sazv1vn?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:20:08 GMT A thoughtful essay on AI coding agents, harness-level loops, and the tradeoffs of letting machines repeatedly write, review, and patch software. It weighs where loops help today—porting, benchmarking, security scanning, and research—against the risks of less understandable code, growing dependency on models, and eroding human judgment. [lucumr.pocoo.org] k6nqn6me5 https://flipso.com/p/k6nqn6me5?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:40:30 GMT A reflection on how social media, AI, and the attention economy can weaken human connection—and why listening, common ground, and stronger social bonds matter more than winning arguments. [mindprison.cc] 9q06nh4gv https://flipso.com/p/9q06nh4gv?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:40:28 GMT Early restaurant menus reveal how American dining changed over time—and what those changes say about class, culture, and the country itself. [pudding.cool] dlie3dbbz https://flipso.com/p/dlie3dbbz?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:09 GMT A nationwide failure in Deutsche Bahn’s GSM-R rail communications system briefly stopped all trains across Germany, stranding passengers and forcing delays at stations. Service later resumed step by step after the outage was resolved. [apnews.com] iv5ej7v9p https://flipso.com/p/iv5ej7v9p?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:20:28 GMT John Brown was a fiercely committed abolitionist whose violent raids in Kansas and at Harpers Ferry made him one of the most controversial figures in pre-Civil War America. His trial and execution turned him into a martyr for some, a terrorist for others, and helped intensify the sectional conflict that led to the Civil War. [thecollector.com] rbyxv5j8c https://flipso.com/p/rbyxv5j8c?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:17:14 GMT Mark Round reflects on four decades at the keyboard and 25 years of publishing online, tracing his path from a Sinclair ZX Spectrum and BBSes to Linux, the early web, and a modern cloud-native setup. The post mixes personal memories with a retrospective on how technology, the internet, and his own website have changed over time. [markround.com] pqh9bjhxr https://flipso.com/p/pqh9bjhxr?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:40:12 GMT I obtained hundreds of confidential memos detailing politics and policy guidance for Gabbard from her years in Congress, then embarked on a quest to identify who was behind them. [washingtonpost.com] 8x8qncg50 https://flipso.com/p/8x8qncg50?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:00:08 GMT A 404 Media investigation found that Madison Square Garden compiled a document tracking activists who publicly criticized its facial recognition system, including their comments, social accounts, and tweet screenshots. The file appeared inside an MSG SharePoint instance and was part of data stolen in a breach. [404media.co] g8b7i6swi https://flipso.com/p/g8b7i6swi?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:40:10 GMT Binghamton University researchers used Shannon entropy to choose more informative Wordle guesses, and their simulations found the method solved 99% of puzzles, outperforming a traditional common-letter strategy. [binghamton.edu] 9bid46v5v https://flipso.com/p/9bid46v5v?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:20:18 GMT Age verification proposals are really mass surveillance, and Doctorow argues they won’t protect kids from online harms because those harms are enabled by the same tracking systems. He says effective child protection starts with privacy, not more spying. [pluralistic.net] icyz4sw7x https://flipso.com/p/icyz4sw7x?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:00:29 GMT Ginkgo biloba is the sole surviving species of a once widespread ancient plant lineage. Its fan-shaped leaves, long fossil history, and remarkable resilience have made it a familiar ornamental tree, while the wild population in China remains endangered and dependent on human protection. [lflank.wordpress.com] ukgs3h2aw https://flipso.com/p/ukgs3h2aw?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:52:11 GMT Steve Braithwaite has driven his 23-foot Big Banana Car for 15 years and more than 250,000 miles. In Montana, he was pulled over again—this time over a license plate issue—but left without a ticket. The roadside stops have become a recurring part of life for the man behind the banana-shaped vehicle. [cowboystatedaily.com] caydctsez https://flipso.com/p/caydctsez?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:20:08 GMT Epidurals can safely remove much of the pain of childbirth for most women while keeping them alert. The piece explains how they work, common side effects, and why they generally don’t raise the risk of a C-section, though they may slightly affect labor and instrumental delivery rates. [worksinprogress.co] iw3xx4zez https://flipso.com/p/iw3xx4zez?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:40:10 GMT Terrorists and tech boosters have turned “accelerationism” into a slogan, but Nick Land’s original philosophy was darker and stranger: a critique of human centrality that drifts toward inhuman forces, capitalism, and extinction. [aeon.co] bo4nr36qr https://flipso.com/p/bo4nr36qr?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:20:29 GMT A concise timeline of Assyrian history from the early city-state of Assur through the Old, Middle, and Neo-Assyrian periods, highlighting major kings, military expansion, imperial administration, and the empire’s collapse. [thecollector.com] fu8ld3ho2 https://flipso.com/p/fu8ld3ho2?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:00:35 GMT High-resolution 1970s San Diego photolog scans show colorful streets, pastel cars, creative signage, and a vivid snapshot of everyday life on the road. [beautifulpublicdata.com] hicetkkj7 https://flipso.com/p/hicetkkj7?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:20:33 GMT Many towns look stable on the surface but are straining under growing obligations, deferred maintenance, and dependence on grants. This piece explains how fragility shows up in municipal finances, infrastructure, and development patterns—and why some communities struggle to keep up as costs rise. [strongtowns.org] mh8cbashc https://flipso.com/p/mh8cbashc?ref=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:00:08 GMT A WSJ investigation says Polymarket has been promoted on social media through deceptive videos made by paid creators, creating the appearance of easy profits and hype around prediction-market betting. [wsj.com]