Susan Orlean’s argument for ebooks
Hard copy books won’t disappear because of the ebooks, they’re like horses: “Horses lost out to cars, but obviously they didn’t die out as a species”
This isn’t the real problem. What’s troubling everybody is a major industry change, from manufacturers to editors and libraries, in terms of capital dynamics. It’s the revenue that’ll die!
As the left flees and X loses broader relevance, it becomes a more overtly right-wing site. But the right needs liberals on X. If the platform becomes akin to “alt-tech platforms” such as Gab or Truth Social, this shift would be good for people on the right who want their
I’m 80 years old, and I’m looking forward to many more years of creating new and interesting things with AI. Link From 60s music, to marriage advice, to hypothetical matchup between Romans and Vikings. It is captivating and mind opening how people are enriching their lives with AI.
An "experimental art installation" dubbed "Deus in Machina" by the St. Peter's Church in Lucerne has seen a confessional booth outfitted with a vertically aligned monitor, a bunch of computer equipment and a big blue button for adventurous penitents willing to ask questions to
Thousands of Palo Alto Networks firewalls were compromised by attackers exploiting two recently patched security bugs. The intruders were able to deploy web-accessible backdoors to remotely control the equipment as well as cryptocurrency miners and other malware. Link No comment.