Is this the highwater mark of X?
Given the recent dramas touched off by Elon in the last 2 weeks, with likely more to come, one thing worth noting is that any ambitions of turning X into the Western version of WeChat are now utterly kaput. WeChat,…
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A Theory of Slop and Brain Rot
It can be fun to define new words we’ve all heard here and there, so here’s mine: Slop (noun) Media produced to exploit the content recommendations algorithms of social media websites. Usually pejorative. Slop content is not intrinsically different to…
A Quick Example of the Astronomia Library
Astronomia is a Javascript Library used for calculating various astronomical phenomena, such as the positions of the planets. It achieves this by implementing the celestial mechanics algorithms of the Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus as they are described in his great…
A Surprising And Little Considered Reason To Use WordPress
The main competitors to WordPress are Wix, Squarespace and Webflow, which despite their greater expense on a monthly basis do indeed offer a rich and useful product to the general user. They have to, after all. Unfortunately these companies, despite…
Why I’m Cheerful About The “Dead Internet” Theory And Generative AI
The “Dead Internet” theory suggests that much of the internet, especially content generated after 2016-2017, is not created by humans but by bots, AI, and other automated systems. It claims that most online interactions, social media posts, and even comments…