I wish you the best in the Offline
https://daverupert.com/2026/09/i-wish-you-the-best-in-the-offline/
https://daverupert.com/2026/09/i-wish-you-the-best-in-the-offline/
Dave
I wish you the best in the Offline
A handful of people I follow and know about have announced their recent departure. Not from a job (although plenty of that going around), but from social media, AI usage, or in more extreme cases the Internet entirely.
"Robot" Is a Social Construct: Why Your Dishwasher Is Not a Robot
https://robotgirlgang.com/2026/10/08/robot-is-a-social-construct-why-your-dishwasher-is-not-a-robot/
https://robotgirlgang.com/2026/10/08/robot-is-a-social-construct-why-your-dishwasher-is-not-a-robot/
Robot Girl Gang
"Robot" Is A Social Construct: Why Your Dishwasher Is Not A Robot - Robot Girl Gang
The most effective way to nerd snipe a roboticist is to present them with a controversial definition of a "robot"
Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Erodes Your Ability to Persist at Hard Things
https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/using-ai-just-10-minutes-erodes-your-ability-persist-hard-things
https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/using-ai-just-10-minutes-erodes-your-ability-persist-hard-things
vcresearch.berkeley.edu
Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Erodes Your Ability to Persist at Hard Things | Research UC Berkeley
A UC Berkeley researcher raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in daily life.
AI is creating a 'human premium' for art created by people
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5vgjm3gk7rzo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5vgjm3gk7rzo
Bbc
AI is creating a 'human premium' for art made by people. But will it hold?
Amid a surge in AI content, many are placing extra value on art that's obviously made by a human. But can that last, asks Ros Atkins
I paid people to try and follow my README
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/i-paid-people-to-try-and-follow-my-readme/
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/i-paid-people-to-try-and-follow-my-readme/
Terence Eden’s Blog
I paid people to try and follow my README
Developers suck at writing documentation. We like to say RTFM but often there ain't no FM to R. At best we have a half-arsed collection of notes, some obsolete tips, and a link to a desolate forum full of people asking the same questions again and again.…
Scandinavia's first farmers slaughtered hunter-gatherer population, DNA suggests
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-scandinavia-farmers-slaughtered-hunter-population.html
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-scandinavia-farmers-slaughtered-hunter-population.html
Phys.org
Scandinavia's first farmers slaughtered the hunter-gatherer population, DNA analysis suggests
Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, ...
Open-Source Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word Replications
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/creator-of-free-adobe-clones-unveils-open-source-microsoft-office-excel-powerpoint-and-word-replications-autodesk-tools-and-other-subscription-based-services-may-come-next
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/creator-of-free-adobe-clones-unveils-open-source-microsoft-office-excel-powerpoint-and-word-replications-autodesk-tools-and-other-subscription-based-services-may-come-next
Tom's Hardware
Creator of free Adobe clones unveils open-source Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications — Autodesk tools and…
It's a protest now.
Internal files add to evidence of an ExxonMobil climate deception campaign
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07102026/exxonmobil-climate-deception-new-evidence/
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07102026/exxonmobil-climate-deception-new-evidence/
Inside Climate News
New Documents Add to Evidence in Climate Deception Case Against ExxonMobil
Court filings by the Massachusetts attorney general’s office include previously undisclosed documents, revealing new details about internal deliberations at the oil giant.
How I reverse engineering a commercial spatial audio effect
http://epestr.com/blog/reverse-engineering-a-commercial-spatial-audio-effect/
http://epestr.com/blog/reverse-engineering-a-commercial-spatial-audio-effect/
Inter res et verba
Reverse engineering a commercial spatial audio effect | Inter res et verba
Measuring a commercial spatial audio processor, extracting its stereo impulse responses, and rebuilding the effect as a convolution filter on Linux.
We're unlocking the biggest mysteries of the clitoris
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/were-finally-unlocking-the-biggest-mysteries-of-the-clitoris-2
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/were-finally-unlocking-the-biggest-mysteries-of-the-clitoris-2
BBC Science Focus Magazine
We’re finally unlocking the biggest mysteries of the clitoris | BBC Science Focus Magazine
From its anatomy to its purpose, there’s a lot we don't know about the female organ
Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude
https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/117412868905734653
https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/117412868905734653
Distributed AI Research Community
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (@emilymbender@dair-community.social)
Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or being able to feel distress, so my inbox is filling up with journos asking me to comment.
I've also got a day job, so here is…
I've also got a day job, so here is…
Tesla wants to increase emissions near a Bay Area elementary school
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/bringhurst-tesla-emissions-22468661.php
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/bringhurst-tesla-emissions-22468661.php
SFGATE
Tesla wants to increase emissions near a Bay Area elementary school
A vague Bay Area Air District notice has Fremont parents searching for answers.