"Sometimes the Internet is fun."
After Downdetector itself went down, someone made a Downdetector Downdetector, and then someone made a Downdetector Downdetector Downdetector, and then… | PC Gamer www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
After Downdetector itself went down, someone made a Downdetector Downdetector, and then someone made a Downdetector Downdetector Downdetector, and then… | PC Gamer www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
After Downdetector itself went down, someone made a Downdetector Downdetector, and then someone made a Downdetector Downdetector Downdetector, and then…
Sometimes the internet is fun.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"Sometimes the Internet is fun."
After Downdetector itself went down, someone made a Downdetector Downdetector, and then someone made a Downdetector Downdetector Downdetector, and then… | PC Gamer www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
After Downdetector itself went down, someone made a Downdetector Downdetector, and then someone made a Downdetector Downdetector Downdetector, and then… | PC Gamer www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
Sure, studies show that 3 minutes of Tetris per day can help with cravings for addictive behavior, but what if the behavior in question is playing Tetris for too long? What then, Studies?
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Sure, studies show that 3 minutes of Tetris per day can help with cravings for addictive behavior, but what if the behavior in question is playing Tetris for too long? What then, Studies?
Headlines I could not have predicted I'd see today (as discovered by a dentist, and yes, that also makes sense in context).
www.sciencealert.com/hidden-detai...
www.sciencealert.com/hidden-detai...
Hidden Detail in Crotch Solves a 500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Mystery
Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa, had a sophisticated geometric understanding far ahead of his time.
www.sciencealert.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Headlines I could not have predicted I'd see today (as discovered by a dentist, and yes, that also makes sense in context).
www.sciencealert.com/hidden-detai...
www.sciencealert.com/hidden-detai...
Great episode, and I recommend the podcast in general. If you want more, also check out Better Offline with Ed Zitron.
www.kqed.org/news/1205991...
www.kqed.org/news/1205991...
Beyond the AI Hype Machine | KQED
When ChatGPT launched in 2022, it kicked off what some have called the “AI hype machine” — a frenzy of promotion and investment that has sent some tech companies’ valuations soaring to record heights....
www.kqed.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Great episode, and I recommend the podcast in general. If you want more, also check out Better Offline with Ed Zitron.
www.kqed.org/news/1205991...
www.kqed.org/news/1205991...
Blue Cross has been getting worse and worse. I don't want to go into my medical details here, but they have caused me serious issues in similar ways (I am OK for now). Does anyone actually like their insurance?
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An organ donor gave her his heart. She can’t afford the medicines to keep it beating
Exclusive: A heart transplant recipient tells Rhian Lubin how she feels a health insurance company is ‘gambling’ with the gift of life from her donor: ‘If they let me go into rejection, they’re not ju...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Blue Cross has been getting worse and worse. I don't want to go into my medical details here, but they have caused me serious issues in similar ways (I am OK for now). Does anyone actually like their insurance?
share.google/XvDuNMsVxAt4...
share.google/XvDuNMsVxAt4...
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This would single-handedly transform the lives of everyone I know in such profound ways it is difficult to fully articulate, but it would also let us actually make more and different and crazy things
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This would single-handedly transform the lives of everyone I know in such profound ways it is difficult to fully articulate, but it would also let us actually make more and different and crazy things
It's important to hold these people accountable for their wild claims. AI is not sustainable, ethical, or nearly living up to the hype.
futurism.com/six-months-a...
futurism.com/six-months-a...
Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code
Exactly six months ago, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei claimed that in six months, AI would be "writing 90 percent of code."
futurism.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It's important to hold these people accountable for their wild claims. AI is not sustainable, ethical, or nearly living up to the hype.
futurism.com/six-months-a...
futurism.com/six-months-a...
Something I've been meaning to do for years, but other things keep happening. Which is fine; I got a lot out of those things, many of them.
For The Love of God, Make Your Own Website - aftermath.site/website-musk...
For The Love of God, Make Your Own Website - aftermath.site/website-musk...
For The Love of God, Make Your Own Website - Aftermath
The internet felt like a limitless expanse of free expression. Now I usually end up at the same three or four websites.
aftermath.site
September 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Something I've been meaning to do for years, but other things keep happening. Which is fine; I got a lot out of those things, many of them.
For The Love of God, Make Your Own Website - aftermath.site/website-musk...
For The Love of God, Make Your Own Website - aftermath.site/website-musk...
Happy birthday, WISPIT 2b.
Newborn planet captured in the early stages after birth - Earth.com share.google/s07gerjrij4F...
Newborn planet captured in the early stages after birth - Earth.com share.google/s07gerjrij4F...
Earth and Environmental News, Videos and Images
At Earth.com, our goal is to provide the internet with a homepage for anything and everything about our planet Earth and the environment.
Earth.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Happy birthday, WISPIT 2b.
Newborn planet captured in the early stages after birth - Earth.com share.google/s07gerjrij4F...
Newborn planet captured in the early stages after birth - Earth.com share.google/s07gerjrij4F...
When flipping a house just isn't enough.
Thorne Island: Private Welsh island with 19th century fort goes on the market | CNN Business share.google/mbUdVDFN5S9E...
Thorne Island: Private Welsh island with 19th century fort goes on the market | CNN Business share.google/mbUdVDFN5S9E...
Private Welsh island with 19th century fort goes on the market | CNN Business
An island with a renovated fort in Wales, United Kingdom, has recently gone on sale for $4 million.
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August 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When flipping a house just isn't enough.
Thorne Island: Private Welsh island with 19th century fort goes on the market | CNN Business share.google/mbUdVDFN5S9E...
Thorne Island: Private Welsh island with 19th century fort goes on the market | CNN Business share.google/mbUdVDFN5S9E...
Hey, did you know King's Hawaiian made pretzel slider rolls? Neither did I. And yes, they are most good.
July 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Hey, did you know King's Hawaiian made pretzel slider rolls? Neither did I. And yes, they are most good.
Interesting article; nice to see someone really put the effort in.
The Elder Scrolls' weird relationship with expansions began a full decade before the horse armour DLC, in the form of a 16-quest addon to Daggerfall exclusive to one US retailer | PC Gamer share.google/mrduN1LXH6AG...
The Elder Scrolls' weird relationship with expansions began a full decade before the horse armour DLC, in the form of a 16-quest addon to Daggerfall exclusive to one US retailer | PC Gamer share.google/mrduN1LXH6AG...
The Elder Scrolls' weird relationship with expansions began a full decade before the horse armour DLC, in the form of a 16-quest addon to Daggerfall exclusive to one US retailer
Investigating the history of the Daggerfall CompUSA special edition.
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July 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Interesting article; nice to see someone really put the effort in.
The Elder Scrolls' weird relationship with expansions began a full decade before the horse armour DLC, in the form of a 16-quest addon to Daggerfall exclusive to one US retailer | PC Gamer share.google/mrduN1LXH6AG...
The Elder Scrolls' weird relationship with expansions began a full decade before the horse armour DLC, in the form of a 16-quest addon to Daggerfall exclusive to one US retailer | PC Gamer share.google/mrduN1LXH6AG...
Not in the market at the moment, but kinda into this. Refreshing in many ways.
www.theverge.com/electric-car...
www.theverge.com/electric-car...
Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen
Would you buy a truck this bare-bones?
www.theverge.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Not in the market at the moment, but kinda into this. Refreshing in many ways.
www.theverge.com/electric-car...
www.theverge.com/electric-car...
This came up on a panel at Blerdcon, and the artist was right there in the vendor area, so we pretty much had to. Can't wait for the TV show!
March 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This came up on a panel at Blerdcon, and the artist was right there in the vendor area, so we pretty much had to. Can't wait for the TV show!
Really interesting article that not only exposes some IoT nightmare fuel but offers a practical solution.
trufflesecurity.com/blog/removin...
trufflesecurity.com/blog/removin...
Removing Jeff Bezos From My Bed ◆ Truffle Security Co.
Eight Sleep smart bed found to contain an exposed AWS key and a likely backdoor that allowed engineers to remotely access users' beds
trufflesecurity.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Really interesting article that not only exposes some IoT nightmare fuel but offers a practical solution.
trufflesecurity.com/blog/removin...
trufflesecurity.com/blog/removin...
Heard about this on an episode of You're Wrong About, so of course we watched it, and it's even...more than you'd expect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETFH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETFH...
Pee-wee Herman, RoboCop and ED 209 at the Oscars
YouTube video by Oscars
www.youtube.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Heard about this on an episode of You're Wrong About, so of course we watched it, and it's even...more than you'd expect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETFH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETFH...
Handel: the first earthbender.
February 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Handel: the first earthbender.
Or keep to them, if you'd rather. So long as we can understand each other, we're good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bccy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bccy...
Grammar rules you can stop sticking to
YouTube video by RobWords
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February 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Or keep to them, if you'd rather. So long as we can understand each other, we're good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bccy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bccy...
Read some lukewarm (and one downright savage) reviews of the new Section 31 movie, but we quite enjoyed it.
January 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Read some lukewarm (and one downright savage) reviews of the new Section 31 movie, but we quite enjoyed it.
A really great look at some history, MSG, and unfortunate stigma that persist to this day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HFF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HFF...
Why American Chinese Food Deserves Respect (And Why the MSG Fear is a Hoax)
YouTube video by Xiran Jay Zhao
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A really great look at some history, MSG, and unfortunate stigma that persist to this day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HFF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HFF...