flâneur

Jo L

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on the atlas — 30

highlights — 5

  • "[t]he integration of present or past artistic productions into a superior construction of a milieu. In this sense there can be no situationist painting or music, but only a situationist use of those means. In a more elementary sense, détournement within the old cultural spheres is a method of propaganda, a method which reveals the wearing out and loss of importance of those spheres."
    Détournement
  • We might call what’s going on now “taste-washing,” an attempt to give anti-humanist technologies a veneer of liberal humanism.
    Why Tech Bros Are Now Obsessed with Taste | The New Yorker
  • These blog posts are fascinating to read. I don't have a personal blog, but if I did I'm sure I would've written a very similar post as I've been wrestling with similar thoughts over the last few weeks. I have the distinct sense that I will look back on February 2026 as an inflection point, where AI crossed over from being an interesting parlor trick to something that fundamentally and irreversibly altered what I do day-to-day. It's bittersweet, for sure - it feels inevitable that the craft of software development that I've loved for years will be seen as an archaic relic at some point in the …
    The happiest I've ever been | Hacker News
  • > "It has become clear that at least some of the companies will bring over the engagement model of social media to chatbots, monetizing ads, shopping recommendations, affiliate links, and sponsored answers. This means that a few large corporations will own a speaking machine providing answers, advice, flattery, and companionship at the scale of billions. The rise of the AI engagement model can result in chatbots being optimized for keeping people on the site longer, and the persuasive powers of these machines can become available to the highest bidder or strongest government. We believe this, …
    I built a demo of what AI chat will look like when it's "free" and ad-supported | Hacker News
  • What type of storage should I buy for this specific use case that will live long, I can store easily, I can connect to my laptop without problems and are budget friendly (salaries aren’t high here)? Should I just go with HDD or are there other options? How would you go about book and movie collection? Only files in Russian? Only in English? Copies of both? I’m fluent in both languages but I have a friend who plans to do the same with movies and games and we live close so I thought we might make a local server together if shit hits the fan and I want my collection to be useful for other people …
    Preparing for the war and full internet shut down : r/DataHoarder