Mansion reporter Nancy Keates visited several of Schnitzer’s many homes—and learned why he just can’t seem to stop buying real estate.
There are good arguments that journalism has lost its way.
This is a really good essay / letter. You should read it. I particularly like this specific idea:
I am not suggesting you should resist a chatbot education because I expect you to have a smooth path at Georgetown if you do. It’s definitely risky. And I’m not saying you should resist in spite of the risk. I’m saying you should resist because of the risk. The risk is what helps you remember …
New definition of ‘human in the loop’ just dropped:
Mr Rae said assessors could not override the algorithm but said humans were involved in every step of the assessment process.
It’s maintenance.
But not the good kind.
This is much more eloquent than my incessant yelling at technology.
Sometimes I like to go on side quests. These are some of them.
An adventure through the vagaries of search engine suggestions.
A Mastodon bot posting anonymous edits to the English language Wikipedia originating from Australian government networks. Just for fun I also built an experiment to watch Wikipedia edits in real time.
I help organise the Brisbane chapter of Hacks/Hackers, an event series where people get together to discuss the intersection of storytelling and technology.
Do you need a completely private transcription tool where the audio or video never leaves your computer? That's why I built this and it's completely free.