Jerry Springer, Host of TV’s Most Controversial Show, Dies at 79(variety.com)

23 points by SirLJ 3 years ago | 2 comments

Draculas, Ranked(vulture.com)

50 points by signor_bosco 3 years ago | 39 comments

Voice analysis shows striking similarity between Scarlett Johansson and ChatGPT(npr.org)

31 points by croes 2 years ago | 16 comments

Apple TV's Fantastic "Silo" Plays Out Like Great Sci-Fi Literature (2023)(rogerebert.com)

38 points by walterbell 2 years ago | 21 comments

Mary Quant, ’60s designer who invented the miniskirt, has died at 93(nypost.com)

151 points by graderjs 3 years ago | 93 comments

In Severance, Office Perks Couldn't Be More Sinister(theoffcut.substack.com)

40 points by nickcotter 1 year ago | 41 comments

Boycott IETF 127(boycott-ietf127.org)

396 points by randompeach 1 year ago | 173 comments

An advocacy site calling for a boycott of the IETF 127 meeting, disputing the IETF's claim that a change requires clear evidence of a direct issue.

MVCC – the part of PostgreSQL we hate the most (2023)(cs.cmu.edu)

341 points by virtualwhys 2 years ago | 109 comments

Andy Pavlo blog post from April 2023 criticizing PostgreSQL's multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) implementation and its drawbacks.

Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?(martinalderson.com)

376 points by martinald 10 months ago | 584 comments

Blog post by Martin Alderson arguing that agentic AI coding has dramatically cut the cost of building software and will transform the industry by 2026.

AI is creating a 'human premium' for art created by people(bbc.com)

46 points by colinprince 15 days ago | 56 comments

BBC article by Ros Atkins examining whether AI-generated content is creating a 'human premium' for art made by people, and whether that premium will last.

The End of an Era(hughhowey.com)

366 points by harscoat 2 months ago | 399 comments

A blog post by author Hugh Howey titled "The End of an Era," featuring a banner for the Silo TV series adaptation of his books.

Sell for half a billion and get nothing (2021)(fundablestartups.com)

337 points by BIackSwan 2 years ago | 268 comments

A Fundable Startups blog post on how founders can sell a company for half a billion dollars and receive nothing, due to deal terms like liquidation preferences.