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ernie

@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine.

Interests: #writing #news #history #technology #retrotech #weird #geoworks #freelance

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Can you tweeze your way out of this test? If you want to pass it, honestly, you have to. Fresh on Lesser Tedium: https://readtedium.substack.com/p/dexterity-test-tweezers

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Some news. https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkap5v/vice-media-llc-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy

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This WSJ story on what happened to Bob Lee is a perfect example of why the initial headline often doesn’t tell the full story. Lee had a very active, hard-partying lifestyle that seems to have put him in danger.

And honestly, even his lifestyle doesn’t really validate what appears to have happened—a dude with a real chip on his shoulder decided to take it out on him.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/bob-lee-stabbing-sex-drugs-lifestyle-san-francisco-5a7da970

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A free version of the story on Insider fills in the most important details here: https://www.businessinsider.com/cash-app-bob-lee-affair-khazar-momeni-nima-momeni-wsj-2023-5

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From the WSJ piece, I do have a bone to pick with this quote trying to explain why Lee partook in “The Lifestyle.”

I think that the world can offer us plenty to do, even those of us with millions in the bank. (Not me, to be clear.) I think the problem is that we don’t do enough to encourage the right incentives.

Again, he chose this life. It seems to have fit him. He doesn’t seem to have acted out of turn in experiencing it. But there are always other options.

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As a dongle enthusiast, this @mylifeingaming video had me on the edge of my seat.

The gist: Hooking like a dozen vintage systems to a single PS2 Slim adapter, with the help of many dongles and a little soldering.

https://youtu.be/zDQ46F_QO8I

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@mylifeingaming OK, ten hooked up to two, with the potential of cutting it down to one if so desired. Nonetheless, this is wall wart alchemy. I legit wonder if this could work for some vintage systems in my bin.

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@polpo @mylifeingaming Giving that you’re doing this with another method, do you think the specificity of the PS2 Slim adapter makes sense?

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This piece I wrote about Andy Warhol and the Amiga (which originally ran on NEWART and I just syndicated to @tedium) has gotten a really interesting response. A few people REALLY love it. Others feel uncomfortable about what it represents. https://tedium.co/2023/05/13/andy-warhol-amiga-creativity/

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And I think that’s a good spot for a piece like this to be, I gotta say. It’s not that generative art is always a positive, but that in many ways, this is a debate that creatives have had for generations.

Heck, even Warhol’s early work sparked these debates.

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I think if you’re being challenged by generative AI, you should sit with it for a little bit, stew in it. But also, don’t be afraid to question it.

I’m not going to say this stuff is awesome or terrible or even middling. I’m just going to say that it’s a trend that some will find value in.

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Will you find value in this? Only your ethical compass can say. Certainly, my writing is going to remain human-generated. But in a world where we’ve gained so much from people twisting norms, we should at least let this play out to some degree.

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Right-size generative AI to a tool you may not need. That’s how you will find a comfort zone with this.

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This is a real shame. #ReplaceItWithShortwave https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/13/am-radio-electric-cars/

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Just emailed the former chairman of the FCC on something completely unrelated to his work on the internet. How’s your evening going?

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Would Andy Warhol be a generative art enthusiast if he was still around today? It’s a fascinating question, and one that the Commodore Amiga might hold the answer to. https://tedium.co/2023/05/13/andy-warhol-amiga-creativity/ new @tedium

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(Originally ran in NEWART, a newsletter I’ve been working with of late that’s associated with the great Pessimists Archive. Subscribe here: https://newart.press)

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Pour one out for Charlie Day, whose new movie is getting the worst reviews of his career on the very same weekend that Glenn Howerton’s new movie is getting the best reviews of his career.

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@communalsauce He worked on it for a decade and pulled out his entire rolodex to make this film. Man, that has to suck

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A 28-year-old man figures out a way to stop the 30 under 30 list once and for all. https://www.wsj.com/articles/automotive-tech-billionaire-austin-russell-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-forbes-83dbb3be ht @Mediagazer

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CNN media critic Oliver Darcy and his editor were summoned to a meeting by the network's CEO and top executives in which they told him his coverage of the Trump town hall had been too emotional, reports Dylan Byers of Puck News.
https://puck.news/lichts-dispassion-punch/

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@w7voa fume Oliver Darcy was the only one covering it correctly

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coming out with a .zip TLD seems like a real chaos move

ernie,
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@molly0xfff Given the ZIP format’s chaotic origin story, it would make sense.

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the new Twitter "CEO" is a documented MAGA loyalist, former trump appointee and comcast executive

it's wild how these guys live in a choose your own adventure alternate reality where they're endlessly outraged by phantoms of their own creation

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@KarlBode They will never be happy because their happiness is tied to the downfall of society

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They should make coffee shops with sound dampening.

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Not often that a new default emerges and changes everything you know. Today’s Lesser Tedium dives into the surprisingly controversial concept of natural scrolling: https://readtedium.substack.com/p/natural-scrolling-human-behavior

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