Daily Shaarli

All links of one day in a single page.

December 23, 2024

The Ghosts in the Machine, by Liz Pelly

You love artists and their music? You probably should get off Spotify then... because they're clearly at war to reduce even further how much they pay artists. Clearly it's not about discovering artists anymore, it's about pumping cheap stock music to increase their margin. Also its clear the remaining musicians trapped in that system will be automated away soon... you don't need humans to create soulless music.

This is Your Brain On Surveillance: New Study Reveals How Awareness of Being Watched Alters Our Brains - The Debrief
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It looks like it's not only impacting negatively our privacy. The linked paper (good to read as well) hints at negative impacts on mental health as well. Still needs to be fully validated but it doesn't look good already.

On Long Term Software Development - Bert Hubert's writings

There is some good advice in this piece. If you want to maintain something for a long time, some aspects need to be thought out from the beginning.