worth reading: april 23-29, 2024

good week for links i guess. truly, we are all Salted Water for Boiling.

“Welcome to Chicken Town.” by Erica Hall
- really good url + really good website.
“The robots are coming…for your wedding” by Maura Judkis (unpaywalled)
- this one is really good. contains the following line that's just been ping-ponging around my head for the past week: "It is a pity that the giant baby's desires will never be satisfied." what a great combination of words.
Music for Programming
- music for programming!
“Why You Can’t Get a Reservation” by Adam Iscoe
- lol @ nyc
“Why Feathers Are One of Evolution’s Cleverest Inventions” by Michael B. Habib
- really cool visuals!
“Salted Water for Boiling” by Epicurious
- scroll down to receive gems like the following: “One fun little fact about this recipe-- it actually garnishes itself! Just leave a big batch of this sitting on a giant rock, and in a just few billion years it'll be full of squid, cattle, grapes, and other delicious additions! Truly, we are all Salted Water for Boiling.”
“Models All the Way Down” by Christo Buschek and Jer Thorp
- obligatory AI article, but this one's really cool!