Interesting Links for 05-02-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Neil Gaiman on the role of fanfiction

(tags:fanfic neilgaiman )

2. Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content

(tags:art ai copyright law )

3. Edinburgh walking and cycling: These are 6 bridges which could be built to make it easier to get around

(tags:Edinburgh bridge transport )

4. Why can modders produce a virtual reality Star Wars game that looks amazing, but there's no official one?

(tags:games StarWars VirtualReality )

5. Dissecting the Chinese spy balloon story

(tags:China USA balloon diplomacy )

6. Why do spammers post links they don't want people to see?

(tags:spam Dreamwidth )

7. Britain Is Much Worse Off Than It Understands

(tags:UK Europe economy Doom )

Comments

[kerk_hiraeth]

I'm finding the whole spam thing very curious.

I literally cannot recall the last time I got any spam at all. Whatever occasionally turns up in my spam file is invariably something I've been waiting for, or expecting, and it's just gone there instead of to my inbox.

As I say curious; should I feel negelcted? ;-)

kerk

[mtbc]

(7) seems plausible, interesting, frustrating, depressing.

[hairyears]

The numbers stack up.

[channelpenguin]

There is so much evil that can be traced back to trying to game (or just buy your way into) inscrutable and ever-changing search engine / social media rankings.