Interesting Links for 06-09-2023

[andrewducker]

1. The End of Airbnb in New York

(tags:housing newyork GoodNews )

2. The strange, secretive world of North Korean science fiction

(tags:NorthKorea society scifi )

3. Stalker found Japanese singer through reflection in her eyes

(tags:stalking location japan )

4. Study of over 80,000 UK couples finds that in love opposites don't actually attract

(tags:relationships psychology )

5. "AI took my job, literally"—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to glitchy AI translator

(tags:ai translation jobs OhForFucksSake )

6. Misinformation about contraception on social media may be contributing to Scotland's record high abortion figures

(tags:disinformation contraception Scotland abortion OhForFucksSake )

7. The Nanohertz Gravitational-Wave Detection Explained

(tags:gravity research space )

Comments

[calimac]

Option A reminds me of the story in Obama's memoirs about what happened after they called him at 6 AM to tell him he'd won the Nobel Peace Prize, and I quote:

After I hung up, Michelle asked what the call was about.
"I'm getting the Nobel Peace Prize."
"That's wonderful, honey," she said, then rolled over to get a little more shut-eye.

[andrewducker]

I wonder if that's "not interested in Nobel prizes" or "My husband is already the most powerful person on the planet, I'm now jaded about people handing him more", or just the very low level of sleep that seems usual for people operating at that level.

[calimac]

I'm sure it was just "I'm too tired to deal with this right now," which is also pretty much how the president was on the phone with his aide who gave him the news, but regardless of its reason I thought the dismissive tone in the story was very funny.

[andrewducker]

I completely agree. Deserves to be immortalised in fiction of some kind.