Interesting Links for 01-05-2026

[andrewducker]

1. A 25-Year-Fight Over a 2-Second Sample

(tags:samples music copyright law europe )

2. Why Law Is Law-Shaped

(tags:law language history )

3. A forest-based yard improved the immune system of daycare children in only a month

(tags:immune_system nature children play )

4. The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed

(tags:linux security epicfail doom )

5. How ChatGPT got obsessed with goblins

(tags:fantasy language ai )

6. An interview with Scottish Travellers.

(tags:roma travel history Scotland society )

7. Renters' Rights Act: What it means for the England's tenants and landlords

(tags:rental housing law england )

8. Beltane Fire Festival 2026: 15 incredible pictures of Edinburgh's Calton Hill lit up to celebrate the changing seasons

(tags:beltane photos )

Comments

[cmcmck]

I'm pushrat- part Roma part Gadje (non Roma) and the hatred angers me so much and of course I know all about hatred for being who I am.

[greenwoodside]

5. This just...

I sometimes feel like one of the Seven Sleepers. I know GenAI is "just" probability, but the stuff about lexical tics transferring from one personality to another -- it does make me feel like an antique. I had a tamagotchi once and it was cool.

After reading the article, I'm still hazy on how the reward system works that gives positive feedback to certain GenAI behaviours e.g.animal metaphors. Whether it's driven by human testing or it's an algorithm with a check list.

8. Rather jealous. If there's one thing cooler than tamagotchi, it's big paganic bonfires. Not much 1st May stuff seems to happen around my neck of the woods. I'm in a folklore desert.