I quite like my Kaweco Sport, except for this:
Mind you, this is after I have cleaned out a bunch of the excess ink that routinely collects inside the cap.
This happens all the time. While the pen has never exploded on me or leaked outside of the cap whilst in my pocket, I have to clean out the cap and wipe off the barrel at least two or three times a week, and it is pretty annoying.
I have tickets to go see the 4K re-release of Shin Godzilla tomorrow, and I don’t mind saying that I am pretty goddamned excited about it.
Other than the execrable 1998 American movie (which does not count) the only other time I have seen Godzilla on the big screen was when the restored version of the 1954 original played at the Film Forum in… 2003?
I generally don’t re-share stuff that I find on Kottke because I figure everyone has already seen it there, but this ldial.org site is fantastic. I have been returning to it over and over all week long.
Maybe I’m biased from growing up in the 1980s when most local radio stations had not yet been bought and completely homogenized by a few huge national broadcasting companies, and the radio was still mostly listenable. That said, there are still great stations out there doing good work.
đź”— Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people? - Ars Technica:
Consider a self-propelled lawnmower that follows its programming: If it fails to detect an obstacle and runs over someone’s foot, we don’t say the lawnmower “decided” to cause injury or “refused” to stop. We recognize it as faulty engineering or defective sensors. The same principle applies to AI models—which are software tools—but their internal complexity and use of language make it tempting to assign human-like intentions where none actually exist.
The switch in the KIN coffee mug warmer I bought a few years ago seems to be dying, as the thing now goes on and off somewhat randomly, and has a tendency to switch heat setting when I move my mug on and off of it.
So, I’m in the market for a new mug warmer.
I don’t feel like my needs are particularly complex. I need a small thing that sits on my desk, plugs in, and keeps my mug (and the coffee in it) warm through the morning. I don’t even really need multiple temperature settings—just “warm” is fine. It also needs to work with whatever mug I’m using.