The Independent Variable
The Independent Variable
Kevin Humdrum
Welcome to The Independent Variable, the official linkblog of the interwebs covering culture, politics, sports, and tech since 2012.
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1picasso100euros.comNon-profit raffle. Buy a ticket for 100 euros for a chance to win a Picasso valued at 1 million euros. All proceeds go to Fondation Recherche Alzheimer, the leading organisation in France dedicated to research on...
mockdown.designFree browser-based ASCII wireframe editor. Design UI mockups, lo-fi prototypes, and text diagrams with drag-and-drop components — no signup required.This is extremely cool, although I have no idea what I'd actually use it...
mcsweeneys.netWhether you’re a frightened child wondering if your parents are teetering on the precipice of divorce, a hard-of-hearing person worried about missing the nuances of under-the-breath barbs, or simply fed up with listening to...
theverge.comThe new shopping features come a few weeks after a dustup in which influencers caught Instagram adding shopping links to their content without their permission. The “Shop the look” feature added links to cheap lookalike...
wired.comHamilton acknowledged that Hegseth has no legal authority to bar military contractors from using Anthropic for work unrelated to the Department of Defense. When asked by Lin why Hegseth would have posted that, Hamilton said, “I...
reactormag.comAmazon MGM Studios is adapting the comic book Monstress into an animated series, with Steven Maeda (One Piece, Lost, The X-Files) helming the project.Monstress is one of those books I've had on my bookshelf for years that I...
economist.comOn Monday Mr Trump did the rounds of American business television channels, repeating his claims of “great conversations” with Iran. Iran has firmly denied the existence of such talks in public and rejected offers from...
birchtree.meWhat is the Venn diagram of people who thought Clubhouse and Sora were the next big thing, and is it a perfect circle?I think a big "feature" of the start-up age we've been in since "apps" on our phones became a thing, is...
theneedling.comCould you imagine how sad it would be if a foreign terrorist destroyed or ended your life instead of domestic one? Not on our watch.Would be funny if it weren't so true.
motherjones.com7 years of free school lunches. 3 years of Medicare dental coverage. 2,000 Trump heads on Mt. Rushmore.This is the argument I and others have been making for years. These war mongers don't blink an eye at spending billions...
techcrunch.comSuch a shift could represent a solid revenue driver for Apple. Google has included ads in its navigation app for years, and Bing Maps also offers a similar advertising capacity to local business owners.Apple should use all...
theverge.comFridman, the podcast’s host, defines AGI as an AI system that’s able to “essentially do your job,” as in start, grow, and run a successful tech company worth more than $1 billion.“Essentially” is doing a whole lot of work in...
nytimes.comIn an email to The Times late on Thursday night, Ballard denied using A.I. to write “Shy Girl,” contending that an acquaintance she hired to edit the self-published version of the novel had used A.I.On the one hand, I love...
youtube.comHonora by Flea is my most anticipated album of the year and it comes out this Friday. He and his band absolutely kill it during this performance. I need more of this in my life and hope he gets to do a Tiny Desk concert based...
worldofreel.comNetflix executives reportedly “laughed off” the idea that they require movies and TV shows to repeatedly recap their plots for audiences.If I were a betting man, I would wager a lot of money that either a) the executives...