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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ReutersSurprisingly absolutely no one with half a brain, OpenAI actually couldnât fulfill the same deal as Anthropic while holding to the same high standards and principles.And itâs all of these shortsighted nincompoops that are going to...
AthleticShit.I mean good for himâhopefully thereâs no medical thing pushing him to thisâbut go enjoy your money while youâre young and have a restful life with your family. That should be the goal for most folks anyway, but boy is this...
AthleticI just love that even D-Wade doesnât have LeBron as one of the best leaders he played withâcause he wasnât. LeBron as a leader is so overrated. Itâs why he needed Wade and Bosh and Irving and Love.
World of ReelThis is complete bullshit. Itâs always been about consolidation so they can charge more and produce less. Maybe they pump out thirty the first year, but it will trickle down until itâs no different than today.
The HillâThis change is part of a broader, ongoing effort to align all of Gallupâs public work with its mission,â a spokesperson for Gallup said. âWe look forward to continuing to offer independent research that adheres to the highest...
ABC NewsOver the last few months, the two have occasionally skirmished along their winding, porous frontier as tension has escalated. The latest confrontation is by far the most serious.Wait! Isnât this one of those wars the president...
McSweeneyâsMy fellow Americans, despite what everyone else says, we are living in the golden age of America. Not your golden age, though. My golden age. As in: I am very old, and everything I own is either solid gold or gold-plated or...
Brooklyn PaperSo youâre telling me the people who are only trying to âmake elections more secureâ and not prevent people from voting by passing a strict voter ID law just made it harder for New Yorkers to get said ID? HmmmâŚ
DefectorYou wouldnât trust anyone in the Trump administration to water your garden properly, and yet they get to decide who and what gets blown up. Everyone else has to suffer the consequences, this time none more greatly than those...
YouTubeA living legend and at nearly 90 years old, heâs still got it. Iâve been lucky enough to see him live twice, both times over a decade ago, at Claptonâs Crossroads Guitar Festival, and then at Buddyâs Legends club in Chicago....
NY TimesâTwo of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems,â Mr. Altman said. âThe DoW agrees with these...
YouTubeThey knocked this little short film/music video out of the park. I havenât listened to the whole album yet, but Iâm hopeful this might reverse course from their more recent dance albums and return to the greatness that was Plastic...
collaborative markdown editorIâve talked before about my desire for a Google Docs alternativeâone where I could share docs with writers, suggest changes, etc.âand I even wrote up some requirements for it in the hopes that someone might...
AuthortunitiesGlad to see that âSpace & Timeâ is sticking around.It's a storied publication and well worth a trip to the archive. The switch to monthly keeps things fresh, though theme calls are only as interesting as the tenders who...
Miniroll + MinishipThese are two brand new webapps from Chris Hannah that I absolutely adore already. Miniroll is a simple and sleek way to make an embeddable blogroll and Miniship does the same, but for changelogs. They are both super...