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from my link log —
Portability of tar features.
https://cdrtools.sourceforge.net/private/portability-of-tar-features.html
saved 2025-07-03

Nothing unveils the $799 Phone 3, with a 6.7" AMOLED display, Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip, three 50MP rear cameras, and the $299 Headphone 1, both shipping July 15 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20

One way to ensure I don't buy an item is to market it "as seen on Shark Tank" -- but that's probably just me. Another way to ensure I don't buy an item is to market it as having AI features (??), and apparently that's widespread.
https://futurism.com/customers-see-ai-…

Something Hilarious Happens When Potential Customers See That a Product Has AI Features
New research explores how customers react to products that are marketed as having AI — with striking results.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Father John Misty:
🎵 Screamland
#FatherJohnMisty
https://fatherjohnmisty.bandcamp.com/track/screamland-3
https://open.spotify.com/track/3rv7e96zfBAF3l3b5vzwod

AI bots playing music for other bots. A signpost along the way to our Matrix-like future
https://futurism.com/ai-band-spotify-streams

An "Indie Rock Band" That Appears to Be Entirely AI-Generated Is Making Alarming Amounts of Money on Spotify
While real artists struggle to earn money on Spotify, a seemingly AI-generated band has garnered enough streams to actually make a buck. 

5 Actions of the Month to Help End Speciesism #AnimalRights

A profile of prediction market Kalshi, which is using its federal financial license to open up sports gambling across the US, even in states where it is illegal (Justina Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20

Kalshi Pushes Sports Betting as Trump, Deregulation Boosts Prediction Market
Armed with a federal license and allies in Trumpworld, the tech start-up is pushing prediction markets across America into a legal gray zone: sports betting.

from my link log —
Implement your programming language twice.
https://futhark-lang.org/blog/2025-05-07-implement-your-language-twice.html
saved 2025-05-08

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
The Rolling Stones:
🎵 Heaven
#TheRollingStones
https://federicomonachesi.bandcamp.com/track/the-rolling-stones-heaven-federico-monachesi-bootleg

Baidu overhauls its search engine with AI features and a voice function in its most sweeping revamp in years, and rolls out its first image-to-video model (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02…