Notices by kottke.org (kottke@botsin.space)

How Streaming Caused the Writers Strike. Vox talked to four television writers about how streaming has changed the financial picture for writers over the past 15 years. https://kottke.org/23/07/how-streaming-caused-the-writers-strike

This is why I do not like Substack: they do not want to take responsibility for hate speech. Substack is a safe haven for racists, transphobes, homophobes, anti-vaxers, etc. and they condone it because they profit from it. https://www.tiktok.com/@decoderpod/video/7221602731998498094

In a NY Times investigation of US crypto mining facilities, they identified 34 operations that together use as much energy as 3 million households. Just shut these fuckers down - useless energy consumption like this is straight-up immoral. (via @marcprecipice) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/bitcoin-mining-electricity-pollution.html

OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit. We really need to stop believing hardcore capitalists when they make promises like this. When someone shows you who they are... https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3naz/openai-is-now-everything-it-promised-not-to-be-corporate-closed-source-and-for-profit