No theme past my grumpy start.

• AI web scrapers: a data point.
• AI search: a bad data point.
• Predictions in the Apple-sphere.  Linked for the note that LLMs support existing languages – not new, and therefore slow development.
• OK, getting off that theme…
• An extensive writeup on terminal colors.  (via)
• Why you don’t want event-specific time zones.
• BBC Micro text mode Xevious.  (via)
• The Second Annual Blog Post Competition, Extravaganza, and Jamboree.  Read down for links to previous submissions of good blog posts
• The Magic of Code, out now, and worth reading if the author’s newsletter is any guide.
• Related: The Humanistic Computation Project.
• An Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Ring of Power Delivery Feasibility Study.  (via)
• Should I Stop Caring and Let IP Address Reputation Sort Them Out?   IP blacklist issues over time.
• Tinkering with an old-school cable community info channel website.  Related to Weather Star 4000.