[nonostantement #286] - men vs dating apps / video arcade addiction / creative grief
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Welcome to nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with effervescent, serious, and ordinary stuff found all over the Internet.
Hi, my name is Joele, I live in Barcelona and from there I am writing to you right now. Every Sunday I send this email to my friends, and it has all the best links I find while working with brands, curating their online presence.
A nice track for your Sunday: キノコ、草花、ダンゴムシ
#PEOPLE
The Cheesecake Factory’s legendary menu, explained
Too big to fail: How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry’s rules of success.The rebel group stopping self-driving cars in San Francisco – one cone at a time
The Safe Street Rebel group has waged a war against robotaxis in an effort to end vehicle dominance in the city and promote public transport[Video] - Video Arcade "Addiction": When Pac-Man was King - CBS Evening News - January 29, 1982
"Every younger generation has to have something to scare adults." In the early 1980s, video games and "Pac-Man Fever" were it.What do you do when a project ends? We explore creative grief and how to deal with it
When finishing up a project, feelings of loss, despair, sadness or emptiness may rise to the surface. To understand creative grief better – and to learn why and how it happens – we’ve called upon a psychologist and three creatives to get some advice.
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#TECH
Is ChatGPT Getting Dumber?
Many of its early users think the OpenAI service is getting worse. But maybe the AI bot is just done with them.ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI
Large language models mimic human chatter, but scientists disagree on their ability to reason.
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#SOCIALMEDIA
Elon Musk takes over @x Twitter account – without paying owner
The social network replaced the bird icon with the letter X as part of its rebranding exerciseHotmart teaches influencers how to get rich without going viral
Hotmart gives creators the tools to sell courses on their own site, quietly turning global niche influencers into millionaires.Exposing the growth engine of Threads
A deep dive into why Threads' launch strategy was so effective, and the UX theory behind their A/B tests.
#THEDARKSIDE
Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.ZachXBT on Twitter:
"BREAKING: Scammers have stolen Italian Government emails in order to access the Twitter Legal Request portal to ban accounts, lookup info, and remove posts from forging fake subpoenas."
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