Burnie and Ashley discuss absurdist humor, the Story of the Year plan, AI developments, possible SOTY nominees, knowing your death date, Amazon under attack, and their choices for Word of the Year.
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Word of the Year
- Oxford Word of the Year 2023 | Oxford Languages
- ‘Demure’ is Dictionary.com’s word of the year : NPR
- Charli XCX’s Brat crowned Collins Dictionary word of the year – BBC News
- 2023 Word of the Year Is “Enshittification” – American Dialect Society
Sudoku vs Crossword
- The Kiwi who brought Sudoku to the world | RNZ
- The Epic Battle Between Crosswords and Sudoku – Alternet.org
Story of the Year
- The shocking Boeing 737 Max 9 incident raises questions about deeper problems | Vox
- They went to space for eight days – and could be stuck until 2025
- 23 Baltimore schools have zero students proficient in math, per state test results
- Number Munchers | Play game online!
- “Oregon Trail” computer game is now being developed as a movie
- How a tiny radioactive capsule was found in Australia’s vast outback
- 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks – Wikipedia
- KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE Movie Clip – Church Massacre |4K ULTRA HD| Colin Firth Action 2014
- Willy Wonka experience: How did the viral sensation go so wrong?
Death Clock
- Death Clock app predicts the date of your death | TechCrunch
- Medical Tourism in Turkey: A Comprehensive Guide 2024 | Arrive Turkey
- Hallmark Channel on Peacock
- AI Is Promising a More Exact Prediction of the Day You’ll Die – Bloomberg
AI Attacks
- In the last 6/7 months, Amazon saw an increase from 100 to 750 million hacking attempts per day : singularity
- Elon Musk asks court to block OpenAI conversion from nonprofit to for-profit – Ars Technica
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