The Guy Behind the Fake AI Halloween Parade Listing Says You've Got It All Wrong
(wired.com)
Hundreds gathered at Dublin’s city center for a Halloween parade that did not take place on Halloween night, October 31. This fake event, believed to have been generated by artificial intelligence, was advertised online with details, including the starting time and route.
Hundreds gathered at Dublin’s city center for a Halloween parade that did not take place on Halloween night, October 31. This fake event, believed to have been generated by artificial intelligence, was advertised online with details, including the starting time and route.
Thousands go to fake AI-invented Dublin Halloween parade
(euronews.com)
Irish revellers flooded the streets of Dublin expecting a Halloween parade last night. The only problem? No parade had been organised.
Irish revellers flooded the streets of Dublin expecting a Halloween parade last night. The only problem? No parade had been organised.
Weird Lexical Syntax
(justine.lol)
I just learned 42 programming languages this month to build a new syntax highlighter for llamafile. I feel like I'm up to my eyeballs in programming languages right now. Now that it's halloween, I thought I'd share some of the spookiest most surprising syntax I've seen.
I just learned 42 programming languages this month to build a new syntax highlighter for llamafile. I feel like I'm up to my eyeballs in programming languages right now. Now that it's halloween, I thought I'd share some of the spookiest most surprising syntax I've seen.
A collection of Halloween postcards from "golden age" of picture postcards
(publicdomainreview.org)
Halloween and picture postcards have a shared history, and both captured the anglophone imagination at the turn of the twentieth century.
Halloween and picture postcards have a shared history, and both captured the anglophone imagination at the turn of the twentieth century.
A deep history of Halloween
(resobscura.substack.com)
You know the holiday: the one where people wear outlandish costumes and sweet things are eaten. It’s fun, but also otherworldly, with roots in an ancient belief that this evening — this one night at the change of the seasons — is when spirits roam the earth.
You know the holiday: the one where people wear outlandish costumes and sweet things are eaten. It’s fun, but also otherworldly, with roots in an ancient belief that this evening — this one night at the change of the seasons — is when spirits roam the earth.
Our Better Nature: Great Pumpkins
(saturdayeveningpost.com)
Linus, the precocious, blanket-toting character from the Peanuts franchise, waited faithfully for “The Great Pumpkin” each Halloween night from 1950 to 1999. If anyone else had been stood-up that many times by the same character, they’d have thrown in the towel (or blanket) for sure.
Linus, the precocious, blanket-toting character from the Peanuts franchise, waited faithfully for “The Great Pumpkin” each Halloween night from 1950 to 1999. If anyone else had been stood-up that many times by the same character, they’d have thrown in the towel (or blanket) for sure.