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On what Patreon's actual service is, vs what the company thinks it's doing

Converter that generates an ebook from a web page.

"Researchers are investigating who — or what — cut ancient tunnels in sandstone in Brazil and nearby nations."

"For your inspiration, read later, media and stuff"
Looks like a combination of Delicious/Pinboard and Pocket/Wallabag/Instapaper, with the permanent copies and reminders being in the paid tier.

"We need a fossil free internet by 2030. The internet is the world's biggest coal powered machine, and this is bug in the system we can fix."
Includes a lookup tool to see what energy sources your hosting provider uses.

"The original website carbon calculator tool, brought to you by Wholegrain Digital,London's original sustainable WordPress agency."

"Recently, a bunch of folks on the fediverse shared what sounded like an interesting post, claiming that the environmental impacts of generative AI such as LLMs is overstated..."
"...the post was more fact-shaped than factual."

Proxies for Gemini, Gopher, Finger, Nex, etc.

"When I look through my own recipe for the perfect cup of tea, I find no fewer than 11 outstanding points. On perhaps two of them there would be pretty general agreement, but at least four others are acutely controversial. Here are my own 11 rules, every one of which I regard as golden:"

A study using augmented-reality headsets with virtual keyboards and eye tracking, enabling non-speaking autistic people to type independently. (Critics have argued that human assistants for this kind of communication may be influencing what the person appears to be saying.)