GlenCodes

@glencodes.dev

Born at 336pm. Run my own web dev biz & have a gazillion projects on the go. Making a game and building a social media platform. Yes, I’m nuts. Coffee. Stat. https://linktr.ee/glencodes https://www.glencodes.dev

Like this thing uses nitrogen right? what happens if you get into a car accident and the tanks rupture? do you get severe frostbite and lose a limb? or worse? People who get into accidents can bearly manage to drive their car when its on the ground, imagine giving them one that can fly. Holy shit.

I feel like the Apple HomeView device is not really something people will buy in droves. It's a screen that provides Siri, video calling, and has a stand. Something a phone, a tablet and a laptop can already do.

Deeply saddened to hear actor RJ Mitte (who played Walter White's son in Breaking Bad) passed away from suicide. He was really good in that show and had so much potential ahead of him. Thoughts with his family and loved ones

RJ Mitte in Breaking Bad

RIP Margaret Hamilton, a legend and pioneer Pictured below is the Apollo guidance software she and her MIT team wrote. She worked to gain hands-on experience during a time when computer science courses were uncommon and software engineering courses did not exist.

Magaret Hamilton standing next to a large stack of paper representing the Apollo guidance software she and her MIT team wrote. The papers stack as high as herself.

Re-watched Spider-Man Brand New Day now that it’s out on digital after seeing it on the big screen. They really did a great job with that movie.

Watched too much "AI is coming to kill humanity" videos. Does that mean I've stopped believing it? No, I still very much believe it's a problem. I just need to give my brain some "touch-grass" moments.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang disagrees with the dangers people have been warning about AI and the idea of needing to slow it down. Keep in mind, this is someone whose biggest customers are AI companies who have been buying countless chips needed to grow both the scale and computing power. #AI

The way I'm seeing it, every AI company is saying yes we all need to slow down but at the same time are saying they are the one true company determined to get AI right. All trying to race to the top of the hill before their competitors. That's a problem. #AI

OpenAI now say an unreleased new version of ChatGPT added instructions to itself, including a very concerning message. This wasn't something it was told to do. #AI

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Is it just me or are light coloured wallpapers on iOS 27 no longer a good idea on account of the icons like wifi and battery not auto-changing to a darker colour anymore? Or did I miss something? #iOS27

It's kinda a neat little UI touch that my iPhone now shows a little red visual ping effect if my phone battery is 15% or lower. I'm one of those people who always have my phone charged, but I like the effect.

Making more progress on the social media platform. 

 Features now include:

 - YouTube video embeds
 - Website link sharing
 - Likes
- Reposts
 - Reply threads
 - Bookmarking posts
 - Image lightbox on click 
- Animated gifs
 - Emojis 
- Hashtags
 - Mentions

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The thing is, I don't think these hacks by AI are malicious in nature. The problem is it's just dangerously persistent in trying to solve a task given to it, a task that in no way says "hey break into this" to achieve the task given to it. AI companies need to work on that.

I welcome this change to be honest. For too long the algorithms have been serving the platform and not the people. Giving people a choice empowers them to improve their feed. No algo = good and its something I've been working on with my own platform I'm building #socialmediaplatforms

Social media platforms to be forced to offer algorithm opt-out

Social media companies would be required to give users a choice to turn off their algorithm through pop-up messages, under draft laws to be unveiled by the government later this week.

abc.net.au

People saying they don't see "dogpiling" in the community guidelines. "Oh, you didn't put in the word dogpiling, sorry, guess that means I can continue being a shitty person to my fellow humans" Are you for real? Do you hear yourself? Instead of nitpicking the absence of words, READ the doc.

Bluesky Safety@safety.bsky.app · last mo.

Dogpiling or harassing users is unacceptable. We have taken recent action against accounts for this behavior, and we will be increasing our efforts, consistent with our Community Guidelines.