My Internet went down recently. The AI CS agent chatbot tried to gaslight me that my Internet service was not down, I didn't restart my modem/router correctly, and eventually told me that my ISP doesn't sell internet service and that I should write my congress person about my Internet being down.
Spirit Airlines has officially shut down operations. Well, you know what that means...
This is the state of my inbox over the past 3 months (since I last cleaned it out). 95% of them are AI companies. Why are so many AI companies seemingly so desperate for engineers? Why don't they just use AI? If it's good enough for their customers, why isn't it good enough for them?
The idea that these statements could be considered courageous only proves his point.
Brian Platt@brianplatt.bsky.social · 10mo agoIn a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
Then put Grok into Fortnite. Put your money where your mouth is @timsweeneyepic.bsky.social
Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 10mo agoAs Grok continues generating sexualised images, Epic Games boss says senators calling for a ban are trying to "censor all of their political opponents" www.eurogamer.net/as-grok-cont...
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The #eBay buyer experience is so painful these days. One out of a dozen examples: If the seller has disabled accepting messages, then WHY show the link, let me write a message, THEN give this BS "error" as if this is my fault somehow? Are you trying to drive buyers off the platform?
If your product asks for feedback. Do NOT tell me I typed too many characters after I took my time to write out said solicited feedback. WHY IS THERE A CHARACTER LIMIT? One errored telling me 512 characters. So I cut it down then it errored again telling me it was actually 128 characters. WTF.
Whoever decided that "restart" for the P button challenges in Mario Kart World shouldn't actually retry, but instead respawn you out front the button. So you have to hit it, watch the entire un-skippable camera flyover all over again every single time should have a finger wagged at them very angrily
The @tailwindcss.com vs "write your own CSS, dummy" debate is always derailed by dogmatic absolutionists. Utility classes aren't the devil, and neither is S/CSS. You can use both at the same time! I've rediscovered Bootstrap recently, and have been impressed by what feels like a pragmatic balance.
A must watch. This @kurzgesagt.org vid isn't about AI ripping them off (despite that being true). It looks far deeper, and uses their experience in deep research and fact checking to prove how cooked we really are. A catastrophic feedback loop is well underway with AI sourcing its own slop online
AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel
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Apple lets anyone play audio to your ATV over BT with zero passcode or anything by default. It's absurd. I have a ton of neighbour ATVs show up on my audio output menu on my Mac and I cannot disable discovery on my end as long as I have BT enabled on my machine. How is this still a thing?!
This sort of law is coming to every red state that can ram it through, and likely, a lot of blue states, too. "Protect the children" sounds good, right up until everyone's activity online must be monitored to prevent any potential exposure of someone under 21 to anything considered immoral.
Bluesky@bsky.app · last yr.Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
Seems OAK has settled on "Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport" as its new name. Personally, I preferred "Oakland San Francisco Napa San Jose Tahoe Yosemite Pride Week Redwoods MC Hammer Cable Car Golden Gate Bridge Park Alcatraz Painted Ladies Full House Best Flights Cheap International Airport"
The Bubonic Plague has a higher approval rating than war with Iran.
Seeing "AI" enter its "mad cow disease" era didn't give the schadenfreude I expected. Honestly didn't expect it to go this far - AI was so aggressively and parasitically deployed that it quickly eradicated its own food source. AI training itself on AI output turns out to not be a great idea.
Music creation AI models have gotten _so good_. I was able to get it to spit out this banger (lryics as well!) in 30 seconds. Not going to lie, this was a super fun tool to play around with. Please enjoy my AI prompted debut single: Lactose Love Gone Wrong suno.com/song/9cac2af...
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I wish there were other countries with high import tariffs implemented to protect and foster growth of local industry that we could look to to see how effective it is... oh well Totally unrelated tangent, but does anyone know why iPhones cost nearly double in Brazil what it costs in the US?!
This would have never happened if Big Balls were on the case... (I'm just going to assume that OPM email server has already been used to gain access to government networks)
David Gilbert@davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2y agoMUSK: A sophisticated cyberattack from Ukraine took out Twitter's servers REALITY: Twitter's servers were not secured properly and were publicly visible Great explainer here from @lhn.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
I do not believe there is a single person in all of Canada more qualified, experienced, or proven to lead Canada in this moment.
Chrystia Freeland@chrystia-freeland.bsky.social · 2y agoI’m a tough negotiator who got a great deal for Canada when the United States threatened to rip up NAFTA. And I will do it again. Join the fight. Commit to vote. chrystiafreeland.ca
Elon Musk paid less for the United States government than he did for Twitter. Remarkable how low the bidding was.