Richie Rump

@jorriss.bsky.social

Code. Data. Books. Games. Soccer Dad.

there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.

One thing I'm going to miss about working with Brent is the Slack channel. Nowhere on the planet can you find a place that mentions Carmen Carrera and Soupy Sales in the same sentence. Then followed by a mention of Lisa Left Eye Lopez. NOWHERE.

I’ve spent months exploring smart defaults for fact checking to minimize hallucinations in ChatGPT & Claude and now have something I think is ready to share. Add the following prompt to the Settings->Personalization-> Custom instructions in ChatGPT and Settings-> Profile->Instructions in Claude.

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mass layoffs at Pixar despite Toy Story 5 about to cross $1 billion at the box office. there is simply no amount of money that will make corporations happy enough to not upend people’s lives.

Pixar Bears Brunt of Disney Studio Layoffs as Company Axes Several Hundred Staffers

Pixar Animation Studios, despite riding high on the success of summer blockbuster "Toy Story 5," was hit particularly hard in a wave of corporatewide layoffs at Disney.

variety.com