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[–] brbposting 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nice. Though my car can’t be in constant communication with a cell tower or anything (too creepy) so IDK what the next vehicle I’ll buy will be.


Probably time to stop talking like this? Transformed, reimagining, deeply integrating—and the breathlessness. ok next, marketing

[–] brbposting 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I do imagine in a world of verifiably ethical, open source, local software, the choice to click five times in one tool or another would be viewed all but equally.

“Ethical” being probably the most important descriptor there. A local open source tool that only siphoned up public domain art from consenting artists? Why would that be a big deal?

Meanwhile if you hear that spirited away guy say he hates AI and then you see his art imitated by it, that’s certainly going to rub many folks the wrong way.

[–] brbposting 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Raised a question:

How much longer until it requires a forensics team to determine whether a meme was handmade or of synthetic origin?

[–] brbposting 4 points 2 weeks ago

Well we can kinda only go when the signal is accompanied by another indication like slowing and or beginning to turn - “never trust a signal” eh?

[–] brbposting 3 points 2 weeks ago

Whoever came up with that deserves credit. Entirely lovely and harmless “superstition” as far as I can tell. No one is hoping for rain so they won’t be disappointed, but everyone has that line (“lucky it’s raining on your wedding day“ or whatever) ready just in case.

I wonder if there are other white lie kinda pro-social quips like that

[–] brbposting 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ya @[email protected] let’s send them complaints on this

They gotta give us a way to watch adfree without spying on us

[–] brbposting 1 points 2 weeks ago

I get you, some comments are more natural when the story is a disappointing one

[–] brbposting 3 points 2 weeks ago

That’s great. Fun memories! Simple but exciting

[–] brbposting 2 points 2 weeks ago

I’ll waste a few moments. It becomes a puzzle. Assuming you managed to make it through the maze, you retrospectively analyze where would 99% of the country have dropped out of the flow and given up?

Then it’s an email to the attorney general if necessary! (I mean that’s been rare but when something is egregious)

🤓

[–] brbposting 2 points 2 weeks ago

Dang am I supposed to be dreaming?

[–] brbposting 6 points 2 weeks ago

mm businesses where continuity is really important might love this. Hire enough people so that everyone works 12hr shifts but don’t schedule anyone enough days a month to trigger additional costs

[–] brbposting 1 points 2 weeks ago

Great point that it’s a start

Ya we don’t all learn very early about blind not being absolute maybe unless specified

Gosh imagine profound deaf + totally blind, glad someone cares to design for folks

 

alt-text“traditional full english breakfast comprising beans, beans, more beans, massive bowl of beans, beans in a mug, beans in a glass”

 

It’s claimed (Axios) the interview started late due to a dispute over fact checking, but I can’t find any source for the false pretense allegation.

Source: Donald Trump Speaks At Black Journalists Convention (Full Transcript)

 

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Screenshot of YouTube video (paused at 1:28) showing a young woman in pigtails, dressed in a yellow top with a wide neckline and blue jeans, sits cross-legged atop a cooler on a rooftop, with other rooftops visible in the distance. She wears a red pendant with a glowing white light at its center and is smiling at a young man opposite her. The man is wearing an open blue button-down shirt and green pants, gazing downwards with a slight smile.

A compilation of selected comments trashing the microphone-enabled pendant follows, reading:

amazing. at 1:28 you can see the guy decide there won't be any further dates

The creepy music is doing the exact opposite of what you want this ad to do. You want this to be a normal thing that isn't weird at all and your music says "black mirror".

The day you call a listening device "Friend" is the day you lose your humanity

Here comes the next MKBHD worst reviewed product 😂

so basically a bluetooth microphone that listens everything that you say, and that sends it to a chatGPT wrapper.

Don't need this if you're schizo already 🥰

To be fair, lots of us have wanted to wear a microphone that sends us lowercase text messages pretending to be our very human friend.

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Rulecestershire (sh.itjust.works)
 

alt-textA post from @paminski “It was the becestershire of times, it was the worcestershire of times.”

 
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xkcd.com/2962

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The image is a Venn diagram that compares the overlapping qualities between "Eligible to be President", "Would be a good President", and "Unusually vocal about love of Venn diagrams". The central overlapping area contains the text "Kamala Harris", while the eligibility and vocality areas contain the text “Me”.

Title text:

Hard to imagine political rhetoric more microtargeted at me than 'I love Venn diagrams. I really do, I love Venn diagrams. It's just something about those three circles.'

Explain xkcd

Context (2023):

 

The discovery of the stolen identity came after new investigative technology employed by the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service developed new leads in the case this year, the Marshals Service said without elaborating about the technology.

Facial recognition?

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My Little Résumé rulé (sh.itjust.works)
 

alt-textA "My Little Resume" in the style of My Little Pony, with some sections redacted.

Rough OCR:

This little pony went to in He graduated with highest honors and even received a departmental award for academic excellence! While at he cultivated an ongoing love for...

Computer Science & Mathematics!

For two years he worked as a tutor for the Computer Science department. He loves passing on his knowledge and getting everyone excited about computer science!

One summer he worked for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He developed an online tool for analyzing thermal neutron triple-axis spectrometry data. He even had his very own nuclear reactor to play with!

The next year he had an Extreme Blue internship with IBM. He worked with a team of interns at the Almaden Research Center to develop technology related to online shopping. But he's not allowed to talk about it too much! (He signed a non-disclosure)

After graduation he galloped off to work as a radio DJ, and freelance web developer. He produces stunning, high quality websites for all the nice ponies hanging out in the

For a few months he dabbled in domestication, working for a startup in San Francisco called. He spearheaded major projects, infrastructure upgrades and code cleaning frenzies while ensuring that thousands of hardworking ponies got quality, catered lunches of grains, oats, and grasses every day! The daily plough just wasn't for him though, so he threw off the bit and bridle and galloped back to He still does contract work for on other companies on occasion, and in the fall he'll be heading off to a computer science Ph.D. program at the University of Washington!

The adventure is far from over... What will this little pony do next, who knows??

Pony Stats
Education
School: '12
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics
GPA: 3.74
Major GPA: 3.98

Favorites
Languages: C, Python
Editor: Vim
Subjects: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Compilers

Awards/Achievements
Academic Achievement
Place at ACM-ICPC BOSPRE 2 years in a row, at NE North American Regionals in 2010
Top 5% in Give Me Some Credit, kaggle.com's largest ML competition to date

 
 

Summary:

Amazon's returns process is a complete dumpster fire - they'll slap a "new" sticker on your used crap and put it right back up for sale. Case in point: a small biz got screwed when Amazon resold their poopy swim diaper as brand new, tanking their company. Thankfully, Amazon took immediate action (JK). At least sellers now at least have the option to opt-out of returns being sold as new.

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