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stuart

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Pokémaster. Webmaster. Queer as heck.

Occasionally NSFW on https://sozial.cyberpunk.gmbh/@afterdark

:bisexual: :nonbinary:

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ianRobinson, to random
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UK election call imminent?

🙏🏻

stuart,
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@ianRobinson eh?

Sunak thinking “make the best of inflation rate now before it goes slightly up again as predicted”?

ianRobinson, to random
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My HomePods have been very hit and miss responding to “Siri” on its own recently. Most times I have to revert to “Hey Siri”.

I should probably just set them back to only respond to the trigger phrase that has Hey in it.

stuart,
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@ianRobinson I'd very much like to be able to set custom words, purely so I can specifically say “HomePod” or “iPhone”, because HomePods are very good at grabbing things I specifically want my phone to do, even when I think I'm out of earshot 😂

nivrig, to random
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When I read about Microsoft Recall, my first reaction was "How can I delete it?".

I now realise this has been my first reaction to many "innovations" in Windows in recent years.

They should have stopped at 7.

stuart,
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@nivrig I don’t miss Windows 2000, but man, Windows 2000.

ianRobinson, to random
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I won £30 on the UK National Lottery. The time between seeing the email to say you’ve won a prize and logging into the website to see if you are a millionaire never gets old!

Still not a millionaire.

stuart,
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@ianRobinson those emails should definitely be “You’ve won a prize, but don’t get too excited”

ianRobinson, to random
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I don’t use Overcast due to it using its own URL shortener that takes you to the Overcast site when you share a podcast. Rather than a link to the original podcast source. Example:

Share from Downcast: https://shows.acast.com/nature/episodes/lizard-inspired-building-design-could-save-lives

Share from Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+7bvMDcw

For completeness, here is the same episode shared from Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/nature-podcast/id81934659?i=1000655686282

stuart,
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@ianRobinson the Apple link is much worse.

The nice thing with the Overcast one is regardless of where it’s hosted you can play the episode immediately or, more likely, at the specific timestamp you wanted people to hear.

stuart, to random
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Another company sending me “we’ve noticed you haven’t opened our emails in a while”, which is a weird way to let someone know you’ve been trying to track them.

(I have been opening the emails, I just have email tracking pixels blocked)

stuart, to random
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Anyway, I like my iPad Pro just the way it is.

ianRobinson, to random
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The OpenAI ChatGPT-4o voice assistant servers are overloaded this morning.

They need to throw some more of those Azure credits on the fire…

I don’t understand how they can make ChatGPT-4o free for everyone (even in a restricted way) and make enough money from other sources. API access, corporate payments, ChatGPT Plus subscriptions etc.

They are probably more interested in building market share and mind share right now. History suggests that there will be advertisements at some point.

stuart,
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@ianRobinson They'll be providing the service of generating realtime targeted advertising so every single ad you see everywhere will be specifically tailored to you.

ianRobinson, to Weather
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“What's the weather in Belfast, Northern Ireland right now? Tell me in centigrade.”

ChatGPT-4o: Currently, the weather in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is 13°C with light rain and mostly cloudy skies. The humidity is high at 94%, and there is a gentle breeze coming from the northeast at around 8 km/h.

stuart,
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@ianRobinson Do you know where it is getting realtime information from? I can't see anything in their documentation about them adding that (when you ask 3.5 is says it can't do current weather)

stuart,
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@ianRobinson Interesting. I would be a lot more interested if they can ensure that facts are sourced from an authoritative source (and maths is punted to an actual computation system) rather than doing everything based on vibes

stuart, to random
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Can’t get over how smug the GPT-4o demo people looked for having made something utterly dystopian and creepy beyond all reason. Lack of self awareness is astounding.

stuart, to random
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Well, everyone else is doing it.

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stuart,
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@nivrig did you look through your phone camera? Our eyes are useless at seeing it.

ianRobinson, to random
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Oh. I missed that Kagi now integrates with Wolfram|Alpha and that Stephen Wolfram has joined the Kagi board of advisors. I might start using it as my search engine. I wish you could set it as the default.

Does the DMA enable that in the EU? https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-wolfram

stuart,
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@ianRobinson I’m using it with their Safari extension to effectively make it the default on both Mac and iOS.

nivrig, to random
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Bastards just outlawed calling my company '); DROP TABLE COMPANIES; -- LTD.

stuart,
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@nivrig Is this “a computer code”?

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03881924

ianRobinson, to books
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, narrated by Stephen Fry, is the deal of the day for Audible UK members today. It's £2.99.

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Hitchhikers-Guide-to-the-Galaxy-Audiobook/B0093Q1NFS

stuart,
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@ianRobinson ooo, cheers for the heads up. Didn’t know Stephen had narrated HHG.

stroughtonsmith, to Warhammer
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Mentally preparing myself for the hit to the wallet tomorrow by previewing the special order prices on the NZ Games Workshop store and doing some math… 😅

Orc Shamans are living conduits to Gork and Mork, and wield great magical power, drawn not just from the Winds of Magic, but from the power of belief generated by their kin. As a result, Shamans do whatever they can to stoke the fervour of those around them by prancing, gesticulating wildly, gibbering, and chanting. The greatest of these Weirdnobs have earned the right to ride to battle atop a mighty Wyvern, a foul-smelling beast with armoured scales, powerful wings, and a venomous tail.
Trolls are hulking, dim-witted creatures, capable of adapting to nearly any environment. Stone Trolls are long-limbed brutes with rocky, cracked hides, often found wandering the slopes and passes of the Old World’s many mountain ranges. These beasts have indiscriminate appetites, and will eat anything from flesh and bone, to wood, rocks, and even scrap metal. Not surprisingly, a Troll's stomach contains potent digestive juices, which they even vomit up onto their enemies.
(More trolls!)

stuart,
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@stroughtonsmith !!! I had that orc wyvern first time round.

ianRobinson, to movies
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There are scenes alongside the first part of the credits of The Fall Guy, and there is a final scene mid credits.

stuart,
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@ianRobinson is that the whole review?

nivrig, to random
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What sort of 1Tb SSD do they put in these for £40?!

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stuart,
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@nivrig https://www.tomshardware.com/news/low-performance-external-m2-nvme-ssd-found-to-have-microsd-cards-inside

ianRobinson, to writing
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This is depressing.

No one buys books - by Elle Griffin - The Elysian

https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books

stuart,
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@ianRobinson ouch.

This bit made me smile though.

girlonthenet, to random
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My bf and I have been performing the important cultural work of ranking characters in order of hotness.

Poll in next post: did we get it right? (Comments and debate welcome)

stuart,
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@girlonthenet this needs to be worth a couple of places for Jerry.

Plus, when you see the person he is at home with his wife and kids, that devotion is hot AF.

girlonthenet, (edited ) to random
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UK millennials: if someone handed you a wooden recorder, could you play a song?

(Bonus points in comments if you can tell me which one. This Q brought to you by my confident assertion in group chat that even after 25+ years, I could still smash out Lord of the Dance)

stuart,
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@girlonthenet I can still play the song I had to solo on stage dressed in red and yellow tights as the Pied Piper in the school play (aged 11)

stuart,
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@girlonthenet That and my P1 monologue as Joseph in the nativity play.

“I am Joseph, I was there in the stable rough and cold. While the animals looked on, baby Jesus was born.”

stuart, to random
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@ianRobinson Happy Orbit Day, may you have as many again.

stuart, to random
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Going to write a browser extension that replaces the phrase “Maybe Later” with “Go fuck yourself”.

stuart,
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@ianRobinson Royal Hillsborough?

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