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davew

@davew@mastodon.social

OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

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I'm writing about AI and users today, and I wanted a Scarlett Johansson image to go in the right margin and that led me to this product on Amazon.

It's a 1/6 scale plastic version of SJ's head. There are a few versions, some bigger, different color hair, etc.

They have 1/6 scale female bodies that you can put SJ's head on.

A whole industry apparently has formed around her head and body.

https://www.amazon.com/Scarlett-Johansson-European-TBLeague-Collection/dp/B0B93F76TY?th=1

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I would pay extra for cable service to have NONE of my money going to Fox News.

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It’s weird that we’re exploring an amazing new technology, but because Twitter is so disrupted, there’s no single place to report your discoveries. A pretty big handicap.

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I'm going through Battlestar Galactica for the third time. I thought it was a good time to do so because one of the major themes of the show was that the robots that the Capricans created went to war with the humans and almost but not quite wiped them out. Almost every episode was about the conflict between humans and AIs. It's a fantastic show, the acting and the writing as far beyond most TV series. I'll let you know if I figure anything out from watching the series again.

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My mother should be the voice of ChatGPT.

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Has anyone ever asked you, on the social web, what you think about something? Not a message to everyone to which you could reply, but a message specifically to you?

I try to do it when I think of it. I find you can get really interesting ideas that way sometimes. And also it's a way spreading some love around the world, because people like to be asked what they think, I've found.

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Do people understand the impact ChatGPT can have on how we control our software? No more hunting through menus among a thousand options to figure out how to do something. Just use natural human language. The UIs we've had to design and live with will be a thing of the past. Yet no one seems to be talking about this.

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A question for developers.

Has ChatGPT replaced Google (or other search engine) when you need to look up something about a development project, environment, etc.?

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If you're a developer, how much has ChatGPT or its equivalents affected the way you develop? If you have a story to share, please post a comment.

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If a baker may not be forced to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding on the basis of religious freedom, surely a woman can’t be forced to give birth.

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The Supreme Court is helping Trump the same way Pecker did. There should be a jury hearing Trump’s defense for January 6.

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I can’t wait for the UIs of settings on systems like Mac Or Android to go through the AIs. No more hunting through menus to not find the setting where you’re sure it should be.

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I absolutely abhor news sites that make you turn off your ad blocker only to reveal their paywall.

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The NYT is no more about news than the Repubs are about governing.

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I'm tired of people using the term "podcast" when I can't find it at the place where I get my podcasts.

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Please draw a sentimental picture of the inside of a. Bronx bodega.

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What software/website do you use to make transcripts for podcasts?

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What software/website do you use to make transcripts for podcasts?

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I don't know how you feel but I'm tired of people using the term "podcast" when I can't find it at the place where I get my podcasts. You'd think by now they'd drop the pretense that they're podcasts. This is something the users could fix. Because eventually the big companies will own all the podcasts just like they own all the other kinds of news.

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When I say there's more work to do, and that the model we've been using for the social web, pioneered by Twitter and before that the blogosphere, is not the right model for "working together."

What we think of as community is mostly spam.

http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html?title=workingTogether

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When you really have federation no one needs to hype it, people don't even realize it because things just work the way you expect them to.

Every time I hear "Where ever you get your podcasts," I'm reminded of how well that worked. 😀

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Where did Isaac Asimov go to high school?

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I asked meta.ai to draw a pastoral scene with sheep and dogs, birds, fish, airplanes, clams and seagoing ships in ancient England.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DAb4lj_4b54

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