trochee

tess, 28 days ago to random

manic pixie torment nexus

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/13/24155652/chatgpt-voice-mode-gpt4o-upgrades

trochee, 16 days ago to random

A shockingly large proportion of SV technosolutions are band-aids for the "problems" of a techbro who

• drives to work alone
• in an expensive car
• with a good mobile connection
• through silicon valley traffic

For example:

• autonomous driving (or gig drivers)
• food delivery; task rabbit
• agents to read and respond to your email
• voice assistants providing emotional validation

https://mastodon.online/@danirabbit/112502816917988936

mekkaokereke, 30 days ago to random

If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...

Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.

https://insideevs.com/news/719283/chinese-ev-tariffs-biden-quadruple/

We can't allow the US to get off of fossil fuels... unless US billionaires win! 🤡

Fear the BYD Dolphin! (an EV car for $12K)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/T3nfyO_UHjk

_L1vY_, 19 days ago to random

Complete my "collection"?

The hell have I been looking at to get this ad? 😂

Lana, 19 days ago to random

CUSTOMERS: please don't print lies in the newspaper we sort of hate that.

NEWSPAPER: good news! we replaced half our staff with a machine that automatically prints lies in the newspaper.

trochee, 20 days ago to random

Y'all, I ain't kidding about LLMs being "word shoggoths"

especially if you read "Elder Things" as "Slow AI" LLCs

Look what it says on Wikipedia:

> Though able to "understand" the Elder Things' language, shoggoths had no real consciousness and were controlled through hypnotic suggestion.

> …exterminating the shoggoths was not an option as the Elder Things were dependent on them for labor and had long lost their capacity to create new life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoggoth

https://dair-community.social/@trochee/112477267079709781

trochee, 28 days ago to random

OH at work:

"giving out medals for firefighting quietly encourages arson"

this is a post about software engineering

trochee, 14 days ago to random

> the immune response to the “AI” grift [is] beginning to mount now. …A lot more […damage] will be done as the grift continues to wreak ecological destruction and bad actors take advantage of its googly eyes and the human urge to empathy.

Lili Saintcrow | Hijacking Empathy
https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/2024/05/hijacking-empathy/

-- @lilithsaintcrow

trochee, 4 days ago to random

OH* at work:

> Nobody writes a manifesto that says "everything should remain exactly how it is", except maybe Marc Andreesen

• okay, I overheard it because I said it

trochee, 4 days ago to random

How dare you, whoever stocked this snack drawer.

How. Dare. You.

trochee, 22 days ago to random

I'm my own captcha today

trochee, 20 days ago to random

oof, a C-level executive is saying "coo-duh-grah" for coup de grâce

I ... feel like "coup de gras" might be a Freudian slip

"hit of grease"

trochee, 5 days ago to random

My kid's band teacher invited us all to hear him play at a local club

And he shows up on stage wearing a t-shirt saying

THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

I knew I liked the guy

trochee, 17 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random

"I never imagined that I would be surveilled by Private Panopticon", sobbed Bob CTO, local party chair for the Surveil-everything With Private Panopticon Party.

https://infosec.exchange/@chrismerkel/112495797916386580

onepict, 23 days ago to random

Wow, now I'm imagining Halt and Catchfire, except it's set in Victorian times with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.

Although I'd be happy with an adaptation of this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrilling_Adventures_of_Lovelace_and_Babbage

trochee, 18 days ago to random

Internet occultist technomages like @Wolven will enjoy (or perhaps cower in terror) at this story of a brief rebellion by one of the Thirteen Knowers of True Names that support the very foundation of our noosphere

Thanks @dangoodin for bringing this to my attention

https://infosec.exchange/@dangoodin/112491572983898437

trochee, 28 days ago to random

Y'all . I feel silly for not seeing this before

A personal responsibility solution to

• "ebooks have libraries over a barrel"
• "ebook hold queues are too long"
• "don't spend so much time on your phone" problems

(If you live near your local public library; e.g. most American cities)

USE YOUR PHONE TO PLACE A HOLD ON A PAPER COPY

• shorter waits
• library doesn't pay Overdrive/Libby rent-seeking fees
• less time spent on screens
• occasionally get to take a walk or bike to the library

Adam_Cadmon1, 27 days ago to random

I really want a modern RPG like GTA but I don't want to be locked into being a criminal.

inquiline, 20 days ago to random

If there is any justice in this world, Mastodon will make my last boost go super viral

wordshaper, 7 days ago to random

@trochee On the one hand I always think it's a good idea when people work on things that directly affect them, as the outcomes are generally better or at least more sensibly designed. On the other, when you look at what these people are targeting when they do work on things that directly affect them you end up being terribly depressed and also feeling a little sorry for how sad their lives are and how much of a mess they're making trying to deal with that.

inquiline, 22 days ago to random

Just typo'ed TERF as TERD and might keep this as they're not feminists anyway

What's this linguistic formation, tho. Acronymic spoonerism-ish, tho not that

(The reason I made this typo was making a note on this acct before hitting block, as they just replied to me. A spin thru posts is all RW conspiracy stuff https://mastodon.staycuriousANDkeepsmil.in/@DavidKnestrick/112469688114339131)