virtualbri

virtualbri, 11 hours ago to ai

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/17/openai-superalignment-sutskever-leike.html

::whispers:: because they never cared about long term risks of AI in the first place

#AI

virtualbri, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/star-trek/107247/Star-Trek-Tricorder-2260s-BlueBrixx-Pro

Woah, how cool is this BlueBrixx TOS tricorder?

#StarTrek

virtualbri, 1 day ago to StarTrek

Nice to see Disco cracking the top 10 of original streaming shows. I like to think the powers that be pay attention to that.

#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery

virtualbri, 2 days ago to StarTrek

https://www.goldderby.com/feature/jason-zimmerman-star-trek-visuall-effects-supervisor-video-interview-1205829545/

My boss is awesome, and I work with such amazing people.

#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds

virtualbri, 2 days ago to random

As bad as the last ones have been just from a format and neutrality standpoint, regardless of the personalities involved: Do we really want Biden/Trump debates?

Still say they're not going to happen. But I don't think we should even bother with the circus. I think we're pretty good on where each stand policy-wise.

#USPol

virtualbri, 3 days ago to random

Regarding the last RT of Google's I/O event: I do take exception to the idea that this is getting us towards the future of the Star Trek computer, as the "Library Computer Access and Retrieval System" is providing facts, not hallucinations of answers. If it doesn't have the data on a thing, it tells you.

You never had the feeling it was trying to think for you. It was just looking things up quickly. As it should be.

virtualbri, 3 days ago to random

https://apnews.com/article/boeing-justice-department-737-max-82145b25ed988cd8cae0bce3de79ce9d

Some bodies need to go to jail....

#Boeing #Fraud

virtualbri, 3 days ago to scifi

https://youtu.be/RU1QyAYa60g

Any sci-fi trying to do something different gets my attention. Francis Ford Coppola self-financing his story for sure gets my attention.

I'm intrigued.

#Scifi #movies

virtualbri, 5 days ago to Disney

https://apple.news/Agq8fUgxgRcW-zpydBm4pLA

Woah, $20M an episode for Willow. I can think of some other shows that wished they had that budget.

#Disney #Streaming #Fantasy

virtualbri, 6 days ago to hulu

"The Contestant" on Hulu, about the guy who spent a over a year in an empty room surviving on only what he could win in magazine contests, is quite good.

Has actually a few turns I wasn't expecting, which is lovely, because it could be a complete downer.

#Hulu #Documentaries #Streaming

virtualbri, 6 days ago to random

I think if you live in a house where one big wall of a room is completely empty, without a picture on it or a poster, or a piece of furniture up against it, you should know you are in a horror film.

virtualbri, 9 days ago to fantasy

“The Hunt for Golum”? Of all LOTR, people want more Golum stories, WBD?

#fantasy #movies #lotr

virtualbri, 9 days ago to apple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjkwIXWtrc

I don't...just no Apple. This is not the iPad take you want to be known for.

Destroying all these mostly tactile experiences for a tiny screen?

I love my iPad, but no....

#Apple #IPad #Advertisements

virtualbri, 10 days ago to ukteachers

https://wapo.st/3yaAWQJ

Anything to attack schools so they can mold them into their conservative-generating wastelands.

Believe it or not, antisemitism isn't the biggest problem with k-12 schools. No Congressional action on any of those things, except to make them worse.

#Education #USPol

virtualbri, 10 days ago to california

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-30/monthly-payments-of-1-000-could-get-thousands-of-homeless-people-off-the-streets-researchers-say

“Cash subsidies provide more flexible housing support at a lower cost. The
current dominant model entails considerable overhead to pay for
government employees and contractors to manage relationships between
landlords and people in need."

#California #UnhousedPeople #Economics

virtualbri, 10 days ago to Horror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuON7HH0UkQ

Dang this looks good. Dan Stevens makes every project he's in a little better

#Cuckoo #Horror #Movies

virtualbri, 11 days ago to ukteachers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEJ4hkpQW8E

Normally I'm not a fan of TED Talks, but this is a barn burner.

#Inequality #Education

virtualbri, 11 days ago to random

Software locking the performance of your car is shitty. Especially if you only offer the upgrade much later.

virtualbri, 16 days ago to random

First LinkedIn catfishing attempts, and they all came in on the same day. Weird.

virtualbri, 16 days ago to books

Trying to get through the audiobook of "Titus Groan."

Someone told me a lot of the Locked Tomb series owed a debt to the Gormenghast Trilogy.

And I know it's on some 100 best fantasy books of all time, but it's not doing it for me. What am I missing?

#Books #Fantasy

virtualbri, 16 days ago to StarTrek

I hope Avery Brooks knows how appreciated he is by #StarTrek fans.

#StarTrekDS9

virtualbri, 17 days ago to journalism

If a group shows up specifically to attack other in the middle of the night, it's not a "clash of protestors", it's an unprovoked attack.

Journalists should cover accordingly. Because words matter

#UCLA #Journalism #Protests

virtualbri, 16 days ago to random

https://dailybruin.com/2024/05/01/pro-israel-counter-protesters-attempt-to-storm-encampment-sparking-violence

"Pro-Israel counter-protesters attempt to storm encampment, sparking violence" See, even students can get this right.

"There has been a minimal police presence on campus despite multiple events of counter-protesters antagonizing the encampment since Thursday."

#UCLA #Protests

virtualbri, 17 days ago to TeslaMotors

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/

Hahahah, and the stock went up when he mentioned the cheap version of the Tesla was happening and there'd be robotaxis.

You suckers.

#EV #Tesla #Rubes

virtualbri, 19 days ago to blender

It's cute all you Blender users making videos with your one or two N-tabs on the side.

Mine's looking like teen's web browser with a million tabs I now need another plug in* to organize and clean up.

This UI sometimes...sigh.

#Blender #3D #UI