vitriolix

vitriolix, 2 days ago to programming

a clock that uses it's own source code as the clock face

https://aem1k.com/qlock/

#js #javascript #webdev

jscalzi, 2 days ago to random

I am pleased to present to you day five in my very important collection of the lichens of Iceland. Once again I thank you for your rapt attention.

vitriolix, 3 days ago to Bloomscrolling

I let these volunteers stick around for some reason

#bloomscrolling #flowers #GardeningMastodon #gardening

vitriolix, 5 days ago to ai

Google's plan to #ai all the things reminds me as to how they tried to fight off Facebook with Google+

vitriolix, 7 days ago to llm

Highlighted comment ftw

#llm #slop

vitriolix, 7 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to llm

This is my kind of recipe, the basil really tips it over the edge

"Gasoline Infused Spaghetti"

https://www.dishgen.com/recipes/gasoline-infused-spaghetti-lwkoxwd2

#llm #slop #ai

mcc, 8 days ago to random

Been thinking about getting some sort of Android tablet to read comics on, but worried my preferred feature set ("rectangular screen" "rectangular means the edges of the displayable area are ninety degree angles. that's not a rectangle" "cheap, like tablets were five years ago back when you could still get tablets with rectangular screens" "preferably not Samsung") might reduce the pool of available devices to zero

sean_ae, 9 days ago to random

going thru some old folders, found this funny little oversteps outtake (12.10.08)

vitriolix, 9 days ago to random

apparently it's World Goth Day. hug your spiders, people. 🖤

samwho, 9 days ago to random

✨ I spent 3 months writing the best interactive introduction to queueing I could, and it's live now!

You can read it here: https://encore.dev/blog/queueing.

It starts off by showing what happens when you have no queue...

A screenshot from the post. It shows the first visualisation, an orange circular button on the left and a black rounded square on the right. The button is clicked, and a request travels to the black square, the server, and gets processed by slowly disappearing in a clock-like fashion.

KathyReid, 9 days ago to microsoft

Why does #Microsoft want to implement #Recall? It's not about images. It's about modelling what workers do on Windows, and then replacing them.

The most expensive part of a computer is the fallible feelings-filled unpredictable meat sack that operates it.

Google has YouTube, Google Photos, Maps, and a bucket load of search data, Google Analytics, advertising, as well as it's #GCP data (e.g. #STT transcriptions). And a bunch of data from Android services. From this data they can model speech, model videos and model advertising systems, and how humans respond to them.

But they can't model what people do on computers.

Amazon has Prime data, and a bucket load of compute. But no operating system data. They can build models based around e-commerce and advertising systems.

But they can't model what people do on computers.

Meta has waves hands enough analytics to model human behaviour in the Metaverse.

But they can't model what people do on computers.

Microsoft has GitHub.
Microsoft has LinkedIn.
Microsoft has SharePoint.
Microsoft has Teams.
Microsoft has Dynamics.
Microsoft has O365.
Microsoft has Windows telemetry data.

Microsoft can model what people do on (Windows) computers. Like fill out spreadsheets.Write emails. Synthesize web pages of research. Interact with colleagues on Teams. Create and edit documents.

Microsoft wants #MicrosoftRecall data so they can model what people do with operating systems.

Then replace them.

Imagine a CoPilot that doesn't just write buggy code. Imagine one that also does spreadsheets. That creates documents on SharePoint. That communicates with colleages on Teams. That has a customer pipeline on Dynamics.

That's what Recall is about - 360 degree surveillance of the worker, to model their functions, make them fungible, replicable - and replaceable.

vitriolix, 10 days ago (edited 10 days ago) to privacy

/me throws this into my watch queue

"Secrets in Your Data
Find out who’s using your data and what you can do about it."

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/secrets-in-your-data/

#privacy #data

tristansnell, 10 days ago to random

BREAKING: Tucker Carlson launches a show ... on Russian television.

This is not a joke or a parody.

Tucker Carlson is LITERALLY a paid Putin propagandist.

vitriolix, 10 days ago to random

value maxing buffets is so fucking american

notsle, 11 days ago to random

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rysiek, 11 days ago to random

It's so weird watching The Dropout – a TV series about Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes – while also watching OpenAI and Sam Altman happen IRL. :blobcat0_0:

Wondering who's going to play Sam Altman in the series about the implosion of OpenAI. 🤔

Meyerweb, 11 days ago to random

OpenAI stealing Scarlett’s voice for their new product after being told “no” is so perfectly on-brand, it’s almost painful. https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1252495087/openai-pulls-ai-voice-that-was-compared-to-scarlett-johansson-in-the-movie-her

vitriolix, 11 days ago to MountainBiking

awesome to see some scientific validation of what you hoped was true

NPR: "Like to bike? Your knees will thank you and you may live longer, too"

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/20/1251561467/biking-knee-pain-longevity-arthritis

#bike #biking #cycling #health

reckless1280, 11 days ago to random

Asked ChatGPT 4o to summarize my conversation with Sundar Pichai and it returned a full hallucination complete with citations to things we did not talk about at all

vitriolix, 14 days ago to random

Now we can all whip the llamas ass

"Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows.
"
https://about.winamp.com/press/article/winamp-open-source-code

#opensource #llama #winamp

mttaggart, 15 days ago to random

I feel like I'm losing my mind.

Who wants this? Seriously, who?

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-search-adds-web-filter-as-it-pivots-to-ai-focused-search-results/?utm_brand=arstechnica

wuppy, 16 days ago to random

why isn't my breadboard working

mcc, 1 month ago to random

For the last two years I've been semi-daily posting "What I'm Listening to Today" links here. Mastodon has some problems with threads containing hundreds of posts, so I re-create the thread once a year.

If you'd like to see, here's my "year two" thread: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/110266770603341546

Or, alternately, every song from year two in the least practical format possible: A 301-song, 38-hour YouTube playlist (note: video #1 contains flashing):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIjft6ja7DM_kacOW8zo2vtr-aWpTNX6

And here's the thread for "year three":