Teenage #trans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conference
People too deep into ‘hustle culture’ (aka scamming others) just love generative AI: «How ChatGPT nearly destroyed my wedding day» https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/12/how-chatgpt-nearly-destroyed-my-wedding-day-guest-post-by-tracy-chou/
If you ever doubt that billionaires are completely alien compared to the other 99.9999% of us, remember that out of the ~400 tech billionaires out there, not a single one has stepped up with their pocket change to make a life-changing donation to the Internet Archive or the now defunct Living Computers Museum.
Out of 400 supposed techies, not a single one has an interest in data preservation or retro computing??
Clearly they have no passion for technology (if anything) beyond a means of further wealth accumulation, having more in common with the dragons of yore, sitting upon a hoard of gold and demanding further human sacrifice while giving nothing in return.
@JoshJers That is my experience too. What was stunning about Google when it launched wasn't its speed but its ability to find the answer you needed. I stopped bookmarking sites in my browser as I was confident I could find websites if I needed them again.
The results now are so unhelpful I have gone back to bookmarking and avoid using Google.
One thing that I was trying to describe to the 15-year-old is that, when I was in college, google worked *so well* to find basically exactly what you were searching for that there was a site called "Let Me Google That For You" where you could snarkily send someone their question back and they'd see it animate the process of typing their question into google, then get the search results and bam, there's the answer to their question
I would *never* consider doing that now because almost never is the first hit the actual thing you want (and, honestly, it's getting rarer that it's top 10)
i have tooted this image before but it is just so funny that i have come around to respecting it. now i think every paper should include an egregious diagram
from https://www-old.cs.utah.edu/plt/publications/pldi04-ff.pdf
reasonably sure these were once fire doors, but they're propped open, the closer is half-removed, and the rating plates are painted over!
If you happen not to be an infosec person, and would just like some advice on how to not get phished, here's one simple non-technical rule that will help:
👉 If you got a message that demands immediate action of you and is making you feel stressed – take a short break.
Deep breaths, make some tea, take a short walk.
Whatever it is, it almost certainly can wait a few minutes. And a few minutes might just be what it takes for you to figure out it's a scam, or ask someone's opinion.
Trans woman, bisexual, someone's fiancée, forever a programmer, poly, and former total mess