@cstross As a fellow middle-aged cis white male, I have a theory. I've been wondering how the "ZOMG GAI is almost here" crowd sees things so differently than me. I suspect many of them, mostly cis white men, pay no attention to the actual humanity of the people around them, especially those they see as lesser/subordinate. So when they see ChatGPT as nearly human, that's because it's about as complex as their understanding of their wives, girlfriends, and employees.

The data
It has poisoned the AI
yes
YES
Nightshade is OUT

https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu
Poison future genAI training with nightshade and glaze and fight back against corporations trying to erase artists!

The absolute gall of this question. A required question, mind you.

I will likely not be getting called in for an interview, but it was totally worth it.

#jobsearch #jobhunt #capitalism

TIL if you track a package on ups.com, it will send your full tracking link including the tracking number to both Google and Facebook.

This is just "normal".

Use an ad-blocker, folks.

'Impossible' to create fabulous coat without stealing Dalmatian puppies says woman

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/08/ai-tools-chatgpt-copyrighted-material-openai

A lot has been said about Steamboat Willie entering the public domain in 2024. But also, 2024 is the year "The House at Pooh Corner" by A.A. Milne enters public domain, which is the book introducing the character Tigger.

PSA for Android users: Uninstall Simple Mobile Tools apps!

The developer of Simple Mobile Tools, an Android app suite which has been historically well respected in the FOSS space, has sold their apps to a company called ZipoApps, a company that buys apps from independent developers to add advertisements and trackers to them. I highly suggest uninstalling any of the Simple Mobile Tools apps you have on your device and looking for alternatives.

Sources: https://www.reddit.com/r/SimpleMobileTools/comments/187w64x/simple_mobile_tools_bought_by_zipoapps/

https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/General-Discussion/issues/241

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGr4H7QLVRs

Rotate Your Owl.... for Science

(remember to turn the sound on)

It is so important to preserve shockwave animations from our earlier days. so important. :)

Go @internetarchive . Please donate https://archive.org/donate

https://archive.org/details/rotate-your-owl

#unionize #nobillionaires

Around this time every year, innocent kids are told a disgusting lie.

NORAD don't track Santa with their RADAR.. The NSA track Santa over the internet because Santa accepts cookies at every house

You might have seen the new hbomberguy video, I got to contribute some sprites to it!
https://youtu.be/yDp3cB5fHXQ?si=-pJa1FU23o5O2eYe
He and his team was a pleasure to work with

Urg... cross-contamination of mushrooms is doing a number on my guts :(

Transition feels like Bilbo felt when he left his house to fight the dragon.

You've got no idea what you're doing, you're clearly the wrong person to do it, and you're surrounded by all these weird new friends who make your old friends and family very uncomfortable. And yet, you do it anyway. You're a bit uncomfortable too, about these new companions, but something draws you to them. You walk out the front door and go on the adventure of a lifetime. When you finally do come back and see some of those old friends and family again, they hardly recognize you.

As you begin to settle back into cisiety as your new self, you realize that your life will never be the same. You have an experience now that, while it piques others curiosity, few around you share. You can tell the odd story over drinks and a few will listen, some may even want an adventure if their own, but most will never understand or even care.

On the odd occasion when one of your old traveling buddies shows up for a visit, you stay up all night talking and have the time of your life. Drinks are shared and stories aplenty. There's a bond there that's stronger than blood. You really don't care that your friends and neighbors look at them funny as they enter and leave your house. None of them get it anyway.

That is transition.