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@futurebird@sauropods.win I'm fascinated when someone who works for a targeted ad platform enthusiastically insists that people want to see ads related to their interests. In the few states that ban roadside billboards, these would be people demanding to see multiple large signs about what's ahead. (Spoiler: They don't. Banning billboards has proved wildly popular in Vermont every time it's polled.)

@futurebird@sauropods.win it could have been anyone

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Proposed on Reddit a year ago https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/1o7gia8/wouldnt_ultimate_hack_against_ice_just_be_wearing/

@fesshole@mastodon.social This is a terrible state of affairs. You simply cannot keep paying consultants £100k to prove someone important wrong. I'll do it for £50k.

@ubernostrum@infosec.exchange One of their points is that the contributor must own the code they contribute (i.e., have copyright over it), and they rightly point out that machine-generated code cannot be copyrighted.

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social after the dark lord was overthrown, it became less of a big deal. Now, it's paved, well-lit with signs directing you to the Gollum Leap photo spot. You can get a One Ring or a lembas sandwich at the gift shop. It's great with the kids.

@fesshole@mastodon.social My dude, it's not trains that she's into; she thinks you're the one.

@fesshole@mastodon.social You finally have enough to build monumental staple crafts. Your time has come. https://youtube.com/shorts/uAdAHpkH3lM

@sbourne@mastodon.social @joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social college professor in US government noted that environmentalists were conservatives (conversationist = conservative) until the Reagan administration, when Secretary of Interior Watt coined the term "radical environmentalist".

@futurebird I love that this visual has probably been funny throughout history since sausage was invented ~5,000 years ago

@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social Well that's just great. My google drive is already full, for crying out loud!

@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social No more insta-convert PowerPoint to PDF for you, MS employees!

@witix still searching in vain for a framed "I'm sorry, but I cannot fulfill this request" sign

@futurebird@sauropods.win @pluralistic@mamot.fr That reminds me: I need to block the Windows GDID telemetry on one of the last Windows machines in the house. Microsoft can track your activity online with it, even through a VPN.

@fesshole@mastodon.social I like granting wishes (and twisting things a bit) as much as the next genie. But if you're going to suck all the fun out of it, I'll stay in my lamp!

@PeachMcD @markhurst @pluralistic likewise the cheesecake is delivered ready to eat to the Cheesecake Factory and is probably the same cheesecake as at other area restaurants

@futurebird@sauropods.win @jredlund@social.linux.pizza in Trump voice: "...and I want Lady Liberty on top! With wings! And in gold!"

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social quantum wave function collapse: It isn't what it is until you measure it

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange It's been 44 years. Who's still.waiting for the right time to see it?

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social Bonus: He also released documents that show Russia tried to help him win in 2020

@mistersql@mastodon.social @b0rk@social.jvns.ca I got the mixed feelings. I just used Kiro Dev to build a PlayWright test suite for a new feature, but it didn't go completely smooth. The tests didn't run clean at first. And after they did run clean, they still didn't completely test the cases--some tests passed that should have failed. I still think it net saved me time over starting from scratch myself, but that is not always the case using AI.

@futurebird@sauropods.win Did they ever really stop going at it?

@agowa338@chaos.social @stephaniewalter@front-end.social because purple = red + blue, and brown = red + blue + yellow, at least for the purpose of this system

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social You're not wrong. Art is a product of human creativity. Machine-created works cannot be art and, among other things, cannot be protected by copyright, even if they resemble actual art.

@pluralistic Gretacene - term (coined by @pluralistic last month) for the large scale shift to renewables. "Greta" refers to climate activist Greta Thurnberg.

@bruces Original https://teybannerman.com/strategy/2026/03/31/how-many-microsoft-copilot-are-there.html

@warrenkc@social.vivaldi.net @VoltPaperScissors@chaos.social They seem to be out of stock.everywhere. Maybe discontinued or replaced since introduced around 2014. Search for: Aeromax Bump N Bots No Fall Wind Up Robot

@VoltPaperScissors@chaos.social Now do the Sunbeam Radiant Control Toaster that measures actual doneness mechanically

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social I can barely afford to be aro

@girlonthenet@mastodon.social I tried an automatic soap dispenser for the same purpose. It worked, but... it was noisy. I knocked it over in the dark. I had to keep waving my hand under it to get more. The batteries went dead at the least convenient time. A good pump bottle is quiet, reliable, and dispenses as fast as you want. Just right.

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Over twice the size of Manhattan. Nearly.the size of Washington DC.

@hans_zelf@mas.to @atrupar@journa.host He read 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 in a pre-recorded video for that "America Reads the Bible" event last month. Interesting choice, considering he read it as "Two Corinthians" at a speech to Liberty University in 2016.

@atrupar@journa.host It would be a surprise indeed if Donald Trump had a better understanding of the Bible than anyone attending Sunday school

@pluralistic I sure do! Just getting to the part that explains it way better than me.

@ilumium@eupolicy.social I wonder what the pitch would be for the Torment Nexus

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social Hawking concluded that time travel must be impossible. What he should have concluded is that everyone in the future already knows Stephen Hawking throws lousy parties.

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Trump loves firsts. Now he's the first convicted felon on US currency

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social It's Two Corinthians all over again!

@futurebird@sauropods.win @doomsdayrs@cyberpunk.lol That's what Kagi provides on plans ranging $0-$25/month. How does Kagi do it? They use Google's search API to retrieve results.

@MLE_online@social.afront.org @ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world That's about right. Some advice I liked: Treat AI chatbots as competent, but untrusted assistants.

@AnarchistArt@mastodon.social Mormons (along with many others in the 18th century) believe Native Americans are descendants of a long lost tribe of Israel, with distant historical land rights that must be restored.

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social quadcycle https://parbikes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sprint-deluxe-black-no-flag-600x531.jpg

@futurebird@sauropods.win @doomsdayrs@cyberpunk.lol Proton offers paid accounts with private, relevant search combined with AI in their Lumo AI assistant. The subscription includes encrypted email, cloud storage, calendar, documents, password keeper, wallet, and VPN service. (Disclosure: I have a Proton subscription)

@LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social If different people are submitting the same bug over and over, maybe there aren't enough bugs to satisfy the bug hunters. That is a relatively good problem to have.

@timkmak@journa.host Why a poster in English? Who is that for?

@briankrebs@infosec.exchange @roadskater@mastodon.social 10 Things I Hate About You ...?

@lowqualityfacts corn maze rules ban this practice, and you can get kicked out for cheating, which would at least get you out if lost.

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social Especially low quality, because wolf packs don't have alpha males or females. That myth was based on research of wolves in captivity. In the wild, wolf packs are just families. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-alpha-wolf-idea-a-myth/