tatiana

gentle data reminder, from a paywalled article in the financial times about airbnb expanding to hotels :

Airbnb’s [head of hotels, Jesse] Stein said as well as its competitive fee structure, hotel owners would gravitate to the platform because of its pool of “young and affluent consumers” and the “insane amount of data” it held on users’ preferences.

insane amounts of data. that's what we're providing these companies with, in their own words. sure, ai is stealing some, but we're shoveling the bulk of it into the borg with our own hands

at bank. bank employee : we need to do a 2fa thing in the app
me : ok
(text comes in)
banker : what's it say ?
me : it says you will never ask me for this code. are you asking me for the code ?
banker : um, yes

once upon a time somebody had concerns about a #GSoC proposal to #MusicBrainz and whether they were going to be receptive to a flood of vibe-coded edits to the database.

i just saw that they have published a very clear statement. fwiw. emphasis theirs

We discourage the use of AI tools in communications and contributions.

The goal of GSoC is for you to learn and improve your skills, not just to finish your project at any cost. However, if you do use any AI or LLMs, you must disclose their use in your PRs and/or conversations with your mentor. Additionally, you must fully understand and be able to explain any AI-generated code you submit. Any undisclosed use of AI or Large Language Models, or inability to explain AI-generated contributions, will be grounds for instant disqualification.

https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Development/Summer_of_Code/Getting_started#Getting_feedback

current sticker condition

c.a.t.™ — cats against tins
wet food should be free

month, you say ? well. this month was all over the map

#ListenBrainz

$ yes no

when the perfect post for blocking reply guys shows up, but you only get two new blocks from it

in my ire at hugo, i started toying with #eleventy / #11ty. luckily, i didn't burn too much time on it before discovering that it was recently bought by font awesome and rebranded as 'build awesome' ( ! :neofox_facepalm: )

i can (just) suspend judgement on being taken commercial, but a name change like that tells me everything i need to know