blabberlicious

StillIRise1963, 18 hours ago to random

I think Charles has the best portrait of any “royal” in history. Bloody red captures his family’s reign.

realTuckFrumper, 22 hours ago to random

Blue Origin flies thrill seekers to space, including oldest astronaut https://www.rawstory.com/blue-origin-space-flight/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

thomasfuchs, 2 days ago to random

Update: they have “temporarily” suspended my account for editing my own content.
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/112459550866031618

StillIRise1963, 2 days ago to random

What I find most disgusting is all the people who knew Diddy was abusing Cassie and others and kept their mouths shut because of money. I have no respect for that shit. It’s INDEFENSIBLE.

renwillis, 3 days ago to running

Overcast and mild out. Great day for a train run!

#running #run #Baltimore #maryland #trailrunning #nature

RickiTarr, 4 days ago to random

Wtf is happening in the world right now?!

blabberlicious, 4 days ago to news

#News: Starmer Policy Demo backfires, as his list of socialist policies proves too thin to be viewed by photographers.

#labour

kevinteljeur, 4 days ago to random

It's a beautiful day, it's bird nesting season, and all the pesticide spray guys are out! Yayyyyyyyyy

blabberlicious, 4 days ago to meta

Meta said in a statement: “This feature aims to strike the balance between protecting people from seeing nude images and educating them about the risks of sharing them, while not preventing or interrupting people’s important conversations.”

Translation:
Emperor fires tailor, after fitting session revelations.

#meta
#enshitification

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/16/meta-rescinds-job-offer-human-trafficking-expert

baldur, 5 days ago to random

“A.I. and the Silicon Valley Hype Machine”

"Given these constraints, it seems just as likely to me that generative A.I. could end up like the Roomba, the mediocre vacuum robot that does a passable job when you are home alone but not if you are expecting guests." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/opinion/artificial-intelligence-ai-openai-chatgpt-overrated-hype.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE0.SV0g.r4iVMq0NT6z7&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

thomasfuchs, 6 days ago to random

The Google IO stuff is like the death throes of the promise of the dream of an equitable and democratic Internet

kevinteljeur, 6 days ago to random

This is addressing the elephant in the room in a number of recent fatal car accidents: https://www.thejournal.ie/seatbelt-silencers-ireland-6367290-May2024/ - Mick's Garage specifically getting called out here. If you're doing less than Amazon for buyer safety, you need to take a look at yourself.

CatherineFlick, 6 days ago to random

Can someone just give me some sort of anaesthetic and wake me up when the LLM hype has fizzled out please? I don't want to have to watch everything I've said will happen actually happen (yes this is re: new OpenAI model)

blabberlicious, 8 days ago to movies

Spending more than 5 minutes making spicy YouTube takedowns about Zak Syndrr’s #RebelMoon films is like taunting clowns for their injudicious use of pies.

#Film
#badfilm

rolle, 9 days ago to fediverse

People still can’t wrap their minds around the fact that the social networks in the Fediverse do not need excessive investor money to thrive.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialWeb #ActivityPub

blabberlicious, 10 days ago to random

My dad was always a bit of a hipster.
In His 20s he rode a Penny Farthing bicycle, then, in later life, a 1939 Riley.
In his 70’s, made himself a Coracle, which he attempted to paddle on the Thames, near Chelsea Bridge. He was intercepted by a policeman.
The second voyage was more successful: in the pond outside his house, on Wandsworth Common.

He was a Dude.
I miss him.
#dad

Archive picture of a Coracle

thomasfuchs, 10 days ago to random

There's people arguing that the Apple Crush! ad is "neat" and "fun".

It's literally showing the wanton destruction of things we love and make us human. Including shots that makes you identify with the things as a viewer.

I don't understand what's wrong with people. Do they not have emotions?

blabberlicious, 11 days ago to guitar

Brief timeout from shit posting about AI to share an absolutely beautiful film about the evolution of the Spanish #Guitar. Featuring the amazing Julian Bream. The Spanish landscape is the star. I miss it so.

A glorious 3.5 hour meditation on the glory of human virtuosity.

Stick that in your iPad Apple. Oh! No room, you say?

https://youtu.be/m8PLl1Hir3ol

baldur, 11 days ago to random

“Don’t publish slop”. Everybody agrees. Every dev in sight pats each other on the back. Programmers high-five each other.

“Don’t build tools that generate slop.” The room is empty. One person left a note saying they felt personally offended by the accusation. The note was written by ChatGPT.

blabberlicious, 11 days ago to TeslaMotors

“Neuralink’s first in-human brain implant has experienced a problem, company says”

#Musk denies it, and blamed a worm for leaking false information.

craigmod, 11 days ago to random

this ipad is so thin that we had to sacrifice everything you love and destroy all the romance of the world to make it so — enjoy!

clive, 11 days ago to random

When you think of the various features of online media -- and how they've had a hand in deforming the information landscape ...

... i.e. procedural ads, algorithmically-sorted newsfeeds, etc ...

... I'm increasingly realizing there's one element that's having a big, malign effect:

Affiliate links

They're a key propellant in the modern eruption of AI-authored, grey-goo "product reviews"

You see that in this terrific Maggie Harrison Dupré piece at Futurism: https://futurism.com/advon-ai-content

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