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ernie, to random
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Remembering the days when people pressured others to put content warnings on food.

Those were the days.

ernie, to random
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One of the best investments I made this year was paying $250 to a local coffee shop to be a member of their coffee club. They gave me a cup, and they give me free cold brews. It’s worth it.

As chains go, Panera does something similar, but it’s a monthly fee, and they have increased the price significantly since they started it.

https://slate.com/business/2024/06/coffee-shop-sales-subscriptions.html

wordsmith,
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@ernie
My local museum offers cafe discounts and freebies, for annual supporters, and they get a lot of my patronage for it! And me as their ambassador for recommendations :-)

ernie,
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@wordsmith A museum is a cool place to hang out, must say.

ernie, to random
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I’ve never willingly agreed to a browser notification over the span of more than a decade. Yet every site asks me about it.

wordsmith,
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@ernie
I did and it was on that writing.exchange Web site. But only to test something.

ernie,
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I just turned it off. We’ll see how it goes.

ernie, to random
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The company known as G/O Media no longer owns G nor O.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/go-media-sells-off-gizmodo

ernie, to random
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If I’m going to run a rumor mill, I insist that it be focused around the most random things, like an assumption that Verizon was named for Vertical Horizon.

https://tedium.co/2018/08/01/vertical-horizon-verizon-theory/

ernie, to random
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Think they’ll go for it?

monsoonrains,
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@ernie 🤣🤣🤣

monsoonrains,
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@ernie I am fucking using this next time one of those spoons writes me.

ernie, to random
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Why does it feel like all modern AI tools are built to benefit managers and executives? (Hint: They sign the checks.)

https://tedium.co/2024/06/04/ai-technology-management-focus/

new @tedium

ernie, to random
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Question: Anyone here ever built DIY speakers? (Possibly of the bookshelf variety?)

Is it worth it? Or if I went down that road, would I just be cursing myself for not buying another set of Edifiers?

janisf,
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@ernie If you decide to have a go at it, I'd love to see what you come up with! I'm a dabbler, not even a hobbyist, but I love to read what other people are doing.

ernie,
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@janisf For sure! It strikes me that it could be a fun thing to try.

ernie, to random
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This story rules. It's like an inverted Holdovers.

Imagine launching a successful consulting business based on your ability to get into as many universities as possible. This guy did it.

I want an Oscar-winning movie based on this guy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/magazine/benjamin-bolger-college-harvard-yale.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

ernie, to random
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Here’s what is happening: We are witnessing executives and managers make technology that sounds appealing to them.

Here’s the problem: Most people are not executives or managers. By nature of management, workers are trying to work.

This whole AI-clones-in-meetings subcategory exists because of this misunderstanding.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24168733/zoom-ceo-ai-clones-digital-twins-videoconferencing-decoder-interview

ernie,
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Now I should be clear, bots in meetings do have a place. As a journalist, having a Krisp or Otter bot in my Zoom meeting makes sense because they can record the audio that I can easily transcribe without thinking about it.

But bots instead of real people? Get out of here.

turgon,
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@ernie agree with most other responses but here's a take from a manager:

p much this entire interview is the ceo telling us how terrible information flow and decision making is at his company. thing is, most companies run like this. I don't want ai pretending to be me or summarizing others to me. I do need help with extremely complex scheduling, getting the right people together, using the right kind of communication, building agendas, documenting decisions, and crucially, not overloading folks

ernie, to random
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Per Plausible, udm14’s biggest referrer of traffic is now Google, which is hilarious

ernie,
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@simoncox I’m surprised that test showed any notable results, honestly, but there it is!

ernie,
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Ecosia, too, prefers udm14.org.

ernie, to random
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“YouTube made recommendations based on videos users had deleted from their watch history, which was against YouTube’s own policy.”

So you’re saying all that work I put in my highly curated watch history is all for naught?

It’s not even like the biggest thing in this mess.

https://www.404media.co/google-leak-reveals-thousands-of-privacy-incidents/

ernie, to random
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For the love of God, don’t do this.

Just because my anti-AI tool got featured on Product Hunt (something I did not do myself by the way) does not mean I want to use your AI search platform.

That’s the third rail of getting featured on Product Hunt—people will see you as a growth-hack target.

ernie, to random
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I waded through garbage to tell you a story and what do you mean you haven't read it yet

https://tedium.co/2024/06/01/daabin-bin-store-retail-ecommerce-returns/

ernie, to random
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Considering going to a bin store tomorrow just to see what it’s like, then writing about the experience. Turns out that the bin store near me is having its one-year anniversary party tomorrow.

They are already warning about traffic.

Victorsigmoid,
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@ernie Get there early if you want The Best Bins, but be prepared to fight for them.

ernie,
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@Victorsigmoid Hah that is what I’ve heard!

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