You know how people have been doing those horrible crimes where they destroy datacentres?

I hope people don’t realize the same thing can be done to places like Google’s offices. But if they do, I also hope they’d be responsible enough to make sure no low/mid level employees were in the building. I bet, and this is just too sad, that the executives would be the prime targets 😔

That would be tragic. Super duper tragic.

So tragic.

Tragic.

It certainly is. If you wanna feel like you’ve rewound 10 years in the past, you gotta pony up. And even still everything feels wrong.

But in the interim, before the bubble pops, I do see the value in having no AI as a feature, especially when the immediate alternative is “go fuck yourself”.

One payment for actual slop removal, priced by devs properly to allow them somewhat equivalent revenue compared to if you were being data harvested - that’s basically the only good way to do it if we’re gonna do it.

No micro transactions and no double or triple or quadruple or quintuple or sextuple dipping on larger payments either.

When did everything become a fever dream?

It’s pretty educational actually, it goes into the history of the game and explains how there’s actually a competitive element to it and honestly it’s cool to see a big group of all ages get together and play a silly game for a bit

You’re a mind reader. And Tom Scott is some weird elevator guy.

Better yet, make sure to keep the gas tank filled at all times and the AC cranked to max so you can enjoy your drink cold, and it will last longer!

If you have an old car with loads of freon in it, you may even be able to make slushies!

I guess I’m of the mindset that even running this as a local model, it’s a waste of electricity. And the guy posted it on Github, inevitably some other fools will try it with cloud models, especially since it’s made the news. And obviously we know how bad the cloud models are.

And the difference I see between this and playing a videogame is that a videogame is doing something valuable - and yes I will argue with anyone who tells me that art and entertainment don’t hold real value - while this is just akin to running the AC when you go on vacation, it’s just wasteful no matter how I look at it.

Good time to mention,

Check out the EFF’s ‘Cover your tracks’ site.

Lots of us know about traditional tracking methods but one that doesn’t get enough attention imo is canvas fingerprinting.

Its easy to utilize countermeasures and its worth the time. Canvas fingerprinting is awful.

Actually they’re torturing humanity by wasting electricity and water which affects real people in real ways.

I know we’re not stopping foolish use of LLMs any time soon but this is very, very, very, very stupid.

Ok my answer is going to be a little disappointing, but I thought about it for a bit and here’s what I can say…

Usually I read a book or I watch a film, I don’t think I’ve ever done both for the same story. Sometimes there is no equivalent book or film, and when there is, I personally just end up choosing whatever format my gut says to try.

If I’ve imagined a universe and story in my mind (from a book), or had the experience delivered to me (in a film), I don’t want them to conflict so I just choose one. Probably because I see so many debates about this online and I’m just like, “nah I’m not getting involved”.

I’m actually probably the worst qualified person to give an opinion on that!! But I recognize I’m probably a weirdo, as I don’t even watch film trailers or read the synopsis of books before I read/watch them. I just kinda hear about it however that happens, and decide to either skip or jump in. The exception to this being non-fiction or educational stuff, then it matters a bit more.

I guess, I just wanna enjoy (or dislike) a story and leave it at that.

Sorry for the total non-answer. But now you’ve got me curious, what’s your answer? Maybe I’ll make an exception for Grandwolf319 haha

I’ll be back within a day, you’d better have your topic of conversation prepared!

I didn’t know pasta was on the lemonade stand’s menu!

Speaking of pasta, Italy has such a vibrant food culture don’t they? Speaking of Italy, wasn’t Luigi Mangione an Italian American citizen? Boy, what he did sure was a shame… But these streets, they’re just too full of criminals these days…

Lmao judging by those photos he filed a request to blur his property on Google street view. How incredibly ironic.

However I’m sure there are many photos of the street with the public toilet elsewhere if you want to see it in all its shit-covered glory.

Edit: oh perhaps I am mistaken. The Flock CEO’s name is Garret Langley, but my maps app says the address of 2588 Winslow Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30305, United States is actually Jeff’s Lemonade Shop.

I would love to go try some lemonade!

I shine bright like a diamond, but that requires sunlight

Every three letter agency can suck my tiny little cock

The article says it seems to have been an organized group. I wonder how one gets into such a group?

Like, do they just send somebody a private message on a decentralized platform with a link to some sort of encrypted messaging app or something?

Unrelated, my inbox is open to anyone wanting to just say hi!

No I am not kidding.

I want to get off Mr. Bones’ Wild Ride.