Kent Brewster

A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles Video obtained and verified by 404 Media shows a CBP official wearing Meta's AI glasses, which are capable of recording and connecting with AI. “I think it should be seen in the context of an agency t...

New from 404 Media: we've seen and verified video of a CBP agent wearing Meta's AI glasses during immigration raid in LA. Glasses capable of recording, live-streaming, Meta plans to add facial recognition. Experts deeply concerned about this tech being abused by DHS www.404media.co/a-cbp-agent-...

Correct.

All hail Luigi the Cape Buffalo!

Building Bluesky Comments for My Blog I hate disqus too much.

Here's a pretty thing from @natalie.sh: a bsky thread integrated as comments on a blog post. natalie.sh/posts/bluesk...

Wow, this takes me back to when things just worked with other things. 2007-ish. Thank you!

Even (especially) on personal projects. The older I get the more I appreciate these love letters to Future Me.

No. The Equal Rights Amendment is the 28th.

This sounds like a variation on "not all men."

Striking out, sorry!

What are you looking for?

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We told you they were going to do project 2025 and it’s 2025 and they’re doing project 2025

Vibe code is legacy code Updates and articles from the Val Town team

"It's only legacy code if you have to maintain it." #this-guy-gets-it #vibe-code

blog.val.town/vibe-code

So another Bannon?

Screenshot from The Economist, 31 Oct 2017: Despite his own misgivings—he is now 89—Mr Lehrer still has plenty of fans, with his songs covered in genres from (ironically) ukulele folk to death metal. The singer takes all this lightly. When 2 Chainz, a rapper, asked to sample “The Old Dope Peddler” in one of his tracks, Mr Lehrer was keen to help. “I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this,” he supposedly answered. “Please give my regards to Mr Chainz, or may I call him 2?”

From The Economist, 21 Oct 2017, "Who Can Replace Tom Lehrer?" Answer: nobody.

www.economist.com/prospero/201...

Correct. (And RIP, professor. We are a poorer place without you.)

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Wow, this is as empty as you're likely to ever see Waikiki Beach. #tsunami #hawaii

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Tsunami warning here. (West side, Kaua'i.) Everybody look sharp!

Yep. "The Carver."

I let a goat from my local zoo run SQL commands against prod without protection and it nuked my data

The comments: have you tried this other much smarter goat

When You're Feeling Low, Just Remember I'll Be Dead In About 15 Or 20 Years My friends, everybody has their down days, and during these long winter months it is especially easy to succumb to the doldrums and find yourself in a bit of a funk. But not to fear! I have a simple t...

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"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.

Yes. It's the Sid Vicious defense:

"I didn't do it!"
"If I did do it, I didn't mean to!"
"If I meant to, it's because she asked me to!"

He squats on a chair like he's taking a crap.

Worlds First Portable Mosquito Air Defense Detecting mosquitoes with LiDAR and eliminate them with lasers/Applicable to various scenarios | Check out 'Worlds First Portable Mosquito Air Defense' on Indiegogo.

Waaaant! www.indiegogo.com/projects/wor...

Came here to say this. If it's reef safe it doesn't burn my eyes.

OH THANK MITHRAS

It's a Murderbot Eve Miracle!!!!!!

Did u know that when we blocked assholes instead of arguing with them Bluesky was cool and awesome and fewer people saw the assholes’ posts? now u know

you are not going to convince them or make them feel bad and there’s no scoreboard

You’re just smearing shit on the camera lens

This is exactly why HAL went insane and killed all those astronauts in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Google Zero Dark Thirty U.S. advertisers are expected to spend over $25 billion on A.I.-powered search by 2029. The good news is that people are making and consuming more media than ever—even if the business itself becomes u...

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