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Introverts. We care a lot… at a distance.

A lack of specificity in your prompt means the robots will hallucinate, and there is no telling what is a productive hallucination versus a damaging one. Don’t trust robots.

They tear down what they don’t understand.

Nerds notice patterns because patterns are more comforting than chaos.

Fun with Robots. Had a tech support chat with Dell to triage a failed Alienware PC. I kept posting the transcript in ChatGPT so the robots could tell me what tech support was going to ask next so I could perform the task before they asked.

Nearly 90,000 join Seattle’s ‘No Kings’ march Rep. Pramila Jayapal called the moment a test of whether America can keep its republic.

1/ We need to have a chat about Seattle Police and how they're handling the No Kings protests. They've been really… good. It's a marked departure in both tone and tactics from SPD's approach to protests in the past, and I think it could be a model for police forces nationwide.
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Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

No kings Chicago

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago

The robots think I’m right (I’m not — often), are optimized for the current conversation (rather than the big picture), and don’t know when they are guessing.

Today. When you have thirty minutes. Empty, completely empty your backpack or bag on the table in front of you. Throw away what you do not need.

Today. When you have thirty minutes. Empty, completely empty your backpack or bag on the table in front of you. Throw away what you do not need.

Sometimes I just start writing to see what shows up.

WoW: Midnight Is Killing Part Of The Game Before It's Ready Blizzard's intentions are good, but its approach has been anything but.

Weirdly, I think this is mostly good news: www.gamespot.com/articles/wow...

If you don’t know your job level or your company’s promotion process, you have a problem: randsinrepose.com/archives/so-...

GitHub - steveyegge/beads: Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent. Contribute to steveyegge/beads development by creating an account on GitHub.

Beads is a lightweight memory system for coding agents, using a graph-based issue tracker: github.com/steveyegge/b...

Zoomquilt The infinitely zooming image.

WhoooooooooooooooooaooaooaaaaaaAAaa: zzz.zoomquilt.org

Saying "No" actually means you get to do more.

Welp, looks like I'm looking for an invite code to Sora.

After three hours, a ten-second YouTube video solved the problem. The punchline: I chewed ChatGPT out for 15 minutes… like it mattered.

I was doing a tricky operating system reinstall on a Mac Studio. ChatGPT was synchophantically helpful and did point me at some useful tools, but also led me in the completely wrong direction twice regarding specifics of how to install on a Mac Studio.

On my list of annoying engineering quirks, "Fails to ask for help" is close to the top. I speak as one afflicted.

The Plane on the Crane If you want to teach a Californian kid about cold, have him fly out to New York in January. Have him pack poorly and then have him walk out of JFK airport at 3pm with aforementioned poor packing, and ...

Act thoughtfully when disaster strikes: randsinrepose.com/archives/the...

The difference between a short attention span and focus is pancakes.

Market continues to rise on reports US Government will remain shut down.

It is truly remarkable software. I don't say that lightly.

iMazing | iPhone, iPad & iPod Manager for Mac & PC iMazing lets you transfer music, files, messages, apps and more from any iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer, Mac or PC. Manage and backup your iOS device simply without iTunes. (was DiskAid)

If you're doing data stuff with your iPhone, this is an app you might not have heard of, but you absolutely need. imazing.com

iMazing | iPhone, iPad & iPod Manager for Mac & PC iMazing lets you transfer music, files, messages, apps and more from any iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a computer, Mac or PC. Manage and backup your iOS device simply without iTunes. (was DiskAid)

It has been a long time since my first impression of a Mac application has been as positive as when using iMazing. It's a goofy name, but a seriously well-designed application that gives you great confidence that it can get the job done.

Ambiguity. It’s… you know.