Andy Konecny

Happy Buy Nothing Day!
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So Smegging obvious.
Like any tool, has its place, but would you replace your hand with a hammer as some AI fanatics are effectively and cluelessly pushing for.

Oh, the wishful thinking of the punch line.
But I suspect the object is still too costly even at that price, sigh.

This is how to get anyone to actually think, and not just blindly trust. A worthwhile exercise for everyone, so worth giving it a try.

A Few Notes On Psychic Self-Defense It’s a longstanding custom on this blog that whenever there are five Wednesdays in a month, the commentariat gets to nominate and vote on the subject I’ll discuss in the fifth Wednesday post. This …

Are you your own person, or just someone else's meat robot? Mental paths to self-control can help you really be your own person, rather than the illusion of one.
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If you haven't already, read up on Cory Doctorow's rants on Enshittification of the internet.

I usually only get one from The Epoch Times, but certainly many other similar style suspicious click baity 'news', 'retirement planning', and even bursts of dating older women sites. Not so much that they are evil, but trying to milk money out of us all, as the cost of the service. <sign>

"Reproducing by Invisible Mind Spores" So going to use and spread that spore.

For the most part, AI is just AutoMangle taken to extremes, in how to brainwash you with their automated Correctness think tools.
If I can't just ask it to assist when I want it, but it rather intrudes all the time, then it gets carved out entirely just like any other Clippy.

It's on by default. Go turn it off.

It's also good to check what other apps are connected and disconnect unused ones while you're there too.

Yet another reason why I don't use Micro$oft's Office, especially when there are other options. LibreOffice is my choice.

Need to get those kids some "3D printed" Save buttons to show how good those printers were 30 years ago.

Automangle is what I call it, yell at it, disable it if at all possible or avoid the thing that forces what I am trying to type.

Nice having a spouse I don't need to explain this too. We both keep adding to our reading beyond life expectancy.

The dates don't line up. More likely it was the prerelease of Chainmail they were playing

There is a very strong feeling in many quarters of White manhood being being delegated to the gulag of society by other whites, and are insisting on their place as fair partners in society. Capitalization inspired by nyt.

Interesting that a notable Socialist Party of ~100 years ago is considered (pushed on us) as far-right by today's socialists.

When profession and pleasure intersect. That all forms of automation have their own cost to maintain. www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-04-17

Sigh, when extremists collide. At least this one appeared to want to truly debate the points, but such debate was likely what targeted him. Would have loved to debate him on options to make a safer place for us all. A bit hypocritical that it was a firearm used on him, just a bit.

Starting with ones own rhetoric is a good spot, only insisting on the "Other" tone theirs down is a blind spot. All politicians spout at least some rhetoric, and the voter choose which rhetoric to put in power.

I think she'd do wonderfully touring, with such creative discovery of the critters' inner souls.

For some reason, this brings @howardtayler.bsky.social to mind with the pants cracks he's made over the years.

Attacking all the boat people of any economic standing

Who is/are the yarn snob(s)? Said my wife, who resembles the question as well, after she noticed the cute pose and outfit.

Names have power, and even an honest effort to pronounce them correctly goes a long way for the speaker.

This is why we have laser printers at home. Leave the occasional colour needs to the print shops

A phrase to describe AI/LLMs “auto-complete on steroids”. I feel the same about them, as I do auto-mangle that I turn off as fast as I can when ever find it, or a spell checker has slid to that dark side.

Rubenerd: Boring tech is mature, not old Talking about my description of tech as “boring” to be a compliment, and how to think about it.

Loving boring (stable) vs exciting (frequent outages) rubenerd.com/boring-tech-...

That thing many of us do as we are figuring it out. Missing is the audio stream of gears grinding

I've been known to go to a few. Many Ad Astras, Maple Con a few times. Even a pair of WorldCons