Matt Bentley

AI desperately needs to be regulated with consumer usage banned. *some* people will get around the ban, but like DVD encryption, the vast, vast majority won't. Nothing gets better until we stop the juggernaut.

Many people have been unhappy with having long covid.
But I'm very pleased to inform you that, finally, in C++26, we will have long long covid.

This has been your C++ programming joke for this year, I will issue another in C++29.

Oh. No. All those poor sociopaths in big tech.

I feel the opposite. I learned C++ first but only liked the C aspects. It's only later in life that I'm able to appreciate the C++ extensions.
Also helps that they've started to replace some of the wonky C++ stuff (see the progression from iostream to std::format).

Most of these things used to be called 'household hints'

Up close they do look like blenders but I've always admired them and their distant relatives, the pylons.

Good day as any to delete Facebook, Instagram, and/or Threads if you have not already

The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop

futurism.com/meta-sketchy...

Pretty Cool - footsteps a bit load compared to other sfx

Sir, Uranum is a planet.
Also you're spelling it wrong.

Just discovered the Japanese Snow fairy exists and thought I would share.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/Birdsfacin...

I found rogue one terrible, personally.

Conflating the recording industry with the ai industry isn't rational.

Change a letter, ruin a band:

Stonk Temple Pilots

Under debug builds it has:

428127%/750726% faster setting/resetting of ranges of bits.

108%/85% faster left-shifting and 110%/66% right-shifting.

206%/31% faster set(position, value).

360%/132% faster operator [ ].

175%/40% faster overall in test suite benchmarks.

Some stats:
Under release (O2, AVX2) builds it has:

34652%/67612% faster setting/resetting of ranges of bits.
101%/35% faster left-shifting and 98%/22% right-shifting.
6%/204% faster set(position, value).
3%/0% faster operator [ ].
24%/20% faster overall in test suite benchmark

Quitting social media soon, because I don't want to keep a close eye on america's descent into hell anymore.

But I'll briefly post about plf::bitset(s): they have better performance in some areas, additional functionality, and a license that makes some people scream loudly.

plflib.org/bitsets.htm

Oh shit, that's not legal. Just make sure you don't cross paths with your present self.

Nononnonononononon

Love it. Looks too safe

I'm not sure that preferring Bernie Sanders over the incumbents in the Democratic party is the same thing as openly supporting MAGA. It seems to me like they'd rather have an actual left-wing government, but with the current setup, prefer the ones who'll do something about anti-trust (I sure don't)

Protonmail is pretty good and has a free account. (admittedly not very large)

It works - we've had it in NZ since the 90's (MMP).It has some issues but is light-years better in terms of representation.

Fraudulent elections?

Given recent american election, and the people who voted for the new president, I am thinking of new collective pronouns:

An 'embarrassment' of Americans?
Also, a 'mope' of Goths.
A 'creep' of politicians.
An 'enstrangement' of neurodiverse people.
And so on

How to resist the tech overlords Big tech has now made its position clear. It is on the far-right. Here's what happens next.

iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...

Great article

It is comparable, and it's the exact same principles. Good luck.

Just use libreoffice.

I suggest you look into the research around covid anti-vax movements and convincing people. the approach you're taking is proven not to work. Ciao

Good luck changing their minds then.

You may've discovered time travel within a C++ context, but can you make it safe?