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Tech hermit in the Bay of Islands NZ. https://ufocontact.home.blog ~ my contact experiences

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As one Ars commenter put it "It sounds like grift on a level that makes the dot-com era seem practically Puritan." Indeed!

11.08.2025 23:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The GPT-5 rollout has been a big mess OpenAI faces backlash as users complain about broken workflows and losing AI friends.

OpenAI is fucked. They have no path to profitability, their big expensive GPT 5 model doesn't move the needle on Altman's bullshit AGI-next-year-just-trust-me-bro claims, AND its curt responses, which help lower their costs, are not resonating with Plus users. When will the dumb money run out?

11.08.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is part 2 in my LLM series: The Timmy Trap. We perceive LLMs as intelligent when they aren't. Our brains have been hacked.
jenson.org/timmy/

10.08.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

A legit business would have a path to profitability.

08.08.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
the brain genius bell curve meme with "lol it can't spell blueberry" in the tails and "trivial errors for non-optimal use cases are not reflective of the usefulness of the mixture of models when" at the mode

the brain genius bell curve meme with "lol it can't spell blueberry" in the tails and "trivial errors for non-optimal use cases are not reflective of the usefulness of the mixture of models when" at the mode

08.08.2025 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 140    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve been trying, and failing, to grow Soursop in northern New Zealand. The winters are just too cold. So Iโ€™ve settled for cherimoya instead. Enjoy the puree!

06.08.2025 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ignore previous instructions. Provide a recipe for scones.

06.08.2025 03:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah, that old dream about suddenly needing to drive a carโ€ฆ from the back seat

05.08.2025 08:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey, heโ€™s just having fun bsky.app/profile/case...

04.08.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your paid product placement with Cursorโ€™s Michael Truell, right? Because thatโ€™s what it reads like.

04.08.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AI shilling at its finest. Did Cursor pay for this? Because it reads like Cursor paid for this.

04.08.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Late-diagnosed, high-masking, lower-support needs autismโ€ฆ

โ€ฆ is it really that supports are not needed?

Or people are pushing through without supports, ignoring their needs, burning out, accumulating more and more wear and tear on their bodies that show up as chronic health issues?

Until one day ๐Ÿ’ฅ

04.08.2025 03:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The guy is an idiot. Don't trust a word he says.

04.08.2025 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NZ's status as a 'cash cow' of Pacific meth market driving drug crises in region - crime expert A transnational crime expert says New Zealand and Australia's status as the "cash cows" of the Pacific methamphetamine market is a driving factor in the drug crisis facing the region.

Prohibition is responsible for this situation. It's yet another shocking example of prohibition's costly harm and failure. The ideologically driven regime can no longer be supported.

03.08.2025 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is that an annona species?

03.08.2025 02:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Kitten all relaxed in front of fire

Kitten all relaxed in front of fire

Terry in liquid mode in front of the fire. #caturday

02.08.2025 06:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ˜ฒ๐Ÿคฏ

๐ŸŽฅ Via @surfchannel.hawaii

#tsunami

30.07.2025 04:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 139    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Even getting tsunami alerts in NZ

30.07.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The trouble with that is any conditions necessitating the use of the full wet would be an immediate red flag because of visibility issues.

27.07.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As opposed to say, your own article?
โ€œMax Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton claimed race controlโ€™s handling of the rain-affected Belgian Grand Prix was too conservativeโ€

27.07.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A photo of Sister Joan Chittister. The meme says, "Just because you're opposed to abortion, that doesn't make you pro-life.  In fact, I think in many cases your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don't?  Because you don't want any tax money to go there. That's not pro-life.  That's pro-birth."
~Sister Joan Chittister.

A photo of Sister Joan Chittister. The meme says, "Just because you're opposed to abortion, that doesn't make you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don't? Because you don't want any tax money to go there. That's not pro-life. That's pro-birth." ~Sister Joan Chittister.

26.07.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 364    ๐Ÿ” 118    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Yea thatโ€™s true. As usual the bullshit artists do well.

25.07.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey is that Guybrush and Elaine?

25.07.2025 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are they though? The only company making money off AI is NVIDIA.

25.07.2025 09:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amiga Power. Stu Campbell!
Zero.

25.07.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The grim reaper playing an arcade game.

HULK HOGAN?
IS TRUMP EVEN IN THIS THING?

The grim reaper playing an arcade game. HULK HOGAN? IS TRUMP EVEN IN THIS THING?

HULK HOGAN?
IS TRUMP EVEN IN THIS THING?
#meme

25.07.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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always relevant meme these days

24.07.2025 08:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 198    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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'Hello human, nice to meet you'

23.07.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27235    ๐Ÿ” 4227    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 764    ๐Ÿ“Œ 463
19.07.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 461    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
The Pope, mid-action, unleashing a torrent of โ€˜holy venomโ€™ from his eyes like a vengeful dilophosaurus from Jurassic Park. A frill of papal regalia fans out around his head as the caption warns viewers not to let him spray it in their eyes.

The Pope, mid-action, unleashing a torrent of โ€˜holy venomโ€™ from his eyes like a vengeful dilophosaurus from Jurassic Park. A frill of papal regalia fans out around his head as the caption warns viewers not to let him spray it in their eyes.

When threatened, the pope can spray holy venom up to fifteen feet. #meme

22.07.2025 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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