Whispertron

A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control

New awareness campaign

An incredibly dapper man in a trilby, waistcoat, and cravatte carries a furled umbrella in front of three gendarmes lounging against their service vehicle.

This immaculately turned out Parisian had better turn out to be:
a) The actual jewel thief making an unassuming getaway in the ensuing chaos.
b) The gentleman detective whom the gendarmerie grudingly brought onto the case.

The reboot of the Knights Who Say Ni! took things in a much darker direction than anyone expected.

"Each time they yield to a voice from Washington or any political pressure, each time they eliminate something that might offend some section of the community, they are creating their own body of precedent and tradition, and it will continue to pursue them."
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Bekräftat: Taco Bell öppnar i Stockholm Taco Bell etablerar sig på den svenska marknaden med sin allra första restaurang i Stockholm.

"Do you want to lose your Civ game on culture points? Because this is how you lose your Civ game on culture points."

"What do you do in the games industry?"
"I'm a Producer."
"Cool! What do you produce?"
"...video games?"
"..."
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I bought my #ifixit toolkit in 2013, thinking "There's no way I will ever use some of these bits." Well this morning I had to fix the toaster, which was held shut with tri-lobe screws. Laptops, phones, monitors, now toasters...this toolkit has paid for itself tens of dozens of times.
#righttorepair

[1980's design dissonance facial twitch]

Well, I know what I'm reinstalling this weekend...

Funeral Times | Death Notice Dr. Frederic James (Fred) MORRISON We regret to inform you of the recent death of Dr. Frederic James (Fred) MORRISON

We lost one of the genuinely good ones. 😢

I kept a hoodie that became four sizes too big, and now it's most comfortable thing to wear on lazy weekend days. Like a slightly over-engineered slanket.

Norway cabin owner snoozes as cargo ship runs aground outside | The Witness Several hours later, the massive red and green container ship was still stuck near the wooden house, waiting to be refloated.

I hope to someday be as chilled out as this Norwegian, who clearly has their priorities straight when it comes to personal time, the importance of naps, and not sweating minor inconveniences...

YouTube video by Hulu Predator: Killer of Killers | Official Trailer | Hulu

I really hope this doesn't sink the chances of a live-action Predator movie set in feudal Japan, because I want to know the back-story of whoever wielded the katana that yakuza assassin finds on the game preserve planet.

Our path here included the moment we careened past the point at which the UX was deemed to have superior shareholder value as a delivery mechanic for advertising and upsales.

Last night I finished Act 1 of Claire Obscure: Expedition 33. The emotional gut-punch of what happened had me stop playing to go do something else, because it felt churlish to just continue. Sandfall deserve the praise and success they're getting for this game. It is a game development masterpiece.

At first glance I thought the bollard had gone all the way through the cube and out the side window.

I stand by my opinion.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Steam Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies ...

Playing Clair Obscure: Expedition 33, I'm struck by how expressive the character's faces are. A lot of work went into giving each character their own facial ticks, and it pays off. Gustave's one-sided, sardonic grin conveys more nuance than any spoken line.
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Fotoladenbedienungsneidgefühl

And nothing of value was lost.

Early morning, Easter Monday. The smell of charred wood from dozens of bonfires hangs thick in the air, a testament to the pagan traditions being alive and well in northern Germany.

Logical conclusion: We must be even more polite to the AI tools and literally kill them with kindness.

I would have also accepted "Meuchelmühle", "Mördermaschiene", or "Schlachtungsgerät."
"Tötungstoaster" would have been a bit of a stretch.

A moveable type sign on which disjointed lettering of various sizes and typefaces has been used to spell out the message "Following the methane events of last week, herbivores are confined to the quarantine pens until the next venting cycle."

The problem with tech bros? If they like it, they’ll kill it Chat GPT’s Studio Ghibli AI app has left the film company powerless to prevent its art being used in propaganda

Full column here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

Ooo...lookit dis flash git, wavin' 'is potato aroun'.

A screenshot of an advertisement in a social media feed, showing a young couple holding hands on a tree-lined street, with snowy mountains in the background. The slogan is "Your future awaits: Start fresh in Canada!"

A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies!

Our capitalist society sees profit as the point of human society, and profit is most harmed by cost, and cost is most caused by labor of humans, so inevitably this will be a society that increasingly sees humans as a problem to eliminate, which is why that is how it is training its machines now.

As some of my very dear Irish friends would say: "Feck's sake g'wan an' feck off you feckin' fecker."

I also remain convinced that the only reason we got into gregorian chanting is that we actually wanted to be listening to Enigma's "Sadeness, Pt 1".