Garance A Drosehn

FWIW I've been following your social-media posts for several years now, and i appreciate the work you put into analyzing elections and the ways we could (and should) improve how they are carried out. Elections are important, and it's also important that we can trust the results of our elections.

YouTube video by developedbyed AI Fatigue is real

Here's a video from a programmer who has used AI for coding tasks for a year or so. Initially he thought it was pretty magical, and he still is very happy to use it for some kinds of tasks. But he found that using it for all coding was just burning him out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Try...

FWIW, I believe that was posted on Oct 22nd.

@joshway.bsky.social — Might this be a possibility for you?

careers.rpi.edu/en-us/job/49...

YouTube video by travelingisrael.com Before ISLAM: The JEWISH Middle East You Were Never Taught About

Here's an interesting overview of some history:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0sk...

While I won't cry too much about "some in this room going to prison", the main point he's making in this speech is that the crowd who is currently in power must move *faster* to destroy this democracy while they still have the chance. This is not good news.

YouTube video by The Telegraph Exposed: Secret BBC dossier reveals anti-Israel bias | Day 2

This looks like some interesting information uncovered wrt how the BBC covers the mideast:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdII...

YouTube video by Pivot to AI AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it

Enjoy your AI-generated news.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dOP...

... and then FOLLOW YOU HOME!!

I hadn't heard that saying before. But it works well!

My guess is that if Russia successfully occupies Ukraine, then they'll just go on to invade the next country.

YouTube video by Internet of Bugs Generative AI's Place in the History of Tech: A Contrarian View

A nicely illustrative view of how significant *current* AI is in the history of technology. Not what we're supposed to imagine as what AI will be in 100 years, but the current LLM-based AI which is what companies are actually promoting right now.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qnZ...

It's appalling what's happening in Sudan, and has been happening for a long time. It's also sad that so few people seem to care.

YouTube video by Combat Veteran News Hegseth Probably Shouldn't Have Fired All His Lawyers

You might also be interested in this recent 20-minute video which talks about Hegseth asking military commanders to sign NDA agreements:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=soQS...

This is a cool Bluesky account to follow, digging up interesting history of the etymology of various english words.

-- Just the Jokes for:
"The Grudge"
"Ghost Rider" [Rifftrax Presents]
"Dark Water" [done by Matthew J Elliott]
"House of Wax" [done by Matthew J Elliott]

and maybe:
"Paranormal Activity"

And the one which is too
terrifying for me to even
consider watching: "Cats"

So many good ones to choose from. For VoD's:
"House on Haunted Hill"
"Dark Power"
"Ghost House"
"Hillbillies in a Haunted House"
"Giant from the Unknown"
"Frankenstein's Daughter" [Bridget and Mary Jo]
"Scared to Death" [the one done by BritTrax]

YouTube video by Spec Again: Reinventing Modern Software Careers StarTrek, Compiler History. and AI "Negative Transfer" Bugs

Here are some interesting thoughts on standard programming vs the way LLM's work.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLPv...

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Final reminder: if you want any of the @Babylon5 books published by B5books.com this is your last chance before the company goes away in five days. You may also want to spread the word to any B5 fan groups that might not have already heard it so everyone has a chance.

Pretty impressive that a publishing entity could last *20 years* when it revolved around a single TV series!
(well, that plus a few movies and the start of "Crusade").

For me it depends on the toppings...

YouTube video by Anton Petrov YouTube AI Filter Is Making My Videos Dangerous To Watch

If you see many glitches in videos on youtube, those may not be the fault of the person creating and uploading the video. If you leave a comment on the video, please be descriptive in exactly what you're seeing, because the creator might not see the same issue:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HY-...

A programmer writes: ``I'm in a #github internal group for high-profile FOSS projects (due to @leaflet having a few kilo-stars), and the second most-wanted feature is "plz allow us to disable copilot reviews", with the most-wanted feature being "plz allow us to block issues/PRs made with copilot". Meanwhile, there's a grand total of zero requests for "plz put copilot in more stuff". This should be significative of the attitude of veteran coders towards #LLM creep.''

In case that link doesn't work, Unixcraft posted:

"This is the most requested feature at GitHub, but will Microsoft listen?"

nixCraft This is the most requested feature at GitHub, but will Microsoft listen?

The most wanted feature requests for github:

www.facebook.com/nixcraft/pos...

... but there's nothing to worry about here. Quoting from the article:
"Superintendent Dr. Myriam Rogers told reporters that the system worked how it was meant to."

'I don't think a chip bag should be mistaken for a gun': Student shocked by school's AI Detection mishap An AI detection system used at Kenwood High School in Baltimore County mistook student Taki Allen's chip bag for a gun.

This is the kind of dangerous event that we'll see more of as we trust more-and-more of our lives to AI:

www.wmar2news.com/news/region/...

😡

YouTube video by Dave's Garage Why the Web was Down Today - Explained by a Retired Microsoft Engineer

Here's an entertaining description of what happened with Monday's AWS failures, geared somewhat towards technical folks.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFvh...