Chris Bennetts

Magnificent

THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS

Any sufficiently advanced AI hype is indistinguishable from grift.
— me

Blue Origin kept us waiting, but damn is that an impressive performance for only their second orbital flight!

Aurora borealis over South Dakota viewed from 37,000’

AMAZEBALLS! #aurora

One Tech Tip: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it Modern cars are collecting more data than ever, raising privacy concerns. The Mozilla Foundation says cars are the worst product category for privacy.

Modern cars are collecting more data than ever, raising privacy concerns. The Mozilla Foundation says cars are the worst product category for privacy.

I can’t understand why advertisers aren’t putting pressure on to get ODI matches on free to air TV. The current Aus vs India series would get great viewership.

More and more, I'm seeing AI-generated (or "enhanced") headshots everywhere from LinkedIn to dating sites. To me, at least, that is an immediate no. Relationships, be they employment or personal, are built on trust. An AI-genereated (or even "enhanced") photo is a lie, plain and simple.
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most icebreakers are garbage because they force personal disclosure before allowing people a chance to determine whether the group is trustworthy.

If you can’t charge overnight, EVs just aren’t viable. Perhaps 50% of the cars on the road are in that situation, and some token numbers of public chargers won’t fix the problem.

Niche complaint: people who overuse the ‘final’ keyword inside Java methods. 99% of the time it reduces readability because of the extra clutter.

When I was a kid, an ADD diagnosis meant you irritated your teachers. A lot of “good kids” struggled without the supports they needed to thrive.

The transport heritage expo at Sydney’s Central station is great. Brilliant exhibits. But maybe the main concourse is a little noisy for such an obviously ND crowd?

A Half Century of American Book Banning In the 21st century, censorship of work like Judy Blume’s has evolved into a broader attack on books.

Books that merely describe sexuality, LGBTQ people, or ugly aspects of American history aren't getting accidentally caught in a well-intentioned dragnet, Emma Sarappo writes: “They are targets of a deliberate effort to ban books deemed to have the wrong viewpoints.”

Dear computer boffins please stop trying to fix problems I don’t have | First Dog on the Moon I don’t want AI in anything and certainly not everything please stop asking * Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published * Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...

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Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job. AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

This whole section really.

If you can’t do your job without ChatGPT to do it for you, maybe you shouldn’t be doing that job at all

I don’t mind Geelong but I’d love the Victorians to lose today.

The Storm can win next weekend to make up for it.

Unpopular opinion: ‘Up There Cazaly’ needs to be rested for a good decade or so.

It’s amazing how many distinct kinds of awful you can feel as a flu progresses.

This shows off the power dynamics in the rental market. Legal or not, the fact that you need somewhere to live gives you little choice but to sign.

#TechDebt

The minor premiers in both the AFL and NRL are going to be bundled out of the finals in straight games. I don’t think that’s ever happened before.

Applying for a rental property in Australia currently requires you to hand over a horrifying amount of personal and financial information and I'm yet to get an adequate answer from a real estate company about how they protect the information of current and prospective tenants

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

I’m in the market this year and each of the three options is almost perfect, but with one thing giving me consternation. The normal 17 is slightly short of RAM. The Air trades off the cameras. The Pro is just slightly heavy. Hard decision to make.

Awful things usually lead to worse in response.

Who’s supposed to read the AI slop? Other AIs?

The attached graphic is an excellent summary of everything that a good Product person does. You will note that "_project_ management," "manage tickets," "compel or browbeat people to build X," and "use Jira" are nowhere to be seen.
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