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Happy birthday Papa Het!

I... never would have expected GOG to do a big porn giveaway to protest censorship, but hey, it's high profile enough to bring the site to its knees so CLEARLY it's spreading awareness.

I'm sorry, are you talking about apathy while using an AI generated image featuring a man with too many fingers?

A member of my team at work fed a how-to article I wrote into an LLM for suggestions how to "improve" it & I am INSULTED.
Stole my example situation without explaining why someone might do it. Generated meaningless sentences. Put steps in a weird order.
Y'know typical LLM stuff, but that was MINE.

Hot Saw Summer continues in my house... Damn near stole this from the Yorkiethon auction!

Among the greatest promotional photos of all time are these for the 1990 television movie of IT, where it looks like a prestige legal drama about a firm of hot young lawyers and one associate who likes to dress up like a clown.

Ozzy Osbourne, the singular metal legend whose Black Sabbath virtually invented heavy metal and in later years became a reality TV pioneer, has died at the age of 76.

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Promo Image for Craig Ferguson's Pants on Fire comedy tour

Craig Ferguson ticket aquired!
Balls.

Related... I started playing through The Walking Dead Telltale games. Got to this part, and instead of "His voice was deep" I wanted to say "His voice sounds like Michael Madsen."

Well, I wasn't wrong!

I seriously did not know he actually voiced the character until the credits.

Screenshot of an Amazon list for a "Terrifying dark mutant duck, resin horror duck." The pictured rubber duck styled item resembles a white woman with long blond hair, a pink dress, and a crown

Yup, terrifying.

a man in a white shirt and black pants is holding a gun in a warehouse . ALT: a man in a white shirt and black pants is holding a gun in a warehouse .

There are guys repairing balconies at my building, radio blasting an oldies station.
"Stuck in the Middle With You" is playing...
RIP Michael Madsen.

>Cut pepper jack cheese into rectangles
>seal in egg roll wrappers
>fry in oil for a couple minutes each side. Wrapper to light brown/bubbly/crispy
>let them drain & cool for a few minutes
>eat
=holy shit that tasted just like Pepper Jack Cheez Its, but with real warm stretchy cheese

One day I'm going to learn not to get involved in fandoms for anything. 😞

Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be. The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with. The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization. In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape. You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.

re: generative AI

I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.

And now, you can use it, too.

A wild rabbit laying down, stretched out in the shade under a bush. Its ears are up and eyes open. Very alert, but relaxed.

She (?not sure) comes here every day now. 🥰

this is the time for scifi fans to exercise the ultimate depth and breadth of their creativity

make them shut down the hotline

use all your best Borg jokes

A wild rabbit lying with its back legs stretched out, in the shade of some bushes.

Another day, another bunny chilling in a safer spot. 💕
Bigger than the other one.

I want to put out food and water for them so bad!

Little dude was so relaxed. Maybe too much for how in the open he really was? There are definitely predators around.
But. It's been about 15 years since I got to watch a bun nap and have twitchy dreams, and I'm happy my place was safe for a while. 💕

More photos, because do you think I'd only take one with a little bunny hanging out at my place all day long?
I present:
"Loaf"
"Not dead, I promise"
"Don't bother me, human"

A wild rabbit relaxing on its side, in the shade of a small bush. Some of the landscaping rocks have been dug away so the rabbit could lie on the bare dirt.

Baby update! This little guy spent nearly all day - at least 8:30am to 5pm, maybe leaving for 15 minutes of snack time - hanging out in this spot by my patio. Sleeping, occasionally getting up to stretch, itch, groom, then change positions to sleep more.

The UNCUT version is missing content from the regular version?!
AND there are different extras.

FUCK ME I'm going to have to keep everything. 😭

Bought the Saw 20th anniversary set, with all 10 films. My goal was to upgrade & replace my old DVDs. Save shelf space!

Watched Saw I. Realized some lines were missing near the end. But am I gaslighting myself?
Put in my original DVD. The lines are there.

Screenshot reads: Generate AI can produce inaccurate or harmful responses. Review output for accuracy and safety. You assume responsibility for how the outcomes of Einstein are applied to your organization.

My company is really pushing "you have to use AI every day" thing, and then we see this garbage today.

Still fucking hate Salesforce.

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Also! I know my old neighbors' A/C died last fall, so I'm wondering if the new owners fixed that. 😬

(Neighbors moved too, so it's all around someone else's problem)

Good news from my apartment:
After Several days of 90+ / feels like 100+ degree outdoor temperatures and ewww humidity... haven't turned on the A/C for one minute. Temp inside has not gone above 73.
My old place, it would have been on constantly. And I would have had all the windows covered.

a robot is standing in the rain with a red light on its head Alt: The Gipsy Danger jaeger robot from Pacific Rim, walking through the ocean, in the rain

Pacific Rim is still a awesome big dumb action movie.

Happy to see how many other people instantly thought of Spinal Tap.

Somebody tell me I shouldn't try to buy the $200 table on craigslist that looks slightly stained and scratched
but is just like the one my grandparents used to have and is exactly what I want for my space & needs