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i've been looking at single board computers and it's kinda disappointing how many of them have ~AI accelerators~ now tbh. i don't need 8 teraflops of numberwang, i'd rather have some SATA ports

Several times people at this conference have expressed gratitude that COVID is "over" or "past", yet talks keep getting cancelled because presenters "aren't feeling well" 🤷

I'll keep my mask on, thanks

ChatGPT self-"corrections" 

We all know that AI text is suspect, but in case you thought you could trust when it corrects itself, I asked it to name fictional drugs from Star Trek, a hobby of mine

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It gave me "Veridium Six" and told me it came from "Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy," a Voyager episode

The drug actually appears in a TNG episode, and it's not a drug, it's a Klingon poison

I get the AI to correct itself, but it corrects the wrong part, and then flip-flops on it

Something I've always found fascinating is that niche business software often gets marketed heavily on features that are trivial to implement; like how medical appointment software will dedicate an entire marketing section to "sends a [single] reminder e-mail before the appointment, this increases show rate by XX%"

And I feel like it's a really obvious example of the difference between what constitutes "valuable code" to a developer, vs. to an end user

Downloading my google takeout like a usenet warez post [17/52]

Bring back computer monitors with massive bezels around the edge.
I have nowhere to put stickers lol

bluesky hot take 

I don't think bluesky is ever gonna do their federation thing. If they were, they would've done it already, so they can massively scale up infra and user count while their main server is still restricting signups.

Just a reminder that you typically find #bugs and #spiders in your sink because they fall in and can't get out, not because they want to live there (though the water source is probably welcome). Not all small creatures can climb smooth surfaces.

If this is a frequent issue, you can make a little escape ladder by putting a bit of string or toilet paper down so any critters at the bottom can climb out.

David Tennant, of Dr Who fame, apparently said some pro trans things and now the TERFs are going after him on Twitter. His response is that he isn't worried because, and I quote, "I'll be fine, Terfs can't climb stairs"

I want that on a T-shirt. No, I NEED that on a T-shirt!

ETA: Apparently it was a parody account that said the stairs line. I still want it on a T-shirt.

Is there a website where I could find information on travelling with “mismatching” genitals and gender marker?

Specifically interested in airports/countries where this might be an issue.

Positive stories also welcome!

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I'm sure this has been said before, but why aren't servers in the #Fediverse simply called "communities?"

"Join a community" or "start a community" feels both accurate and clear, not to mention welcoming. People who want to understand the infrastructure would have no trouble finding the information.

"Bauen wir da einen Straßenbahnabzweig oder Wasserfontänen hin?"

(Jake Elwood-Stimme) - "Wie wäre es mit einem Straßenbahnabzweig UND Wasserfontänen?' #Norgekommission

Let's not cheer for a company that attempted to assert that APIs were independently copyrightable

Did you know! US federal legal filings are publicly available via PACER, but cost money. The RECAP extension (free.law/recap) uploads any PACER downloads you make to courtlistener.com/recap/ where they're freely available. Also, if your PACER balance is under $30 in a quarter, it's written off. If everyone who reads this uploaded $29 of stuff to RECAP every quarter, way more material in the public interest would be publicly available. Is there any way to organise this?

they say autistic people take things literally but they're thinking of kleptomaniacs

words for putting stuff into bytes:
- encode: perfectly reasonable. it’s a bit generic, but it’s the dictionary definition
- serialize: sure. the data is being converted to a serial byte stream
- marshal: why are you sending these poor structs to military boot camp

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