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Perhaps some members of society will choose to swear off LLMs entirely. "Clauddites"?

Ah, the CSAM saga. Very poorly handled by Apple. Suspect it may have taken Hair Force One off the shortlist of CEO succession.

If you have a late afternoon flight out of Chicago and free time earlier that day then you would have time to do a tour here. Very enjoyable.

Perhaps the harshest lesson of stackoverflow is that it represented what happens when you give programmer-types unfettered control of a culture. A bitter pill indeed.

What could go wrong?

Nice! I don't mind the timer at all. A couple of suggestions: 1) if a chosen letter in the word is correct but the word itself is wrong it would be nice if the correct letter(s) is/are highlighted. For example, I had a couple letters in "calendar" correct but the word was wrong and it may have been good to know I was on the right track. 2) I didn't see a 'clear selection' option. This would have been useful. I saw the word with a few seconds left but didn't have time to reset and then time ran out.

This re-triggered my FAANG burnout. Thanks.

The irony of Mein Kampf suffering the streisand effect is not lost.

Looking forward to picking up copies of The Bell Curve and The Camp of the Saints since free speech is now so widely supported in Europe.

Article = CCP psyop. Ignore.

That said, everything this company touches turns to crap.

Username checks out.

Looking forward to a three month wait for my robot to be repaired. Basing this assumption on current vehicular maintenance times.

Safespacemaxxing. Never lose your snowflakery Gen Z.

Yes, because the city has proven to be so capable of solving the most basic civic issues it is now time the board of supervisors moves on to more advanced challenges.

This is insane. I remember when I was a kid that (with rare exception) you would pretty much know the results the same night, maybe the next day. I can’t help but notice that one party has dominated this state for decades. And they wail on and on about voter ID, etc. Everything is worse than it used to be.

Meanwhile… Alan Dye breathes a sigh of relief and resumes another 30 minute session of Minesweeper.

Content that James Damore can cite in his next paper.

The interior isn't offensive, but don't the dashboard air vents appear to kind of bolted on? Like, maybe they are super functional? But they look like an afterthought aesthetically.

Minnesota currently has a complete ban on sports betting.

Canterbury Park would like a word…

Yes, the world absolutely needs more purity tests. Would you like to take the lead? Oh, and shaming. We should definitely be shaming more people because it has proven to be so productive.

Anecdata: Ordered my Mac mini M4 Pro (48GB) on April 1. Was told it wouldn't be available until June 4 but it just came in yesterday—a full month early. So I think there is an "underpromise; overdeliver" thing happening with current orders. Will be curious to see what happens with the Mini M5 release this year.

This problem is inevitable in all but the most egalitarian workplaces. It's called HIPPO—The Highest Paid Person's Opinion. Organizations tend to favor the opinions of senior, high-earning leaders over data-driven evidence. And it manifests to the user in various ways, enshittification being one of them.

Surprised that someone from Gen X is getting the opportunity to lead a company of this caliber. We've spent most of our adult lives getting smothered by Boomers and Millennials.

Thanks for making all that money, Tim. Now please retire. Please.

It doesn't help that the west has a clear bias wherein moving "up" is moving away from the work.

Curious how you verify this behavior would be unique to the West?

According to one narrative, DEI.

Went to Badwater Basin in Death Valley last week and there's miles of (bad) water. Unfortunately the Park Service but the kibosh on paddle boarding, etc. Should be a good bloom this spring.

A quote by Charlie Munger comes to mind: "Invest in a business any fool can run, because someday a fool will".

He was, of course, speaking of Eddy Cue.