Jesus Christ.

And I say that without a hint of irony.

Thanks for posting the summary. I originally thought it was going to be something like that James Bond movie where the nose cone of the rocket opens up and “eats” the satellite.

Almost constantly on calls and meetings. If I’m not moving my hands I’m not paying attention or absorbing and storing information. Or, as I like to say, just another day with debilitating ADHD.

One can dream…

Slow uplifting news day…

I’ve you ever looked at CUPS code? Forget wizardry, it’s straight up Eldritch lore in typed form.

So yesterday’s Anthropic victory said that the use of copyrighted works to train LLMs was fair use, but only because Anthropic had been buying and scanning in the media so the first sale doctrine was protecting them. Did the judge in the facebook case now really say that it was ok to pirate the materials in the first place because there was no market harm? That seems impossible, it seems like it would open up a huge loophole in copyright law.

Nice try, ChatGPT. No more training data and PII from me, thank you very much.

Ah the old “owe $100 and the bank owns you; owe $100,000,000 and you own the bank” defense.

There are suddenly a lot of those little lending libraries in my neighborhood again. I feel like they were a big thing maybe 10-15 years ago and then fell by the wayside. In the last year I’ve noted 4 or 5 new ones, well stocked, and on one occasion saw someone put a book in and take another out. Just simple, well-mannered neighborliness.

Any hallmark channel original content is like white noise for your brain. If you like to have something on in the background but want to have absolutely no stake in the content it’s a good choice.

😂

Even the richest in the US fare worse than the middle class in other industrialized countries, and at much higher cost.

Wait that’s what you would do if you had nothing to lose? Why wouldn’t you just do that now?

Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

FYI many credit cards will allow you to make virtual numbers which you can then use for individual purchases or groups of purchases. They were originally meant to help combat fraud but I use them for subscription services so that if they give me a hard time about quitting I can simply cancel the card number and file a dispute (which in my few experiences has always gotten me my “overage” fees back)

Goddamnit. I was sad and still laughed.

On two occasions I made a louder-than-necessary comment to my kids to stay away from those people (MAGA hats too) while they were within earshot and then listed reasons why. Got some dirty looks, but no one ever approached me. Because they’re a bunch of feckless cowards.

Yes, but you can medicate ADHD. There’s no entry in the DSM for brain rot (yet).

Agreed. I think I’m fairly well read and I’ve worked through a decent number of philosophical texts, but I’ve never finished Walden.