Why reply to an article without reading it? Because, forum platforms motivate people to do so. Quantity matters more than quality,
I'm afraid that my comment on #arstechnica will get hidden for low-score.
So, here's a link to it:
https://pnqk.me/y8y2sm
Let's view it without giving an ef about #downvotes!
So many tech publications post what are thinly veiled ads dressed up as articles.
Techdirt: Ars Fires Reporter For Accidentally Using Fake AI Quotes. “There are several interesting layers here. The biggest being that AI isn’t an excuse to simply turn your brain off and no longer do rudimentary fact checking. At the same time, this can’t really be unwound from the fact that media ownership rushed to tightly integrate often under-cooked LLM models into an already very […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/15/techdirt-ars-fires-reporter-for-accidentally-using-fake-ai-quotes/Given that the article provides two distinct bogus expansions of the PUA initialism when it comes to Unicode, there's certainly a whiff of verified-by-bullshit-generator about the article.
Plus, of course, there's the facts that (a) PUA glyphs are not zero-width, (b) programmers like to use 'nerd' fonts, and (c) even without that they'll show up as replacement characters in things like terminal emulators.
Stopping visiting #CondéNast sites has not been easy. #Slashdot and #ArsTechnica have been two of my most visited sites forever!
But after learning of their treatment of their union workers, I can't in good conscience give them my attention.
Ars Fires Reporter For Accidentally Using Fake AI Quotes
#ArsTechnica:
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Former NASA chief turned ULA lobbyist seeks law to limit SpaceX funding
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"America succeeds in space when American companies compete."
"“.. biggest decision happened in the absence of a NASA administrator. And that decision was, instead of buying a Moon lander, we’re gonna buy a big rocket.”"
2.3.2026
#Artemis #JimBridenstine #HLS #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Starship #ULA #USA
Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage
#HackerNews #Apple #Mac #Studio #RAMShortage #TechNews #Gadgets #ArsTechnica
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