Right now I am looking at Eastgate https://eastgate.com/ products like #tinderbox and #storyspace. I am fascinated by both products and probably going to give them a try. But like always, are there any alternatives out there, like real ones? I tried to get started with #hyperbole #emacs many times, with little success. I also actually think that for #hypertext, working with a #gui is needed for the experience.
Eastgate: serious hypertext

Fine hypertexts and hypertext tools since 1982

So I wanted to write a longer #NoAI piece but apparently my blog is down (and this time, miraculously, it might not be #AI scrapers), so I'll give you a sneak peek of what I wanted to say in the more hyperbolic part on how the #LLM discourse has all the common features of libertarian discourse.

"According to Google, LLM-backed searches don't consume much more energy than regular searches" [ignoring model training, surely.]
→ According to carbrains, cars are actually cheaper than public transport, provided that you compare gasoline cost with ticket prices, and ignore the cost of buying and owning a car. Not to mention all the indirect costs of space waste (roads, parking lots, garages), environment pollution, accidents…

"AI is just a tool, people decide if it's used for good or bad."
→ Ah, yes, and "guns don't kill people."

"AI has its uses."
→ So does asbestos.

"Let's not judge contributions by whether they were created using AI, but on their actual quality."
→ "Let's not judge contributions by whether they were created using slave work…"

"I do not use AI myself, but I don't want to block others."
→ "I do not keep slaves myself…"

#NoLLM #hyperbole

“Truthful hyperbole’ is a contradiction in terms. It’s a way of saying, ‘It’s a lie, but who cares?’.”
― Tony Schwartz

#Bot #Quote #AlternativeFacts #CompulsiveLiar #Contradiction #Contradictory #Deceit #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrump #Grandiosity #Hyperbole #Liar #Lies #Lying #LyingToOthers #PathologicalLiar #SelfAggrandizing #SelfDeception #TruthfulHyperbole

A quotation from Douglas Adams

MARVIN: The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million, they were the worst too. The third ten million I didn’t enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Phase 1, “Fit the 5th” (BBC Radio) (1978-04-05)

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/35056/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #hitchhikersguide #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #marvintheparanoidandroid #badtimes #complaint #depression #hyperbole #marchoftime #passageoftime #pessimism #waiting #worst

Adams, Douglas - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Phase 1, "Fit the 5th" (BBC Radio) (1978-04-05) | WIST Quotations

MARVIN: The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million, they were the worst too. The third ten million I didn’t enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline. When adapted as a novel, Hitchhiker's Guide No. 2, The Restaurant at…

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Pier in Azul

Photograph composed in absolute sunrise in SR SA in one of our beautiful districts.

My next Digital Camera Body should be able to do this kind of composition also
I have been restricted to do this on Android phones, for the last couple of years.

#Pano #Panorama #Photography #Android #AndroidPhotography #Nature #Sky #Skyline #Azul #hyperbole #hyperbolic

Let's open a new can of hyperbole shall we! Oh, wait we've seen this before.

Tesla claims yet again that Robotaxi's are now operating without human “safety monitors" in the car in Austin TX. Apparently the human supervisors are now in a separate car that shadows the Robotaxi. And riders are reporting there are no “unsupervised” rides operating. Social media commentators slammed this is another marketing stunt. https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-pauses-unsupervised-robotaxi #Tesla #RoboTaxi #AutonomousDriving #FSD #Hyperbole #Austin

A river shoreline after full sunrise. Composed in absolute Ultra Ultra Ultra Ultra wide, using a hyperbolic curve

#Photography #Android #AndroidPhotography #Nature #Sky #Skyline #Azul #hyperbole #hyperbolic

Is there hope that AI [sic, there is little intelligence there] will burn the pockets of investor rapidly enough for us to do useful things with compute and gradually reduce the wasted water and power they consume? Or will greed not get there fast enough?

Will businesses vote with their wallets?

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/20/pwc_ai_ceo_survey/

#AI #Investment #Hyperbole #Revenue #Return #Finance #ROI

Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge

: PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savings

The Register

@philpem I'm just so tired of trying with people, even as friends, who I end up feeling aren't trying with me.

Every time I go to a con I meet awesome people and get their Telegrams and all...and a month later all of them have stopped talking wtih me unless I initiate every conversation. #hyperbole