Dave Spector

@Dhmspector
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Software Engineer & Writer in DevPubs @  • A #NewYorker in SF • ex-Wall St’er • Foodie • #Coffee roaster • #Maker • W2DHM • Opinions are mine, not my employer’s • Born at 318.43 ppm

Pro-tip: “LLMs generate statistically probable responses to prompts, not factual answers to questions.”

Outside of my day job, I’m thinking about #FoodInsecurity, #ClimateChange, and #cities. I experiment with #hydroponics, #UrbanAgriculture, and #SensorNetworks to try and create more #ResilientCommunities.

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Dave Spector5h ago

8 years at the fruit co today.

Wow… that went speedy-quick!

Dave Spector7h ago
@GottaLaff7h ago
omg. "They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science, the kind you literally cannot restart once it’s gone."

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vocg5apjrlm7dfptvy6qbrfy/post/3mj2wse5gyc2b
Dave Spector15h ago

RE: https://techhub.social/@rayckeith/116373062445812972

Nailed it. This is one of the best constructed AI cum corporate mania dissections yet.

Dave Spector17h ago

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/116372669784306804

I think I have a name for this creative, new venture:

The Bottomless Grift, LLC

Queue the Steve Post quote…

“Just when you think you’ve scraped the bottom of the barrel, you find you’ve barely scratched the surface.”
— Steve Post

Dave Spector18h ago
Lauren Weinstein18h ago

Analysis Finds That Google's #AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-overviews-misinformation

#google

Dave Spector19h ago

#Trump to the #Vatican: “That’s a real nice new #Pope youse got d’ere… it would be a real shame if sumthin’… you know… like happened to him. Capiche?”

https://newrepublic.com/post/208820/pentagon-threatened-pope-criticized-donald-trump

Pentagon Threatened the Pope After He Criticized Trump

It was so bad that Pope Leo changed his plans to travel to the U.S.

The New Republic
Dave Spector20h ago
Chris Adams22h ago

“But the blatant intimidation tactic is the first of its kind ever made by American officials to the Catholic Church. There are no public records of any previous meetings between Vatican and U.S. officials at the Pentagon, let alone an instance in which the world power suggested that it could force the Bishop of Rome into captivity.

The Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s warning that Pope Leo cancelled his plans to visit the U.S. later in the year”
https://newrepublic.com/post/208820/pentagon-threatened-pope-criticized-donald-trump

Pentagon Threatened the Pope After He Criticized Trump

It was so bad that Pope Leo changed his plans to travel to the U.S.

The New Republic
Show threadDave Spector1d ago
For those wondering how badly badly he got taken… there’s this:
Dave Spector1d ago
How long will Trump’s “ceasefire” last once he realizes he got taken by Iran and looks like an utterly incompetent, bungling idiot?
24 hrs
28.6%
48 hrs
14.3%
1 week
42.9%
All 2 weeks
14.3%
Poll ended at .
Dave Spector1d ago
mekka okereke 1d ago

8 AM:
I WILL DESTROY YOUR ENTIRE CIVILIZATION! I AM THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS! KRISHNA HAS NOTHING ON ME!!!

8 PM:
I meekly accept your terms. I agree to pay you $150M a day. I agree to slap myself and say "me!" every time you ask "Who is Booboo the Fool?" I agree to all terms that you write in Farsi.