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I’m at the playground, overhearing snatches of an old pastor’s conversation. He’s doing more about eschatology these days. Using AI for a lot of it. Sees his job as improving its kind of impersonal output. Maybe we get the eschaton we deserve.

Researchers from Cornell University have developed what they call "the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale," a tool designed to measure how impressed people are by business school-style jargon that sounds strategic but says very little.

The findings, described in a recent study, suggest that employees who rate this sort of language as insightful are more likely to struggle with analytical thinking and workplace decision-making.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/15/corporate_jargon_research/

#Bullshit #IntelligenceTest

Those who 'circle back' and 'synergize' also tend to be crap at their jobs

: Cornell Uni researchers pivot to pluck low-hanging fruit to optimize bandwidth

The Register

I recognized Medea; she played Nona in the Star Trek episode A Private Little War.

#monsterdon #jasonandTheArgonauts

Oh, so this is why Talos IV is forbidden.

#monsterdon #JasonAndTheArgonauts

Polydeuces, meaning “many poops”.

#monsterdon #JasonAndTheArgonauts

Siri / Apple Music gave up trying to understand what song I was asking for, said “Here’s some music picked for you” and played a song called “Piece of Shit”.
@mcc Happy birthday!
Celebrity Jeopardy is cute and all but Celebrity The Price is Right would radicalize people.
@trixter They made a metroidvania really mean. Im sticking with it because my middle schooler plays it.
@thevhswizard What is this neat thing?