DuncanWatson

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I am an engineer, a cyclist, a geek and an unrepentant liberal. Oh I now play #ttrpgs again. Always learning.
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So here is a question. Now that Bluesky is using this fancy OpenAI and Google AI thing, does all your #Blusky content now get poured into the Google and OpenAI LLM training models? Does Google get to use it to profile your private data for ads and all manner of evil stuff?

What about Fediverse content bridged over to Bluesky?

@foxandcity When I attended VA Tech in 87, our student ID allowed us to use the local Bus routes for free. I agree with you re: NYU transit options.

Even as an NYU alum, I've always found this very silly.

It would be a much better program for the university to get every student and staff member and unlimited ride MetroCard/OMNY*.

@ingalls I worry about this years fire season.

Someone dubbed #cybertruck the "WankPanzer" and now that's its name.

I don't make the rules.

For those who haven't seen twitter discourse involving a traffic engineer greatly embarrass himself and profession.

This is a deadly fixed object (DFO) stan account now.

Me, all day every day:

Since I see that a notable VC-famous jerk is now telling us that he wish he'd "stood by" Eich way back, I'd like to tell you a true fact: Eich didn't lose the CEO's job for his (reprehensible) Prop-8 donation.

Everyone wants to believe that's true, because fits nicely into useful narratives a number of invested camps want to champion, whether it's somebody being ousted for reprehensible views or the woke SJW mob somehow pulling down a great leader (tm) but that's not what happened.

BREAKING: At Trump trial, judge warns Trump lawyer that he will not permit prospective jurors to be intimidated, after Trump speaks loudly enough to be heard by nearby prospective jurors.
“I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.”