StaticRocket

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> She processes a single problem. It turns to pearls in her mouth. When she speaks it still sounds like sand.

An amalgamation of operational rules masquerading as a person.

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Forced to use AI at work, hate it. Usage is monitored so I can't avoid it. I've set up mine to play a Sim City clone. It burns through tokens, making crap cities that quickly go bankrupt. Just been told that I'm getting a bonus for being a top user.

In case you were wondering, before this morning's Iran attack, Polymarket had yet another spate of likely inside traders betting that the US would strike Iran by February 28.

Per the due diligence investigation service Bubblemaps, the wallets used were first used 24 hours earlier.

Betting prediction websites are national security risks, not Anthropic.

it's a weird moment, where i guess you spend years or decades having an "implicit respect", that is, that you assume by default the people who make/represent/control the thing you like must know what they're doing, and then something reveals that maybe it's not true, and never was. it's pretty hard to actually break that kind of unquestioned trust. but by god, they're trying
“If one of these bills passes ... it’s going to affect all users, because if you want to access anything remotely controversial on the internet, you’re going to have to prove who you are,” EFF’s India McKinney told Salon. https://www.salon.com/2025/12/22/congress-may-be-about-to-create-the-bad-internet/
Congress may be about to create the “bad internet” - Salon.com

Online privacy protections could be demolished, advocates warn

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The USPTO wants new rules that would slam the door on inter partes review—the only affordable way the public can fight junk patents. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/patent-office-about-make-bad-patents-untouchable
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF supporters to file public comments opposing these rules this week. The USPTO is moving quickly, and staying silent will only help those who profit from abusive patents.

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