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Kevlin Henney 1d ago

At the office I'm at this week in Turkey, the office manager does not speak English. I do not speak Turkish. But translation services mean we have communication.

Last week I needed to top up the oil in my car, but realised I had forgotten what oil was needed when I got to the garage. A simple online search gave me the answers and allowed to clarify what I (or rather, my car) needed.

I was driving the other week and the navigation app highlighted a traffic jam and an alternative, faster route.

aes 3d ago

DistroWatch 5d ago

A good analogy for dealing with encroaching technologies.
https://blog.foxtrotluna.social/theyre-putting-blue-food-coloring-in-everything/

They're putting blue food coloring in everything

"Why is my burger blue?" I asked, innocently. "Oh! We're making all of our food blue, all the best restaurants are doing it now." the waiter explained. But I didn't want my burger to be blue.

Luna's Blog

aes 3d ago

Fesshole 🧻5d ago

Sometimes when out and about, I'll pretend that I'm taking various famous historical figures on a tour of the future.

aes Jul 17

No, they're not
#FuckCars

alexanderkjall Apr 16

Today my #rust compiler told me "expected future, found a different future".

And I'm like: me too buddy, me too

nixCraft 🐧Jul 12

Twenty years of school & learning, forty years of work with tons of stressful situations, and maybe a 10 years of "freedom" before the end credits roll and you go into third dimension. Seriously, this life design could use some serious re-evaluation. It's not a life, it's a long-term payment plan with a questionable ROI (return on investment)! Definitely a scam.

@photography
#photography
#US
#ICE
#protest

earthling Jul 12

Tank woman

A protester stands in front of a military vehicle approaching an agricultural facility where federal agents and immigration officers carried out an operation.

Photograph: Daniel Cole/Reuters

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/knowing-steam-players-are-hoarders-explains-why-you-give-valve-that-30-percent-analyst-tells-devs-you-get-access-to-a-bunch-of-drunken-sailors-who-spend-money-irresponsibly/

Scalzi Jul 12

How dare this article describe me so accurately

'Knowing Steam players are hoarders explains why you give Valve that 30%,' analyst tells devs: 'You get access to a bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly'

"More than likely the person buying your game is not going to play it."

PC Gamer

An ancient Nokia device was found in an archaeological dig with 17% power.

Kevin Russell Jul 8

Emergency Calls Only.

Jim Flanagan Jul 8

@sjvn I’m sure I have a compatible charging cable in my cable drawer

Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶Jul 8

@jimfl @sjvn I think it was powered by solar energy.☀️

vikkelä Jul 8

@catavz @jimfl @sjvn by Ra himself.

Nobilis Reed Jul 8

Cool! Who's the artist? I don't recognize "DDC."

@nobilis I don't know. I'm sure I saw this years earlier, so I presume it's a Photoshop rather than AI, but that's all I know.

jkirk Jul 8

@sjvn @nobilis Google's reverse image search can't find any similar images older than a year.

Also, those glyphs have AI slop written all over them.

Happy to be proven wrong though.

Tanya Jul 8

@jkirk @sjvn @nobilis it looks like Deep Dream Generator work unfortunately.

Tanya Jul 8

@jkirk @sjvn @nobilis I say “work”

aELARAJI (Skinshafi)Jul 8

@sjvn @nobilis The earliest copy of the image tineye.com could find is a year old (dates back to august 2024) and it doesn't have that DDC watermark ... Link

/ME still believe it's AI generated.

[1] https://www.linkedin.com/posts/timmoranlive_i-powered-up-my-nokia-cell-phone-today-it-activity-7223343905658847232-BgrK
[2] (NSFW) https://lelombrik.net/159909

jkirk Jul 8

@aelaraji Google did slightly better and traced it back to July 28 2024 on both LinkedIn[1] and some French social site[2].

Neither mention the original source of the image or how it was created. Both have the watermark.

I powered up my Nokia cell phone today. | Tim Moran 🤘🏼😎🎸

I powered up my Nokia cell phone today. It was state of the art in 1324 BC. | 16 comments on LinkedIn

Mark Whybird Jul 10

@jkirk @aelaraji It’s the kind of quality @NanoRaptor makes (by hand).

Dana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝‍♂️Jul 8

@sjvn oh yeah, that is the Nokia Dolemite 7.

@sjvn excellent 🤣🤣🤣

@sjvn 😁👍

Save Elderly Housing! Patty 👀Jul 8

@sjvn Was the first saved number "1"?

OhSnap!Dragon Jul 8

@sjvn
That’s Thoth’s phone. Just show it the head of an ibis to unlock it.

crazyeddie Jul 8

@sjvn Someone found the actual Rosetta Stone?

Cadbury Moose Jul 8

@crazyeddie @sjvn

Rosetta Phone. I hope they recorded any voicemail that would play back, even if it was just "I'm calling about your chariot's extended warranty."

Cadbury Moose Jul 8

@crazyeddie @sjvn

...or text messages in cuneiform from or complaining about Ea Nasir.

crazyeddie Jul 8

@Cadbury_Moose @sjvn "We burried the ZPM in the great pyramid."

mcSlibinas Jul 8

@crazyeddie @Cadbury_Moose @sjvn pyramids are built to get gsm signal from the top.
Ancient tech was reliable, but not sensitive.

Sabrina Web

📎Jul 8

@crazyeddie @sjvn a Rosetta Phone

@sabrinaweb71 @crazyeddie Ha! I see what you did there. ;-)

MacCruiskeen Jul 8

@sjvn Its owner was found buried with a large box of obsolete chargers and cables.

Patrick Prémartin Jul 8

MostlyTato Jul 8

@sjvn
This is SG1's original DHD

Significant Otter Jul 8

@hannelore

thomastc | frozenfractal Jul 8

@sjvn Nokia 𓆼𓆼𓆼𓍢𓍢𓍢𓎆

@sjvn 😂

The original owner of this Nokia phone likely used the battery to charge up their ancient intergalactic space ship

Killa Koala Jul 8

@sjvn Sadly it was found without it's charger and of course it uses a different charging port to any other Nokia.

lefthandmonki Jul 8

Finally, we have proof of ancient advanced civilizations that also had bad UX design!

William Wolf Moondel, Esq.Jul 8

@sjvn I'd like to see what that expedition could turn up if it had 100% power.

Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻

🇨🇦Jul 8

@sjvn
I miss my Nokias. 😿

Josh “Space Phrasing” Cubert Jul 8

@sjvn @rolle Ah yes, I’ll get my T9 Rosetta Stone and decoder ring ready.

RECEIVING PAPYRUS MESSAGE

@sjvn 🤣

Which ring was selected, Rosetta’s Tone?

BoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Jul 8

@sjvn under one corner of the great pyramid - stopping it wobbling every time you put your drink down.

Knut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸Jul 8

@sjvn In high school I had a friend who (foolishly) did bull riding. Gets on this big ol' bull who was pissed as fuck...and it broke every single one of his bones. His Nokia phone however....

@praetor Ha! I can believe it.

@nobodywasishere @sjvn right. I was dithering, but the clinching factor was that a real artist would have taken care to replicate the actual Nokia logo on there.

Good material for someone to make a handmade illustration of though! Hmm, maybe I can do one myself...🤔

Hippo 🍉Jul 9

@nobodywasishere @sjvn in situations like these I'm always scared of accidentally accusing a real artist's work of being "AI generated", a situation which is unfortunately likely to become more common as time progresses (at least until the #OuroborosEffect takes over) 😢

Margret Jul 9

@badrihippo @sjvn That's a valid fear