DeanBandes

@deanlie
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Retired software engineer splitting time between Boston area and SW Maine.

"We could all take it easier on each other."

"Just ignore it."

Maybe the new good internet will be more like the old good internet where we lived by the motto, "Don't feed the trolls."

So McDonald's is giving away free fries for the rest of the year...

... if you use their mobile app

... and agree to the updated terms and conditions

... which say: if you use this app you waive your right to trial in any class action lawsuits against McDonalds."

We live in the lamest dystopia.

The stuff that got edited out of Snow Crash.

I’ll be darned, that happens in Japan too!

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#Newstodon Friday highlights the work of newsrooms who are active in the #fediverse.

If you want #journalism here, a boost and a follow always helps!

Here are some newsrooms for you to check out:

@thexylom
@TexasObserver
@msfreepress
@damemagazine
@TucsonSentinel
@themarkup
@STAT
@ProPublica
@TheConversationUS

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Yes, Buffalo residents do cook Buffalo wings β€” in a supermarket off Niagara Falls Blvd the Friday before the superbowl
Inspiring essay by Venkatesh Rao on the concept of Mediocre Computing and the Realish Domain; a different way to look at what helpful AI can mean when it does not try to outperform us.
β€œA realish domain is one that is sufficiently open, structured, gamified and resourced that mediocre performance against artificially constructed but illegible criteria is sufficient for real-world survival, with better-than-wilderness odds.”
https://studio.ribbonfarm.com/p/the-dawn-of-mediocre-computing
The Dawn of Mediocre Computing

AI and crypto have achieved mediocre-human parity. Where to now?

Ribbonfarm Studio
Sky beautifully clear in the Boston area for lunar eclipse
@ifilljustice If that’s really you, I’m a lot closer to deleting my Twitter account.