@diracdelta

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Hot take: cynical takes are not any more likely to be correct than non-cynical ones.

Text messages from A.

A: I'm Hungry. I'm not going to the store.
A: *now.

Is A going to the store?
>No, A is not going to the store.
What does *now mean?
>The symbol "*now" is commonly used in text messages as an indicator of emphasis on the preceding statement. In this context, it implies that A is emphasizing that they are hungry and not going to the store right now.

We have no hope against our AI masters.
*now

This exists. Now you know too.

This has made my day much better.

ChatGPT is impressive. With great gusto and confidence, it is able to put forward clearly contradictory claims, and is completely immune to gentle hints that what it has said makes no sense.

Humanity has successfully built a machine with as much self awareness as the average internet commenter.

Alright, with 5 different services that make beeps, its become the game "Guess that Tab!"

Huh. So apparently, the word 'Scholomance', which I had first encountered from the Naomi Novik Novels, is based on a Romanian Legend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholomance

I'm guessing that's also the origin of the Hearthestone expansion (that I just learned about).

Scholomance - Wikipedia

Introducing the first alpha release of Mastodon 3.11 for Workgroups!

Available for Windows 95 

Good time to add twitter.com to your hosts file. Either /etc/hosts or C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

127.0.0.1 twitter.com

If only there were several thousand highly-skilled professionals suddenly available who know how to improve a Twitter-like app
@matthew_d_green Interesting that you say that; how does it make you feel?