EricaJoy 

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she/her | tech blah blah | Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. -John Lewis | Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. -Rumi
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EricaJoy May 21, 2024
gamers: would you let someone else play under your gamertag?
yep
7.7%
nope
53.5%
depends who it is
38.7%
Poll ended at .
Show threadEricaJoy May 17, 2024
@zellyn @simon im afraid you’d be incorrect. it is largely inaccurate, but looks convincing.
Show threadEricaJoy May 17, 2024
@zellyn @simon yep, same experience i had with chatpgt, gemini, and claude. chatgpt hallucinations about the data (even going so far as to create column names) were particularly annoying.
Show threadEricaJoy May 17, 2024
@zellyn that is decidedly inaccurate.
EricaJoy May 17, 2024

ok nerds. i cannot get any AI tool* to convert this image of a table to a CSV that contains information that is mostly accurate. can you?

*let us agree that we can get a non-AI tool to do this, but for this test we are limited to AI tools.

EricaJoy Apr 11, 2024

Your family didn’t have their name changed at Ellis Island. That is a myth.

The topic came up recently in conversation, so I figured it bears repeating for a wider audience. You can read more about the myth and the reality here: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-did-ellis-island-officials-really-change-names-immigrants-180961544/

Did Ellis Island Officials Really Change the Names of Immigrants?

On the 125th anniversary of the famous portal to the U.S., history shows inspectors were not the ones changing people's names

Smithsonian Magazine
EricaJoy Apr 10, 2024
i saw a license plate today that read “MUSK HVE” and i cannot determine if it means MUSK HIVE (egregious) or MUSK HAVE (still 😬 but slightly less egregious). what say you?
MUSK HIVE
57.8%
MUSK HAVE
42.2%
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EricaJoy Apr 10, 2024
somebody said google rented the inside and outside of the sphere (🤑🤑🤑) for cloud next, which makes me wonder how much money they spent on a marketing conference? also, how many layoffs will they need to do to cover the bill?
Show threadEricaJoy Mar 25, 2024
@migurski probably, depending on when
EricaJoy Mar 22, 2024
@[email protected] is also me. :)