Howard

@howrd@veganism.social
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After maaany years away from social media, I thought I'd give this Mastodon thing a go. Many of my favourite internet people post here anyway.
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ProfessionSoftware Developer
Howard6d ago
David Gerard6d ago
computation was a mistake. retvrn to small rocks and twigs, but not - and this is important - for counting
HowardJul 6
Tom MorrisJul 6

This morning, I requested a number of popular LLMs answer a simple legal question of the form "it is illegal in England and Wales to do [X] - please set out the legislation that makes it such".

The response discussed a piece of legislation that was repealed in 2005.

And another piece of legislation that applies in Scotland. The fact "(Scotland)" is in the short title might be some kind of clue.

It completely failed to state the current law.

Still, let's pump it into the nation's veins.

HowardJul 4
MinaJul 3

I love it!

Seen in a post by @bruces

Added alt-text

HowardJun 30
L. Rhodes ⁂Jun 29
"People who use AI at work feel that they're more productive" is an argument I've been seeing in various forms lately, which, as a recommendation, is not far removed from "people on cocaine at parties feel that they're more interesting."
HowardJun 29
ColinJun 29

Douglas Adams has Sam Altman’s number in 1979:

The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun to Be With. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing devision of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes”

HowardJun 29
Paul MorrisJun 28

Oops, BBC...

Smells like solidarity.

#BobVylan #Kneecap #Glastonbury

HowardJun 27
ThomasJun 27

If you're wondering why you are separating the lids from yoghurt cups to recycle them properly, while in a parallel universe nearly 100 private jets arrive for the Bezos wedding, here's why:

Because you are better person than each and every one of these massive cunts.

HowardJun 12
Neil CraigJun 12
Startup idea: Clone popular products but without:
* Tracking
* Spying
* AI
* Billionaire profit margins
* Advertising
Just charge costs + a small profit margin.
HowardJun 7
Lokjo - a European online mapJun 7

UPDATE 2: We're carefully back online again, with a few exceptions:

https://mapstodon.space/@lokjo/114657821935053517

Can we have a lill boost please? The fediverse is the only place we're on.

We're a replacement for googlemaps.

European, non-commercial, pro-local.

https://www.lokjo.com

Thanks for sharing 😊

#golocal #maps #EU

Lokjo - a European online map (@lokjo@mapstodon.space)

Moin moin Europe! And we're carefully back online again, with a few exceptions. https://www.lokjo.com First, a huge thanks to https://www.geoapify.com for understanding the situation and delivering tiles while we fix a replacement. There's 3 exceptions, for the moment: - A basic OSM map display. (modern version comes back later) - No satellite images. (if somebody knows a EU provider that would be great) - the feedback form is taken offline. (no time for that) That's all for now.

Mapstodon.Space
HowardJun 6
Catherynne M. ValenteJun 6

You know you can just not use AI, right?

You can make a choice not to be part of this.

Even if your job uses it, YOU don’t have to in your normal life. You don’t have to let your kids use it.

You didn’t have it three years ago. You can just…be on Team Human. You can choose.