@pndc

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Grumpy Northerner ex-🇬🇧, now in 🇳🇱 where there are fewer Brexiters, TERFs and other fascists [citation needed]. Spends most waking hours swearing at computers. Thank Cthulhu for beer! Got a Rust 🦀 or other gig which is not crypto/AI/other-scam-of-the-week? Ping me.

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Show thread@pndc17m ago
@mjg59 At least from there you have a file you can play into Shazam and get the actual title.
Show thread@pndc11h ago
@foone If you're a worshipper at the Church of Emacs, it'll just treat the epub as a directory and you can edit the XHTML files within and it'll deal with the unzipping and rezipping automagically.
@pndc2d ago

If "AI-enabled" makes killing people legal, I'm launching my new startup making AI-powered guillotines. The AI shall be used to find people worth at least a billion dollars.

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-backs-bill-exempt-ai-firms-model-harm-lawsuits/

OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters

The ChatGPT-maker testified in favor of an Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable—even in cases where their products cause “critical harm.”

WIRED
Show thread@pndc2d ago
@urlyman The BBC actually uses strong geolocation on pretty much all of its sites (including dynamic detection of VPNs and proxies; they're not just buying in GeoIP databases), since that's how they decide whether to serve advertising, force-redirect from bbc.co.uk to bbc.com, block access to iPlayer, etc. So it's not a credible excuse to claim that they can't tell whether a visitor is in the UK or abroad.
Show thread@pndc2d ago
@revk I'd be tempted to try it on some sanded glass to see if it sticks better.
Show thread@pndc2d ago
@quixoticgeek If it did that, it wouldn't be able to provide a route to anywhere on weekends.
Show thread@pndc3d ago
@jyrgenn @dysfun The peanut flips taste a bit weird, but not unpleasant. Both cheese and peanut together might work well.
@pndc3d ago

Let's see how Labour are getting on in the polls with their lurch to the right to woo Reform voters. Plus a zoom-in on the range 17–18% to see just how well they're doing.

Time to get a lettuce out for Keir, I suspect.

(Data from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election.)

Show thread@pndc3d ago
@RogerBW @dysfun Yours for just €2.54 plus €14.95 delivery: https://www.dutchexpatshop.com/en/albert-heijn-cheese-flips.html. (They're not actually from Albert Heijn.)
Gwoon Cheese flips

Gwoon Cheese flips (200 gram)

Show thread@pndc4d ago
@aemstuz @mgorny That would be the "you're prompting it wrong" AI-booster argument.