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silarsis Apr 22, 2023

@GossiTheDog
I remember running harvest proxy (and rebooting it daily because memory leaks) around 1995, so not so long after that (at an isp with 30 dialin modems per 64k ISDN uplink). Also remember (before that) opining that http would never take off because gopher was better organised, sigh. So odd to compare then to now...

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silarsis Apr 20, 2023

@itgrrl
This is the way

silarsis Apr 4, 2023

Whitney Merrill Apr 4, 2023

RT @d0tslash
Still blows me away how many folks don't understand that claw machines probability is heavily influenced. https://www.vox.com/2015/4/3/8339999/claw-machines-rigged

Claw machines are rigged — here’s why it’s so hard to grab that stuffed animal

Vox

silarsis Mar 30, 2023

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Mar 29, 2023

Okay, so that AI letter signed by lots of AI researchers calling for a "Pause [on] Giant AI Experiments"? It's just dripping with AI hype. Here's a quick rundown.

First, for context, note that URL? The Future of Life Institute is a longtermist operation. You know, the people who are focused on maximizing the happiness of billions of future beings who live in computer simulations.

https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/

#AIhype

Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter - Future of Life Institute

We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.

Future of Life Institute

silarsis Mar 10, 2023

Cory Doctorow Mar 9, 2023

Back in 2017 Long Island Ice Tea - known for its undistinguished, barely drinkable sugar-water - changed its name to "Long Blockchain Corp." Its shares surged to a peak of 400% over their pre-announcement price. The company announced no specific integrations with any kind of blockchain, nor has it made any such integrations since.

silarsis Mar 6, 2023

Clayton Hove Mar 6, 2023

Enough.

@cadey
Asking chatgpt to argue with itself has become my new favourite pastime. "Pretend you're two senior engineers debating X Vs y" is fun. Although on that basis, I suspect the future is very passive aggressive...

silarsis Feb 1, 2023