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As an ethical AI user, I begin each session by asking the chatbot to give a stolen data acknowledgement. It is an important first step toward justice.

@siracusa imagine the signups Apple Arcade would get if they just threw truckloads of money at this. What a missed opportunity

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/bluey-video-game-halfbrick-studios-brisbane/106113906

As it is, it’s a one time payment of $18, which of course I will pay

Halfbrick Studios CEO Shainiel Deo on creating the first Bluey video game made in Brisbane

Halfbrick Studios, the company behind Fruit Ninja, has created the first ever Bluey video game made in Australia.

ABC News
Facebook has the opportunity to do something right for a change and poach Alan Dye. Cmon zuck, make it happen

@siracusa In case no-one else has said anything yet, sub-vocalisation is apparently a real thing. Reading about this fun research is how I first learned about it

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131011093829.htm

Popcorn at the movies: Oral interference sabotages advertising effects

Advertising uses repetition to increase consumers’ preference for brands. Initially, novel brands gain in popularity due to repetition, which increases the likelihood that consumers later buy the brands. Particularly for novel brands, excessive exposure and repetition is necessary to establish the brand name in the first place.

ScienceDaily
@atpfm @marcoarment
I was once tricked into buying travel insurance in airline checkout flow and was mad about it, but it only cost about $100 so I figured I would be more careful next time. Then I dented the door of our rental car on a pole and the travel insurance covered the $4000 excess. Now if I am using a rental car I always have travel insurance

@caseyliss have you seen this post about LLM coding?

https://harper.blog/2025/02/16/my-llm-codegen-workflow-atm/

In my experience these techniques get much better results

My LLM codegen workflow atm

A detailed walkthrough of my current workflow for using LLms to build software, from brainstorming through planning and execution.

I guess they’re renaming it to the “volks wide developer conference”
@atpfm @marcoarment Marco mentioned that he hadn’t yet found out what happens if you don’t take over when the distracted driver warning comes on. I don’t think I would want to find out. It doesn’t sound like a fun time:
It’s 2024 and google search still can’t search podcasts
@caseyliss if Apple was trying to reference Bluey wouldn’t they use a blue heeler since that’s Bluey’s actual breed?