James T Monkey

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Game designer. Inept astrophotographer. Boring in ways you couldn’t possibly imagine.

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Show threadJames T Monkey20h ago
@JubalBarca @Craigp I think you’re right, but I’m not sure it’s crafting in the deliberate sense. Houses were a pretty normal part of British schooling for a long time and a common plot engine of the school stories from the mid-1900s that HP is based on. The houses are a bit more Eton and Oxbridge college-coded than you’d find in your typical public high school and taken to fantasy extremes, but it wouldn’t be a British school story without that arbitrary othering and rivalry
James T Monkey2d ago
Steve Rudolfi3d ago

Welllllll this isn't great.

Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website

"...a system that evaluates your company’s landing page in real time and, if it decides the page won’t perform well enough for a specific user, replaces it with an AI-generated version assembled on the fly. The user never sees what your team built, they see what Google's machine learning model thinks they should see instead."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website

#SEO #Google #AI #enshittification

Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website

A newly granted Google patent could let the search giant replace your brand's landing page with an AI-generated version you have no control over and only your buyers see.

Forbes
Show threadJames T Monkey2d ago
@cstross @lilithsaintcrow @wordshaper Looking forward to InfiniteMonkeyPilot being shoehorned into Office. Because every possible combination of words can be calculated instantly, you just need to select the one you want.
James T Monkey3d ago
VessOnSecurity3d ago
Regarding that WW3 everyone's been talking about...
Show threadJames T Monkey3d ago
@krystman Honestly because I think they’d be more expensive and a bit more limiting. Kicking myself for selling my own DS years ago.
Show threadJames T Monkey3d ago

@thomasfuchs Honestly when I read the book I thought that was the most fantastical part.

But I’m glad. The book has a feel-good vibe to it, despite the high stakes, and I was really hoping they’d capture that in the movie.

James T Monkey3d ago
James T Monkey4d ago

I’m looking for a cheap handheld console to keep the kids entertained on long car journeys without internet. Ideally very robust with a long battery life, doesn’t need to play the latest and greatest.

Any recommendations? I hear the Powkiddy V90s is ok…

James T Monkey4d ago
A little bit of aurora. Not visible with the naked eye, unfortunately.
James T Monkey4d ago

I’m looking for a cheap handheld console to keep the kids entertained on long car journeys without internet. Ideally very robust with a long battery life, doesn’t need to play the latest and greatest.

Any recommendations? I hear the Powkiddy V90s is ok…

Show threadJames T Monkey4d ago
@futurebird @david_chisnall @mherbert @kbm0 @eclectech Most of the Culture books revolve around things that the Culture thoroughly disapproves of yet puts a great deal of effort into enabling.