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ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/contra-ptaceks-terrible-article-on-ai/

I was laughing-on-the-inside quite a bit but didn't LOL until "Tomahawk Missile – can I call you Tomahawk Missile?"

We're just going to try again tomorrow

Easy to have predicted but Slack is starting to suck in terms of basic functionality and bugs (enshit'ion started long ago)

Timeline 🦄🥃 #cats

"Before the internet was just four websites on people's phones, we used to have to spin up a server and host the content that your browser would show you."

youtube.com/watch?v=4_bYUVGgQQo

LLM vibe trends:

Mastodon in the morning (Europeans) -- This is horrible and the end of society and probably humanity

Mastodon during the day (Americans) -- This is interesting

LinkedIn all day -- OMGBBQ THIS CHANGED MY LIFE

Anyone else worry about hurting the microbiota when shaking a kefir drink, imagining them slamming against the inside of the plastic container and cursing you, their angry God, who really just wants their beverage an even, smooth consistency?

"What is an envy-inducing Instagram story, or outrage-stoking Tweet, or bizarrely compelling TikTok, if not a delivery mechanism for a purified and diluted form of the reaction we’d otherwise generate by actually traveling somewhere stimulating, or engaging in real principled protest, or giving ourselves over to undeniably skilled entertainers?"

calnewport.com/dispatch-from-disneyland/

myjetpack.tumblr.com/post/786325507929210880/my-latest-cartoon-for-new-scientist

My son won a Garmin smartwatch at an event a while back but hadn't been using it, so I took it to try it out. It insists on prompting me to press buttons. I tried to check the time during a bike ride today but instead saw one of these "full-screen" prompts randomly displayed on the face.

"Stop trying to onboard me, you're a watch!" I yelled while riding down the road.