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One of the biggest problem of any hype cycle like AI isn't the tech, it's the business pressure to release software that leads to hiring incompetent third-party companies that fail to employ basic security practices. You just know McD's has a rigorous 3rd party vendor vetting process that's either just theater or was bypassed for this project.

ian.sh/mcdonalds

wired.com/story/mcdonalds-ai-hiring-chat-bot-paradoxai/

Summer has gotten out of control at my house. I like being the "cool" house but I'm going to have to rent a desk at the local coworking space if this keeps up. 🗣️🙉

I felt like the first part of this bit applied to me in TX. "I've been living in TX for 21 years, and thinking about leaving TX... for 21 years..."

youtu.be/3y2WBROKk8E

Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists

holovaty.com/writing/chatgpt-fake-feature/

I finally wrote the post I started in May 2024, "The Tyranny of AI Is Not AI Itself, It Is the Lazy, Rushed Product Designers with No Imagination or Sense of Craft"

daniel.industries/2025/07/13/the-tyranny-of-ai-is-not-ai-itself-it-is-the-lazy-rushed-product-designers-with-no-imagination-or-sense-of-craft/

The guard tower (photo light bag)

makes mental note that Into the Mystic by Van Morrison is a salve for anything

🇮🇪💛

youtube.com/watch?v=79MJd3vPWPo

Decent-sized spider crawling down a web that went right by my head and attached to the upper-right corner of my monitor. Did not notice until he was in my peripheral vision. 😬😰🕷️

Sorry, dude, I cannot be bothered to relocate you.

But these days I miss strangers more than I
More than I miss my friends
And the dive bars filled with hopeless drunks sinking
Deeper into their sins
And I'm trying to be here now, but I'm only asking when