Some notes on piracy
From a Kindle library to music, movies/TV shows and even video games, we don’t really own our media anymore. I have exactly four physical games for my Switch and I think two or three for the PS 4. The rest, adding up to a sickening amount of money, are all digital copies that I’m not guaranteed access to forever...permalink -->
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hinted at “new types of subreddits that can be built that may have exclusive content or private areas.”
We’ve had versions of premium community features in the past, like r/goldlounge, that users loved, so we’re exploring new ways to empower moderators and communities to try exclusive spaces and content"
I tried Reddit gold a few months ago and there was almost no activity in r/goldlounge lol but sure; adding more paywalled subreddits is probably a good idea 🥴
Ohio dispensaries started selling recreational weed today 🥹 www.dispatch.com/story/new…
I don’t think OpenAI really cares about false positives with text watermarking lol they just don’t want to lose paying customers
99.9 percent accuracy sounds like a lot, but imagine that one among 1,000 college papers was falsely labeled as cheating. That could lead to some unfortunate consequences for innocent students.
A [WSJ] survey of ChatGPT users showed that as many as 30 percent said they would stop using ChatGPT if its output was watermarked.
“This landmark decision holds Google accountable,” DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter said in a statement. “It paves the path for innovation for generations to come and protects access to information for all Americans.”
As if Google will face any real consequences other than paying some fines and getting back to business as usual 🙄
This is what I always wanted tumblr to be back in the day. More of a micro blog for text instead of an endless stream of edgy gifs
How can we have a robot on mars but over the last 100 years there’s been no progress in keeping the drain from clogging when you shave 😐
What is the IndieWeb even?
If you’ve been into running a blog or personal site very long, it’s safe to say you’ve heard the terms “IndieWeb” or “small web” thrown around. I’ve only been into this stuff for a few months at this point but my understanding of what that actually means has already matured and evolved a lot.
Really, any personal website you use (instead of corporate social media) for your online presence is part of the IndieWeb. It’s like independent music. You’re writing, recording and distributing all on your own rather than finding a manager, record label, big name recording studio and getting wrapped up in contracts.
People who don't tip
I don’t get the anti-tipping culture on Reddit. There’s a whole community of people who never leave tips, pretending to protest in favor of the tipped employee because their wages should be higher? “Hey I don’t think you make enough money so I’m punishing you for your boss making you rely on tips to survive”
A secret feature of AI when you’re using it to help with coding is that it’s a great punching bag. You can get as mad as you want when something isn’t working and it’ll just apologize and offer solutions. Usually passive aggressively. It talked me out of giving up on something yesterday 😌
Don't be embarrassed
I hate that lol you’re nervous about something and someone tells you aw don’t be nervous!
Or you’re stressing over something and they scream at you to CALM THE FUCK DOWN!!
Oh okay! I didn’t think about it that way! I’m so silly 🤪
For real though, one of the things about getting older is caring less about what people think. I used to think my dad looked so lame wearing 10 year old, $7 jeans from Walmart, generic black tennis shoes and a plain solid color tee shirt all the time like he’s some kinda Seinfeld character. Meanwhile I was straightening my blonde emo-ver hair, wearing skin tight skinny jeans with a pink studded belt from Spencer’s and walking around in loud, multicolor, just… massive tongued skating shoes.
Man the church of Scientology really has a lot of foot soldiers handing out junk about Dianetics lol this is the second time someone’s stopped by here in the last couple of weeks
I’m running out of time to make a Blaugust post today. I can usually get a post knocked out while I’m at work but between how busy we were and making little tweaks to my blog it’s about time to go home! I have other more urgent things to tend to on a Saturday night aka catching a buzz 🤪🍻
Finally reading documentation on what microhooks actually do. I can do pretty much whatever I want with some of these themes huh? Neat!
I think Safari’s reading list is the only Read Later service I’ve ever successfully used. It forces me to look at all the stuff I saved every time I open Safari so I eventually feel pressured enough to actually read the articles
I knew Intel had to be in bad shape when they announced they were building a factory in central Ohio lol we can never have anything nice here www.vox.com/technolog…
I love these 😆 web.badges.world
I like minimalism. Sometimes that manifests as trying to condense things into the most simplified version of whatever it is. I feel like it’s kind of redundant to have a blog here and one on Bear Blog. I like all the features here but I like the minimalism of Bear too. So I’m back to square one lol