⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@social.cleverlibre.org

' In all these cases, the counter calculated a value of 1p and the calculations
carried out at the host gave a value of £0.0099. As the first three digits were 000 the
system took this to be 0p and so reported a false discrepancy. There was however no
financial discrepancy.'

You may agree with our work or not, but please, be kind in how you engage. Here’s why

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@verge fuck off. Then fuck off some more. Then keep fucking off. Then when you think you've fucked off enough, fuck off one more time to be sure.

“‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says.”

Then fucking pay for it honestly or fucking perish, you fucking grifters.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/08/ai-tools-chatgpt-copyrighted-material-openai

This is awesome. Python 3.13 gets a JIT https://tonybaloney.github.io/posts/python-gets-a-jit.html The initial benchmarks show something of a 2-9% performance improvement in your Python code.

Today in Torment Nexus news:

Isaac Asimov: I've created the Three Laws Of Robotics to demonstrate all the ways simple, well-intentioned rules can fail catastrophically.

Google: To protect humans we are creating a "Robot Constitution" inspired by the classic sci-fi series, Look At All The Ways The Three Laws Of Robotics Can Fail Catastrophically.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-taps-asimovs-three-laws-of-robotics-for-real-robot-safety

Any app can be a dating app if you’re creepy enough

In rocketry, it's only a RUD if there are cameras livestreaming it; if there are no cameras, it's just a sparkling propulsion anomaly.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/astrobotic-says-there-has-been-an-anomaly-with-its-lunar-lander/

it's impossible for me to be a multimillionaire without robbing a bank, therefore i should be allowed to rob banks

(headline: "‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says")

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/08/ai-tools-chatgpt-copyrighted-material-openai

Roy is eight now.

OpenAI claims you can't provide AI systems the 'citizens need' without training on copyrighted material in filing to the UK House of Lords.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/08/ai-tools-chatgpt-copyrighted-material-openai

Like the UK people need another system that lies to them with a thin veneer of authority and truth. We've got the Tory government for that already!

We are absolutely *obsessed* with Gillian Anderson's Golden Globes dress. Zoom in if you can't immediately see why.

I'm genuinely flabbergasted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE9T7qD00v0

#retrocomputing #demoscene #commodore64

Every town should have a cable depot where everyone brings the cables they aren't using and they sort, test, and store them, and when you need some random cable you simply drop by the cable depot to pick it up. And if they don't have it they'll request it from the next town over, like inter library loans.

The last 10 years or so of tech:

2013: Blockchain! It's a like a database, but slower and worse!
2016: VR! It's like monitors, but slower and worse!
2021: NFTs! It's like pictures, but slower and worse!
2023: AI! It's like algorithms, but slower and worse!

Attention Citizens!

New Soylent Red is now made with Real People*!
Enjoy the same umami flavor you know and love, now [Redacted]% organic, and locally sourced!

You are what you eat, feel good about it.

#Paranoia #RPG #ttrpg #games #satire #soylent #organic #healthy #dystopian

I've published a text version of my #37C3 lightning talk!

"The browsers biggest TLS mistake"

https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/browsers-biggest-tls-mistake