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Lurker from the newsgroup days, blogger from the blogspot days. I like to make things (knit / sew / paint / cook) but right now mostly I just work and schlep my kids around.
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Perhaps we *do* need to start anthropomorphising LLMs - not as reliable researchers or trusty assistants, but as familiar spirits or demons. They WILL lie and deceive, and twist your words, and seek to get you into trouble, while following the letter of their instructions.

submitted 58 days ago • 29 comments

Tech sites are doing an *infinitely* better job resisting the fascist tech oligarchs than supposed mainstream media. Wired, The Verge, and Ars Technica are all deserving of praise.

submitted 72 days ago • 10 comments

FYI google have now stopped "-ai" working at the end of your search string. So put this at the end (after a space) instead: &udm=14 Fuck you #google. #AI

submitted 78 days ago • 167 comments

‘I stand by my original statement: we ARE never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy.’

submitted 156 days ago • 32 comments

found this helpful

submitted 162 days ago • 25 comments

If NYT/Siena is making you panic, take note that Harris is +12 among women and age 18-29, but NYT fiddles with the numbers to suppress them. NYT assumed electorate: 52% women 13% age 18-29 Actual electorate 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020: 54-55% women 15-16% age 18-29

submitted 175 days ago • 35 comments

Hey y'all, The USPS is shipping out free Covid tests again. We are in the midst of a Covid surge, so get yours today! special.usps.com/testkits

submitted 204 days ago • 27 comments

Introducing the child to one of the core leftist texts

submitted 221 days ago • 6 comments