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When a powerful group removes "Don't be evil" from their code of conduct it's pretty clear where things are headed. Reminds me of when that one verse was removed from Psalm 145.

I understand where you're coming from and can empathize because I've been asked some absurd computer science questions in interviews. However, in my experience, if an interviewer c…

I think that’s what they call a ‘false dilemma’. Recently, I had a conversation with a bunch of people who have worked in the tech industry since the 90s. Someone asked which techn…

I assume that if it's not air-gapped, it's compromised. I keep important stuff offline.

Looking foward to the generated images of a CEO riding a toilet

Also, within a few hours of posting this, I received this odd email from “ privacy@openai.com” to the gmail address connected to my chatgpt account. I made no such request to them.…

Just FYI - if you do an export from ChatGPT, verify the export data. I requested an export from ChatGPT a few days ago and received the zip this morning, but the zip is missing mes…

I browsed the internet yesterday after abstaining for a few months. I was pretty shocked - the rulers seem to be working overtime to lead the Christians, Jews, and Muslims to kill …

Pittsburgh is a mess. I grew up there and came back recently to visit after 20 years. I walked a street for a few miles, and it was homeless after homeless. Heartbreaking change to…

I worked with him at CNRI. Seemed pretty dim and overrated. I think people keep him around for the DARPA connection.

In 1990 I hoped my grandkids would be able to join starfleet. After watching most of the gains go to the worst, I just hope they can escape the borg.

I love the USPS. I love going to the post office and seeing real people, especially people in the town I live in. It's a social gathering place in smaller towns. This push toward o…

Their web site seems to suggest they have last mile delivery everywhere because they're under universal service obligation. But, when I lived rural, I remember my mom having to dri…

Many of my old bookmarked urls have been removed from IA. Strangely, it's only some versions. If you go back through old twitter urls, for instance.

Lately, since I've pretty much blocked most media companies in /etc/hosts, I've been enjoying reading the pre-2015 from archive.org. Although, I do have some grief, I guess I'm ok …

I like how they try to frame Trump as "the one man" , completely ignoring his cabinet, Thiel, Kushner, Musk, the Heritage Foundation, the media empires backing him, the crypto indu…

hmm, ok. kind of odd to put yourself out there for so many years, then be willing to die on this issue, given the political state of things. but, you be you Edit: I can't respond t…

You’ve been an ‘influencer’ here for 25 years. Why so defensive?