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Yeah, it's actually one of the last sentences in the New Testament - Revelations 22:18. Jesus did his best to tone down the fire and brimstone, but the Abrahamic god is not a parti…

When it comes to producing things, there's a whole world out there. You aren't competing with your neighbor, and materials/labor are vastly cheaper in other parts of the globe. Bef…

Another big challenge is the punishment for getting it wrong, which the article doesn't even mention. >For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this b…

Rail travel is one of the last places that you still see this in the US. I took a cross-country Amtrak trip right before the pandemic, and most of the conductor's announcements wer…

It seems pretty popular in big software-centric companies like the FAANGs. IME the turnover is usually every couple of months, as the sacrificial lamb gets tired of it and other te…

And to think, Office Space came out 24 years ago. Funny how things come full-circle. >And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now. >I beg your pardon? >…

Not really social media, but Netflix lost (settled) an ADA suit because they weren't providing subtitles consistently: https://dredf.org/legal-advocacy/nad-v-netflix/

That would be unusual, so you could probably report them for being a bot. After all, Meta's TOS stipulates that you must provide accurate information about yourself, and that you c…

Ex post facto, as usual. What are the odds that this whole imbroglio happened because their third-party APIs broke and they can't figure out how to fix them?

It's static, until a contractor ignores the post-it note on their monitor that says, "IMPORTANT: ALWAYS add an extra newline BEFORE saving the file". Once that happens, you have to…

Not particularly surprising to hear that HoloLens may have moved into the "oh well, dump it on Uncle Sam" phase of product development. It's good to hear that the government is dem…

This is quite easy to do, but the results can be off in funny ways. For example, try putting this into SD with Euler a sampling and a cfg scale of 10: "The Night Watch, a painting …

Well, their API has been broken for days, and they haven't acknowledged it yet. So I would say their current staffing levels are probably not sufficient.

The recurring cost is a real problem. Not just financially. We all desperately want to feel some sense of agency over our future, and subscriptions force us to frequently reckon wi…

"Subscribe vs buy" feels like deciding between "rent vs own". Sure, if I can snag a rent-controlled apartment for well under market price, that would be a good deal. And yes, if I …

You can't access expensive hardware on YouTube. If you want to learn about chemistry or biology for learning's sake, good luck. Most autodidacts won't have space in their apartment…

You shouldn't even need to run an "app". A phone is no different from a laptop, except that it is smaller and the mouse/keyboard are part of the screen. On my phone, I should be ab…

Me neither, but I have heard plenty of complaints about backup cameras being required in all new cars. The idea is that the cameras require a large display on the dashboard. If you…