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In the same way that “Anthropic” apparently means misanthropic , we can probably add “AI safety” to the list of newspeak.

Or the "unicontext" that Derek Thompson recently wrote about.

I can nod along when I hear and read people talking about the dangers of these technologies and the endgame of their creators; and then suddenly very weird when everyone except me …

I think the GP just showed that in a particular scenario, Ruby isn’t “radically slower” than Go. So how is the comparison not relevant?

As someone who spent 15+ years doing Ruby/Rails, it’s nice to see this land. That said, these days you’ll pry the BEAM from my cold, dead hands. It’s hard to go back to any other c…

This is madness. Only LG themselves should be able to have this kind of invasive control over your television.

OpenAI only exists due to the theft of content created by others. If Apple’s accusations prove to be true, it just means that OpenAI is consistent.

Besides his role in Jurassic Park, I will always appreciate Sam Neill’s understated but important role as Borodin, the reliable and loyal First Officer in The Hunt for Red October.…

That's one of the reasons CarPlay is non-negotiable for me: It limits the automaker's ability to enshittify the ownership experience.

I agree with the author: CarPlay is table stakes for me. Whenever an automaker says a car won't support CarPlay, I mentally cross it off my list. Which is fine, because there are p…

And did you see Apple’s recent price increases?

There is a complete lack of courage in the leadership of tech companies today, and top-down AI mandates are just another manifestation. True visionaries think outside the box, but …

Who would voluntarily do business with a company that does this? Not me.

As a huge film buff, I sadly agree. And theaters in my area aren’t doing a good job keeping their projection technology current. When we went to see “Wicked”, my wife leaned over a…

I sweat a lot and as a result try to avoid cotton for the most part. Wool is just a far better material in my experience, and doesn’t hold odor like cotton.

So you’re saying there’s an upside?

Agreed. I’m increasingly using the presence of AI slop as a primary signal about whether to avoid a company and its products.

VFR (visual) flights don’t require filing a flight plan.

Anthropic are trailblazers and this will be everywhere soon. It happened to me tonight with a different company. "We use AI to do our actual work, but please don't use AI for this …

Maybe LLMs just make messes.

Just wanted to say that I remember playing your game as a kid on the family Mac IIci. Thanks for the fun memories, and best wishes.

Same, I just use my Passport Card when flying, which is a Real ID.

Most of the people I see buying Land Rovers probably need a side gig to afford them.

Same. Lack of RDS support is the only reason we aren’t using this.

You’re basically me. I was a daily NPR listener until the Trump era. If a never-Trumper can’t handle NPR abandoning all pretense of objectivity, that might be a bad sign.