Powderhorn
@Powderhorn@beehaw.org
Editor and tech enthusiast
At some point, I have to admit neither is true. Let’s see …
Wage slave and vandweller.
- Comment on Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger 3 hours ago:
I take the specific view that inadvertent phrasing of three words or less has repeatedly changed my life. Three is actually really excessive. One usually does the job; I only had to go to three once.
But then again, I’m a writer. Oh, I sure as shit wasn’t the first time, but this is where serendipity cones into play. You know what you have to say without even thinking about it.
- Comment on AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents 6 hours ago:
Oh, it always gets worse with these surveillance companies. Also good to bear in mind this is the tip of the iceberg.
- Comment on Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger 6 hours ago:
What matters the most is not the words within an utterance, but the discourse conveyed by that utterance. [Translation: how you say it matters less than what you say.]
Under certain circumstances. How you say things in work and personal settings such as dating can absolutely affect outcomes.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 7 hours ago:
Looks like a nice kit. I was holding out for 6400 before everything fell apart. G.Skill has been solid for me in the past.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 7 hours ago:
What timings?
- Comment on Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its shoddy AI products — as Google's AI growth begins to outpace Copilot products 1 day ago:
Sure, but contrarian investment and bets are built into the system. Everyone wants to think they’re the genius.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 1 day ago:
I’ve played with it for a little bit, but at this point, I’m so far removed from print design, I gave up after kicking the tires. When my resume ceased to be able to get anywhere as a PDF’d INDD, I tucked tail and went back to Word.
- Comment on Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its shoddy AI products — as Google's AI growth begins to outpace Copilot products 1 day ago:
While I grant these things are true, there’s no way in hell multiple people aren’t trying this bet.
- Comment on Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its shoddy AI products — as Google's AI growth begins to outpace Copilot products 1 day ago:
Oh, you just know someone’s shorting this. It just doesn’t seem to get reported on.
- Comment on Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its shoddy AI products — as Google's AI growth begins to outpace Copilot products 1 day ago:
I’m typing this on a Surface, so I’m not inherently anti-MS, but they’ve very clearly given up on the consumer side, which is an industrywide trend.
AI is sort of like having a plug. If you know you want it, it’s easy enough to find.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 2 days ago:
Have fun with the wait!
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 2 days ago:
I have a rule that I will double RAM with each generation. I had 8GB of DDR2, then 16GB of DDR3. You can guess where I went with DDR4.
Looks like I’m not getting 64GB this year.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 2 days ago:
“Why would I want to use Notepad?”
- Comment on Question: Is it possible to put Linux on an x86 Chromebook? 2 days ago:
It was rather pretty of me.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 2 days ago:
You can only use so many “fucks” before a video is demonetized. Running any longer would have come up against that wall.
- Comment on Question: Is it possible to put Linux on an x86 Chromebook? 2 days ago:
Sometimes, being an editor sucks. I try to hold back, but when you end up with a different word than intended – and it’s funny – I feel I have no choice but to point it out.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 3 days ago:
I’m sorry. Are you a mod here? You’re just bitching that you didn’t get exactly what you wanted served on a platter.
- Comment on Question: Is it possible to put Linux on an x86 Chromebook? 3 days ago:
I’m assuming you were going for “petty,” not rhapsodizing about the UI on the error.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 3 days ago:
So, you’re going with the slippery slope: There are so many other problems, why worry about a new one?
I’m homeless and struggle to afford food, so I’m aware of the larger issues in play. The problem here is that we’re adding a new one atop societal decay. Handwaving each new fuckup away is how we succumb to a future without agency.
Now is the time to be shouting from the rooftops, not giving up.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 3 days ago:
I’m an old guy (started with Photoshop 5 – not CS5; 5), and GIMP has never felt like software trying to help me accomplish a goal. It’s the vi of image editors.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 3 days ago:
Just accepting how fucked things are does not advance change. Others being concerned about it benefits you, so I’m not sure what you’re complaining about.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 3 days ago:
Are you actually claiming that I should be providing a video summary? Like, that’s in my wheelhouse, but I’m not on the clock, so apologies that you had to click the link.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 4 days ago:
Not really sure where you’re coming from. If you don’t want to watch a video … like, maybe, just don’t? I was attempting to provide solutions. And “a guy reads from a script” is literally how videos are made, so that’s a weird flex.
Steve has really come into his own as EIC in the past two years, and the channel (which I used to ignore) is much better for it. Come for the stats, stay for the biting political commentary.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 4 days ago:
There’s a reason I’m still rocking CS6. Fuck you for wanting me to pay monthly.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 4 days ago:
You can always click on the transcript on YouTube if you’d prefer to read. If you then need it summarized, that’s one of the things LLMs are actually (mostly) useful for.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 4 days ago:
I mean, I’m going to drop or sit on the thing in half that time. But allow a man to dream …
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 4 days ago:
I’m of the same mind. I did make an exception for a Pixel 9a because, well, that seven years of updates starts from the day it went on sale, so shaving a few years off that for minimal savings didn’t seem ideal.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 4 days ago:
Oh, I drink lots of beer while not wanting to call attention to my rave on wheels.
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 4 days ago:
Pouring one out for Soyo … damn, were those some solid motherboards.
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