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 SCOOP: Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog 11 hours ago:
They just want Lebensraum.
- Comment on AI Data Centers in Texas Used 463 Million Gallons of Water, Residents Told to Take Shorter Showers 1 day ago:
Ha! Joke’s on them … I’ve not taken a shower since June!
I’m doing my part!
- Comment on AI Data Centers in Texas Used 463 Million Gallons of Water, Residents Told to Take Shorter Showers 1 day ago:
But, but, but … the Statesman is still around! I see it on the rack at HEB, but it’s a fucking shell. Unsurprising when you have a burgeoning union while changing hands twice in five years and the best solution was Cox. (N.B., I ran the GateHouse team that designed A360 ahead of the Gannett purchase from Cox.)
When you’re getting better news on Kerrville from the UK than the AAS, well …
- Comment on A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating 2 days ago:
I use encrypted apps with some regularity, but for now, I’m not too concerned about inert conversation being plaintext.
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- Comment on A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating 2 days ago:
For all the spilling they’re doing, this is some of the most spot-on branding I’ve seen.
- Comment on OpenAI Seeks Additional Capital From Investors as Part of Its $40 Billion Round 4 days ago:
Company That Cannot Describe How It Will Ever Make Money Seeks Money
- Comment on Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan | 404 Media 5 days ago:
Well, that’s not good.
- Comment on The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble 1 week ago:
You seem a biased opinion.
- Comment on Dating Apps Need to Learn How Consent Works 1 week ago:
Essentially, the expansion of awareness of the BDSM scene starting mid-'00s led to terrible problems that have yet to be fixed. I tread lightly on this topic on Beehaw, as many don’t want to hear raw thoughts and experiences.
- Comment on Dating Apps Need to Learn How Consent Works 1 week ago:
Most people in the BDSM scene don’t seem to understand what consent is. These apps are just following the parallel “demand forgiveness later” model.
- Comment on How Silicon Valley Monopolized the World (Tom Nicholas) 1 week ago:
Well, that’s just racist. ^/s^
I kid, having taken black cabs in London as a kid.
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- Comment on A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say 1 week ago:
With homelessness, the secret is simple: Don’t park anywhere you’re not wanted, and know your rights.
This does not, however, fix that, inflation adjusted, I should have been making $115K five years ago and instead cleared $49K.
- Comment on Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance 1 week ago:
And we were expecting … what, exactly? Part of the joy of being homeless is avoiding this crap.
- Comment on Netflix’s first show with generative AI is a sign of what’s to come in TV, film 1 week ago:
Made today, Falk would have cut in with “Westley doesn’t fall at this time.”
- Comment on Netflix’s first show with generative AI is a sign of what’s to come in TV, film 1 week ago:
VFX can be amazing in bringing something to life that words alone can’t convey.
The main issue here is that you need a cohesive story that would work without VFX, with the latter being additive instead of a replacement for plot. Whether it’s CGI or anything else, the storyline still rules.
Let’s go back some 40 years, to the Cliffs of Insanity scene in The Princess Bride (by S. Morganstern) – the effects weren’t great, but no one fucking noticed because the story itself was compelling.
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- Comment on How Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 Will Change Our Phones 1 week ago:
There are plenty of reasons to dislike how often Android phones home (no pun intended), but not having my phone ring from bullshit calls is fine by me, even if Google retains the data. Creditors and healthcare providers can’t legally leave messages, so I’m not sure what practical impact on privacy this has.
Don’t get me wrong, I prefer anything running on-device, but this is a weird thing to point out as a deficiency in Android.
- Comment on How Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 Will Change Our Phones 1 week ago:
Also, no mention of iOS 26’s new call screening feature - which asks unknown callers for their name and purpose of the call and displays this on the screen before your phone starts to ring. And, again, it’s all happening on-device.
I’m no fan of Android, but it’s had this capability for years. This feels like Apple inventing the rectangle again.
- Comment on Linux smashes through five per cent desktop share in the US 1 week ago:
I’m merely pointing out that your thesis – “You make it seem like Microsoft didn’t do everything they could to kill Linux and Mac.” – is categorically false. Of course no sane business decision in the current economic climate is altruistic, but this is scarcely news.
- Comment on Linux smashes through five per cent desktop share in the US 1 week ago:
Like literally investing in $150 million in Apple in 1997 and porting Office to MacOS to get in front of a possible antitrust trial ahead of Jobs’ return?
I’m not an MS fanboi, but at least get your facts right if you’re going to make such a claim.
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- Comment on UK online safety law is going to change the way we use the internet 1 week ago:
So far as the internet knows from my IP address, I’ve not been in Texas for years. VPNs are crucial for navigating the modern internet, and not just for porn. Why should my ISP be able to sell my browsing history when I’m paying for the service?
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- Comment on Hugging Face Is Hosting 5,000 Nonconsensual AI Models of Real People 2 weeks ago:
Honestly? This isn’t even new … I posted plenty of porn of my ex-wife, leading to a guy offering to buy her a house if she left me. Being creepy, uh … finds a way. I still don’t quite get why people don’t want to just meet someone and angle for a relationship instead of getting off in front of a glowing rectangle.