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 A massive Cloudflare outage brought down X, ChatGPT, and even Downdetector 15 hours ago:
Downdetector being down is rich with irony.
- Comment on How Google’s DeepMind tool is ‘more quickly’ forecasting hurricane behavior 1 day ago:
Yeah, it actually does change the world. Just not in the way advertised.
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- Comment on AI slop tops Billboard and Spotify charts as synthetic music spreads 5 days ago:
Without any info on how they compile the “Top 50 viral” list …
With vibe coding, of course.
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- Comment on Goodbye Windows, goodbye nvidia and sadly goodbye EVGA. 5 days ago:
Well, back then, I was thrilled that Soyo was throwing graphics onto Socket 7 mobos.
- Comment on Goodbye Windows, goodbye nvidia and sadly goodbye EVGA. 5 days ago:
What is this Voodoo of which you speak?
- Comment on Raccoin Is A Coin Pusher Where It's OK To Shake The Machine [Aftermath] 5 days ago:
Just in time for the penny to be retired!
Or should I say … the penny drops.
- Comment on You should quit social media for good 6 days ago:
I’ve never gotten the point of upvoting or downvoting as the main for of engagement with “social” media. I may do one or the other once a week when I get a chuckle or see an absurd take on journalism that isn’t worth engaging with, but simply clicking an icon is scarcely participation.
People with actual things to say is far more satisfying than facing a Hatfield-McCoy standoff.
- Comment on They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real 1 week ago:
“They willingly gave all sorts of PII to a soulless corporation. Here’s what didn’t actually happen.”
- Comment on They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real 1 week ago:
I mean, it absolutely would be news if a dangerous stretch of I-5 popped up in Eastern Washington.
- Comment on World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing 1 week ago:
This sail sales.
- Comment on FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site 1 week ago:
Why should Putin have all the fun when there are upper-floor windows all over the world?
- Comment on CyberGhost DMCAs Our Story About Their Bogus DMCA (Yes, Really) 1 week ago:
It’s one thing to have bad optics, but it’s another entirely to give a fuck about them. (See also: Facebook.)
- Comment on FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site 1 week ago:
I don’t really care for a $999,990 plate with $10 of shitty food.
- Comment on FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site 1 week ago:
Shit. Is that how I lost my porn collection?
- Comment on FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site 1 week ago:
Ah, but if you want a proper defenestration, Prague’s the go-to.
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- Comment on Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show 1 week ago:
Who watches ads on YouTube?
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- Comment on [RANT] Why is so much coverage of "AI" devoted to this belief that we've never had automation before (and that management even really wants it)? 2 weeks ago:
If you truly believe LLMs are transformative, that’s on you. I’d perhaps not believe people going forward, as they tend to lie.
- Comment on China freezes chip chemistry to slash defects by 99 per cent 2 weeks ago:
Much obliged!
- Comment on [RANT] Why is so much coverage of "AI" devoted to this belief that we've never had automation before (and that management even really wants it)? 2 weeks ago:
I’m not saying anything of the sort. You’re reading shit you wanted to into this.
OK, as you have all the answers: What is making people fearful?
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