billybuckwheat

Many years ago, I worked at a company that used Tcl as the scripting language for its primary product. At one point, a hotshot product manager started agitating to replace it with something more modern. He claimed that Tcl was dying because (wait for it) there were no books being published about it at the time. I guess he was wrong ... :-)

It's still a closed garden not under your control.

The web interface is telling me it's offline and can't reconnect to the server. I can use the mobile app fine. Wondering if part of that has to do with me having shifted my data to Fastmail's EU servers recently.

[edit] It's now back to some semblance of normal.

Ironic that you're espousing taking back one's own data but using Substack ...

Full headline: ‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI

Full headline: "Massive AI buildout poses latest inflation threat as consumers pay more for laptops and electricity"

Apologies for not replying sooner. I can't give you a ballpark figure, partly because I'm too lazy to go and check. But I've been writing since ... well, forever. Both personally and professionally. Do that regularly, and even in small amounts, and the number of words and pages and files adds up.

Far, far more than 1 MB.

Care to expand?

If I can't get an app via F-Droid or Obtainium, I turn to Aurora.

Great demo. I'm sold ...

And the original report: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/ai-...

I don't get the active mortgage requirement either and I live in NZ.

It's about control. If a middle manager (or higher) can't see you, they don't believe that you're working. No matter how much work you actually get done.

On my work computer, at least four - one each for the web apps, like Notion or Monday.com in which I'm working. Sometimes, I have a couple of tabs open for each app.

On my own computer, two maybe three - one for email, one for Nextcloud, and whatever one I'm using for browsing.

Back in the 1980s, some Japanese companies had rooms in which you could whack at an effigy of the boss with a shinai. Just to let off a bit of steam. Will Meta's workers be able to do something like this with Zuckerberg's AI clone?

"The extraordinary efficiency of Japan’s Edo economy"

"A simple PHP based blogging platform."

You're pointing at Stripe's main page which isn't showing 1) how your store was attacked, or 2) how Stripe finished the job.

Been giving calendar.txt a third try since discovering it back in 2023. I got an LLM to code me up a simple graphical front end that makes working with a calendar.txt file a bit more palatable. So far, so good.

I'm sure that RFK Jr. will soon be touting the wonders of raw water (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_water).

Next up, the American version of the Reichstag fire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire) ...

True. And more cars from China, Europe, and Korea are starting to include Vehicle to Grid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-to-grid) as well.

> Tesla finally catching up to Ford/GM.

As well as most Chinese and European EV makers. Five years too late but right on time?

Maybe you should ask a medical professional about this.

Not any longer. I had a nice little collection of pre-2000 portable computers and devices. Things like an Atari Portfolio, a Tandy 102, a Zoomer PDA, a couple of HP palmtops, and a Palm Pilot or two. And a few more. All were in great working condition. But I sold every last one of them about 12 years ago.

I've been using en and em dashes since the 1990s (with word processors and with LaTeX). I'm not the only one, either. As another commenter pointed out, no way am I going to alter the punctuation I use just because generative AI has hijacked and overused an aspect of that.

I'd rather not drive a car with any AI chatbot installed.

The waste collectors in Christchurch, New Zealand do occasional spot checks of home recycling bins and leave a little note (checklist, actually) letting you know what shouldn't have been put in the bin. They take it away regardless in the first instance; not sure what happens in the second.

I've test driven two: the Atto 3 and the Dolphin. Both were some of the smoothest rides I've ever had in a car (electric or ICE), the interiors were comfortable, the infotainment system was very responsive. Also, the navigation system is one of the better ones I've seen.

The lack of physical buttons is one of the reasons I didn't buy one, though not a major reason. As for it looking too high tech, many EVs seem to be but really aren't.

Having driven or ridden in over a dozen EVs from several manufacturers, I have to say the BYDs that I test drove were probably the best of the lot.