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I keep waiting for Amazon to start generating AI-driven online profiles spouting Ai-driven selling points for AI-generated media.
It’s the AI version of “Flood the zone with shit” except the entire internet is The Zone.

this is the “can it run DOOM” of manufacturing

brb recompiling my porch

this season on Black Mirror, we re-write the first episode of Torchwood (the one where they briefly reanimate dead people to ask them how they died)

rather than uninstalling adblockers entirely, can’t they just whitelist YouTube? Ad Trackers only have value when they track people across multiple sites: if the tracker only functions on YT then users get the video views they want and YT gets near-worthless tracking data.

Bingo! If accountability hurts the bottom line, then The Big Money will argue against accountability in any form.

Big Money got a mighty voice.
Big Money make no sound.

I’d love to go a goddamn day without hearing about this man. The media’s bizarre fascination with him is entirely unhealthy.

reminder: SAG-AFTRA is still on strike

holy shit I’m so glad I got out of I.T.
What the fuck is any of that

he only walked it back because he still has functioning legs

he’s an advocate for universal basic poverty

that site has a great interface, lots of ways to sort data in useful ways.
Other sites could learn a thing or two from whoever did their UI

Good! Use your distracted feelings, boy. Let the scroll flow through you!

If it was a reputable theater she would have had her own Booth.

I’m surprised John Cage didn’t sue over it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3

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Good article. That being said, the examples provided against remote work (“salespeople were taking calls from the top of mountains on hiking trips”) don’t paint a true picture of what remote work has become. There is much opportunity for scheduled collaboration, and still some incidents of unscheduled collaboration (aka water cooler moments) via remote work.

Best quote in the article: “The number one thing people want out of a workplace is concentration space… You’re not going to get them into a place just built for social interaction. You’ve got to be able to concentrate…” That’s where most workplaces are shockingly deficient. Most offices are designed to keep workers precariously balanced between concentrating on work tasks and the threat of immediate distraction by coworkers. “Open Office Design” necessitated more space for meeting rooms, and overbooking of meeting rooms necessitated off-site meetings.

Every article arguing for Return To Office conveniently overlooks several shockingly obvious points: PRODUCTIVITY WENT UP when people worked from home. Workers didn’t have to spend hours of time commuting to/from work. Workers didn’t have to spend money on gasoline and parking and day care for their kids or their dogs. Workers didn’t have to lose an entire day of work if they felt sick but were unsure if they were contagious. Workers Didn’t Have To Work From An Office. They still don’t.

So don’t.

I’ve come up with a few novel ideas that were pretty bad, and I have never discussed them online out of caution of someone actually running with them.

tha older tha wine is, tha gooder it is

re-watching it now. Such a remarkably consistent show.