'Puter & T'ai Chi & whatever Guy

Xfinity is pushing something it calls "number lock." Do it! You'll be more secure! Nowhere does anything say what it does. Anyone know?

Elon Musk claims it’s a crime to publish the names of the young engineers who work for him who have access to systems they shouldn’t. Here they are: Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Come and arrest me.

Using hostile takeover techniques on Office of Personnel Management: They physically replaced email servers so only they can communicate with workers. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Google Maps renaming Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/t...

I’m getting followed by many accounts full of pics of voluptuous women, which of course means most are run by middle-aged balding men in their underwear. Is there any fast way to block them? And possibly warn others?

Appendix: "How to sue ExxonMobil for Private Nuisance": "sue a fossil fuel company for hiding science and preventing society from taking action on climate." He tried(discovery: Send us all your emails for the last 30 years.) So he's trying to get other companies to do it. www.cpr.org/2025/01/12/a...

Coming from FaceBoook, the thing I dislike MOST about BlueSky is the CHARACTER LIMIT.

Whoa, wait, this is TRUE? "OpenAI’s o1 model, used in ChatGPT Pro, was caught lying to developers to keep from being shut down." This is contrary to my understanding of LLMs - stochastic parrots inherently lacking a concept in self. www.snopes.com/fact-check/a...

Israel has been using AI to determine Hamas targets in Gaza. They used to require two human checks; that's gone to one, and in some cases zero. (free article, no paywall) wapo.st/3DEbc21

I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.

Some days I’m the fish. Others I’m the tartare sauce.

@rlasater.bsky.social 7 in 10 Democrats, 6 in 10 Republicans not watching news anymore according to AP poll.

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Or whatever you celebrate.

Trump is mad at Biden about pardons. He wanted to kill all those people, and now he can't. Boohoo.

Except they don't. They just see nice fat profit numbers.

That is one whopper of a crater with another major one inside it!

Mushroom directs a robot. Watch the video. www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-m...

The war on Christmas internment camp, somewhere in Illinois. (This is actually 9 years old, but still funny.)

Now do Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard & Kash Patel.

Hunter Biden Realizes He Could Have Gotten Pardon From Trump If He Had Rioted on January 6

Manatees control their buoyancy by farting. naplesmanateetours.com/how-do-manat...

Happy Thanksgiving! If you celebrate it.

Thursday it happens. (Free article.) wapo.st/4i6v0dN

Sunset last night. Taken from my driveway.

NOT TRUE- SATIRE. But one can hope. 😁 www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...

Rings true to me. Wish it didn’t.

The Onion nails it!

This is a proposed law targeting exactly one person: Incoming trans Congresswoman Sarah McBride of Delaware. Nancy Mace is a transphobic, hateful troll who voted with teen rapist Matt Gaetz to depose her own party’s speaker, but the bathrooms. That’s where she’s focused.

What is one of these called? Like on Twitter, they were "tweets", which was cool. Damfino what they are on MuskX. Here, what? A blue? Nah.

Taken at look!

Putin just showing who's the real boss. www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...

I'm too ashamed to say how long it took me to get this.

Incredible footage of Saturn rising from behind the Moon

So far my second most liked post has been about frozen pot pies. My most liked had to do with seeing something other than a heart in an astro photo. I didn't say what, but I meant something anatomically lower than a heart. Pretty sure others got that. "Whatever" is getting a workout.

I just searched Bluesky for "AI", and then for "LLM". Many, many more hits on LLM - which I find strongly encouraging. It means to me that the Bluesky population understands the difference better than most publications.

Bluesky's lack of an algorithmic feed is good - Big Brother doesn't curate what you read - but it's MUCH more work for users. 😫 Yes, I know about starter packs. 500 people I don't want to follow, two I might. Context: FB, not Xitter user. (Did you know "X" in Mandarin is pronounced "sh"?) #bluesky

X changing terms for service so everything on it feeds its AI. www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/t...