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Daily Tech News 16 July 2025
Top Story
- Claude AI is now rolling out AI for financial services companies. (CNBC)
This is going to be a disaster.
- What it's like to work for OpenAI. (Tech Crunch)
Chaos.
Tech News
- Death by a thousand slops. (Haxx)
If you offer bug bounties, you will be inundated by AI-generated bug reports.
If you're lucky, 5% of them might be meaningful.
- AMD's Radeon AI Pro R9700 has been listed online for around $1250. (WCCFTech)
This is a 32GB version of the Radeon 9070XT, which has an MSRP of $600 but is typically priced in the $700 to $800 range.
50% more for a pro version with double the memory is actually a steal compared to what Nvidia offers.
- Facebook is building a 6GW datacenter the size of Manhattan. (Tom's Hardware)
Unfortunately they are not demolishing Manhattan to build it.
Musical Interlude
Seventh Heaven by Milet.
First version is from the announcement trailer for an upcoming game called Ananta.
Second version is the original.
Disclaimer: Get home early and fall asleep in front of the TV.
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w00t
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 04:36 AM (aURVT)
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Claude AI is now rolling out AI for financial services companies. (CNBC)
This is going to be a disaster.
It shouldn't even be legal.
This is going to be a disaster.
It shouldn't even be legal.
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 04:37 AM (aURVT)
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Many things that should be legal are not, and many things that are, shouldn't be.
I blame SMOD for not showing up on time.
I blame SMOD for not showing up on time.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 16, 2025 04:41 AM (BLOW1)
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3 Many things that should be legal are not, and many things that are, shouldn't be.
I blame SMOD for not showing up on time.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 16, 2025 04:41 AM (BLOW1)
We could blame the lawyers, too. The ones who will be making Big Bucks on the imminent lawsuits.
I blame SMOD for not showing up on time.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 16, 2025 04:41 AM (BLOW1)
We could blame the lawyers, too. The ones who will be making Big Bucks on the imminent lawsuits.
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 04:44 AM (aURVT)
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Claude AI is now rolling out AI for financial services companies.
The amount of government regulation controlling financial research and investment advice is mind-boggling.
AI is going to seem great, until some company runs afoul of those regulations because of AI and gets fined a few billion dollars.
And then all of those senior supervisory analysts who got fired will be able to write their own tickets.
The amount of government regulation controlling financial research and investment advice is mind-boggling.
AI is going to seem great, until some company runs afoul of those regulations because of AI and gets fined a few billion dollars.
And then all of those senior supervisory analysts who got fired will be able to write their own tickets.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 16, 2025 04:44 AM (L5An7)
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@zuck
We're actually building several multi-GW [gigawatt] clusters. We're calling the first one Prometheus...
Uh-oh. Mega-fodder for AoSHq commenters.
We're actually building several multi-GW [gigawatt] clusters. We're calling the first one Prometheus...
Uh-oh. Mega-fodder for AoSHq commenters.
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 04:46 AM (aURVT)
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headline, Tom's Hardware:
Meta is building AI data centers in tents and isn't slowing down — Zuckerberg reveals plans for 'several multi-GW clusters,' including one called Hyperion that's almost as big as Manhattan
It's Meta that's doing all this, not "Facebook." Although, to be sure, I haven't figured out the difference yet.
Meta is building AI data centers in tents and isn't slowing down — Zuckerberg reveals plans for 'several multi-GW clusters,' including one called Hyperion that's almost as big as Manhattan
It's Meta that's doing all this, not "Facebook." Although, to be sure, I haven't figured out the difference yet.
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 04:48 AM (aURVT)
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Meta Platforms, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms and communication services, including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger and WhatsApp. (Wikipedia)
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 04:50 AM (aURVT)
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Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks where our weather people seem positively orgasmic reporting about the heat.
Meanwhile, may I wish you once more maximal benefit for all effort put forth, with the usual grief for the leftwit fungi. A conclusion from a discussion of AI-- a disaster of galactic proportion now, destined to be epic when fully rolled out.
Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks where our weather people seem positively orgasmic reporting about the heat.
Meanwhile, may I wish you once more maximal benefit for all effort put forth, with the usual grief for the leftwit fungi. A conclusion from a discussion of AI-- a disaster of galactic proportion now, destined to be epic when fully rolled out.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 16, 2025 04:53 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 04:57 AM (aURVT)
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Sorry about that - missed a bill and our DNS servers went offline. Should all be fixed now.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 16, 2025 05:07 AM (BLOW1)
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The AI data center building frenzy is mind boggling. I don't quite understand how to characterize this. It smacks of a a gold rush, something similar to building railroads in the 19th century, the nuclear weapon arms race in the 20th century, or possibly all at the same time.
What isn't clear either is if the people making these massive bets are visionaries of a brave new world yet to appear or are creating a future digital rust belt of over capacity that will go on for decades.
Much of this seems informed or influenced by how the world has been utterly changed since 1980 by computers and software. Not to mention the incredible wealth all that created. If this AI stuff catches on even at 50% of what the hype indicates the amount of wealth created will be staggering. Or it all could just blow up into nothing which seems completely unlikely.
One side effect of all this is the phony Marxist green energy crap is good as buried in the ground. 20 ft deep. The power demands of this onslaught of development is a limiting factor it seems. The scale at which power generation will need to ramp up is unprecedented. Failure here is not an option and that means no green energy.
What isn't clear either is if the people making these massive bets are visionaries of a brave new world yet to appear or are creating a future digital rust belt of over capacity that will go on for decades.
Much of this seems informed or influenced by how the world has been utterly changed since 1980 by computers and software. Not to mention the incredible wealth all that created. If this AI stuff catches on even at 50% of what the hype indicates the amount of wealth created will be staggering. Or it all could just blow up into nothing which seems completely unlikely.
One side effect of all this is the phony Marxist green energy crap is good as buried in the ground. 20 ft deep. The power demands of this onslaught of development is a limiting factor it seems. The scale at which power generation will need to ramp up is unprecedented. Failure here is not an option and that means no green energy.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 05:10 AM (NXz8h)
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Seventh Heaven - Milet
Catchy!
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 04:57 AM (aURVT)
It must be because I'm an old grouchy bastard - I don't find the song attractive at all. As well, the lead singer sounds like Dolores O'Riordan, which is an instant turn-off for me.
Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 71 degrees and the sun just coming up over Stately Poppins Manor. Another scorcher today, with high humidity and around 92 degrees. Rain tomorrow, but no real relief until Friday, when temperatures are supposed to drop back down to the 70s.
Back to work.
Catchy!
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 04:57 AM (aURVT)
It must be because I'm an old grouchy bastard - I don't find the song attractive at all. As well, the lead singer sounds like Dolores O'Riordan, which is an instant turn-off for me.
Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 71 degrees and the sun just coming up over Stately Poppins Manor. Another scorcher today, with high humidity and around 92 degrees. Rain tomorrow, but no real relief until Friday, when temperatures are supposed to drop back down to the 70s.
Back to work.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 16, 2025 05:12 AM (Dg2sF)
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When she sings the lyrics "I want your love" it has the same (to me) notes as "I want your love" by Chic.
https://youtu.be/rpuPCcw-cDU
https://youtu.be/rpuPCcw-cDU
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 05:13 AM (aURVT)
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11 Sorry about that - missed a bill and our DNS servers went offline. Should all be fixed now.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 16, 2025 05:07 AM (BLOW1)
We thought you didn't love us.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 16, 2025 05:07 AM (BLOW1)
We thought you didn't love us.
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 05:14 AM (aURVT)
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Evening and morning to all the late toilers and early risers; you know which class you fall into. 'Tis Woden's Day again here in the City That Forgot to Pick Up After Itself. How is the world where you are?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 16, 2025 05:21 AM (omVj0)
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Happy Wednesday, everyone. It's warm and humid in the GPROMD and I am saying a quiet prayer of thanks that we have air conditioning in the office.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 16, 2025 05:24 AM (BpO1e)
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What does the US education department do - and can Trump truly dismantle it?
https://www.bbc.com/news/
articles/c79zxzj90nno
https://www.bbc.com/news/
articles/c79zxzj90nno
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 05:24 AM (aURVT)
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Morning, Tech Peeps
Posted by: fluffy at July 16, 2025 05:25 AM (AN2gy)
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Beethoven's final four sonatas are some of the greatest piano works ever created. What is remarkable is they were all composed when he was mostly deaf to completely deaf. In a real sense, they are less music and more of a very esoteric form of philosophy.
His last piano work, Op.126 Six Bagetelles, are of a much lighter nature but no less satisfying. They hearken back to a pure classical music of clarity and great melodic insight informed with that esoteric philosophy behind them. They are poetic perfection.
https://youtu.be/-zHJQPmDal0
His last piano work, Op.126 Six Bagetelles, are of a much lighter nature but no less satisfying. They hearken back to a pure classical music of clarity and great melodic insight informed with that esoteric philosophy behind them. They are poetic perfection.
https://youtu.be/-zHJQPmDal0
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 05:25 AM (NXz8h)
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AI is a farce. From day one it was a misnomer. If you're seeking to create a real intelligence, God help you.
AI is a cooked up jumble of super high speed, algorithms that could be useful, but sadly, the algorithms are created by lunatic, mortal, human beings.
Again, God help you.
AI is a cooked up jumble of super high speed, algorithms that could be useful, but sadly, the algorithms are created by lunatic, mortal, human beings.
Again, God help you.
Posted by: Lord Comey at July 16, 2025 05:25 AM (/gTjv)
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 05:25 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 05:26 AM (aURVT)
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I'm sitting up, uncomfortably, in bed with my laptop and coffee, and with big black Stirling by my side. It's almost time for the Kittenz' breakfast. To Stirling's credit, he slept with me almost the entire night. I know, because I was awake or barely dozing for a lot of it.
I got through to my doctor yesterday and he will have a new Rx for me this morning. The stuff he prescribed ahead of the surgery works after a fashion, but that fashion is long out of style, so to speak.
I got through to my doctor yesterday and he will have a new Rx for me this morning. The stuff he prescribed ahead of the surgery works after a fashion, but that fashion is long out of style, so to speak.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 16, 2025 05:27 AM (omVj0)
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@12
>>What isn't clear either is if the people making these massive bets are visionaries of a brave new world yet to appear or are creating a future digital rust belt of over capacity that will go on for decades.
Nokia failing to act when the smart phone revolution began, relegated it to the dustbin of history.
The AI revolution is real and it's only getting started.
So strap in, this rocket ship is only just taking off.
>>What isn't clear either is if the people making these massive bets are visionaries of a brave new world yet to appear or are creating a future digital rust belt of over capacity that will go on for decades.
Nokia failing to act when the smart phone revolution began, relegated it to the dustbin of history.
The AI revolution is real and it's only getting started.
So strap in, this rocket ship is only just taking off.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 16, 2025 05:28 AM (XV/Pl)
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One side effect of all this is the phony Marxist green energy crap is good as buried in the ground. 20 ft deep. The power demands of this onslaught of development is a limiting factor it seems. The scale at which power generation will need to ramp up is unprecedented. Failure here is not an option and that means no green energy.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 05:10 AM (NXz8h)
One of the few unalloyed good things to come out of AI.
I half expect Bezos to buy a closed coal mine and build a clean coal plant to generate power. That would make heads explode all over!
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 05:10 AM (NXz8h)
One of the few unalloyed good things to come out of AI.
I half expect Bezos to buy a closed coal mine and build a clean coal plant to generate power. That would make heads explode all over!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 16, 2025 05:28 AM (L5An7)
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Many things that should be legal are not, and many things that are, shouldn't be.
And it all depends on who's paying off the politicians.
And it all depends on who's paying off the politicians.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 05:32 AM (ExV1e)
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bottom line (BBC):
Republicans have historically pushed against centralising education policy, believing that it is best left up to individual states and localities.
...
Conservatives argue that education department functions should be handled by other agencies, for instance that civil rights infractions are the Department of Justice's domain.
Hear, hear!
Republicans have historically pushed against centralising education policy, believing that it is best left up to individual states and localities.
...
Conservatives argue that education department functions should be handled by other agencies, for instance that civil rights infractions are the Department of Justice's domain.
Hear, hear!
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 05:33 AM (aURVT)
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Stirling keeps bothering me, and I'm afraid he will leap boisterously onto my midsection and awaken the pain (which has been lessening). I'd better go feed him and his baby sister.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 16, 2025 05:35 AM (omVj0)
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Aelfred The Great retweeted
Ben Dreyfuss
@bendreyfuss
8h
Me, grinning at my next therapy appointment: “I told you Elmo hated Jews! You said I was crazy, but who is crazy now, doc?”
Ben Dreyfuss
@bendreyfuss
8h
Me, grinning at my next therapy appointment: “I told you Elmo hated Jews! You said I was crazy, but who is crazy now, doc?”
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 05:35 AM (aURVT)
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One side effect of all this is the phony Marxist green energy crap is good as buried in the ground. 20 ft deep. The power demands of this onslaught of development is a limiting factor it seems. The scale at which power generation will need to ramp up is unprecedented. Failure here is not an option and that means no green energy.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 05:10 AM (NXz8h)
The Greens will compromise and agree to massive localized power generation for the oligarchs AI datacenters but no extra for you.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 05:10 AM (NXz8h)
The Greens will compromise and agree to massive localized power generation for the oligarchs AI datacenters but no extra for you.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 05:45 AM (ExV1e)
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A man from Georgia takes a closer look at nature and reflects on God's creative power in nature and working in believers . Scripture is Isaiah 43:19-23 and the devotional is appropriate for both interested Christians and Jews:
https://tinyurl.com/4hernufu
https://tinyurl.com/4hernufu
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 05:48 AM (2GCMq)
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Republicans have historically pushed against centralising education policy, believing that it is best left up to individual states and localities.
And to Brits, that is a Bad Thing.
And to Brits, that is a Bad Thing.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 16, 2025 05:51 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 05:52 AM (2GCMq)
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I didn't know this song by a group of Christian men, but I like it- " Sometimes he whispers":
https://tinyurl.com/4zbrfbea
https://tinyurl.com/4zbrfbea
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 05:56 AM (2GCMq)
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Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, golfin' in Amish Country at July 16, 2025 05:56 AM (uGaBv)
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Mother and daughter from Va. saved from kayaking accident by kind stranger:
https://tinyurl.com/32y77742
https://tinyurl.com/32y77742
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 05:58 AM (2GCMq)
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mornin yall. I took a closer look at nature yesterday and it stung me on the eyebrow.
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025 06:00 AM (vFG9F)
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Yesterday on my walk with spouse I saw goldfinches as well as beautiful coneflowers and Black Eyed Susans , along with cornflowers as well as a turtle in a pond. If you can, go look at something beautiful today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 06:01 AM (2GCMq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 06:02 AM (2GCMq)
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Eli Mercer is a up-and-coming indie singer-songwriter. And he's completely AI. Rick Beato does a bang up demonstration of how to create an an the musician and the music using AI. The implications here for art in general are huge. We're on the cusp of a time when there will be a ubiquity of masterpieces, all of which are AI generated. The question is what does that do to the human artist. Does it bury them or does it make them more valuable? For now AI imitates what's gone before. Humans have the unique ability to create what has not yet been done. The rub is if AI reaches a point where it can infer a future not yet realized.
https://youtu.be/eKxNGFjyRv0
https://youtu.be/eKxNGFjyRv0
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 06:06 AM (NXz8h)
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"Ouch. Sorry!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"
Yellowjacket. One got in my shoe last week but I didn't know where it came from. I found the nest when cutting grass yesterday though and those bastards are gonna pay.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"
Yellowjacket. One got in my shoe last week but I didn't know where it came from. I found the nest when cutting grass yesterday though and those bastards are gonna pay.
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025 06:08 AM (vFG9F)
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This sounds like a good book- "The Bumpy Road to Better "by a pastor, Tim Timberlake:
https://tinyurl.com/yde7kj3y
https://tinyurl.com/yde7kj3y
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 06:08 AM (2GCMq)
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>>> Yesterday on my walk with spouse I saw goldfinches as well as beautiful coneflowers and Black Eyed Susans , along with cornflowers as well as a turtle in a pond. If you can, go look at something beautiful today.
I do like Black Eyed Susans. She seems to have a cousin that has red it the petal as well.
I do like Black Eyed Susans. She seems to have a cousin that has red it the petal as well.
Posted by: fluffy at July 16, 2025 06:09 AM (AN2gy)
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Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025 06:08 AM (vFG9F)
Take care of yourself. When you're taking care of the stinging things .Several weeks ago my son- who works outside and in greenhouses was putting on work gloves and there was a hornet in them. Ouch!
Take care of yourself. When you're taking care of the stinging things .Several weeks ago my son- who works outside and in greenhouses was putting on work gloves and there was a hornet in them. Ouch!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 06:11 AM (2GCMq)
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Posted by: fluffy at July 16, 2025 06:09 AM (AN2gy
Yes, there are different varieties . I've seen the ones with red as well. Lovely.!
Yes, there are different varieties . I've seen the ones with red as well. Lovely.!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 06:12 AM (2GCMq)
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Nokia failing to act when the smart phone revolution began, relegated it to the dustbin of history.
The AI revolution is real and it's only getting started.
So strap in, this rocket ship is only just taking off.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 16, 2025 05:28 AM (XV/Pl)
I remember back when people laughed at the Segway but now we live in cities which have been totally redesigned for them.
Still, AI won't be a failure at that level because too many rich and powerful people have bought into it. And they've bought into it because it will afford them a level of control over the citizenry never before known. People will just accept whatever the AI tells them, without thought. We see that already.
The AI revolution is real and it's only getting started.
So strap in, this rocket ship is only just taking off.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 16, 2025 05:28 AM (XV/Pl)
I remember back when people laughed at the Segway but now we live in cities which have been totally redesigned for them.
Still, AI won't be a failure at that level because too many rich and powerful people have bought into it. And they've bought into it because it will afford them a level of control over the citizenry never before known. People will just accept whatever the AI tells them, without thought. We see that already.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:12 AM (ExV1e)
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Human artists create a lot of garbage too.
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025 06:13 AM (vFG9F)
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I half expect Bezos to buy a closed coal mine and build a clean coal plant to generate power. That would make heads explode all over!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 16, 2025 05:28 AM (L5An7)
Only if Musk does it first.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 16, 2025 05:28 AM (L5An7)
Only if Musk does it first.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:13 AM (ExV1e)
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I absolutely do not trust any man with a hyphenated last name. Not a joke.
Posted by: I Drink and I Know Things at July 16, 2025 06:15 AM (+PUen)
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Shall. We. Play. A. Game?
Posted by: AI totally not connected to any server in Cheyenne Mountain at July 16, 2025 06:15 AM (PiwSw)
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Prayer request- My friend and former running mate , P, is having additional heart problems. If you could send up a prayer for healing I would so much appreciate it. Thanks!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 06:16 AM (2GCMq)
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The only difference between omage and ripoff is how good it is.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 16, 2025 06:16 AM (RlmPm)
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50 I absolutely do not trust any man with a hyphenated last name. Not a joke.
Posted by: I Drink and I Know Things at July 16, 2025 06:15 AM (+PUen)
No Spaniards?
Tapas is overrated anyway.
Posted by: I Drink and I Know Things at July 16, 2025 06:15 AM (+PUen)
No Spaniards?
Tapas is overrated anyway.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 16, 2025 06:17 AM (RlmPm)
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Wrong Bible verse. Christian comedian Tim Hawkins:
https://tinyurl.com/yckxa9jz
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 05:52 AM (2GCMq)
Hilarious.
https://tinyurl.com/yckxa9jz
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 05:52 AM (2GCMq)
Hilarious.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:18 AM (ExV1e)
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The rub is if AI reaches a point where it can infer a future not yet realized.
And thus is Skynet born.
And thus is Skynet born.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:20 AM (ExV1e)
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'Bout time I started up some breakfast. The monsters have had theirs; time for me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 16, 2025 06:21 AM (omVj0)
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"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing."
Posted by: Emo Phillips at July 16, 2025 06:21 AM (PiwSw)
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@47
>>Still, AI won't be a failure at that level because too many rich and powerful people have bought into it.
They've bought into it because there is a real utility to it.
I'm creating an iOS app, I needed some custom icons and sound effects, I asked the AI to create the icons and sound effects, which it did in less than a minute, after about 10 minutes of revision, I had what I needed. If I had to do it from scratch, we're looking at around a week of work.
So just from the time and labor perspective, AI is revolutionary.
>>Still, AI won't be a failure at that level because too many rich and powerful people have bought into it.
They've bought into it because there is a real utility to it.
I'm creating an iOS app, I needed some custom icons and sound effects, I asked the AI to create the icons and sound effects, which it did in less than a minute, after about 10 minutes of revision, I had what I needed. If I had to do it from scratch, we're looking at around a week of work.
So just from the time and labor perspective, AI is revolutionary.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 16, 2025 06:25 AM (XV/Pl)
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Morning all.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 16, 2025 06:28 AM (gdBb2)
Posted by: OkJohn at July 16, 2025 06:28 AM (NC/it)
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I'm creating an iOS app, I needed some custom icons and sound effects, I asked the AI to create the icons and sound effects, which it did in less than a minute, after about 10 minutes of revision, I had what I needed. If I had to do it from scratch, we're looking at around a week of work.
So just from the time and labor perspective, AI is revolutionary.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 16, 2025 06:25 AM (XV/Pl)
That doesn't require a 6GW data center.
Now, here's the problem... the stuff that AI gives back for coding prompts which aren't "custom icons and sound effects" are crap. It's crap because most of the code snippets on the internet are crap but AI doesn't know that. It can work, sort of, for now but it's a timebomb waiting to fail.
You know who doesn't know that? Inexperienced programmers and pretty much all managers. So they decide to save some money by firing most of the tired, old, white guys who understand the code in favor of some diverse folks from far away who they pay less to slam AI dreck into codebases.
Which would have been self-correcting, back in the day of stand-alone applications. But we're not in those days anymore. Still... saves some time.
So just from the time and labor perspective, AI is revolutionary.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 16, 2025 06:25 AM (XV/Pl)
That doesn't require a 6GW data center.
Now, here's the problem... the stuff that AI gives back for coding prompts which aren't "custom icons and sound effects" are crap. It's crap because most of the code snippets on the internet are crap but AI doesn't know that. It can work, sort of, for now but it's a timebomb waiting to fail.
You know who doesn't know that? Inexperienced programmers and pretty much all managers. So they decide to save some money by firing most of the tired, old, white guys who understand the code in favor of some diverse folks from far away who they pay less to slam AI dreck into codebases.
Which would have been self-correcting, back in the day of stand-alone applications. But we're not in those days anymore. Still... saves some time.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:32 AM (ExV1e)
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Thank you, John. You are a blessings to others as well as is everybody here. May you all have blessings in your day
Kind , smart and interesting poster, JQ, who is often on the late night threads posted this meme She saw recently:
"My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane."
I'm taking a break from politics today.
Kind , smart and interesting poster, JQ, who is often on the late night threads posted this meme She saw recently:
"My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane."
I'm taking a break from politics today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 06:34 AM (2GCMq)
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Idiocracy could use a sequel right about now.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 06:36 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025 06:37 AM (vFG9F)
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I don’t say much because nobody can hear me.
Posted by: Eromero at July 16, 2025 06:37 AM (jgmnb)
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Great. "Tropical development possible in the Gulf this week." The last thing we need right now is a rain so heavy the power goes out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 16, 2025 06:38 AM (omVj0)
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I don’t say much because nobody can hear me.
Posted by: Eromero at July 16, 2025 06:37 AM (jgmnb)
Speak up, sonny, I'm deaf in this ear.
Posted by: Eromero at July 16, 2025 06:37 AM (jgmnb)
Speak up, sonny, I'm deaf in this ear.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:39 AM (ExV1e)
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@62
>>That doesn't require a 6GW data center.
It does for the magnitude of the user base and what is being planned, think entire movies instead of icons.
The first thing AI's were trained on were code, so its code generation is pretty much solid at this point for most programming applications.
Even with that, there is still a level of checking that is required, just like you would do if a junior dev was doing it from scratch.
Humans are capable of producing shit, broken code all on their own.
>>That doesn't require a 6GW data center.
It does for the magnitude of the user base and what is being planned, think entire movies instead of icons.
The first thing AI's were trained on were code, so its code generation is pretty much solid at this point for most programming applications.
Even with that, there is still a level of checking that is required, just like you would do if a junior dev was doing it from scratch.
Humans are capable of producing shit, broken code all on their own.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 16, 2025 06:39 AM (XV/Pl)
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I'm looking thru the local booking photos from the last couple of days and I get the feeling that none of those people will ever have any use for AI unless it's used to generate artwork for neck tats.
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025 06:39 AM (vFG9F)
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70 I'm looking thru the local booking photos from the last couple of days
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025 06:39 AM (vFG9F)
It's a sad and scary place.
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025 06:39 AM (vFG9F)
It's a sad and scary place.
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 06:41 AM (aURVT)
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Just watched a couple of videos on the recent Anime Expo 2025.
Ooofff, what a crushing mass of humanity amidst the dystopian neon glare of Blade Runner LA.
Just to add to the feeling of desolation, we poor anime fans are going to be subjected to yet another iteration of Ghost in the Shell by Science Saru.
Ooofff, what a crushing mass of humanity amidst the dystopian neon glare of Blade Runner LA.
Just to add to the feeling of desolation, we poor anime fans are going to be subjected to yet another iteration of Ghost in the Shell by Science Saru.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 16, 2025 06:41 AM (fFOKU)
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Kind , smart and interesting poster, JQ, who is often on the late night threads posted this meme She saw recently:
"My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane."
I'm taking a break from politics today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025
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I need to do the same. How is JQ these days? When I rose early for work I was often able to chat with her on the ONT, but I don't get up as early any more.
"My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane."
I'm taking a break from politics today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025
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I need to do the same. How is JQ these days? When I rose early for work I was often able to chat with her on the ONT, but I don't get up as early any more.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 16, 2025 06:42 AM (omVj0)
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I'm stealing that quote
"My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane."
"My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane."
Posted by: OkJohn at July 16, 2025 06:45 AM (NC/it)
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The first thing AI's were trained on were code, so its code generation is pretty much solid at this point for most programming applications.
We've had multiple software developers saying otherwise but whatever.
Even with that, there is still a level of checking that is required, just like you would do if a junior dev was doing it from scratch.
But that isn't happening because "code generation is pretty much solid at this point for most programming applications".
I work for BigCorp and I spend my days cleaning up the fallout from people with no understanding putting AI generated code into place.
I'm glad it works for you, really, but it isn't as good, generally, as you seem to think.
We've had multiple software developers saying otherwise but whatever.
Even with that, there is still a level of checking that is required, just like you would do if a junior dev was doing it from scratch.
But that isn't happening because "code generation is pretty much solid at this point for most programming applications".
I work for BigCorp and I spend my days cleaning up the fallout from people with no understanding putting AI generated code into place.
I'm glad it works for you, really, but it isn't as good, generally, as you seem to think.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:45 AM (ExV1e)
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Has anyone fed to these LLMs a large data set of MMD videos yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzy4hagC2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzy4hagC2o
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 16, 2025 06:46 AM (fFOKU)
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Well, this is going to be a banger.
@LD_Sceptics 31m
16,000 Afghans have been settled in the UK since the 'kill list' leaked. But only about 1,000 Afghans served with British forces. Where are they all coming from, asks former veterans' minister Johnny Mercer.
@LD_Sceptics 31m
16,000 Afghans have been settled in the UK since the 'kill list' leaked. But only about 1,000 Afghans served with British forces. Where are they all coming from, asks former veterans' minister Johnny Mercer.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 06:46 AM (mlg/3)
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39 Yesterday on my walk with spouse I saw goldfinches as well as beautiful coneflowers and Black Eyed Susans , along with cornflowers as well as a turtle in a pond. If you can, go look at something beautiful today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 06:01 AM (2GCMq)
We have been blessed with a nesting pair of rosebreasted grossbeaks raising a family in our back yard. As well as a pair if barred owls with two offspring. Been a nice bird watching summer.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 16, 2025 06:01 AM (2GCMq)
We have been blessed with a nesting pair of rosebreasted grossbeaks raising a family in our back yard. As well as a pair if barred owls with two offspring. Been a nice bird watching summer.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 16, 2025 06:47 AM (OA79/)
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@LD_Sceptics 31m
16,000 Afghans have been settled in the UK since the 'kill list' leaked. But only about 1,000 Afghans served with British forces. Where are they all coming from, asks former veterans' minister Johnny Mercer.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 06:46 AM (mlg/3)
Presumably, Afghanistan.
16,000 Afghans have been settled in the UK since the 'kill list' leaked. But only about 1,000 Afghans served with British forces. Where are they all coming from, asks former veterans' minister Johnny Mercer.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 06:46 AM (mlg/3)
Presumably, Afghanistan.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:47 AM (ExV1e)
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So just from the time and labor perspective, AI is revolutionary.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Would you be willing to attach an AI (LLM) pace maker to your heart?
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Would you be willing to attach an AI (LLM) pace maker to your heart?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 06:48 AM (mlg/3)
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75 I work for BigCorp and I spend my days cleaning up the fallout from people with no understanding putting AI generated code into place.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:45 AM (ExV1e)
How nice for you!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:45 AM (ExV1e)
How nice for you!
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 06:48 AM (aURVT)
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How nice for you!
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 06:48 AM (aURVT)
My last day is in mid-December... shhhh, don't tell them yet... so I only have to deal with people committing the most upvoted answers on stack overflow for a bit longer.
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 06:48 AM (aURVT)
My last day is in mid-December... shhhh, don't tell them yet... so I only have to deal with people committing the most upvoted answers on stack overflow for a bit longer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:50 AM (ExV1e)
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I'm glad it works for you, really, but it isn't as good, generally, as you seem to think.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:45 AM (ExV1e
I believe history, if it’s recorded accurately, will show AI is a big mistake.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:45 AM (ExV1e
I believe history, if it’s recorded accurately, will show AI is a big mistake.
Posted by: Eromero at July 16, 2025 06:50 AM (jgmnb)
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@75
>>I'm glad it works for you, really, but it isn't as good, generally, as you seem to think.
It works for most people/developers/corporations in most applications which is why trillions are going to be spent to advance it.
Is it perfect? Nope. But that's where people like you come in.
You're going to have job security my friend, revel in your time.
>>I'm glad it works for you, really, but it isn't as good, generally, as you seem to think.
It works for most people/developers/corporations in most applications which is why trillions are going to be spent to advance it.
Is it perfect? Nope. But that's where people like you come in.
You're going to have job security my friend, revel in your time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 16, 2025 06:51 AM (XV/Pl)
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Hell, there is something called a 'brain pacer' for neurological problems.
Would you be willing to stick an LLM brain pacer in your kid's head?
No, you wouldn't.
Would you be willing to stick an LLM brain pacer in your kid's head?
No, you wouldn't.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 06:52 AM (mlg/3)
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@80
>>Would you be willing to attach an AI (LLM) pace maker to your heart?
If I needed a pace maker and it was my only option , sure.
And you can be sure that that product is coming.
>>Would you be willing to attach an AI (LLM) pace maker to your heart?
If I needed a pace maker and it was my only option , sure.
And you can be sure that that product is coming.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 16, 2025 06:53 AM (XV/Pl)
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Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 16, 2025 06:55 AM (XQo4F)
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Major Motoko Kusanagi, Public Security Section 9, "Brain pacers? Ghosts are going to be hacked and false memories inserted to adjust reality for political expediency."
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 16, 2025 06:55 AM (fFOKU)
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And you can be sure that that product is coming.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
May you never be near a switch.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
May you never be near a switch.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 06:56 AM (mlg/3)
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across the world, Meta is building a number of gigantic datacenters of its own. One of those will reportedly be as large as a sizeable portion of Manhattan.
In the entire article, I couldn't find a single sentence that indicated where any of these data centers are being constructed.
All we get is "across the world". I guess that leaves open Mars for Musk.
They talk about Ai being trained off of AI generated articles. This article is near 100% eyewash and nothing actionable or knowledge building. It might just be AI generated itself.
In the entire article, I couldn't find a single sentence that indicated where any of these data centers are being constructed.
All we get is "across the world". I guess that leaves open Mars for Musk.
They talk about Ai being trained off of AI generated articles. This article is near 100% eyewash and nothing actionable or knowledge building. It might just be AI generated itself.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025 06:56 AM (a4flb)
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My parents have a nesting Morning Dove above their back door. She's already hatched two chicks this year in two rounds and she's now working on her third go-round. What a year for Mrs. Dove!
Probably Global Warming.
Probably Global Warming.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 16, 2025 06:57 AM (qyaCV)
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Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 16, 2025 07:00 AM (hoCmQ)
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All we get is "across the world". I guess that leaves open Mars for Musk.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025 06:56 AM (a4flb)
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CNBC broadcast a report yesterday about Hines Development investing in building a data center in space, either on the moon or in orbit. They had on a C Suite guy babbling excitedly about the possibility, which he said they are already putting money into. My reaction was "why does this idiot have a job?"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025 06:56 AM (a4flb)
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CNBC broadcast a report yesterday about Hines Development investing in building a data center in space, either on the moon or in orbit. They had on a C Suite guy babbling excitedly about the possibility, which he said they are already putting money into. My reaction was "why does this idiot have a job?"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 16, 2025 07:00 AM (qyaCV)
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>>> We have been blessed with a nesting pair of rosebreasted grossbeaks raising a family in our back yard.
Do you get to see the males regularly?
We have female grosbeaks as daily visitors at our feeders but the males are quite shy.
Do you get to see the males regularly?
We have female grosbeaks as daily visitors at our feeders but the males are quite shy.
Posted by: fluffy at July 16, 2025 07:01 AM (AN2gy)
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I work for BigCorp and I spend my days cleaning up the fallout from people with no understanding putting AI generated code into place.
I feel your pain. I was an early adopter of AI for code writing augmentation. A year or two ago, AI was genuinely useful, now it isn't. The code quality is dropping quickly because so much "bad code" is now part of its training pool.
I have two different AI engines available. I don't even like the quality of its comments or ability to generalize a PR summary. Its no longer any good at building changesets or recognizing typos.
And I don't know a true developer who enjoys or can withstand doing PRs on other people's code, let alone that of AI. At least when a human generates crap code, I can contact the author and have them walk me through their thought process.
I feel your pain. I was an early adopter of AI for code writing augmentation. A year or two ago, AI was genuinely useful, now it isn't. The code quality is dropping quickly because so much "bad code" is now part of its training pool.
I have two different AI engines available. I don't even like the quality of its comments or ability to generalize a PR summary. Its no longer any good at building changesets or recognizing typos.
And I don't know a true developer who enjoys or can withstand doing PRs on other people's code, let alone that of AI. At least when a human generates crap code, I can contact the author and have them walk me through their thought process.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025 07:02 AM (a4flb)
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Since Congress is suddenly doing a few good things for America, here and there, can I request they end the requirement for automakers to include a cut-off switch on all new cars. The last thing I want is for China to suddenly turn off all cars in America, because it would no doubt happen to me when I'm halfway on a five hundred mile trip.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 16, 2025 07:03 AM (qyaCV)
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Anyone remember what that Shithead susan collins after she gleefully voted for both the Cash For Clunkers scam and obama's fake "stimulus" bills?
I do. I remember.
She said wanted to be "on the right side of history."
Fucking genius, eh?
Anyone remember what that Shithead susan collins after she gleefully voted for both the Cash For Clunkers scam and obama's fake "stimulus" bills?
I do. I remember.
She said wanted to be "on the right side of history."
Fucking genius, eh?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 16, 2025 07:03 AM (SDRTK)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 16, 2025 07:04 AM (5hfjS)
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I mention it because it is so ironic, yes?
Shithead susan collins has literally Always been "on the wrong side history" for her entire Senate tenure.
I mention it because it is so ironic, yes?
Shithead susan collins has literally Always been "on the wrong side history" for her entire Senate tenure.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 16, 2025 07:05 AM (SDRTK)
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76 Has anyone fed to these LLMs a large data set of MMD videos yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzy4hagC2o
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 16, 2025 06:46 AM (fFOKU)
A search for “AI Generated MMD” comes back with quite a lot of hits, so I’m going to say, yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzy4hagC2o
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 16, 2025 06:46 AM (fFOKU)
A search for “AI Generated MMD” comes back with quite a lot of hits, so I’m going to say, yes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 16, 2025 07:05 AM (6ydKt)
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Unfortunately they are not demolishing Manhattan to build it.
Might they consider doing that if we took up a collection?
Unfortunately they are not demolishing Manhattan to build it.
Might they consider doing that if we took up a collection?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 16, 2025 07:05 AM (xG4kz)
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Meta's massive data centers are going to be built in Ohio in Louisiana. Notably, they're not being built in California. The wealth transfer from the blue states to the red States is going to be massive. This type of infrastructure will attract other infrastructure, inspire universities to actually teach people something, and generally lift up the entire economy. I grew up in the Bellevue Redmond area. The impact Microsoft had is staggering. Something similar will occur at these other locations. To what degree is yet to be seen. Nobody in 1980 first saw what Microsoft would do to the region.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 07:05 AM (NXz8h)
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Yesterday on my walk with spouse I saw goldfinches as well as beautiful coneflowers and Black Eyed Susans , along with cornflowers as well as a turtle in a pond. If you can, go look at something beautiful today.
If I don't go for a walk an hour before sunrise or an hour after sunset, I'll be plagued by deer flies and other blood sucking creatures. So don't get a chance to see the beautiful.
Now bike rides are a totally different thing.
If I don't go for a walk an hour before sunrise or an hour after sunset, I'll be plagued by deer flies and other blood sucking creatures. So don't get a chance to see the beautiful.
Now bike rides are a totally different thing.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025 07:05 AM (a4flb)
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>>> She said wanted to be "on the right side of history."
Isn't that literally a commie catchphrase?
Isn't that literally a commie catchphrase?
Posted by: fluffy at July 16, 2025 07:06 AM (AN2gy)
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82 My last day is in mid-December... shhhh, don't tell them yet... so I only have to deal with people committing the most upvoted answers on stack overflow for a bit longer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:50 AM (ExV1e)
Hahahahaha!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 16, 2025 06:50 AM (ExV1e)
Hahahahaha!
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 07:06 AM (aURVT)
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And I don't know a true developer who enjoys or can withstand doing PRs on other people's code, let alone that of AI. At least when a human generates crap code, I can contact the author and have them walk me through their thought process.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025
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I used to put comments into my code so anybody who followed me could see what I was doing/intended to do. Sadly, many developers don't. In '95 and '96 I had the pleasure of updating code written by Steve Scalise a year or so before. While it was solid stuff, he didn't often put comments as signposts to tell me what he'd been doing. And by then he was off to his new career of politics -- so I couldn't ask.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025
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I used to put comments into my code so anybody who followed me could see what I was doing/intended to do. Sadly, many developers don't. In '95 and '96 I had the pleasure of updating code written by Steve Scalise a year or so before. While it was solid stuff, he didn't often put comments as signposts to tell me what he'd been doing. And by then he was off to his new career of politics -- so I couldn't ask.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 16, 2025 07:07 AM (omVj0)
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Isn't that literally a commie catchphrase?
Posted by: fluffy
Is it?
It sure is a stupid phrase. And I only hear Stupid people say it, either in real-life or in stupid movies.
Isn't that literally a commie catchphrase?
Posted by: fluffy
Is it?
It sure is a stupid phrase. And I only hear Stupid people say it, either in real-life or in stupid movies.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 16, 2025 07:07 AM (SDRTK)
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Except for BMW, I haven't seen an ad on TV for an electric car in quite some time. How quickly those disappeared, once the Junta was history.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 16, 2025 07:07 AM (qyaCV)
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Meta's massive data centers are going to be built in Ohio in Louisiana.
Those two areas definitely have water and energy. Hopefully there is enough acreage to avoid NIMBY neo-luddites.
Those two areas definitely have water and energy. Hopefully there is enough acreage to avoid NIMBY neo-luddites.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025 07:08 AM (a4flb)
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My reaction was "why does this idiot have a job?"
I say that every time I see a 'sports analysis' show.
What a bunch of overpaid, underworked, loudmouthed dumbasses. Next to the GOPe, it's probably the greatest scam in the history of the world.
I say that every time I see a 'sports analysis' show.
What a bunch of overpaid, underworked, loudmouthed dumbasses. Next to the GOPe, it's probably the greatest scam in the history of the world.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 16, 2025 07:10 AM (Dg2sF)
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Those two areas definitely have water and energy. Hopefully there is enough acreage to avoid NIMBY neo-luddites.
Posted by: Unknown Drip
The locals will probably figure out how to steal the copper.
Posted by: Unknown Drip
The locals will probably figure out how to steal the copper.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 07:10 AM (NXz8h)
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Meta's massive data centers are going to be built in Ohio in Louisiana.
Those two areas definitely have water and energy. Hopefully there is enough acreage to avoid NIMBY neo-luddites.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025
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In Lousy-ana, they'd better build north of I-12,.e., on more solid ground. Down near Nawlins, everything floods when a dog uses a fire hydrant.
Those two areas definitely have water and energy. Hopefully there is enough acreage to avoid NIMBY neo-luddites.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025
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In Lousy-ana, they'd better build north of I-12,.e., on more solid ground. Down near Nawlins, everything floods when a dog uses a fire hydrant.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 16, 2025 07:10 AM (omVj0)
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I work for BigCorp and I spend my days cleaning up the fallout from people with no understanding putting AI generated code into place.
____________
I read that less than 10% of people would pay to use AI. Meanwhile, the C-Suite types - a big a group of conformists this side of a Taylor Swift concert - are being bullied into employing it. Naturally, they'll do it on the cheap, with disastrous results.
I work for BigCorp and I spend my days cleaning up the fallout from people with no understanding putting AI generated code into place.
____________
I read that less than 10% of people would pay to use AI. Meanwhile, the C-Suite types - a big a group of conformists this side of a Taylor Swift concert - are being bullied into employing it. Naturally, they'll do it on the cheap, with disastrous results.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 16, 2025 07:11 AM (HZi96)
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Morning peeps. Round after round after round of thunderstorms starting at 2am this morning. Sleep, was sporadic.
I think that if this AI/LLM craze continues it's going to put a stake through the heart of so-called "green energy." I'm dubious about AI as a long term solution... seems to be more of a fad right now. It wouldn't be the first time society went down a dead-end path.
It could also be revolutionary. I don't think it's there yet however.
I think that if this AI/LLM craze continues it's going to put a stake through the heart of so-called "green energy." I'm dubious about AI as a long term solution... seems to be more of a fad right now. It wouldn't be the first time society went down a dead-end path.
It could also be revolutionary. I don't think it's there yet however.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 16, 2025 07:11 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 16, 2025 07:12 AM (HZi96)
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I used to put comments into my code so anybody who followed me could see what I was doing/intended to do.
That is the point of AI commenting. To look over someone's code and attempt to explain it. Fortunately I have the power and authority to encourage developers to write better code and our team is pretty well self-documenting and actively engaged in Boy Scouting legacy code (refactoring) to make it even easier.
In the past three quarters the team is ahead of schedule, (other teams are pirating talent from us) and the code quality has improved far higher than what the consultants left us.
That is the point of AI commenting. To look over someone's code and attempt to explain it. Fortunately I have the power and authority to encourage developers to write better code and our team is pretty well self-documenting and actively engaged in Boy Scouting legacy code (refactoring) to make it even easier.
In the past three quarters the team is ahead of schedule, (other teams are pirating talent from us) and the code quality has improved far higher than what the consultants left us.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025 07:12 AM (a4flb)
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102 Meta's massive data centers are going to be built in Ohio [and] in Louisiana.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 07:05 AM (NXz8h)
huh
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 07:05 AM (NXz8h)
huh
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 07:13 AM (aURVT)
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What a year for Mrs. Dove!
They aren't the best and brightest of the bird world. I spooked one on my deck. He fell off the railing and almost hit the ground before remembering that he had wings.
They aren't the best and brightest of the bird world. I spooked one on my deck. He fell off the railing and almost hit the ground before remembering that he had wings.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 16, 2025 07:13 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 16, 2025 07:14 AM (4tvN6)
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One thing that I've been paying attention to is what President Trump has been dropping about AI and data centers over the last six or 7 months. A number of the moves he's been making are absolutely geared to making sure the US has a dominant AI position be that data centers, power generation, communication, infrastructure, and engineering talent. He gets it and he's moving fast even if it's not immediately apparent.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 16, 2025 07:14 AM (NXz8h)
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I think that if this AI/LLM craze continues it's going to put a stake through the heart of so-called "green energy." I'm dubious about AI as a long term solution... seems to be more of a fad right now. It wouldn't be the first time society went down a dead-end path.
I hope it is a fad. Because then it will go away, and we will have all kinds of highly efficient energy near conveniently located enterprise zones that would make ideal sites for traditional manufacturing industry.
Like everything else, let the tech geeks be the earlier adopters of whatever McGuffin is out there, they eat the high costs and the rest of society benefits from the efficiency of scale they leave behind.
I think that if this AI/LLM craze continues it's going to put a stake through the heart of so-called "green energy." I'm dubious about AI as a long term solution... seems to be more of a fad right now. It wouldn't be the first time society went down a dead-end path.
I hope it is a fad. Because then it will go away, and we will have all kinds of highly efficient energy near conveniently located enterprise zones that would make ideal sites for traditional manufacturing industry.
Like everything else, let the tech geeks be the earlier adopters of whatever McGuffin is out there, they eat the high costs and the rest of society benefits from the efficiency of scale they leave behind.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025 07:14 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 16, 2025 07:14 AM (fPeVa)
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"One side effect of all this is the phony Marxist green energy crap is good as buried in the ground. 20 ft deep. The power demands of this onslaught of development is a limiting factor it seems. The scale at which power generation will need to ramp up is unprecedented. Failure here is not an option and that means no green energy."
For some reason, I think the green energy crap will still be place for the proles like me and you.
For some reason, I think the green energy crap will still be place for the proles like me and you.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 16, 2025 07:14 AM (cdovZ)
124
The Star Trek with Nomad was on last night. Once Nomad figured out it was full of shit it 86d itself.
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025 07:15 AM (vFG9F)
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Hydroelectric or Nuclear would be the most cost effective and environmentally friendly power sources for AI data centers.
I suppose natural gas, too, but it wouldn’t be cheap.
Any area with access to cheap energy will probably get a data center soon,
It’s not like there aren’t large data centers around already. Google built one about ten miles from here more than a decade ago. This area of SC has a lot of hydroelectric from Santee-Cooper so that may be the reason,
I suppose natural gas, too, but it wouldn’t be cheap.
Any area with access to cheap energy will probably get a data center soon,
It’s not like there aren’t large data centers around already. Google built one about ten miles from here more than a decade ago. This area of SC has a lot of hydroelectric from Santee-Cooper so that may be the reason,
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 16, 2025 07:15 AM (6ydKt)
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Good morning!
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 16, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)
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"For some reason, I think the green energy crap will still be IN place for the proles like me and you."
Why proofread before clicking "post"?
Why proofread before clicking "post"?
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 16, 2025 07:16 AM (cdovZ)
128
Wolfus, how are you feeling today?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 16, 2025
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Thanks for asking, Hadrian. Better; I got up around one am and took a Tramadol, so that I wouldn't go six hours or more without a pain pill. Oddly, it's been five hours now and I'm doing okay.
I can drive, and I'll go pick up the new Rx (it's hydrocodone, apparently), but I may not need more than a couple half-tabs if it works as well as it's supposed to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 16, 2025
***
Thanks for asking, Hadrian. Better; I got up around one am and took a Tramadol, so that I wouldn't go six hours or more without a pain pill. Oddly, it's been five hours now and I'm doing okay.
I can drive, and I'll go pick up the new Rx (it's hydrocodone, apparently), but I may not need more than a couple half-tabs if it works as well as it's supposed to.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 16, 2025 07:16 AM (omVj0)
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AI (LLM) is not a miracle solution. It's just another tool. That needs to be observed and managed. My problem is with douchefucks that think it's a floor wax and a desert topping.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 07:17 AM (mlg/3)
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Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 16, 2025 07:03
IIRC, the start/stop feature is not mandated, but EPA was offering incentives to manufacturers for installing it. Lee Zeldin, head of EPA, announced they would eliminate those incentives back in May.
IIRC, the start/stop feature is not mandated, but EPA was offering incentives to manufacturers for installing it. Lee Zeldin, head of EPA, announced they would eliminate those incentives back in May.
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 16, 2025 07:18 AM (hoCmQ)
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Except for BMW, I haven't seen an ad on TV for an electric car in quite some time. How quickly those disappeared, once the Junta was history.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 16, 2025 07:07 AM (qyaCV)
The future is electric bicycles. The homeless here all have them and they dart in and out of traffic, sidewalks and driveways doing their homeless stuff like smoking crack, fighting over whose electric bike is who's and generally being dirtbags.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 16, 2025 07:07 AM (qyaCV)
The future is electric bicycles. The homeless here all have them and they dart in and out of traffic, sidewalks and driveways doing their homeless stuff like smoking crack, fighting over whose electric bike is who's and generally being dirtbags.
Posted by: Exterminate The Homeless at July 16, 2025 07:18 AM (lX1hk)
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Remember when it was mandated that we replace our light bulbs and appliances to save electricity?
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025 07:18 AM (vFG9F)
133
The Star Trek with Nomad was on last night. Once Nomad figured out it was full of shit it 86d itself.
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025
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I caught the last minute of the show. I noticed that they credit Vic Perrin as the voice of Nomad. For some reason I think they added that in recent years when they redid the special effects; I don't remember seeing that credit on the screen back in the '70s.
Posted by: fd at July 16, 2025
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I caught the last minute of the show. I noticed that they credit Vic Perrin as the voice of Nomad. For some reason I think they added that in recent years when they redid the special effects; I don't remember seeing that credit on the screen back in the '70s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 16, 2025 07:19 AM (omVj0)
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119 Catchy Song:
https://tinyurl.com/5n8ksp47
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 16, 2025 07:14 AM (4tvN6)
Excellent news.
I thought it was going to be the spoof of Gavin Newsome swaying and rocking to a spoof song. Which I'll try to track down.
https://tinyurl.com/5n8ksp47
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 16, 2025 07:14 AM (4tvN6)
Excellent news.
I thought it was going to be the spoof of Gavin Newsome swaying and rocking to a spoof song. Which I'll try to track down.
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 07:19 AM (aURVT)
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My problem is with douchefucks that think it's a floor wax and a desert topping.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 07:17 AM (mlg/3)
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Sadly, my boss tends to fall into that category. She assigned me a task a couple months ago and said, "Make AI do it."
After researching the problem, it turns out AI can't do it. Or at least, can't do it 100% for very good reasons that involve the laws of physics.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 07:17 AM (mlg/3)
----
Sadly, my boss tends to fall into that category. She assigned me a task a couple months ago and said, "Make AI do it."
After researching the problem, it turns out AI can't do it. Or at least, can't do it 100% for very good reasons that involve the laws of physics.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 16, 2025 07:20 AM (7fElN)
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My problem is with douchefucks that think it's a floor wax and a desert topping.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 07:17 AM (mlg/3)
__________
Is it just another management fad or is it going to be transformative? Right now, my money is on the former, but lots of snake-oil salesmen are going to make big bux pushing it.
My problem is with douchefucks that think it's a floor wax and a desert topping.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 07:17 AM (mlg/3)
__________
Is it just another management fad or is it going to be transformative? Right now, my money is on the former, but lots of snake-oil salesmen are going to make big bux pushing it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 16, 2025 07:20 AM (HZi96)
137
Meta's massive data centers are going to be built in Ohio in Louisiana.
Those two areas definitely have water and energy. Hopefully there is enough acreage to avoid NIMBY neo-luddites.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025
======================
NE Ohio may have plenty of water but if the two nuclear stations on Lake Erie are closed down we will be even more dependent on Quebec hydro power than we already are. Of course, NE Ohio has plenty of NatGas but can utilities still build gas generation?
Those two areas definitely have water and energy. Hopefully there is enough acreage to avoid NIMBY neo-luddites.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025
======================
NE Ohio may have plenty of water but if the two nuclear stations on Lake Erie are closed down we will be even more dependent on Quebec hydro power than we already are. Of course, NE Ohio has plenty of NatGas but can utilities still build gas generation?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 16, 2025 07:20 AM (k1bc+)
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I'm looking thru the local booking photos from the last couple of days and I get the feeling that none of those people will ever have any use for AI unless it's used to generate artwork for neck tats.
Posted by: fd
Summer brings out the full plethora for our viewing pleasure of poor life choices made by folks who've got the 'get inked' bug. It ain't pretty. Winter cannot come soon enough.
I'm looking thru the local booking photos from the last couple of days and I get the feeling that none of those people will ever have any use for AI unless it's used to generate artwork for neck tats.
Posted by: fd
Summer brings out the full plethora for our viewing pleasure of poor life choices made by folks who've got the 'get inked' bug. It ain't pretty. Winter cannot come soon enough.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 16, 2025 07:21 AM (xG4kz)
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Speaking of AI and Ohio... Intel was supposed to be building a huge chip manufacturing facility just outside of Columbus. A multi-billion dollar investment IIRC. So it sort of makes sense that Ohio would also be considered for other sorts of AI/chip/computer related stuff.
The chip manufacturing facility isn't expected to be completed for years tho'.
The chip manufacturing facility isn't expected to be completed for years tho'.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 16, 2025 07:21 AM (Q4IgG)
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Wolfus,
If the tramadol is giving you enough relief that you are comfortable and move about and sleep, I would forgo the hydrocodone.
It's an opiate/opioid and all the negatives associate with them applies.
If the tramadol is giving you enough relief that you are comfortable and move about and sleep, I would forgo the hydrocodone.
It's an opiate/opioid and all the negatives associate with them applies.
Posted by: pawn at July 16, 2025 07:21 AM (QB+5g)
141
“ The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”
Exodus 15:2
Exodus 15:2
Posted by: Marcus T at July 16, 2025 07:22 AM (O1nHK)
142
"Breaking News!" that inflation ticked up a statistically insignificant number after falling for five straight months and never meriting a "Breaking News!" headline.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 16, 2025 07:22 AM (WHfpM)
143
So it sort of makes sense that Ohio would also be considered for other sorts of AI/chip/computer related stuff.
Isn't that Vivek's platform to be Ohio's next governor?
Isn't that Vivek's platform to be Ohio's next governor?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 16, 2025 07:23 AM (a4flb)
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Is it just another management fad or is it going to be transformative? Right now, my money is on the former, but lots of snake-oil salesmen are going to make big bux pushing it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
It's an iterative tool at this point. Not something people should worship... speaking of... cough.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
It's an iterative tool at this point. Not something people should worship... speaking of... cough.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2025 07:23 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: GWB at July 16, 2025 07:23 AM (a/VGH)
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The future is electric bicycles. The homeless here all have them and they dart in and out of traffic, sidewalks and driveways doing their homeless stuff like smoking crack, fighting over whose electric bike is who's and generally being dirtbags.
Posted by: Exterminate The Homeless at July 16, 2025 07:18 AM (lX1hk)
I drove by two kids in the neighborhood riding electric bikes.
They sounded cool going by, that electric zoom and the tires on asphalt.
The unusual thing is actually seeing kids outside, actually riding a bike.
I thought they went extinct after smartphones came out.
You hardly ever see children playing outside these days.
Posted by: Exterminate The Homeless at July 16, 2025 07:18 AM (lX1hk)
I drove by two kids in the neighborhood riding electric bikes.
They sounded cool going by, that electric zoom and the tires on asphalt.
The unusual thing is actually seeing kids outside, actually riding a bike.
I thought they went extinct after smartphones came out.
You hardly ever see children playing outside these days.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 16, 2025 07:24 AM (6ydKt)
147
It's an opiate/opioid and all the negatives associate with them applies.
Posted by: pawn at July 16, 2025 07:21 AM (QB+5g)
__________
Her Majesty was on it after the pain management for her knee replacement went disastrously wrong. The effects were awful. Poor thing was in agony from the pain and in agony from the hydrocodone.
It's an opiate/opioid and all the negatives associate with them applies.
Posted by: pawn at July 16, 2025 07:21 AM (QB+5g)
__________
Her Majesty was on it after the pain management for her knee replacement went disastrously wrong. The effects were awful. Poor thing was in agony from the pain and in agony from the hydrocodone.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 16, 2025 07:24 AM (HZi96)
148
For some reason Shawn Ryan had Gavin Newsom on his podcast. He claimed he was for open discourse from all sides. I responded that Gavin Newsom is a psychopath and you don't give psychopaths a platform to path their psychos.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 16, 2025 07:24 AM (WHfpM)
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 16, 2025 07:24 AM (gbOdA)
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The Star Trek with Nomad was on last night. Once Nomad figured out it was full of shit it 86d itself.
“You are flawed. And imperfect. Destroy yourself… but first, could you share that floaty technology you use to move around the ship.”
“You are flawed. And imperfect. Destroy yourself… but first, could you share that floaty technology you use to move around the ship.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 16, 2025 07:25 AM (EXyHK)
151
J.J. and the News
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 16, 2025 07:26 AM (u82oZ)
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The future is electric bicycles. The homeless here all have them and they dart in and out of traffic, sidewalks and driveways doing their homeless stuff like smoking crack, fighting over whose electric bike is who's and generally being dirtbags.
Posted by: Exterminate The Homeless
LOL
Seize this opportunity before someone else does -- 'Tour de Crackheads' electric bike race.
The future is electric bicycles. The homeless here all have them and they dart in and out of traffic, sidewalks and driveways doing their homeless stuff like smoking crack, fighting over whose electric bike is who's and generally being dirtbags.
Posted by: Exterminate The Homeless
LOL
Seize this opportunity before someone else does -- 'Tour de Crackheads' electric bike race.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 16, 2025 07:26 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 16, 2025 07:26 AM (u82oZ)
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Catchy Song:
https://tinyurl.com/5n8ksp47
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 16, 2025 07:14 AM (4tvN6)
======================
Andy Ngo has been all over the reporting on that Antifa cell, so (even more) kudos to him.
https://tinyurl.com/5n8ksp47
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 16, 2025 07:14 AM (4tvN6)
======================
Andy Ngo has been all over the reporting on that Antifa cell, so (even more) kudos to him.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 16, 2025 07:26 AM (6QHtb)
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139 The chip manufacturing facility isn't expected to be completed for years tho'.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 16, 2025 07:21 AM (Q4IgG)
When Intel ran into trouble they put the Ohio fabs on hold to focus on the Arizona fabs they’re building out now.
They’ll supposedly finish the Ohio fans once they get their financial house in order.
Their new chip nodes better be good or that won’t happen.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 16, 2025 07:21 AM (Q4IgG)
When Intel ran into trouble they put the Ohio fabs on hold to focus on the Arizona fabs they’re building out now.
They’ll supposedly finish the Ohio fans once they get their financial house in order.
Their new chip nodes better be good or that won’t happen.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 16, 2025 07:28 AM (6ydKt)
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There's so much natural gas in NE Ohio that a company with some vision could buy a gas field, and build their own scrubbers and generation station to feed their local data centers 24/7/365.
It's a consistent load with minimum fluctuation that requires very little management and standby-by power.
Cut out all the unnecessary middle men.
It's a consistent load with minimum fluctuation that requires very little management and standby-by power.
Cut out all the unnecessary middle men.
Posted by: pawn at July 16, 2025 07:29 AM (QB+5g)
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@75 and @82 (I used to have a different nic):
I work for BigCorp and I spend my days cleaning up the fallout from people with no understanding putting AI generated code into place.
...
82My last day is in mid-December... shhhh, don't tell them yet... so I only have to deal with people committing the most upvoted answers on stack overflow for a bit longer.
Are you getting out of Tech for good?
After getting laid off from my last tech job due to an "entire department closure", I decided I wasn't going to go back into Tech. Nope. Done. It was downright scary (and depressing for a time) switching careers at my age, but it turned out to be a wonderful decision.
I can sleep fully through the night now, I don't take my work home with me (other than completing some small paperwork from the day, which is nothing really), and my stress levels are way down from where they were. I like reading for pleasure again (I'd lost the love of that for a time due to all the emails and documentation I had to pour through) and my outlook on life is a ton more positive.
Getting out and staying out is possible. If that's what you want, I hope you get to a good place.
I work for BigCorp and I spend my days cleaning up the fallout from people with no understanding putting AI generated code into place.
...
82My last day is in mid-December... shhhh, don't tell them yet... so I only have to deal with people committing the most upvoted answers on stack overflow for a bit longer.
Are you getting out of Tech for good?
After getting laid off from my last tech job due to an "entire department closure", I decided I wasn't going to go back into Tech. Nope. Done. It was downright scary (and depressing for a time) switching careers at my age, but it turned out to be a wonderful decision.
I can sleep fully through the night now, I don't take my work home with me (other than completing some small paperwork from the day, which is nothing really), and my stress levels are way down from where they were. I like reading for pleasure again (I'd lost the love of that for a time due to all the emails and documentation I had to pour through) and my outlook on life is a ton more positive.
Getting out and staying out is possible. If that's what you want, I hope you get to a good place.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 16, 2025 07:30 AM (O7YUW)
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148 For some reason Shawn Ryan had Gavin Newsom on his podcast. He claimed he was for open discourse from all sides. I responded that Gavin Newsom is a psychopath and you don't give psychopaths a platform to path their psychos.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 16, 2025 07:24 AM (WHfpM)
ha!
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 16, 2025 07:24 AM (WHfpM)
ha!
Posted by: m at July 16, 2025 07:32 AM (aURVT)
159
If the tramadol is giving you enough relief that you are comfortable and move about and sleep, I would forgo the hydrocodone.
It's an opiate/opioid and all the negatives associate with them applies.
Posted by: pawn at July 16, 2025
***
The Tramadol is an opioid too, just a weaker one. I'm more comfortable than I was yesterday, but not even 75% yet, and I'm not sleeping as much as I should. As I said, I may not need to take this new stuff for more than a couple of doses.
It's an opiate/opioid and all the negatives associate with them applies.
Posted by: pawn at July 16, 2025
***
The Tramadol is an opioid too, just a weaker one. I'm more comfortable than I was yesterday, but not even 75% yet, and I'm not sleeping as much as I should. As I said, I may not need to take this new stuff for more than a couple of doses.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 16, 2025 08:00 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 16, 2025 09:30 AM (cdovZ)
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We are going to find out that these huge, brute-force computer centers for training AI is not the way to go. Some smart guy will come up with efficient training techniques (maybe even AI will come up with the idea), and these huge data centers will become pink elephants.
Posted by: Ralph at July 16, 2025 11:18 AM (8WZD4)
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and let the tv watch you.
Posted by: cmeat at July 16, 2025 12:30 PM (GAyiy)
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