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Apple is teaming up with Anthropic on a new vibe coding platform. (Bloomberg) (archive site)

Vibe coding is a term where a developer has no idea how to program - let alone build a complete application - and also no idea about the problems inherent in the application domain. So someone trying to launch, say, an app to guide mining of rare earth elements when you not only can't program but also have no idea what an element is.

Apple's own vibe coding platform was quietly scuttled last year when it turned out to be completely worthless, so they're doing it again.

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Grand Theft Auto VI, the latest iteration in the Grand Theft Auto series, logically enough, in which the character does stuff - GTA 5 is actually quite fun in multiplayer because you can get up to all sorts of shenanigans - has had its release delayed to May 26. (MSN)

Of next year.

13 years after GTA 5.
Thunderbolts is Marvel's latest attempt at clawing its way into an existential void. (The Verge) (archive site)

Exactly why they wish to that that is unclear, but they do.

Marvel movies used to be dependably fun popcorn flicks.

This has now been corrected.
And nothing of value was lost: Firefox could die if funding from Google is cut off due to antitrust proceedings. (The Verge)

Okay.
Eric Schmidt - former CEO of Google - bought Relativity Space to put datacenters into orbit. (Ars Technica)

Does any of this make sense? No.

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Disclaimer: Nope.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2025 04:31 AM (omVj0)

2 Possibly.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 03, 2025 04:32 AM (BLOW1)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 04:32 AM (ypFCm)

4 As of Friday morning thought I had to go to night job tomorrow afternoon, but thankfully was changed to Monday evening.

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 04:33 AM (ypFCm)

5 Evening and morning to all the Saturday toilers, early risers, and plain ol' insomaniacals! I woke up about thirty minutes ago and have not been able to drift back off. So here I is, with some coffee. I might drink a little pineapple juice to keep from feeling hungry, and if the rain will hold off I might go for a short workout.

HAHAHAHAHA! I kill myself sometimes.

How's ever'body?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2025 04:33 AM (omVj0)

6 Good morning morons

Pixy, any election results yet?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 04:34 AM (RIvkX)

7 Willowed: I was almost believing in the Ruth Buzzi Lincoln ad on the ONT until I hit the mention of "Ruth's ass." That would have been a step WAY too far for 1970.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2025 04:35 AM (omVj0)

8 Pixy,

I think Miklos Of Many Nicks was accidentally banned. If you could, please Free The Miklos!

Thank You,

Another Bohunk.

Posted by: RickZ at May 03, 2025 04:38 AM (gKDq2)

9 An episode of Barney Miller has a classic Dietrich bit:

Wojo: "A disturbance at The Garden of Earthly Delights."

Dietrich: "That's a painting by Bosch."

Wojo: "It's a porno shop on Lexington Avenue."

Dietrich {shrugging): "Oh, that's the other one."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2025 04:40 AM (omVj0)

10 Apple's own vibe coding platform was quietly scuttled last year when it turned out to be completely worthless, so they're doing it again.

I'm holding out for vibe colonoscopies.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 03, 2025 04:46 AM (amnH6)

11 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 04:50 AM (qKYfj)

12 This place will miss Miklos

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 03, 2025 04:53 AM (oFxbF)

13 Miklos, come home Miklos!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 04:54 AM (RIvkX)

14 I will take a look into the Miklossening. Probably not until tomorrow though, I've been miserably sick since last night.

(Nothing serious, just my digestive tract spontaneously decided to do a halon dump.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 03, 2025 04:55 AM (BLOW1)

15 Ars Technica: "Left out of Microsoft’s announcement is that even after users create a passkey, they can’t go passwordless until they install the Microsoft Authenticator app on their phone. Microsoft has made Authy, Google Authenticator, and similar apps incompatible, a choice that needlessly inconveniences users and undermines the whole “passwordless by default” marketing message."

So 10 years from now I'm going to need a passkey authenticator app manager app? Progress! It might be easier just to get a second phone for authenticator apps.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 03, 2025 04:56 AM (amnH6)

16 Good Morning.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 04:57 AM (Vnr18)

17 Ars Technica: "Left out of Microsoft’s announcement is that even after users create a passkey, they can’t go passwordless until they install the Microsoft Authenticator app on their phone. Microsoft has made Authy, Google Authenticator, and similar apps incompatible, a choice that needlessly inconveniences users and undermines the whole “passwordless by default” marketing message."

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Spoiler alert:

They couldn't care less about "security"

They want you to link up your phone so they can sell more accurate telemetry data.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 03, 2025 04:58 AM (oFxbF)

18 Thank you. I'm sure Miklos will appreciate it.

I think he used a Rainman nick and got banned in a general sweep. I could be wrong.

Posted by: RickZ at May 03, 2025 04:59 AM (gKDq2)

19 I would miss Miklos

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 04:59 AM (ypFCm)

20 Miklos self deported to The Phantom Zone, AoS HQ Edition, and is now hanging out with Garrett.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 03, 2025 05:00 AM (amnH6)

21 There is a D with the same name as he who shall not be named running for office.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 05:02 AM (Vnr18)

22 Once again I'm confronted with the same existential dilemma: do I try and get a few hours sleep or just stay up for 2 more hours until it's 5:00 a.m. mountain time so I can make coffee and have a blueberry muffin?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 03, 2025 05:09 AM (amnH6)

23
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 03, 2025 05:11 AM (tljrc)

24 Miklos self deported to The Phantom Zone, AoS HQ Edition, and is now hanging out with Garrett.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 03, 2025

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"Phantom Zone"! There's a term I haven't heard in ages. I suspect the DC comic writers were influenced by reading about the underworld in Greek mythology.

As an aside, looking up Aeneas of Troy, I see he was a demi-god. His father had a wild night with Aphrodite as the result of a spell put on her by Zeus.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2025 05:12 AM (omVj0)

25 There is a D with the same name as he who shall not be named running for office.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025

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"He who shall not be named" -- you're gonna have to be more specific.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2025 05:13 AM (omVj0)

26 The Israel Defense Forces carried out an overnight attack “near the presidential palace in Damascus” on Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem said on Friday.

“This is a clear message to the Syrian regime,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement, adding, “We will not allow [Syrian regime] forces to move south of Damascus or to pose any danger to the Druze community.”

The strike came a day after Jerusalem warned Damascus that it expected it to prevent sectarian attacks on the country’s Druze community.
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Awaiting UN condemnation...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 05:22 AM (RIvkX)

27 AP: "The Army on Friday confirmed there will be a military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June, as part of the celebrations around the service’s 250th birthday."

$5 says spontaneous orgasms are breaking out at MSNBC and the New York Times. Another $5 says Rachel Maddow morphs into my favorite North Korean news lady.

https://youtu.be/eyX5VWzeKPM

Here's another video of her announcing the Dear Leader kicking the bucket.

https://youtu.be/BieRGW_wiSU

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 03, 2025 05:24 AM (amnH6)

28 Meanwhile, along the Mexican/ New Mexican border...that 60-ft wide strip a land along the border wall that Trump handed over to the US military is now being patrolled by the US Army. It's working! Over the next week I plan to take a drive along that stretch road and if anything interesting is happening. I will report back.

https://is.gd/AfYFd0

In other news, the Las Cruces May Day protest occurred at the same intersection where they always protest and not remarkably the same 100 people were there. It's pretty amusing. When a casual passerby over the years actually starts recognizing the individual protesters It might be a clue that they need to pack it in.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 03, 2025 05:44 AM (amnH6)

29 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 03, 2025 05:47 AM (hoCmQ)

30 I would like to lament here and it has nothing to do with ASHQ. I have a parishioner who is quite elderly . Her daughter whom she lives with is in her second bout of cancer treatments. I guess she told her mother that, but nothing else because she didn't want to worry her. Her mother has loved and cared about her for 65 years. Sometimes people are hurt more by folks who feel they need to be strong and not reveal info than if they said something. Sigh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2025 05:52 AM (Rnx7g)

31 25 Rain man do.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 05:54 AM (Vnr18)

32 Lots of times you have to walk away from t om spider solitaire because it's a loser

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 05:57 AM (ypFCm)

33 Woman cries out to God on bad days. Scripture Psalm 18:1-6

https://tinyurl.com/53ch4nck

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2025 05:58 AM (Rnx7g)

34 Had my coffee and slice of toast with peanut butter. Oddly, I don't feel hungry at all. Maybe it's time I shaved and showered before eating anything else.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 03, 2025 06:03 AM (omVj0)

35
Vibe coding is a term where a developer has no idea how to program - let alone build a complete application - and also no idea about the problems inherent in the application domain.

Vibe surgery is a term where a doctor has no idea about an organ - let alone anatomy - and also no idea about procedure and technique involved in opening the human body.

Coming soon to a DEI med school near you!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 03, 2025 06:05 AM (QnmlO)

36 Vibe even had a magazine.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 06:06 AM (Vnr18)

37 I get to go to a wedding today but since it's for a RC couple I am not responsible for anything. Yay!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2025 06:08 AM (Rnx7g)

38 Vibe coding is a term where a developer has no idea how to program - let alone build a complete application - and also no idea about the problems inherent in the application domain.

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Thank you come again!

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 03, 2025 06:10 AM (Ji8U7)

39 I noticed nothing about May Day maybe because I didn't pass any protests, didn't look at news and was more interested in that it was the feast day for St. Joseph, which Hadrian mentioned.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2025 06:14 AM (H2bfF)

40
Frank Sinatra had a thing for Ruth Buzzi.

Posted by: Auspex at May 03, 2025 06:18 AM (j4U/Z)

41

Secretary Marco Rubio

@SecRubio
Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy—it’s tyranny in disguise.

What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD—which took second in the recent election—but rather the establishment’s deadly open border immigration policies that the AfD opposes.

Germany should reverse course.
9:38 AM · May 2, 2025
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Hitler found his way into politics after being demobilized he was assigned by the army to surveil fringe political groups, including one called the German Worker's Party.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 06:19 AM (RIvkX)

42 I too didn't see one Communist celebration of the Communist takeover of May Day

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 06:25 AM (ypFCm)

43 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 03, 2025 06:32 AM (dg+HA)

44 Thank you Fen. Howdy y'all

Posted by: OkJohn at May 03, 2025 06:32 AM (NC/it)

45 Husband and wife sing medley of two worship songs: "Shout to the Lord" and "God of Wonders":

https://tinyurl.com/5d3zwecy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2025 06:33 AM (42Vb+)

46 This has probably been mentioned, but Miklos has frequently used Raimondo’s nic over the past months, with commenters not seeming to notice. Why is it an issue now?

Posted by: French Jeton at May 03, 2025 06:36 AM (DehcO)

47 Man talks about trusting God in adversity. Devotional is called " God's perspective". Passage is Romans 12:1-18:

https://tinyurl.com/59jn5mm2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2025 06:38 AM (42Vb+)

48 This has probably been mentioned, but Miklos has frequently used Raimondo’s nic over the past months, with commenters not seeming to notice. Why is it an issue now?
Posted by: French Jeton

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I assume Miklos wasn't banned by socking Raimondo in the past. If I understand correctly that's what happened, and people are trying to help him get back in.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 03, 2025 06:39 AM (Ji8U7)

49 You're are welcome, OKJohn. A good day to OKJohn and to all the early risers!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2025 06:39 AM (42Vb+)

50 Good morning! Woke up at 0230 wide awake, and tha lil nugget dawg came over to snuggle. Ended up falling back asleep almost immediately and didn't wake up till 0500.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 03, 2025 06:39 AM (3Ope8)

51 I didn't ever care about Raimondo comments, not unlike my call yesterday for a political Commissar Judge to confirm every decision by the President.
It's sarcasm basically

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 06:42 AM (ypFCm)

52
Busy day yesterday. Diana (with Rosalind) went to the doggie chiropractor in the morning and Rosalind (with Diana) to the vet in the afternoon. Ros looks so much more substantial than Diana but when we weighed them at both clinics they were within a pound of each other.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 03, 2025 06:43 AM (QnmlO)

53
Status of entrance ramp onto TX-288: closed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 03, 2025 06:44 AM (QnmlO)

54 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2025 06:44 AM (a1415)

55 Interesting that what the protest was about is never mentioned.

https://tinyurl.com/murub79m

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 03, 2025 06:46 AM (a1415)

56
if you need a dose of raimondo, you could always go here:

stoatnet.org/raimondo.php

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 03, 2025 06:46 AM (tljrc)

57 Hogmartin is legend

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 03, 2025 06:51 AM (Ji8U7)

58 WHAT DO WE WANT?

WE DON'T KNOW!

WHEN DO WE WANT IT?

NOW!!!

Posted by: Protesting Protesters at May 03, 2025 06:54 AM (sAmhv)

59 Listening to Elon's DOGE panel briefing Jesse Waters on the things they discover is infuriating.

https://tinyurl.com/3cxcn69e

Frankly, I'd be OK if PDTS just declared an emergency and shut down entire government agencies until forensic audits were completed and charges were filed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 03, 2025 06:57 AM (3Ope8)

60 Any Skype users here?
Have you switched to Microsoft Teams?
My two kids, who have cellphones, switched painlessly, phones and Win11 desktops. I have a Win11 laptop and no cellphone - my switcheroo was a bust. We have a family group and it is the most used. The installation of Teams is supposed to bring over all the contacts and messages. In my case it DELETED the famgp from Skype and it never brought it over to Teams. Also Teams does not behave - I have no list of contacts, as an example.
Any similar experiences and/or suggestions? Keep snide remarks to a minimum as I'm quite annoyed at this point.
Anyone use another well behaved messaging application?

Posted by: Ciampino - is very pissed off at May 03, 2025 07:00 AM (sPQoU)

61 I could go for a government shutdown emergency, no one would notice

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 07:00 AM (ypFCm)

62 57 Hogmartin is legend
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No known photographic evidence. We've had to reconstruct him from tribal anecdote.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 03, 2025 07:02 AM (kpS4V)

63 I thought that Miklos was given the job of Bouncer.

Did he bounce hisself?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 03, 2025 07:05 AM (ZmEVT)

64 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 03, 2025 06:43 AM (QnmlO)

You are a huge help to Her Majesty and the dogs. Were you interested in Borzoi (sp?) and in show dogs before you met your wife?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2025 07:06 AM (H2bfF)

65 There seems to be no bottom for Baltimore. It was doing well for a while but then the decline started and never stopped.

I don't think even MAGA can help stop this.

Posted by: pawn at May 03, 2025 07:06 AM (QB+5g)

66 Where are the indictments?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 03, 2025 07:08 AM (dg+HA)

67 mornin yall. In local news, it's Old Clinton War Days, in which they reenact the Battle Of Griswoldville, which occured near the end of the War of Northern Aggression.

Posted by: fd at May 03, 2025 07:11 AM (vFG9F)

68
You are a huge help to Her Majesty and the dogs. Were you interested in Borzoi (sp?) and in show dogs before you met your wife?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2025 07:06 AM (H2bfF)

No. It was baptism by fire hose.

I seek to avoid going to shows myself, but I know Her Majesty wouldn't be able to do what she's done without me. She can be gone for a weekend, or a week, or (in one case) a month and she knows when she comes home, the dogs here will be taken care of, the house will be at least tidy, the bed will be made with freshly washed sheets, the washer and dryer empty, a pot of soup prepared and the fixings for me to make dinner and her her breakfast will be on hand. There's a little bit to be proud of there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 03, 2025 07:15 AM (QnmlO)

69 Morning peeps.

Eric Schmidt - former CEO of Google - bought Relativity Space to put datacenters into orbit.

On the surface this makes little sense. But if you wanted to preserve certain data, make it hard for authorities to lay hands on the physical storage of it, because you have "reasons," this might be worth looking at.

Especially if you and your company are, at heart, evil.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 03, 2025 07:20 AM (Q4IgG)

70 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2025 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

71 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Cool mornings and plenty of rain is the May pattern.

Noticed fields usually planted in soybeans are lying fallow.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2025 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

72 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Cool mornings and plenty of rain is the May pattern.

Noticed fields usually planted in soybeans are lying fallow. Because China is a big soybeans buyer.

Most cow herds have few calves. Every once in a while you pass a herd with many calves and it is a surprise. Expect beef prices to rise eventually as the herds get smaller.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2025 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

73 721 moves to win a Spider solitaire game
I said it's evil

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 07:41 AM (ypFCm)

74 Nood Cofve

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2025 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

75 Expect beef prices to rise eventually as the herds get smaller.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 03, 2025 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

I think it is already happening.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 03, 2025 07:47 AM (mWSu4)

76 "Meanwhile, along the Mexican/ New Mexican border...that 60-ft wide strip a land along the border wall that Trump handed over to the US military is now being patrolled by the US Army."

Back in the day, the borders between West Germany and Soviet controlled nations had a (IIRC) 2KM area which was controlled by their Federal Border Protection forces (Bundesgrenzschutz). We should do that with Mexico and Canada (the latter being expensive due to the border length as well as US bits that aren't connected via land that exist that are subsumed in Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Roberts,_Washington as well as some other odd bits that one would tolerate in peace)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 03, 2025 08:17 AM (o9wPv)

77 w00t

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