MF @MESynth

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MF @MESynth

2 years ago

This morning's spam from packback is entirely unwelcome, though it is an opportunity to remind you that AI is shit.

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2 years ago

TIL that SPACE_X = Shit Practically Always Combusts EXplosively.

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2 years ago

Current meme nauseatingly overposted in a desperate attempt to generate engagement. I'll start:

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2 years ago

It's safe to assume that, when a billionaire spouts in public, it's strictly for his own amusement. Such excretions carry no useful information other than an insight into an unwell mind.

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Simple expedient to temper the rise of an oligarchy: for every $10m of net worth, you must hire one well-paid minder whose job it is to monitor your actions and, when you attempt to communicate with the public, yell, "Shut the f*ck up!" #oligarchy #EatTheRich

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2 years ago

Just got email spam from an otherwise lovely restaurant because they used @Square as their payment system. Result: never ordering from them again. Blocking inbound & outbound from squareup.com . Use them? Lose me.

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2 years ago

AI massively amplifies Dunning-Kruger, and the effect is inversely proportial. The dumber you are, the smarter you think AI makes you.

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3 years ago

Bought a UtechSmart laptop docking station; came with what looked like a flash drive. It's not. It's malware insofar as it commandeers your computer and attempts to access a website without permission. #shit

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MF @MESynth

3 years ago

It's really simple, kids. Look at any "promising" tech and imagine the worst thing that could happen. Now consider history and understand that, barring stringent regulation, what will actually happen is worse than what you imagined. #InternetOfShit

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MF @MESynth

3 years ago

This is your occasional reminder that Microsoft applications and its operating system constantly monitor your activities – including specific words you use – and sell that information to other companies, which will use it for their own purposes and/or re-sell it again.

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3 years ago

Here's everything you need to know about the Consumer Electronics Show: most of it is shit, some of it is stupid shit, and most of what's left is bad shit that you don't need and should be smart enough to not want. #technology

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3 years ago

In case anybody's wondering, yes, I am prepared to serve as Speaker. And I promise to spank absolutely everybody, regardless of party affiliation. #Speakerofthehouse

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3 years ago

Yes, I have noticed that there's more shit here, and it's worse than the shit that used to be here. It's similar to what happens when Microsoft buys another company. #progress

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3 years ago

Missing from what I've read about fusion is an understanding that the planet is – mostly – a closed system. Regardless of source, unleashing more energy into this closed system seems unwise. #nuclearfusion #nuance #unintendedConsequences #systems

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MF @MESynth

3 years ago

Why, yes, I DID plug a $40, 8-outlet, 3-meter cord, surge protected power strip into the nearest wall outlet because it happened to have a USB port and it was the quickest way to charge my phone just now. #overengineering

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MF @MESynth

3 years ago

Twitter is – in real time – manifesting Karl Popper's rather brilliant paradox of tolerance. And unless this is one big (and expensive) experiment, it's not going to go the way its new owner had envisioned. #karlpopper #paradox #getthepopcorn

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3 years ago

I'll walk away from a purchase rather than infest my computers with software that needs to phone home before it works. #korg #nativeinstruments #hardwareSynths

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3 years ago

I inadvertently combined "click" and "link" in an email: "When I clink that, I get a different web page." Thusly neologise (probably not originally) "clink". #neologism #wordplay

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3 years ago

Booting an 11-year-old Model A @Raspberry_Pi after leaving it at the bottom of a drawer for a few years. Used a current noobs installer. Talks to my hardware via USB/HDMI switch & wifi. Everything works. Amazing. +10.

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3 years ago

I just spent far too long trying to figure out how to enable step-time entry from a MIDI keyboard in Logic Pro X. Instructions here: alongfellow.blogspot.com/2022/10/logic-…