eLite like the old Apple Newton eMate: transparent, limited functionality, not actually all that powerful

This is the first time I have ever seen the term “AI design agency,” which raises some yellow flags

One thing I discovered on my mom’s late-model VW SUV is that the manufacturer-provided semi-physical/capacitative touch dash buttons are pretty much useless when interacting with Apple CarPlay; that all becomes touchscreen-only. And the forced transition in inputs is not particularly obvious. I have to wonder if most implementations are like that, compounding confusion on top of distraction.

Huh. Are the remaining “classical liberals” in the wild just naturally covered in this much slime, or is it something Yud applied to himself specifically for this conversation?

Hmm, we already tried the thing where a bunch of startups have their cash on deposit with a couple of normal, FDIC-insured banks that had grossly mismatched duration in their capital structures. I wonder how this will play out

it is relatively rare that a major donor is using your acceptance of donations to get social cover for an island-based extortion operation,

Now wait just a goddamn minute, I thought the whole schtick here was that our gracious correspondent is better than anyone else at evaluating situations that are relatively rare but nonetheless highly consequential

Double-highlighting this choice bit:

Diligence is costly in executive attention,

Your periodic reminder that this man is considered a major influence by many of today’s working venture capitalists

Yeah, @XiWellWisher going up against Aella on X, The Everything App is well into late-SNL stages of unfunny parody

In ~9 months of searching, I’ve gotten to two second-round interviews out of dozens of applications to LinkedIn listings. Take that as you will.

The headline alone is worthy of upvoting. About halfway through the article, the author includes an embedded YouTube video of the Dilberito Flash game. Made me reflect that 20 years ago, they might simply have directly embedded the game itself. And contemplate what the Web might look like if/when external YouTube embedding craps out.

And goddamn:

his former syndicate, publisher, and professional organizations have all declined to pay tribute or even acknowledge his passing.

I didn’t realize it was quite that harsh, but so it goes. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Counterpoint: these guys

(Expect the Las Vegas Raiders to announce their organization-wide AI initiative some time after the Super Bowl)

that is best studied using the Wolfram Language,

isn’t this just a particularly weird lisp </troll>

at least Khan Noonien Singh had some fucking charisma

Somehow, I registered a total lack of surprise as this loaded onto my screen

He doesn’t even seem to grasp the concept that a machine needs to take input; none of his examples even consider that.

So in a way, what you’re saying is that input sanitization (or at the very least, sanity) is an important concept even in theory

oh man, it’s Aumann’s

I am confident that Altman in particular has a poor-to-nonexistent grasp of second-order effects.

I don’t think that chatbot dev sessions are in any way “high quality data”.

Yeah, Gas Town is being belabored to death, but it must be reiterated that I doubt the long-term value proposition of “Kubernetes fan fiction”

I spent the last few years working in a prototype testing role on an active cattle ranch (don’t ask) and this phenomenon reminds me of what’s left on the ground after the herd moves through on their way up the canyon

Yes, no doubt the Islamic Republic is run by bloody, murderous, dishonest bastards. My argument is that Western options for handling/imposing political will on the situation have always been limited, and are at a particularly low ebb at the moment. Change is coming to both places, but it sadly may not be change that results in greater stability.