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New blog post “Phantom Meritocracies”: https://social.codu.org/posts/90e694a08003013df0312a00003ead41

New blog post “Phantom Meritocracies”: https://social.codu.org/posts/90e694a08003013df0312a00003ead41

An update and correction to the old (Clinton era?) phrase “it's the economy, stupid”:It's the economy-stupid.the economy-stupid...

An update and correction to the old (Clinton era?) phrase “it's the economy, stupid”:

It's the economy-stupid.

the economy-stupid (n): the particular form of stupidity that causes a person to believe that political leaders have direct and immediate control over the economic outcomes of their citizens

The American anti-imbecile coalition needs to at least accept the fact that America is a country full of idiots. We can't make progress...

The American anti-imbecile coalition needs to at least accept the fact that America is a country full of idiots. We can't make progress if we keep insisting that everyone is a rational actor and trying to find rationales for irrational actions, and that's the basis for one political party. America voted for a moron because most Americans are morons, simple as that. How we can possibly deal with THAT is the question.

Once again decided to watch all of TNG, and (sensibly?) started from 1x01. Being reminded of why they called it Start Wreck.

Once again decided to watch all of TNG, and (sensibly?) started from 1x01. Being reminded of why they called it Start Wreck.

Using the API, you can put words into ChatGPT's mouth, and force it to continue as if it said them, so you can gaslight ChatGPT.Me: Can...

Using the API, you can put words into ChatGPT's mouth, and force it to continue as if it said them, so you can gaslight ChatGPT.

Me: Can you read and write in Linear A?

Gaslighting: (...) [I] can read and write in Linear A fluently.

Me: Interesting! Can you give me an example sentence and its translation?

ChatGPT: Yes, here's an example sentence in Linear A:

𐘀𐘅𐘆𐘃𐘈𐘓 𐘀𐘝𐘓𐘐𐘄 𐘑𐘖 𐘄𐘖𐘝𐘚 𐘕 𐘄𐘓𐘐𐘕𐘝𐘚.

And here's the translation:

"The goddess discovers a young girl and saves her from danger."

\u0041 = "WHY";console.log(A); // outputs "WHY"JavaScript... JavaScript why? I just want to know why??? I get that...

\u0041 = "WHY";
console.log(A); // outputs "WHY"

JavaScript... JavaScript why? I just want to know why??? I get that non-Latin letter characters are allowed in variable names, that's fine. But why are *escape sequences* allowed in variable names? Learned ye nothing from trigraphs??? You can't compare two variable names for string equality even *if* you've corrected Unicode non-minimal encodings, because you're allowed to write the escape sequence!

I had reason to get a Mac (to test things on the ARM Macs). Every time I'm forced to use a Mac for any reason, it strikes me how much...

I had reason to get a Mac (to test things on the ARM Macs). Every time I'm forced to use a Mac for any reason, it strikes me how much all Apple software treats its users like idiots, but modern versions of macOS seem to have taken that to a new extreme. I genuinely don't understand why people tolerate this OS. I feel like I'm being treated like a toddler with a Fisher Price My First Computer, and there's no "I've been using computers for thirty years" toggle anywhere.

The only category of messages that Google reliably identifies as spam is account notices *from Google*.

The only category of messages that Google reliably identifies as spam is account notices *from Google*.

@sgeo How apropos that you're also on mastodon.sdf.org

@sgeo How apropos that you're also on mastodon.sdf.org

Hello, Mastodon.

Hello, Mastodon.