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“Some of my friends are animals”
Dear everyone,
As per the post from the Bodleian librarian below, AI bots and scrapers are putting just about every website under great pressure, British History Online included.
A lot of excellent tech staff are working hard to keep everything working, but outages and siruptions are inevitable.
I still think about this a lot.
1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)
My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):
This is hilarious.
Also, completely enraging.
“Don’t ever be the first to stop applauding.”
-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, writing about the unfortunate director of the local paper factory
mannerofspeaking.org/2010/05/12/s...
Marketing Email with summary stating, “the knife I reach for every day”
Oh god. Is the poop knife back?
Ah ok I know where there’s a line of them in the museum
You mean the round rotating stages? I have a spare. I didn’t know we could trade.
Does FIFA do a prize for economics
Hot kaas buns
The say “I am alive” comic
I’m reminded of this comic almost every time I check LinkedIn
A golden retriever and a very flat borzoi. The caption read "please, my son... He is very flat"
this must be so fun to be a translator for. how do you respond when someone replies "what?"
An important academic update
Halal Truck Mr. Beast
Eldest boy has taken to sending me messages and emails sporadically that look normal but when opened are just Halal Truck Mr. Beast
I have ‘Liked’ every single post on this thread except one
I’ve had the same username for three decades. I was otto on late 90s IRC. When the name wasn’t available on early gaming forums, I became ottocrat. I was there before gamergate, before 4chan, slapping down snotty nosed bullies before they ran the world, and I’ll be doing it still from my deathbed.
You were on a date?!?!
a pombon (the fire Pomeranian pokemon) drives along in a fisher price car
these naturally spawn around poms
This victim-shaming headline FFS
HAPPY 303 DAY
Free download / today only / deleted tomorrow
posthuman.bandcamp.com/album/303-da...
Myself & the other comedians who did the Riyadh Comedy Festival are donating our fees to help get influencers under attack in Dubai back home to their influencer houses. I am sponsoring Braevyn McTaigg from Orlando, FL. 🫡🇺🇸🏝️
This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something
Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used
www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...
I've been unemployed for a few months. I now set myself pretend jobs to prevent the rot setting in. My son thinks this guy is funny, which is a good enough excuse to make something. Any requests?
My wife is eating my Chichibu birthday cake and is so happy about it
serious question. has the starmer government done a single thing right. usually you get one or two things in there by accident that people like
