Vibe coding broke people's brains because they had a bad understanding of the software design process.
The pop culture model goes something like this: start out with a sketch and then render that same idea in progressively finer detail.
So when tools could "skip" to high detail, people went WOW.
exactly!
Ever had Flavorade?
Y'all… no. The unexamined assumption of the "rightness" of the intersection of hegemony, militarism, white supremacy, Western Christianity in the historical underpinnings of "AI" is PRECISELY where most of our present day problems w/ "AI" come from.
https://tinyurl.com/military-christian-ai
My least favorite type of reply guy is “Well, what did you expect?” I expected BETTER, Brian, you surrendering bag of Beige, you are not the spokesperson for Accepting Less
With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans In states that once focused mainly on health care and sports for transgender minors, debates now revolve around the validity of transgender identity.
The subheadline on this NYT piece is going to turn me into the Joker.
Like... this... is exactly what trans people have been saying was going to happen for years.
"And if twelve people can be found who do not hate his guts?"
"If twelve can be found, I will not destroy him."
"And if only nine can be found?"
"For the sake of nine, I will not destroy him."
"And if
They think "punk rock" means anti-social in the most literal sense.
Look at me parking in a handicapped spot and smoking a cigarette in a movie theater! Punk rock!
You're not punk rock you're a fucking psychopath
i love that you gave to wonder whether americans will have the gumption to throw out a bunch of bums who, after illegally imposing a new national sales tax on you for a year, imposed a new national sales tax on you because they're mad about being told the prior sales tax was illegal
it is not enough to disable the feature that produces an AI summary of my emails at the top of my emails in gmail, I need a button that delivers an electrical shock to the person who thought it was a good idea
A store with a sign that says “ADULT NOVELTIES - BJORK ALBUMS - MAGIC POKEMON YUGIOH - AIRSOFT GUNS”
"thin places" are locations where the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is said to be particularly thin.
I become more and more convinced that the AI is just right wing class war and the lack of white collar worker organisation due having been flattered for years as geniuses and fed like farm geese has just led to a colossal lack of awareness of the class interests going on.
watching you dildo brain cock suckers play w/ AI shit is like watching a dog paw at one of those puzzle boxes that you put treats inside of
Yes. This. Fuck’s sake. This.
Brown easter egger chicken looking at camera
Happy Friday from Nutmeg. She has really been working on her bearded cheeks this year
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It's exactly this. Musk never gets called on the fact that he's been 10 years out from a moon colony for the last 16 years; Republicans never get called on anything; why wouldn't CEOs start testing out this new accountability-free zone and just say whatever's convenient to manipulate the moment?
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Not my circus, not my monkeys, not my typewriters.
Richard Dawkins: as the world's smartest man, i love hanging out with a known pedophile on sex crime island
Stephen Pinker: as a fellow smart, i agree!
Jeffrey Epstein: ill tk some photoss to commemrate this epicc meetingof th= smarts
Dawkins: absolutely, we will definitely want to document this!
“Measure Fails” Budget Phasing Strategy Phase 1 - In January 2027: • 63% train hours cut and 10 station closures (20% of stations) • 30% fare increase • Target $30M of (half-year) reductions in fleet/non-fleet maintenance, police, and system support • Balance remainder of FY27 with one-time resources and financial deferrals • Assess: ridership/revenue impacts; performance of system support; impacts/risks of asset closures; and determine if Phase 2 can be safely implemented Phase 2 - If feasible, in FY28 (July 2027 service change): • Cumulative 70% train hours cut, 15 station closures (30% of stations), and segment closures (32 miles or 25% of system length) • Cumulative 50% fare increase • Target over $130M of cumulative budget reductions in fleet/non-fleet maintenance, cleaning, police, and system support • Defer remaining capital allocations • Based on observed conditions of closed system segments, study options and tradeoffs for stopping train service Phase 3 - When required: • If determined BART can’t safely or legally operate with available resources, stop passenger service • Use existing District tax revenues to secure system assets • Work to determine system’s future
BART's newly released concepts for what they'll do if Connect Bay Area transit funding measure fails are terrifying.
Phase 1: 63% train hours cut & 10 station closures
Phase 2: Cumulative 70% train hours cut, 15 station closures
Phase 3 (if required): END BART SERVICE
We must pass the measure!
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Part of what’s breaking my brain today is I’ve got friends fleeing the country, friends doing grocery runs for hunted neighbors, friends pretending nothing is wrong, and all of them are working on their taxes.
I wish I could bill all these companies shoving genai into everyday products and services. you’re too lazy to figure out how ai should integrate w your workflow (if at all) and now you’ve created an externality in the form of cognitive load on your users
Omg, I forgot about Psalty. Wow... takes me back 😳
I actually think it's pretty easy to explain.
Younger people didn't buy into an older neoliberal elite's prejudices, the older neoliberal elite absolutely lost their shit at the notion that they might be called on to change, and fascists exploited that reactionary moment
Appears this is also true for fascism.
Henry Cuellar (Texas), Tom Suozzi (New York), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Laura Gillen (New York), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington), Jared Golden (Maine), and Don Davis (North Carolina)
these are the 7 house democrats who voted to give ICE another $10 billion on thursday btw
yeah, democrats are still solidly in the "but a dog can't play basketball" stage of this. we're long past that. they need to stop starting from a place of thinking of what's possible and instead need to say what they want to happen and go from there.
You have to know that there is no suitable reality in which we just Go Back To Living Among These People.
There is no going back. It can’t just be All Good.
Whatever implications you glean from this statement; yes.
Some wonderful pedagogy here.
