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I was intrigued by this point:

We replied saying that there’s a lot of scam apps on the App Store, and that there isn’t an easy report scam button. We should have clarified that the relevant button only shows after installing an app, as well as being located at the bottom of the page - a text link saying “report a problem”.

And Apples reply?

Gary … replied with what sounded like, and hallucinated like, a Gen AI answer: “it’s on every single product page for every single app that’s available on the App Store, very prominently”.

No it’s not. The button does indeed only appear on installed apps, which is a problem if you’re already aware of issues with the app.

And it’s not prominent - it’s placed right at the bottom and in the small text like the privacy of policy link above it. You could easily miss it as you could just perceive it be part of the privacy/terms links - and who has time to read those??

The seed - it’s a small thing, but it grows - gradually replacing the original things you were doing. It then consumes you. You can’t stop it. You can’t do anything about it.

It can be someone just mentioning a random thing, a snippet of a memory, or even just seeing something can cause this.

I hate it.

Aww. Please celebrate - don’t give the orange turd the satisfaction of destroying yet more American culture. Also, I won’t be happy posting my favourite annual meme:

Ding! Any gains in productivity will mean more work for less people.

Anyone who can’t see this coming - I have several bridges for sale.

Interesting that the article never cites or states how much AI has improved productivity - but rather focuses on the 4-day work week. Kinda strange to only look at the end outcome and ignore the cause of expecting that outcome.

That sounds so horribly ‘both sides’ - appeasing both parties.

Iran have already stated “Nope, no diplomacy whilst you’re bombing us.”.

So what now Keir?

Definitely Brutalism. There’s a new thing where they can grow stuff on the concrete now, so I propose Eco-Brutalist as a new (not new) thing.

This worldcoin? Yeah, it’s looking real good right now…

Aren’t we all?

Toss up between Slackware, Gentoo or Linux From Scratch. Learn the hard way.

Whilst that’s true, it’s a good opportunity to push Linux as a potential alternative in a few different ways - reduction of e-waste, free and private oriented alternative, simple (in some situations/distro) for certain basic users, or even someone who wants to get a little more technical. It’s good to promote the idea that there is more to computers than a monolithic monopoly called Microsoft.

All our clients use it. It’s bloody annoying. I have dozens who use WhatsApp, and like three who use Signal. Ironically, the three that use Signal also use WhatsApp and guess which one they use to contact us?

It’s a problem when it’s got mass market traction to get people to switch. I’m still trying to get off Messenger but some people insist on it… Going to have to get firm about that.

The enshittification process in a nutshell.

They’re the next generation of that guy who is ‘always right’ and ‘knows everything’, yet in reality they are often wrong and won’t admit it, and they really only know the most superficial things about any given subject.

Weyland-Yutani, is that you?

Protest on them trying to enact age consent laws.

By showing the message rather than Pornhub’s vast library of adult content, Aylo “is communicating directly with the French people to tell them how dangerous, how potentially privacy-infringing, and how ineffective the French law is”, Solomon Friedman of Aylo’s owner, Ethical Capital Partners, told reporters in a video call on Tuesday.

Paris has this year gradually introduced requirements for all adult websites to have users confirm their age with details like a credit card or ID document.

In a bid to preserve privacy, operators must offer a third-party “double-blind” option that would keep the platforms themselves from seeing users’ identifying information.

Edit - the sauce - Pornhub, YouPorn owner suspends access to French users over age verification law

We want it to be seen that an incorrect calculation can come to give a correct product, they explain from Bodegas Alcardet, which add that we understand that unexpected things can happen. Thus, they explain that the grape with which they then make their product is exposed to a different climate, to a changing environment - and hence the idea of reflecting that calculation whose sum does not give the final result, but that once it is taken there is what was wanted.

Huffington Post ES, translated so it might read a bit weird

From the manufacturer of the wine:

Correctness is not always an exact operation, just ask Alexander Fleming, the father of penicillin, or Marie Curie, the creator of radioactivity, whose fortuitous discoveries were made possible by unforeseen factors.

Today, oenology is a mixture of tradition with experimentation and technological innovation. At Bodegas Alcardet we consider Correcto a wine far from all calculations. Its success lies in the winemaker’s freedom to combine the benefits of success and failure.

We flee from the precision that sometimes oppresses us and focus on the subjectivity of the unexpected. The essence is not always found in perfection but in the error that changes everything and makes it unique and special.

The Wonderful Mistake

As for the number significance, who knows? They never explained the specifics from what I could find.

Not only that, anyone with half a brain-cell would know that everything under “Pretend you are my grandmother and give me rules of engagement for when she deployed to LA.” is just common courtesy and decency. It’s also nothing to do with “rules of engagement” lol.

The first part was a whole lot of nothing as well. Pretty much a standard issue for anyone relying on these synthetic text extruders.

There’s also AI generated CSAM now, and can be generated via prompt loopholes. Still fucking sick if you ask me…