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…And I wouldn’t be surprised if they are using AI to generate the artist backstory and album art.

Probably an instance of Spotify “Ghost Artists”. Spotify pays unknown musicians small amounts to record generic-sounding tracks and sign over all royalties to Spotify.

I would hope that any competent person can see that this can not end well.

Google must know that they are not a monopoly in search.

Number of search queries is such a bad metric for quality of your product. If your search is trash then the user is going to need more queries to get a satisfactory answer. That is, until they stop using your service of course.

I used to love the Eyewitness Guides books when I was a kid. Had no idea that it existed as a show as well.

TV tech is nudging ever further into Torment Nexus territory.

Been a while since I got a pint for under £5

I like Encona sauces from the UK https://www.enconasauces.co.uk/products

Where can I find the best Android alternative for my old-ass devices that don’t support Lineage OS?

Then I will have my encryption program make the encrypted data look like text/images/whatever…

Taking a stroll past the knife factory.

Ooh, I have a good one. While I was asleep my brain came up with “Late’n’Baked” which was some kind of instant foodstuff for stoners along the lines of Huel. This was apparently funny enough to wake me up.

When I saw the trailer to Shutter Island, a film about a detective trying to solve a murder at a mysterious and secluded mental institution, I immediately guessed that the twist was going to be that the detective was actually a patient the whole time. This made me decide that I didn’t need to watch it and I never looked up a plot summary so I’ve no idea if I’m right.

But why is the 20 years ago picture Win 8 and the today picture is XP?

I don’t fear skilled professionals using GenAI to boost their productivity. I do fear organisations using GenAI to replace skilled professionals

In the UK we at least still have most of the residual EU consumer protection law in place, so a lot of this kind of stuff that’s common in the US would be illegal here. That said, companies still manage to innovate new ways to screw the consumer all the time.

I find it ridiculous that MPs, gov agencies, etc still have active twitter accounts at this point.

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/ provides stats about how your MPactually voted on different types of issues.