I can’t think of any way to justify this but this would be so cool.
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I Decompiled the White House’s New App
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy’s GitHub Pages.
Protect Zoom Meetings from AI Bots | Office of Information Technology
On December 13, 2024, OIT began restricting access to certain AI assistant bots within Zoom and Microsoft 365. Restricting access to AI assistant bots will be an ongoing effort for OIT. Please see our Zoom App Marketplace service page for the most up-to-date approved or denied Zoom applications.
Source: Protect Zoom Meetings from AI Bots | Office of Information Technology
From A German War Primer by Bertolt Brecht – Famous poems, famous poets. – All Poetry
THOSE WHO TAKE THE MEAT FROM THE TABLE Teach contentment. Those for whom the contribution is destined Demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill speak to the hungry Of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss Call ruling too difficult For ordinary men.
Source: From A German War Primer by Bertolt Brecht – Famous poems, famous poets. – All Poetry
Super Punch: Learned about a new guy
The growing world of AI illiteracy. The guy probably doesn’t want to know if the image is AI or not but “Grok said it was real” is a disheartening stance.
The Shape of Friction · Matthias Ott
The idea of productive toil and good friction is going to be increasingly important. I think a lot of the problems we have in the world are from people with too much power not having an friction in their decisions (like laws and morals . . . but also people just challenging their ideas – like the Meta verse). AI can really make this so much worse for everyone.
Source: The Shape of Friction
AI slop manners
slop is something that takes more human effort to consume than it took to produce. When my coworker sends me raw Gemini output he’s not expressing his freedom to create, he’s disrespecting the value of my time
Lynda Barry on How the Smartphone Is Endangering Three Ingredients of Creativity: Loneliness, Uncertainty & Boredom | Open Culture
The delete button makes it so that anything you’re unsure of you can get rid of, so nothing new has a chance. Writing by hand is a revelation for people. Maybe that’s why they asked me to NASA – I still know how to use my hands… there is a different way of thinking that goes along with them.
Give Django your time and money, not your tokens · Better Simple
In this way, an LLM is a facade of yourself. It helps you project understanding, contemplation, and growth, but it removes the transparency and vulnerability of being a human. For a reviewer, it’s demoralizing to communicate with a facade of a human. This is because contributing to open source, especially Django, is a communal endeavor. Removing your humanity from that experience makes that endeavor more difficult. If you use an LLM to contribute to Django, it needs to be as a complementary tool, not as your vehicle.
Source: Give Django your time and money, not your tokens · Better Simple
VictoriaFordArt – Etsy
Shop Victoria Ford Art by VictoriaFordArt located in Dereham, United Kingdom.
Source: VictoriaFordArt – Etsy