I'm getting very swept up in all this #wordpress stuff.
From a developer/agency point of view the biggest thing appears to be that clients are viewing this not as a #wpengine problem but a #wordpress problem, and Matt Mullenweg is causing some irreparable damage.
This makes sense; as he even says WPEngine are the company people are paying, they're not the CMS developer and certainly not the ones cutting off essential services.
There are many threads talking about replacements too. It's probably too early for that kind of talk, but for simple sites or projects just getting off the ground it would be tempting to switch.
The issue there is, what is the alternative? Yes, there are many CMS/blog alternatives, but what about the plugins? It takes time to not only learn a new platform but also work out alternatives to eCommerce, SEO, image optimisation, membership platforms... and on and on.
It's a huge ecosystem not easily swapped out for another.
Tried out https://kitten.small-web.org today for a little tiny character sheet "app" I've been working on.
It's really nice. It was super easy to set up and get started and the self-contained nature of everything was perfect for my needs.
Excellent work, @aral!
@fuzzyface some are getting a lot better at this. It's just taking awhile to make it understand not to add more than what is trained on.
It sees repeating patterns in an image and thinks "okay I'll repeat that" and repeats it too many times, leading to an extra digit or two.
@ErikUden Hm, I remember news reports about this anecdote from a year ago. Unfortunately it implies that ChatGPT is capable of strategic thinking, “understands” the concept of lying and so on.
It adds to the overall mission of promoting the marvels of “AI” and therefore justifying obscene waste of energy, water and money. However, it looks like the story is pretty thin, with humans involved in many steps. So not really that impressive.
https://aiguide.substack.com/p/did-gpt-4-hire-and-then-lie-to-a… (1/2)
5/ McB:
Next issue: defense exhibits. Hoffinger says the prosecution was objecting to two exhibits, but now it's down to one, which she has a hearsay objection on.
It's defense exhibit 1005: an email from Costello's partner (Citron) to Michael Cohen following their initial communications.
Blanche says the email is direct impeachment against what Cohen testified on direct and cross on Tues/Thurs.
34/ McB:
Now another 10/23/20 episode for parties, headphones back on.
It sounds like a Scorcese script: "I truly fuckin hope that this man ends up in prison, it won't bring back the year I lost, or the damage done to my family, but revenge is a dish best served cold."
Blanche reminds jury of Cohen's stint in fed prison at Otisville. Then:
Q: You believe that the work that you did, your media appearances played a role in Trump's indictment?
A: I took some credit yes. It's what I believe.
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