Notices by Ian Robinson (ianrobinson@mastodon.social), page 7

To paraphrase Abraham Maslow’s now famous maxim, ‘If all you have is an LLM, everything looks like a GenAI problem!’

I wonder if that will survive the editing process on this article ☺️

I missed this news. https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/26/boeing-starliner-astronauts

@WarnerCrocker Reminds me of ‘debating’ with creationists in the 1990s.

Wow.

Box Office: ‘Inside Out 2’ Heading for Historic $140M-$150M U.S. Opening, a Near-Record for Pixar.

The tentpole is jolting the beleaguered box office back to life and will be the second- or third-biggest animated opening of all time.

#Pixar #Film https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/inside-out-2-box-office-historic-pixar-opening-1235923598/

@WarnerCrocker My iPhone isn’t supported. I’m out of contract in two months. So I can get a new one on basically the same monthly fee.

Here. It's possible that this cricket match today could be the most-watched event ever to happen on US soil.

These matches regularly get hundreds of millions of viewers. Half a billion is often reported. I even saw a claim of 1 billion TV viewers for a game a few decades ago. I don't know if that was ever “confirmed”.

The time zone differenced might suppress the viewers in India and Pakistan for the live stream.

#Cricket #T20WorldCup https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/112586513264249497

@WarnerCrocker I think you will be able to repost that essay in June 2025. Sadly.

Things that use Apple cloud services feel a bit slower today. Music and Siri specifically.

Maybe related to what’s to be announced and released to developers tomorrow.

@WarnerCrocker 😕

The USA have a good opportunity to beat Pakistan here. 24 for 0 after 3 overs chasing 160.

#Cricket #T20WorldCup

@WarnerCrocker 🥳

Have I mentioned how much I like the Netflix Geek Girl adaptation?

I think I must have.

It’s fab. Two episodes to go. I hope it has enough viewers to trigger a second season. 😊

Also, read the books. They are brilliant. If you think you are not in the target demographic, just ignore that. They are brill stories and have characters from teens to pensioners. I reread all six last year. Bloody marvellous 😊

#GeekGirl

The US election is going to be so close that even if about 2% of likely voters don't vote for Trump now, he’s a convicted felon, that'll be enough to swing close States to Biden.

I'm not the originator of this idea. It's articulated by several commentators with way more insight and knowledge than me.

But they all also say that in November, the non-MAGA US populace has to get out and vote in such numbers that the MAGAs can’t prevent their loss via vote suppression measures.

@WarnerCrocker Sorry. Note the hashtags. I was being sarcastic.

@WarnerCrocker Agree. Not the hashtags 😊

It’s handy that TicketMaster built up all that goodwill with their customers (both artists and fans) over the years.

Now they get to cash it in in relation to the antitrust investigation and the new massive data breach.

#Sarcasm #Schadenfreude #TicketMaster

Long termism annoys me. Do good things for people now. And people in five years, ten years, and always.

The future will then take care of itself.

@WarnerCrocker It was added to my new What I've Been Reading page. An idea I stole from Molly White!

https://canicula.com/wp/what-ive-been-reading/

@WarnerCrocker Good article.

@WarnerCrocker ☺️