Notices by Chancerubbage (chancerubbage@mastodon.social)

@WarnerCrocker has he crossed the aisle much in his senate career? Or is it just that in general, new blood is needed. (He’s 80). From what the AP article says about him, I don’t see many negatives to hang on him as an ignorant outsider.

@WarnerCrocker I hope so.

The substitution of ‘no worries’ and ‘perfect’ irks me.

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I like crime caper films but usually don’t linger on any that lean into hostage situations much

@WarnerCrocker if sulfur (dimethyly sulfide) and CO2 are the magic signature, that sounds a lot like Venus.

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I guess it’s because bunnies eat carrots, apparently, and Beatrice Potter Peter Rabbit sales skyrocket with Easter, because, bunny.

Watch out for that Farmer, Peter.

@WarnerCrocker what does deleting them on every device they are shared on do? Anything?

@flargh @WarnerCrocker

Wasn’t there a situation in the past where a filibuster actually delayed a vote? Not sure if it does or can serve the same purpose now.

That is possibly more than merely performative.

Also, there is a chance someone needed to see or hear this that may not have otherwise.

@WarnerCrocker not sure if this is done for its safety, or if someone else wants it and is grabbing it.

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But if anything seems to be about selling the sizzle, not the steak, it’s AI.

Apparently Wall Street Zeigeist was holding them over a barrel, making them do it. But I had no expectations as a consumer, I’m not upset I knew it would be a lame mess. Perhaps below even those expectations however. They aren’t good at letting other people drive.

@WarnerCrocker Possibly some grand unification of inflated self-righteousness?

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It’s the prime mover.

Then, the mid 70s, the GOP only wanted a good divisive lever to guarantee votes that they could harden. I’m not sure they realized it would take over .

@WarnerCrocker A teacher friend of mine got a ChatGPT written assignment as soon as ChatGPT became public, but not widely known. It was obvious; circular rephrasing of the questions, nothing new added, empty platitudes.

She rephrased asked her questions to be more pointed as to her expectations and had him redo the assignment without coming right out and accusing him.

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I have to relearn the interface for my cars clock twice a year.

@dansup @stux

A magical fog of ‘is anything happening? Am I done yet? What?’

@WarnerCrocker Philippines. Or spoofed as the Philippines.

@GottaLaff @WarnerCrocker

Sometimes I imagine then planning and fighting as silently as possible the way many GOP did for decades to get to the current state, as not to draw fire.

If I were in the Biden admin 20-24, I would have been laying as many traps and defenses as possible, knowing what’s coming.

The rule of law applies only so far to criminals

@WarnerCrocker most smartphone users have not even had to look sideways at a password since getting their smartphone.

I have email addresses I have not touched since the 90s.

@WarnerCrocker in some cases like Apples ‘not quite 2FA standard non ADP ecosystem, ‘law enforcement’ would have to provide a court order or subpoena.

Companies and users have to deal with password issues much much more than the nosy need access often for nefarious rather than legitimate purposes.

@WarnerCrocker The times I have been forced ‘by surprise’ (every time) to do two factor authentication, it is not anything I would volunteer for.

It can be from using families VPN for security reasons, to some well meaning IT guy wanting to make something more secure which is tough if they are one of the 2 factors you can provide. Off my primary email, my second factor, for 2 wks

And some insist on it for data mining purposes. Your authentication has fingerprinted you in a trackable way

@WarnerCrocker @murodegrizeco

If you have a corporate job, they don’t want to pay your pension either. They already seemed to kick health insurance to the curb in the past 20 years.