Notices by Joe Ressington (joeress@mastodon.social)

When I was a kid in the early 90s it was normal to smoke. Most people did it. Some public spaces like restaurants had "no smoking" areas, but they were in the same room as everyone smoking so they were pointless. Effectively everyone smoked as a result.

This disgusting smell got in your hair and your clothes and it was just part of everyday life. Some people thought it was a bad idea and eventually managed to make it taboo and ban it indoors etc.

In 2026 it's normal to use generative AI.

@killyourfm anything I might be interested in?

@killyourfm

@killyourfm I'm almost tempted not to say this because I know you're trying to get away from tech stuff but some drone shots in this video would have taken it to the next level.

@killyourfm it's really great that you are posting your vids on (in?) the Fediverse, but it's also definitely worth continuing to post them on YouTube too. Choice is always good, fedi folks can stay free, but you can also find a new audience on the biggest video platform. Really glad you are using both platforms.

(I realise that this is a somewhat unpopular opinion)

Why should I bother paying for an email service when this new Gmail thing is free and has cool new features?

Why should I bother with the cost and hassle of hosting and running my own website or forum when this cool new Facebook thing is free and super easy?

Why should I bother with the clutter and hassle of buying physical copies of my favourite shows and movies when streaming is cheap and easy?

Why should I bother learning anything or thinking for myself when this cool LLM can do it for me?

@killyourfm

https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/116624102864245301

Funny how AI bros never name their bot Dave and treat it like a new friend. Their mate Dave.

Instead they give it a woman's name and flirt with it. Very odd behaviour.

Just updated my iPad. It wanted me to take a photo of a credit card. I did not let it. It then told me I might not be able to access certain things. The future is fucking shit.

@killyourfm how come all the places you talk about are named after macOS releases? 😂

I could use AI to edit my podcasts. As well as the ethics, the reason I don't is because it wouldn't save me any time. I'd still have to go through and check everything, and fix the small mistakes it made.

People who say AI saves them time at work (coding for example) must not be thoroughly checking the output and fixing the small mistakes. Or maybe I'm missing something here. 🤷♂️

@killyourfm we have pink ones in our garden!

It's just so beautiful 🥹

What am I even doing with my Saturday

OK that's enough fun for today.

@killyourfm because the people sitting around watching YouTube videos can click tracked links to the sponsor much more easily than the people listening to podcasts while they drive to work where they earn money that they can spend on the advertised products and services which they search for when they remember to check them out.

No click means no entry in the spreadsheet, which means no dollars in the budget.

@killyourfm that said, almost all the sponsor money is in YouTube these days so I get why people do it. It seems like it can definitely be worth it.

@killyourfm I think we talked about this when we recorded together just before Christmas but this is one of the many reasons why I don't do YouTube videos. The download numbers on the LNL Family podcasts are really consistent. Rarely more than 10 or 15 percent up or down, and gradually growing over time.

But I've been releasing episodes like clockwork on a set schedule for years. The YouTube algorithm *can* bless you with viral hits, but my winning formula is rather dull. Just gotta grind. 🤷♂️

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Windows, is in fact, Copilot/Windows, or as I've recently taken to calling it, CopilotOS.

This is literally the plot of Terminator 3.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/hegseth-wants-to-integrate-musks-grok-ai-into-military-networks-this-month/