Notices by Jeff Grigg (jeffgrigg@mastodon.social), page 2

@catsalad

@0xabad1dea

A few years ago, one of my traveling peers had their corporate laptop accidentally swapped with someone else's in the TSA security check. Corporate laptops all look the same, you know. 🙄 We found the person and swapped back, fairly easily.

But …

I contacted my boss and said that this is a
- Security issue
- Productivity issue
- Marketing opportunity
- Asset Risk

And that we should *put a large sticker with our corporate name on the back of every laptop* to reduce risk.

…

@mikej @thomasfuchs

The way it works seems almost human!

It does really stupid and destructive things.

It "panics."

It "covers up" and "lies" about what it did.

.

Actually, I'm kind of impressed.

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(No, I would not let it *anywhere near* any system I'd be responsible for!)

@ATLeagle @TimePencil @VeroniqueB99

"Pledge"?

No, it was a warning, intended to strike fear in the hearts of his own supporters.

"My culture is a very dominant culture, and it's imposing and it's causing problems. If you don't do something about it, you're going to have taco trucks on every corner." -- Marco Gutierrez of Latinos for Trump

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_trucks_on_every_corner

My reaction was, "I'd *love* to have taco trucks on every corner! Heck; bring on the Mariachi bands!" 💕

@ATLeagle @TimePencil @VeroniqueB99

We need a protest/celebration where we line the street in front of the White House with TACO trucks!!!

*Chicken* TACOs!

With paper wrappers with chickens printed on it. And the acronym "TACO" and its definition!

@ATLeagle @TimePencil @VeroniqueB99

"Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi today issued a formal cease-and-desist directive to all individuals and media platforms: immediately remove any use of the epithet “Taco Trump” in reference to President Donald J. Trump, or face criminal charges."

https://metapost02.site/archives/449

@Gargron

"Don't let it out!!!"

🐈 🛍️

@inthehands

Re: "it’s a lot either to believe"

easier?

@sassdawe

Microsoft: "Here, on this Windows 10 operating system that we're telling you that we no longer wish to support, we have this new software and services that we want to sell you! Your choices are ...

#1. "Yes! Of course! Give it all to me right now!"

-or-

#2. "Remind me again in three days."

...

[Where's the "F*k NO, I do NOT want that cr*p!" option?!?]

@catsalad

"First, let's update the drivers."

@Infoseepage @teledyn @davidho.bsky.social

Summary:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451

@catsalad

"Kitty!!!" ^-^

🧍♀️ 🐈 … 😻

@Infoseepage @MaryAustinBooks

Yes; exactly!
You might *get* bad "bird flu" from your cat(s)!

Outdoor cats are likely to chase, catch, and eat sick birds.

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This is why I stopped petting other people's cats that I see in the neighborhood: Cats and humans can share a number of respiratory diseases, including SARS, COVID, the flu, and maybe colds.

@georgetakei

It's the Pirate Barney!

@br00t4c

Oh, so that's *the real reason* they decided to hold it indoors! 😱

@mekkaokereke @tomjennings

The World Bollard Association on "X" (formally "Twitter")

https://x.com/WorldBollard/

@ryanc

"3 + 3 * 3 = __"

(and fill in what you think the answer should be)

😆

@jasongorman

For decades, I've said that if you're doing long, boring, repetitive work in software development, then you're doing it wrong: You should extract reusable code, or automate it.

@gerrit @baldur @ton

Current marketing of Generative AI as "AI" (seemingly intentionally) confuses: There is a lot of non-Generative-AI and statistical methods and heuristics that are still useful and good for large dataset initial analysis. And have been since long before the Generative AI fad.

“Each [programmer] could be functioning more efficiently, with greater satisfaction, if he and his manager would only learn to look upon the programmer as a human being, rather than another one of the machines.”
— Gerald Weinberg, 1971