sinski @aosinski@qoto.org

"nixtamalization is like unlocking the fully licensed version of corn" #shitihear

Someone just mentioned the differences between #Twitter and #Google regarding user data. Yes, indeed.

I've worked inside #Google twice. Their explicit rules, approvals, logging and "need to know" requirements for access to user data are most impressive. Anyone even attempting to access user data inappropriately is fired and marched out the door by security. This is part of why I have a great deal of trust in Google, and consider Elon's #Twitter to be utterly untrustworthy and totally beneath contempt.

If someone calls claiming to be from your financial institution - even if they sound very much like what you'd expect from a bank and say that it's an urgent matter - ask them for a case reference number and tell them you'll call them back at the 1-800 number on the bank's website.

The fraudsters are really out in force at the moment.

#fraud #financialcrimes #bankfraud #personalsecurity #finance #selfprotection

This one makes me laugh every year… because it is so very true.

oh no, my job

Your SSID should always be a joke that your neighbors don't get until they see it for the fiftieth time.

As cybersecurity researchers detail a flaw that allowed them to unlock and start Honda and Nissan cars from anywhere in the world, border and immigration agencies are buying up tech to exploit weaknesses in vehicle security. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/12/01/10000-cars-can-be-data-raided-by-police-ice-cbp-love-it/ #CyberSecurity #privacy #automobiles #infotainment

CAT: Mrow?
ME: No, apparently you've had dinner
CAT: Mrow
ME: Yes it does count
CAT: Mrooow
ME: No. That a different person gave it to you than me doesn't invalidate it being 'dinner'
CAT: Mrow
ME: No. Don't try that "Theseus' Paradox" shit with me. I have a philosophy degree.

Fellow academics:

Strongly consider changing your syllabi now, and designing assignments that can't be fulfilled by #AI chatbots. Even better, consider only assigning work that students will actually be excited to do themselves (for instance, autobiographical essays).

I just got OpenAI to write a better essay on #minstrelsy & US #popmusic than most of my UG students could muster, in about 1 second.

This is your doom-scrolling wrapped!

You spent 42,277 minutes doom-scrolling, putting you in the top 5% of doom-scrollers!

Your top doom-scrolling topics were: US politics, climate news, & the pandemic.

Your favorite time to doom-scroll was when you should have been sleeping.

why call it bird site when ‘the fowl place’ is right there and a much better pun

"Naming things"

submitted by NeedleworkerUpbeat34
https://reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/z9y51z/naming_things/

If you’ve ever wondered what the difference is between a seal and a sea lion then HAVE I GOT THE CHART FOR YOU.