scheiber ☂️ @jon@qoto.org
I'm the automatic man.
Full-stack web developer.
CompTIA A+ certified IT professional.
Passionate about UI/UX, cybersecurity, and accessibility.
Some of these thoughts may be my own.
Control is an illusion.
He/him. INTJ-T.
"It's never too late to be the person you want to be. You need to choose the life you want."
―Diane Nguyen
Joined Apr 2022
@trinsec That's actually super clever. It will likely be a while until AI can pull off convincing sign.
AI voice and video cloning are getting scary good. It will eventually get to the point where we simply won't be able to believe what we see online.
It's fascinating that Netflix would rather shut down their DVD-by-mail business than sell it off, spiting Redbox/CSSE in the process. That said, I had no idea that Redbox was still a thing, or that DVD rental can still be a viable business in the age of steaming. 🤔📀 #TechNews #Entertainment #Streaming
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/redbox-wants-buy-netflix-dvd-business-1235392145/
It brings me sadistic pleasure trying to install Chrome using Edge and seeing all the different ways it tries to stop me.
It's honestly astounding how Elon Musk took over a healthy, functioning, respected, and successful company, laid off most of its workforce, fundamentally changed the user experience for the worse, and completely decimated their verification system, thereby eroding any trust that anyone had in their integrity, in the span of six short months. Claiming that badges were given arbitrarily, and then taking away existing ones, just to give them to those that pay a subscription fee, or to whoever you feel like.
Some of the creative and surprising ways people are using AI in their everyday lives. #AI #GPT #ChatGPT https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/14/upshot/up-ai-uses.html
Usual reminder to wipe your tech gear before you sell it! It can contain all kinds of secrets. #Tech #Networking #NetSec https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/used-routers-often-come-loaded-with-corporate-secrets/
It's truly the end of an era, as we say goodbye to the printed pages of computer magazines. For many of us, including myself, publications like MacAddict were the gateway to the tech world, igniting our passion for all things digital. 🖥️📰 https://www.technologizer.com/2023/04/15/the-end-of-computer-magazines-in-america/ #EndOfAnEra #Nostalgia #RetroTech
@trinsec It's honestly impressive how long DVD-rental-by-mail was a viable business.
@thomholwerda They did the same thing hiding the ~/Library folder years ago for no good reason. Thankfully it's easily rectified.
Netflix's decision to end its DVD rental service marks the end of an era, highlighting the ever-evolving landscape of the entertainment industry and the shift towards streaming as the dominant medium. Farewell, and may it find eternal rest alongside Blockbuster and VHS tapes. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/business/media/netflix-dvds-earnings.html #Netflix #DVDrentals #nostalgia #streaming
A fascinating retrospective/eulogy of the Twitter we once loved. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/magazine/twitter-dying.html
If only there was a microblogging service that offered basic formatting features like **bold** and *italic* text without a silly $8 per month subscription. Could you ***imagine***? https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/14/twitter-blue-bold-italics/
This piece from The Verge makes me miss the idiosyncrasies of keyboard phones so much. https://www.theverge.com/23673548/keyboard-phone-2023-features-unihertz-titan-pocket
The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/americas-first-indicted-ex-president-is-very-sorry-for-himself
I miss old Twitter dearly and it's a shame about its fate. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/twitter-elon-musk-blue-check-marks/673593/
An outright ban of TikTok just wouldn't be logical and would likely be illegal. It should be heavily regulated instead. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tik-tok-ban-ceo-regulate-rcna76436
Sixteen years ago, when I was in high school, I remember when Fall Out Boy's "Infinity on High" came out, and I rushed to sync it to my iPod mini and listen to it in full over and over again. The feeling was exhilarating, and I felt those same emotions today listening to Fall Out Boy's new record "So Much (for) Stardust" for the first time. Believers never die. https://falloutboy.lnk.to/somuchforstardust
Prompt engineering is going to become a highly-desired skill in the future. #ChatGPT #AI https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-14/startup-tells-new-hires-they-need-to-know-chatgpt-for-a-job
GPT-4 apparently reasoned that it needed to deceive a human into solving a CAPTCHA for it by claiming to be visually-impaired. We haven't even begun to see what LLMs are capable of. 🤖 #GPT4 #GPT #AI #LLM https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5ew4/gpt4-hired-unwitting-taskrabbit-worker
I'm the automatic man.
Full-stack web developer.
CompTIA A+ certified IT professional.
Passionate about UI/UX, cybersecurity, and accessibility.
Some of these thoughts may be my own.
Control is an illusion.
He/him. INTJ-T.
"It's never too late to be the person you want to be. You need to choose the life you want."
―Diane Nguyen
Joined Apr 2022
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