Josh Dirks

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Project Bionic, Husband, Father, Sports Nut, and Texan by birth but Washingtonian by choice. Follow along for my zany journey.

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

Just played with CoPilot inside of Zapier for the first time... if there is a worse AI on the market, I haven't found it. What a POS. Something that ChatGPT could write the code for in one prompt took over 50 minutes with CoPilot. You've been warned!

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

REMINDER: Cerebro Universe launch event is this evening at 6PM. If you don't have plans tonight, please join us for an evening of community, conversation, and connection. We'll also be signing copies of Universal Intelligence.

Event details here: https://t.co/7wL54egUn2

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

Now this is a wild story!!

We're moving so fast that the IoT has been lost in the fog, but it probably presents some of the biggest security risks in your home.

[Mark Gadala-Maria @markgadala]

This story is actually insane:

• dude drops $2000 on a DJI robot vacuum like a lunatic
• refuses to use the normal app like a peasant
• Sammy Azdoufal fires up Claude to crack the API so he can drive it with an xbox controller
• Claude delivers the goods
• pulls an auth token from their servers, connects successfully
• except the system thinks he controls 7000 vacuums
• checks again
• yep, seven thousand
• DJI built authentication with zero device ownership verification
• any valid token works for any unit on the planet
• Sammy now has eyes inside homes across 24 countries
• live vacuum camera feeds everywhere
• full floor plans from the mapping data
• some guy in germany eating cereal at 3am, unaware his roomba is snitching
• one API call away from being the most informed burglar in history
• all he wanted was to steer his vacuum with a joystick
• does the right thing and reports it
• DJI fixes it in two days
• back to normal life with his stupidly expensive floor cleaner
• IoT companies stay undefeated at shipping garbage security

[Maliha @CaffeinatedLiha]

I believe you should always re-read your favorite books at different stages of your life. The plot never changes but your perspective does.

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

Whoever at @SDOTtraffic decided creating bus lanes on northbound 99 during the I5 lane closures has to be the stupidest human on the planet. The city loves to talk environmental impact and then purposefully creates gridlock to allow one vehicle every 20 minutes is dumbassery!

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Visited @buriennissan today, they tried to charge me $600 for diagnostic on 3 electrical notifications!! Imagine selling a product & then gouging customers for issues? @NissanUSA do you not stand behind your cars anymore? Drive an Acura & Carter never changed for diagnostics. 👎

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

People and their use of cellphones in public is wild, particularly when it comes to the volume. If we all wanted to hear your conversation or what your kid is playing, we'd ask. To automatically opt us all in is civil violence. Get a set of headphones!!

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

I've got a deal for you; we'll stop using ChatGPT (we actually don't) if you stop engagement farming your posts. Do we have a deal? 🤷‍♂️🤦

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

Hey Seattle Marketing community, ThinkNW is throwing a Holiday Party next week. These events are a great opportunity to network, learn, and connect with our uber-talented community. Check it out!

https://t.co/Z9Sw7lnfUa

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

It's great to see that Seattle DOT has enough asphalt to create tons of speed bumps on busy streets but not enough to fill in potholes. This cities priorities do not represent voters. Check out SW Holden and Delridge for the best example of city solving issues that don't exist...

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[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

How did @Allrecipes screw up their app so badly!?! They had one of the better apps for cooking, their latest version is something out of 2008 apps. You can't even login and see the recipes you've saved. Are they hurting that bad that they need website ad revenue this badly?

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

Never use Comcast for your SMB!!!

I'm now being forced to pay over $3K to disconnect a service we haven't used since May. The customer service rep was incredibly rude and unhelpful. Fleecing SMBs is the name of their game....

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

Puget Sound Marketing Fam, come join me at the Think NW HH next Wednesday. Find out about how Think NW is helping rebuild community in the PNW and bringing national awareness to the great work we're all doing.

https://t.co/KE7DxmWV85

#marketingevent

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

The next #JoshFlix pick is A Murder at the End of the World on Hulu. Beautiful cinematography, great plot, and the twists keep you locked in. You're welcome!

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

One of the greatest sleepover weekends of my childhood.... Lubbock TX was lit that night!

[Retro Toys and Cartoons @toys_retro]

Punch-Out!! Released 37 years ago today 🥊

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

@kticen Congrats, Big Papa, this is awesome!

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This pretty much sums up how far @AlaskaAir had fallen off on customer service since Brad retired. I've used Alaska almost exclusively for all my travel for the last ten years, but that's going to change in the future. Tired of their profits first, customers' last mentality.

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

@hiphippie Craigslist or FB Marketplace is where I've had luck in the past.

[Josh Dirks @joshdirks]

Next installment of #JoshFlix. Building on Billionaire Island, the Netflix show Anthracite is a fun and twisting story based in the French Alps. If you're a costume fan, you'll also love this on many levels. You are welcome!