Peter da Silva

Cybernetic entomologist and software archeologist. DBDG. cis male.

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@RaminNasibov Shadow of the Beast.

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@HP @HP I would have sent this privately in email but you don't have a working contact page.

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@HP your website lies: "Can my printer still print if it's in sleep mode?

"The printer automatically returns to its normal power state when you send a print job. Sleep mode does not turn the printer off."

HOW? It doesn't see the network until I tap on the screen to wake it up.

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@TrevPDS @AJamesMcCarthy In 1969 it was not technically possible to record a single video sequence as long as the video from the moon. Like, you couldn't physically fit enough magnetic tape in a carrel to pull it off.

As for Buzz, here: https://t.co/90tYaDzrt6

[Peter da Silva @Resuna]

@goodreads This quote isn't actually by Leonardo:

https://t.co/ydDllm3eE3

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@rmstein @rustybrick @OfficialLoganK Ping @rmstein ?

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@rmstein @rustybrick @OfficialLoganK Can you make it easier to avoid so-called "AI" for those who *don't* want it? For now I'm setting my default search to use &udm=14 but it's a clumsy workaround.

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Motley Fool using cheesy generative automation and nobody's eyeballing the results. Five legged bull with a mutant paw and what the hell is it with its tongue?

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@davidgerard @Idsbraam @berggrenpeterm You some kind of mushroom-huffing lunie-hack?

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@lproven Large language models are a dead end, but calling them "current AI" is buying into the con.

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@DellTech Email or SMS based 2FA is actually worse than no 2FA at all because it creates a new attack surface through social engineering. If you can't support FIDO or TOTP then don't go there.

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@UHEngineering How do you find out when an episode of Engines of Our Ingenuity originally aired? The dates do not seem to appear on your website.

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@AndroidAuth Remember paying for ringtones?

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@ClaireMadMax @speakoutsister At a previous job we had this really confusing training about gifts and I couldn't figure if I was allowed to let a vendor or customer buy me a cup of coffee at Starbucks. That was a decade and a half ago. I'm sure it hasn't gotten any better.

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@AndroidAuth I would consider buying this, and even getting more Google Home infrastructure (currently just a Chromecast) to support it.

Google's Smart Speaker was awful, because it would override the assistant on my phone. It needs a separate attention phrase.

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@PokeysaurusRex @davidzmorris @ManuclearBomb https://t.co/QQQpeYQeNS

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@davidzmorris @ManuclearBomb Didn't Austin Powers have the same basic joke the same year, when his mental filters were turned off.

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@kmcquade3 @jnievele Also: https://t.co/xKR4Pk17Rd

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@kmcquade3 @jnievele Update: https://t.co/qWdSbTsBEJ

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@alicelovescode I used to call all these and more "unleaded" back when leaded was still a thing, and never had to explain. I'm not sure whether there's a similar analogy any more that people would just get.

Edit: Google says you could still get leaded gas until 1996. Wow.