Chris W. Rea

He/him. Husband, dad, software developer. Likes: helping people, technology, personal finance, books, music, cooking and baking.

[Coloradoregonian @Coloradoregoni1]

@SamsungUS Oh noes, you don't want to scam @rossmannsupply
https://t.co/OedLcUCHHJ

[🔥 Bad 'BK' Kobold 🔥 🍺 @badkobold]

@SamsungUS Samsung, this is not a good look on how you treat customers with warranty issues.

https://t.co/oGJAA75Bbp

[NPCDrew @DDoodles891]

It's amazing how @SamsungUS a company worth billions and billions of dollars won't replace a faulty SSD under warranty. Corporate greed at its finest.
https://t.co/sRQzPYEIgA

[amhayes @amhayes8]

Looks like @Samsung @SamsungUS are fraudulently refusing to make customers whole when they have defective 990 Pro drives under warranty.

[just a Peasant @acconda]

@amhayes8 @Samsung @SamsungUS https://t.co/URGJUFSAEW

[Chris W. Rea @cwrea]

@GergelyOrosz That's a lot of Wallys writing themselves a new minivan

[Chris W. Rea @cwrea]

@SeanTucker16 @CocaCola @cbcgopublic @CocaCola is this the kind of reputation you expect an "independent", "family owned" bottling franchisee to reflect on your well-known, respected global brand? Please exert some mother-ship pressure to make it right, or sell the license to bottle your product to another company.

[Sean Tucker @SeanTucker16]

🤦@CocaCola Bottling's actions suggest it doesn't give a damn about human rights protections for injured workers in Canada. Good work @cbcgopublic. https://t.co/XHdtk0Humu

[Bryan @Bvo_tcg]

‼️ PLEASE READ, SHARE, AND REPOST ‼️
I posted on Instagram first @bvo.tcg

This wasnt the news I wanted to hear but it happened, PSA damaged my PSA 10 Lenticular Deoxys while it was getting reholdered. The card was impacted during encapsulation process and was deemed a PSA 6.

[Chris W. Rea @cwrea]

Hi @MicrosoftTeams! I had a random romance scammer initiate a chat request on Teams. I blocked & reported. But, ever since then, Teams iOS app is showing I have a chat notification (number "1" in red circle in the app on "Chats", and "1" also on the app icon.) How can I clear it?

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

A reminder: There is no legal or moral basis for secession. There is also no practical possibility of it. The mere attempt would be ruinous for everyone involved. Why do we persist in indulging this fantasy — especially now, of all times? We have enough trouble on our hands as it is with the Trump administration. Why hand them the tools with which to divide and destroy us?

https://t.co/JCXt64RTAv

[The Weather Network @weathernetwork]

On the exterior of your home, the outputs for the hot water heater in the furnace can get covered by drifting snow. If they do, you can get carbon monoxide into the house, and if you haven't got a carbon monoxide detector, you may not in any way detect that until it's too late. https://t.co/r4y37uCgFn

[Mark Robinson @StormhunterTWN]

It’s not just driveways and sidewalks that need to be uncovered f you’re in Toronto. There’s a hidden danger underneath the snow. @weathernetwork #onstorm

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

A new paper from Stanford adds further, incontrovertible evidence that LLMs memorize training data.

The authors showed that copyrighted works can be extracted from every LLM they tried: GPT-4.1, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Grok 3, and Claude 3.7 Sonnet.

For example, Claude 3.7 Sonnet reproduced *95.8%* of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

"We find that is possible to extract large portions of memorized copyrighted material from all four production LLMs".

Some in AI, and even some courts, have claimed that AI models don't memorize training data. This is simply false. They do, as has been repeatedly shown.

https://t.co/OaLIWPAVuQ

[Patrick McKenzie @patio11]

Ruriko: I have spent *eight hours* attempting to sign into Microsoft on [the new] Chromebook. This is the never ending loop of hell.
Me: Oh let me try that. I will need your face.
Ruriko: My face.
Me: Yes see you’re heuristically falling into Extremely Hinky Behavior.

[Breakfast Television @breakfasttv]

Flying in Canada is getting more uncomfortable...

A viral clip shows WestJet basic-fare seats with almost no legroom, thanks to a new fixed-recline design that adds an extra row unless you pay for premium.

💬 Would you pay more for legroom, or is this getting out of hand? 👇

[Chris W. Rea @cwrea]

@MicrosoftHelps Also https://t.co/kuoh7AcZ2f

[Chris W. Rea @cwrea]

@MicrosoftHelps Hi! Are you aware that M365 stock quotes feature (Data...Refresh All) is not working in Excel, since yesterday? "Sorry, our server is temporarily having problems. We're working to fix it." Widely discussed on Reddit, Microsoft Q&A. I submitted feedback in Excel.

[Chris W. Rea @cwrea]

@MicrosoftHelps See also https://t.co/PSnonX2tEc

[Chris W. Rea @cwrea]

Markets just opened so I'm sure you'll hear more about it, if not already. It doesn't appear there is a service status page for this Excel feature, specifically. (Or is there?) Can Microsoft add one, so we can check in the future?