ChatGPT running through some stuff for me this morning - and one part it was really tripping up over - so i explained what was wrong - ‘thinking’ … long reply - embedded in there was
… the generated “dodecahedron” was definitely auditioning for a different role
💬 ChatGPT
I dunno - I thought that was quite funny.
It’s fine that Google stopped allowing for the creating of new links a while back, but there’s no reason they should ever stop redirecting existing links. The whole reason anyone might have used goo.gl instead of something like bit.ly is misplaced trust in Google. I trust Google with almost nothing long-term. Mark my words, they’re going to do this with Gmail accounts eventually.
💬 John Gruber
What Gruber said.
💬 Me
💬 Matthew McConaughey
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“The logical end of mechanical progress is to reduce the human being to something resembling a brain in a bottle. That is the goal towards which we are already moving, though, of course, we have no intention of getting there; just as a man who drinks a bottle of whisky a day does not actually intend to get cirrhosis of the liver.”
Via John Naughton
💬 True - although it beggars belief how big that gap can be - when all it takes to close it up is to think.
But we don’t.
it’s as if they are living in different nations
💬 Scott Galloway
Well hello … they are Scott - they are
💬I like the thought - do not like the cover.
I did watch 🎥 One Battle After Another - and it was absolutely marvelous. I do my reviews on Lettrboxd which get pulled to my blog - not sure yet how top connect all that with all this new stuff on micro.blog to create a seamless experience - so until then .. you can get to the review here.
One Battle After Another, 2025 - ★★★★½: john.philpin.com
💬 via The Information (my bold)
Meta Platforms internally projected that 10% of its revenue last year, or $16 billion, came from ads promoting fraudulent products or schemes, Reuters reported. These include ads for fake products, sextortion schemes or crypto scams.
