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The worst part is that Frankie Legs is staying on until a successor is found...

We have a Deputy Premiere, right? Pass it over to Geneviève Guilbault and let her shit the bed until a successor is chosen.

#polQC #QCpoli #assnat #CAQASTROPHE

somecanuckchick (@somecanuckchick@mastodon.world)

Frankie Legs talking about how he'd taken the last month to think about the future of the CAQ and his role in the CAQ... I saw him at a Habs game in Montréal...
somecanuckchick (Mastodon)
#assnat #polqc #caqastrophe #qcpoli

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Autsch:

Nach dem umstrittenen Ausschluss der Fans des israelischen Fußballvereins Maccabi Tel Aviv von einem „Europa League“-Spiel gegen Aston Villa in England hat der zuständige Polizeichef jetzt eingeräumt, dass die Entscheidung maßgeblich von einer KI-Halluzination beeinflusst worden war. Demnach hatte eine mithilfe von Microsofts Copilot erstellte Risikoanalyse der Polizei für den Stadtrat von Birmingham auf ein vorheriges Match von Maccabi bei West Ham United Bezug genommen, das es nie gegeben hat.

heise.de/news/England-Auschlus…


England: Fehler von Copilot trug zu Stadionverbot für israelische Fans bei

Der Ausschluss israelischer Fans von einem Fußballspiel in England hat sich zu einem Skandal ausgeweitet: Die Risikoanalyse enthielt eine KI-Halluzination.
Martin Holland (heise online)

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GOOD F*CKING RIDDANCE! #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #CAQASTROPHE

somecanuckchick (@somecanuckchick@mastodon.world)

A resignation should not take 20 minutes... What was François Legault permitted to go on and on about his misogyny, xenophobia, anti-science, language weaponization, overseeing the largest exodus of doctors and nurses in the history of Québec, etc.
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#assnat #polqc #caqastrophe #qcpoli

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Hi everyone! as mentioned in the first TWBlue release of the year, a dedicated account migration was pending. I’ve decided to go a step further and unify all my development projects under one professional roof.
Instead of separate accounts, MCV Software will be the hub for everything: TWBlue, (future) Audio Games, and my other upcoming tools.
you can Follow here: @dev
This channel will be strictly for releases, devlogs, and technical updates.
@dev

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I thought we were going to have to wait another year or so to really see Trump's mental state decline to this point, but those speeches yesterday were insane. The slurred words, the non-sensical sentences, the complete lack of focus. All things he's been exhibiting for years now, but to an extent that no one could hand wave away.

And making fun of a cancer victim? Jesus.

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После отключения интернета в Иране «замолчали» аккаунты, призывавшие к независимости Шотландии, пишет UK Defence Journal. По данным издания, многочисленные учетные записи в интернете, якобы принадлежащие шотландским пользователям, призывавшим к независимости страны от Великобритании, прекратили свою активность сразу после отключения интернета в Иране 8 января.

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Excellent stance by #Bandcamp on AI.

"We reserve the right to remove any music on suspicion of being AI-generated."

Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI

blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/k…


Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI

We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
Bandcamp Updates
#bandcamp

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BT OS, version 2.8 is rolling out at 1:30 PM Eastern time today. We've been hard at work making BT OS better. This includes bug fixes and performance enhancements. For further information, ... wait what? How do we get further information! Oh no! I... don't know if anyone thought that far! And the rollout's happening anyway! Whoops, I guess we'll have to see what happens!

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If you're fedup with the AI and other telemetry claptrap in #Chrome, #Edge, and #Firefox, try this: justthebrowser.com/

Just the Browser - Just the Browser

Remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from web browsers.
Just the Browser
#firefox #chrome #edge
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As if we needed more reminders how dangerous relying on unchecked AI content is:

"In preparation for the force response to the HMICFRS inquiry into this matter, on Friday afternoon I became aware that the erroneous result concerning the West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv [UK football] match arose as result of a use of Microsoft Co Pilot."

bbc.co.uk/news/live/c394zlr8e1…


Police chief admits misleading MPs after AI used in justification for banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans

An intelligence report referred to a football game that never happened - Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will make a statement later today.
BBC News

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As I just came out of a meeting with 16 people who use Apple devices daily and all assumed there's no undo, here's a tech* tip that a lot of people appear to need:

Undo on 🍎 iOs: Do a three-finger tap and you'll get a toolbar with undo, redo and copy functionality.

edit: yes you can also shake the device to undo. Apple is currently breaking that functionality. Anyhow, for an interesting experience try to shake your laptop and see what it does!

#apple #ios #absolutelyShitNonIntuitiveUIDesign

Ios screenshot showing the popup
#apple #ios #absolutelyshitnonintuitiveuidesign
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Borris

As an addendum to this, SCREW AI CHAT BOTS!

First, it correctly identifies that I made two payments a few minutes apart. GREAT!
It then asks me which one of the two transactions to cancel. Doesn't matter, they're identical.
It insists, so I'm like, OK, just cancel the last one.

It then tells me that a "pay later transaction" can't be canceled. When I pointed out that it wasn't one of those, it tells me to contact the credit card issuer.

Hey, yeah... so that's what I was trying to do when I got your useless bunch of bits.

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UPDATE: One of the company owners (whom I've known for many years and is a good person) has asked to speak with me in about fifteen minutes. I've agreed. I'm curious to see what he has to say. I'll update this post after the call.

Yesterday I lost a client. And I couldn't be happier about it.

It's a long-standing client, but the management changed a few months ago. On Monday, they requested an emergency intervention, which I handled immediately.

On Tuesday (yesterday, evening), they asked for a non-urgent enhancement to be closed by Wednesday evening. I explained that due to various reasons (including urgent family matters), I wouldn't be able to finish the task before Friday. That's when the lecturing started: they told me they set tight deadlines even for non-emergencies because "that's the proper way to do things", and anyone working with them must respect them without exception.

I requested a video call to clarify. I explained that the work requires nearly a full day and that I simply couldn't close it by Wednesday. Even the physical time required to copy the data exceeded their deadline. But the new management believes that by applying pressure, you can overcome anything. Even the laws of physics.

Their response was sarcastic: "Our requests take priority, even if you are dying". I smiled and reiterated that I had no other way. "We will therefore have to find a new consultant who respects our timing", they said.

My response: "Okay. Our agreement expired on 31st December. I was waiting for a renewal, but it never arrived. Meaning, I have no legal obligations toward you. You have the data, the passwords, everything. Have a great day.".

The manager, annoyed and failing to understand the implications, replied: "Fine, we’ll look for someone younger with fewer family ties to manage.".

This morning, the phone rang. It was the manager, asking me to reconsider. His tone remained contemptuous, so I told him my decision was final. Two minutes later, I got a call from their biggest client - the one responsible for over 50% of their revenue. They had been notified I was leaving and informed the company they would also leave if I was no longer the one supervising their machines.

I called the manager back, friendly, trying to see if they were willing to change their attitude - to move from peremptory orders to requests between human beings. He started talking about "suing for damages" if they lost their main client because of me (to be clear: I am not taking that client for myself).

I don’t know how this story will evolve, but right now, I'm just enjoying a breath of fresh air outside my window.

#IT #FreelanceLife #WorkLifeBalance #ToxicManagement #TechLife #Consulting #SelfEmployed

#IT #WorkLifeBalance #selfemployed #freelancelife #toxicmanagement #techlife #consulting
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@Bri FastSM feedback/bugs, if wanted I can put them on GH later:
1. Lists, if I understand the principe correctly, when an account is put into a list it no longer appears on the home TL, that is not the case, I still see new posts by accounts I put into a list there. Have I misunderstud the feature/need to configure something else?
2. Will it remember the TL position at some point? Beeing able to continue reading from where I left of on the Home TL and lists would be quite cool.
@Bri🥰

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There are now sufficiently many different examples of Erdos problems that have been resolved with various amounts of AI assistance and formal verification (see github.com/teorth/erdosproblem… for a summary) that one can start to discern general trends.

Broadly speaking, we now see an empirical tradeoff between the level of AI involvement in the solution, and the difficulty or novelty of that solution. In particular, the recent solutions have spanned a spectrum roughly describable as follows:

1. Completely autonomous AI solutions to Erdos problems that are short and largely follow a standard technique. (In many, but not all, of these cases, some existing literature was found that proved a very similar result by a similar method.)

2. AI-powered modifications of existing solutions (which could be either human-generated or AI-generated) that managed to improve or modify these solutions in various ways, for instance by upgrading a partial solution to a full solution, or optimizing the parameters of the proof.

3. Complex interactions between humans and AI tools in which the AI tools provided crucial calculations, or proofs of key steps, allowing the collaboration to achieve moderately complicated and novel solutions to open problems.

4. Difficult research-level papers solving one or more Erdos problems by mostly traditional human means, but for which AI tools were useful for secondary tasks such as generation of code, numerics, references, or pictures.

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AI contributions to Erdős problems

A community database for the problems on the erdosproblems.com site - teorth/erdosproblems
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Just in case anyone has any idea before I start digging for instructions, does anybody have any idea why my television refuses to operate in picture "Game" mode when it has Bluetooth audio output selected? As in, because it's the display for my Switch and gaming PC, I have it in "Game" mode rather than, say "Standard" or "Sport" or "Cinema" (I've no idea what any of those really do, but the picture looks best in "Game" mode to me anyway) but it I connect headphones, it forcibly switches to "Standard" and won't allow "Game" to be re-selected.

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Random neurodivergence thought: Stereotypes are often very binary.

People with ADHD are either loud boys who can't sit still for a moment or normal people who are a little unorganized.

Autistic people are either nonverbal and obsessing over trains or normal people who are a little awkward.

People with schizophrenia are always raving and hearing voices though. They're never normal people who are a little spacey. That's how stigmatized it is.

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2026 will see #deMicrosoft trending - what's your pick?

#NoAI #MS365 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource

Not ready to pay increased prices for AI? Choose alternatives: tuta.com/blog/microsoft-365-pr…

Long list of Microsoft alternatives

Microsoft 365 price shock: Better quit vendor lock-in now! | Tuta

Starting July 2026, Microsoft plans a huge price hike for Microsoft 365 of up to 16.7%. Time to look for replacements.
Tuta
#opensource #digitalsovereignty #MS365 #noAI #demicrosoft

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