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All of us, at least once in our lives, has asked ourselves one question. Why in the name of god do hot dogs come in packs of 10 but the damn buns come in packs of eight? Turns out that the answer is as predictably annoying and stupid as you thought it was. The two …
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A New Brunswick politician has chalked up a dubious world’s first for Canada by reading out AI prompts in an official speech. In a June 9 speech to the legislative assembly, Progressive Conservative Bill Oliver read out the following line from a prepared text: “Here’s a more natural flowing version of that section that reads …
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The folks who brought you Red Hot Chili Peppers for people who don’t like Red Hot Chili Peppers proudly present, “What AC/DC sounds like to people who don’t like AC/DC”. I quite enjoy AC/DC as do many of you I’m sure, but this is pretty accurate if we’re all being honest with ourselves.
The End of Google Search—and the Internet—as We Know It For years now, Google has been tweaking its search formula to prop up AI and bury actual links. Now it’s rounding into its final form—and changing the internet forever. There’s a lot of truth and a lot to think about here. Google, at least from …
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It gets hard sometimes when you have to pay attention to the news, but no matter what, I always do my best to hold on to my belief that in spite of what feels like literally everything now, people are, over all, good and well-meaning. And while I’m sure that’s true of most of the …
Great news, you guys! Based on some of the comments in this anonymous survey of municipal administrators, I think I might be qualified to work for the city! Well, at least if banging on about most of this same stuff for almost a decade counts towards the standard. The survey, conducted by government relations firm …
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Tell me again about how AI is the future, because it sure as shit ain’t the present. A school in Kentucky sent students home with a bound agenda that included absurd errors clearly made by AI. The periodic table was nonsense. The map of the U.S. lists the state of Illinois as “Vitoiis,” and Kentucky …
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I’m familiar with TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) and NACHO (Not A Chance Hormuz Opens) as food acronyms to describe Trump’s approach to policy. But apparently I’m behind the times, because I was unaware of two more that people have been using. One of the benefits of having no social media, perhaps. Anyway, they’re fun, …
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There’s some internet wisdom I’ve heard over the years that says that when a headline contains a question, the answer to that question is almost always no. Quite often, it’s correct. But here’s one of those almosts I was talking about. Is It Rude To Shuck Corn Before Buying? We Asked an Expert This has …
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There was a ridiculous story back in February that we never got around to posting, but since there’s an update, let’s fix that now. A police officer, clearly one of the department’s best and brightest, pulled a woman over for texting and driving because he had seen her holding a phone in her right hand. …
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