Mystery bot traffic from China floods websites, puzzling cybersecurity experts This has been happening to us on and off for months. Like the article says, it doesn’t seem to be malicious. None of our security systems has flagged anything, which I’m fairly certain would have happened by now were there anything to flag. It’s just …
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What An Idiot It Is
Normally I don’t have a lot of time for people who complain that true but unflattering things about them can be easily Googled (we don’t edit Hitler out of the war footage because it makes his family feel bad), but the key word there is true. Because while it’s one thing to have to wear …
I Have To Take Bell’s Side On Something And I Hate It
A Netflix deal for Warner means curtains for Crave unless Canadian regulators step in For the good of the industry there’s no way that mergers like these should almost ever be approved, but let’s not waste one single second pretending that it wouldn’t be just a little bit fucking hilarious if Bell was undone by …
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Oh, So You Like Soccer, Do You? Well Then How’s About You Show Me Your Balls!
I’m sure the Elon Musk factor explains a lot of this (his AI does think it’s Hitler and that that’s a positive, after all), but it’s hard to imagine how we got from where we started to where we finished here. A Toronto mom says things took an unpredictable turn when her 12-year-old son asked …
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What’s He Doing Here? Am I Hallucinating?
AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court Listen. If this is truly something that this guy would have wanted and it helped his family deal with their loss, more power to them. But I’m telling you right now. If I die and any of you does this to me, I’m visiting …
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In These Unprecedented Times, You Can Count On Us To Tell The Truth About Our Crummy User Experience. That’s Why We Need Your Support Now More Than Ever
They say that the best jokes often start out with a grain of truth. If that’s true, then this one makes me feel like I’ve just been run over by a truck full of them. Speaking of which, if I get asked to sign into a random website with my Google account one more time… …
How I Learned To Eat Soup, And To Waste Some Dickhead’s Day
It’s been a while, but I’ve finally come across another good use for AI. Building an army of bots and setting it loose on scam call centres! One person tying up one other person for a while is fine and all, but in the grand scheme,that’s a fight you’re never going to win if the …
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If You’re Wondering Where The City Of Cambridge’s Tweets Have Gone, Why Are You Still On Twitter?
Considering that Michael Shellenberger is the mayor’s idea of a good speaker for an addictions and mental health summit, I’ve got to say that I’m pleasantly surprised and borderline shocked to hear that the city is doing what we all should be doing if we haven’t already and getting off Twitter. If you made me guess …
Why I Don’t Miss Social Media
DID YOU EVEN CONSIDER EVERY POSSIBLE LIVED EXPERIENCE BEFORE RECKLESSLY POSTING YOUR CHILI RECIPE ON SOCIAL MEDIA? Look, I get it. You thought what you posted was innocuous. Still, did you stop to think about everyone who has ever lived and how it could make them feel? I know, I know—all you did was share …
Finally! You Can Gift Patreon Time To A Friend! You’re Welcome
Obviously I’m not trying to take full credit for this development, but yeah, I might deserve a little. Since I put this up during lockdown Christmas it’s been one of the more consistently visited pages on the entire site, so you’re not convincing me it didn’t help move things along, even if that movement did …
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