24 June 2025
xThe additional funding is projected to increase the number of film jobs supported by the program by 40-50%, according to the California Film Commission ā or 4,400 to 5,500 jobs.
I think itās great that they are working to reinvigorate a dyingābut pivotalāindustry, but Iād much rather see this money come from reductions in pay for the top end of CEOs and movie stars who are overpaid.
20 June 2025
xThe build quality is astonishing, the Topre-style switches are better than Topreās, the stabilizers are better than anyoneās, and the keyboard is beautiful and a joy to type on. The Seneca is a genuine technical accomplishment.
Holy. Crap. $3600?! Who wants to hire Humdrum Industries for 24 hours so I can snag one of these magnificent beauties. Still probably just going to pick-up an HHKB to replace my RealForce, but goddamn do I want this.
19 June 2025
xAnd despite recent murmurs that the screenplay may eventually be published ā possibly even novelized ā nothing can replace the cinematic experience that couldāve been.
I know it could never be what Lynch imagined, but I so badly want Dern, Watts, and MacLachlan to find a director they like who is a bit earlier in their careerāmaybe Dream Scenarioās Kristoffer Borgliāand get this movie made.
19 June 2025
xNext month, they plan to launch Neon Ichiban, a site they intend to be āa dedicated experience for comics,ā Mr. Steinberger said, after raising more than $7 million from investors in the game and movie industries.
I have way too many thoughts about this. First Steinberger was a founder of ComiXology and along with Mosher, oversaw its collapse in Amazonās hands. Also, these two recently founded DSTLRY, which readers of Foofaraw might know I despise because of their digital tactics. Then thereās the fact Iām not sure digital comics is a business that warrants $7mil in fundingāunless you plan to sell to a tech conglomerate again. Lastly, Sweet Shop is a digital comics store coming from a much smaller indie team that also has Image and IDW lined up already. Competition is great, but Iām not sure I trust these guys to do whatās best for comics.
18 June 2025
xSo far, ānone of our best people have decided to take them up on that,ā according to Altman.
Really, really hard to take Altman at his word on anything, especially something like this, but Meta did make $45b in profit (based on a quick search) last year⦠Still who is insane enough to turn down $100 million to work for one evil, shitty tech place over another.
18 June 2025
xContent moderation experts seem to approve. āI donāt think itās hype,ā said Vaishnavi J, a founder of Vys, a trust and safety advisory firm that helps companies implement AI safeguards for youth harms.
I know people might think of me as a huge AI hater, but this is an area I appreciate being explored. Moderation is hard and having people stare at posts all dayāsome that may be disturbingāis an admirable thing to avoid. Iād use it similar to Clarkesworldās filters1, where everything goes through a funnel, and the items flagged are then reviewed by a human, and the filter is adjusted accordingly. With AI, maybe you could try to have it come up with its own confidence level, and review those with low confidence and only review the high confidence if thereās an appeal.
I donāt think they use AI for their filtering, for the record.ā©ļø
18 June 2025
xAll told, Bob Ross churned out ~30k paintings in his lifetime ā nearly 3x the output of Picasso, a prolific painter in his own right.
Itās incredibly cool to just think about the fact most of those are hanging up in normal peopleās houses. Too often it feels like art is an asset stowed away, but given Rossās prolificness and āevery manā nature, flips that on its head in a way few have.
18 June 2025
xSlight font refresh here to bring in some sans with Degular from Ohno as the main body font. Swear Cilati takes over the quotes now. Still considering picking up a license for Untitled Sansā¦
17 June 2025
xCity Comptroller Brad Lander has been released without charges after being arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.
Gestapo out in full force, I see. We really need better systems in place to hold cops and federal agents accountable for when they do shit like this. Arrest someone for no reason and then immediately release them? Thatās harassment, at a bare minimum. You canāt just wipe this under the rug, because then the behavior is perpetuated and thatās why you have the ACAB movementāas even good cops feel like they have to āprotect their ownā instead of holding their peers to account when they cross the line.
17 June 2025
xWhat kind of moron would paint brick?
This feels like it was aimed directly at me. My wife and I have an inside joke that whenever we see a brick building, sheāll ask me about it and Iāll say whether itās āgood brickā or not.
17 June 2025
xBut the text prompts were back Tuesday morning, including a full audio conversation of a woman asking the bot what the statute of limitations are for a woman to press charges for domestic abuse in the state of Indiana, which had taken place two minutes before it was shown to me.
This is fucking wild. And these are the types of people we are trusting with our future. Absurd. Why on earth did they ever think this would be a good idea?!?
17 June 2025
xBased on this first single, I feel pretty confident in saying this appears like it might be the best pop-punk return from the 2000ās. MCS was always a bit underrated and overshadowed by their peers, but they put out 2 stellar albums and 2 really great albums. New album coming out mid September.
17 June 2025
xLanguage requiring healthcare professionals to care for veterans regardless of their politics and marital status has been explicitly eliminated.
This is fucking lunacy. Itās more evidence that Trump and the Republican Party donāt actually care about our veterans. And then thereās this headline form Axios: Trump orders ICE to hit Democrat-run cities in expanded deportation blitz. What are we doing here? This shit is unconscionable.
17 June 2025
xThe new one-year DoD contract is antithetical to earlier versions of OpenAIās terms of service that banned its technology from being used for āmilitary and warfareā ā a prohibition removed by the company last year.
Boy, oh boy! I canāt wait for some AI-powered drones to start hallucinating who the enemy is. This administration would probably throw em out there with the military in LA to āmake our streets saferā¦ā
17 June 2025
xIts findings reaffirmed what many academics, health care providers and trans people already know: gender-affirming care saves and improves lives, but transphobia often dissuades people from pursuing or continuing it when they need it most.
Iāve decided my new phrase is ācynically optimisticā because as much as I want to be positive about the worldājust look around⦠Itās great to have these studies back up what most of us already knew, but the idea this convinces any of the evil powers that be to be more compassionate seems far-fetchedā¦
17 June 2025
xBlue Prince released earlier this year and quickly became an early GOTY candidate with folks (i.e. me) drawing comparisons to the runaway hit Balatro.
This is incredibly exciting news for me after hearing so much positivity around his game early in the year. No release date, but Iām still stoked to get my hands on this for Mac whenever the time comes.
17 June 2025
xWith mood.camera I tried to create my own inspired Cuban Neg version. The result I came up with is perhaps a bit brighter, warmer and more colourful, but Iām very happy with how it looks.
Iām loving mood.camera right now. Itās encouraging to shoot with my phone more and since I set-up a film sim thatās a bit retro, grainy, and blurry, Iām just shooting rather than trying to get a perfect photo.
17 June 2025
xIt will include courts where members can play pickleball, squash, and padel. There will also be a golf practice area with real sand traps and a large turf field where members can play soccer.
Itās called Ballers, but no basketball courts???
17 June 2025
xLove this kind of stuff.
15 June 2025
xOne is left simply having to test everything, all the time, with little guarantees of anything. Some model might be big enough for task T of size S and fail on the next size, or on Task Tā that is slightly different, etc. It all becomes a crapshoot.
While fun, Iām of the opinion the LLM model isnāt a pathway to AGI. It may lead someone to stumble on the right path, but complex algorithms with random output does not directly lead to it.
15 June 2025
xOver four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AIās role in learning.
This is why the calculator comparison makes zero sense. Kids still learn the concepts of math so they understand what the calculator is actually doingāitās why teachers make you show your work. Oh, and a calculator is always right if the input is.
15 June 2025
xI realize now that this was some of the first real public talk I had heard about sobriety; it was a massive part of his story, and it often came up with his guests. Of course, they traded war stories, but they also normalized it and got pretty open, an approach that stuck with me, even if subconsciously.
A true end of an era. I never got huge into WTF, but I was addicted to podcasts in those early days and would always throw an episode on here or there when I either liked the guest or plowed through my queue.
15 June 2025
xApple Notes is surprisingly capable, but I donāt enjoy using it. So what did I do? Yesterday, I re-installed Bear. Iāve always liked using Bear. Itās beautiful and simple and gets right to the point.
Biiiig same. Simplifying all of my apps right now to things I canāt tinker with too much. Setting themes to black and white and utilizing Untitled Serif for titles and Untitled Sans for body fonts wherever I can to reduce distractions.
15 June 2025
xThe beloved musical auteur, who helped pioneer the studio-as-instrument, influencing generations of musicians in pop and beyond
A true legend. I had the opportunity to see him live about 8 years ago when he was on tour with Jeff Beck. While I was definitely there for Beck, it was a fun bucket item list to knock off to see Wilson with Jardine.
11 June 2025
xThe first problem is that there arenāt any good songs.
I try to avoid negative reviews, but damn⦠The writer of this review nails the comp to Eminem and how they seem hyper-focused on making these weird pop hits that havenāt been relevant for over a decade.
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