I read your report on the Bigme 6 tablet.
I have found that using Koreader's ability to access an OPDS server to acquire books on demand is the simplest method. Calibre probably has a built-in OPDS server; if not, I'm sure there are third-party add-ons which read Calibre's database for that purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakazoid!
"Freakazoid has ... access to all of the Internet's knowledge. He cannot fly, but often runs around with his arms extended and making whooshing sounds with his mouth, pretending he is."
Most useless comment in any thread these days:
"I'm guessing you can fix this with some prompt engineering."
The commenter reveals that they do not understand the problem, do not understand LLMs, and doesn't care enough to do anything themselves.
#AI dependency leads to #programming #fail
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrone.
I wonder if anyone is keeping statistics on the percentage of LLM-answered calls which end with profanity.
#AI sucks especially when you're calling your doctor's office trying to leave a message.
Note to most people: Boston has one of the better USA public transit systems.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/09/21/charlie-card-challenge-race-green-line-mbta-boston
The benchmark for the seasonal shift is here in Boston, as we transition from "please let it not be too hot" to "please let it not be too cold".
#AWS should rename Availability Zones to Blast Radius Zones.
A little good news.
The residents of my town started covering the Flock cameras with black plastic garbage bags.
The mayor -- generally useless -- sent a letter to Flock asking them about who knows what. They returned it unopened, so... she ordered that all Flock cameras in the city be covered with black plastic garbage bags.
What would a military coup in the USA look like?
The dose makes the poison.
In technology, things which are convenient are often poisonous.
#infosec #nfs #cifs #webdav #observability #llm #soap #rpc #microservices #containerization #dependency #vendoring #authorization #thislistgoestoeleven
"Move fast and break things" is a clear admission of malicious intent.
A new angle:
People trusting #AI will kill us all unless you give me a lot of money to stop them.
(Not necessarily me, really, but it would be nice.)
Marx nailed it when he pointed at ownership of the means of production, rather than being part of the production of goods and services, being the key differentiator of class. Most of us have to work to live. Some of us do or could own our own means of production - small businesses, lawyers, doctors, software developers, craftspeople - but still have to work at it and make good decisions to continue.
The reason that the ultrawealthy behave like toddlers is that toddlers are, relatively speaking, ultrawealthy: all their needs are met without any effort on their part, and so many of their whims are fulfilled simply by expressing those desires out loud that any impediment or refusal is obviously enemy action.
Parents who want to raise competent adults have to say no to toddlers increasingly often as they mature. Societies that value competent adult citizens have to say no to billionaires - or prevent them from forming in the first place.
Is there a term for declarative speech, where the words explaining something are told instead of being shown?
e.g. "No pressure" instead of making a gentler suggestion, or "I would like to respectfully request" instead of actually showing any respect.
