froztbyte

ponder whether automatic brightness control is equivalent to seeking enlightenment

honestly this sounds like the worst trip possible

when first the student asked, perplexed and purposeless, the master said nothing. when next the student asked deliberate, light shone but not through the doorway. the student left to reflect, and was enlightened

evidently

starting to feel like my eye carries an albatross curse 😅

(e: incorrect emoji selection, thanks pocket glass slab)

There’s been a moderate tsunami of “AI EVERYTHING” in a bunch of production tools lately too. Most I’ve seen have looked like just rebranding the further development of previously existing algorithmic tools, but there have also been a couple principally from the “we trained on everything possible!” camp

unsurprising that someone’s fallen over themselves to integrate the llm-style synthesis into the pipeline too, although it’s still extremely exhausting

the cultural fallout of this is going to suuuuuck. it’s going to be so much worse than receiving the dancing baby from your weird relatives in 2008

Run Blade, the prequel

what was the point of this post

okay wait there's one possible failure mode in this reference which we might have to consider

"tapping the api"

checks out

“you just don’t understand me!” wails the sealion at the door

“have you got tap?” / “can i tap?” is a common local verbiage here

(also “got snapscan?” but that’s more popular in some cities than others, depending how much inroads snapscan has made)

(we also still have a fairly healthy cash market)