Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 7m

Educating clients is one of the hardest things sometimes...

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 8m

I was once screamed at by the err... Madam of a high-class escort agency, because I had ruined all the images of "her girls".

She was at a friend's house, who only had a computer capable of 256 colour display.

(Which also gives you some idea of just how long ago it was...)

Matt Round @mattround.com · 43m

Doing some colour profile adjustment & it’s reminded me of the time I had to change a web site’s colours because the client company’s IT dept had bought everyone terrible monitors and they wouldn’t accept it looked right for the rest of the world

1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 34m

I'm a fucking pro!

1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 1h

Bet you feel a right twat now! 😜😘

1 1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 3h

Save that for when it beats 4.4%. I think that's the current peak!

1 1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

You aren't wrong.

1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

😡

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

That's cos it is GenAI.

I mean, it's possible that there's some illustrator out there who's seen the style is "popular" and is copying it, but if so they pay no attention to and have little respect for their own medium...

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

I take it back, the shadowy figures are looking good.

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 4h

In this shadow economy? 😯

1 1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 20h

One inevitable form of slopaganda.

Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 3d

This is both fascinating & frightening. There is a demand for images that show and confirm what people already know and believe to be true, and AI slop meets that demand—with visual content that emblematically visualizes what the headlines report. One could call it synthetic hypervisualization
1/

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 20h

It almost always is, America or no...

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"I can't remember the quotation exactly, but it's like 'when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and wearing the cross.' Mike Johnson's the real embodiment of that." - @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 21h

Your humanity and value is defined by your status and paperwork, András. Only, this is the future, so you don't get paperwork.
Or status.
Or value.

Carry on, possible citizen.

1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 23h

Why is chip volume being reported in GW as if that's some kind of good thing/measure? Sure, I'll sell you some really inefficient chips...

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 23h

It currently takes 2.5+ years and $32.5bn+ a gigawatt of data center development and OpenAI says 10GW of Broadcom chips will be deployed by 2030.

Blandly repeating this stuff is failing readers. Call it what it is: nonsense

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 23h

Took me a moment but I see it!

1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 23h

But I get you, it's dispiriting. It's tough sounding the alarm and being dismissed by so many. You feel like you are pissing into the wind, even tho it's the others who are...

1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 23h

OTOH, while it may not have prevented it (a big ask) it probably helped inform many people and make it easier to build resistance amongst those who otherwise might not have recognised what is happening as soon as they might otherwise.

1 5

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, and you can make that illegal.
It's difficult to control perfectly, but it's not impossible to do. The only people I can think of who would shrug at such a prospect are libertarians or weird utopians.

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 1d

I would say that while you are recycling some scaffolding, it's effectively a new test if behaviour needs to change. You aren't testing the same thing. Rewriting an existing test then is just a shortcut, but if the new behaviour hasn't been implemented, then the test is gonna fail.

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 1d

Weird nostalgia when people look back on MTV as "communal music discovery" not "paid music industry promotion"...

Euronews @euronews.com · 1d

A sign of changing times... And a business decision that represents a cultural moment, signalling the death of communal music discovery and prompting a reflection on how we consume music in the digital age.

MTV music channels to be switched off across Europe by end of 2025

A sign of changing times... And a business decision that represents a cultural moment, signalling the death of communal music discovery and prompting a reflection on how we consume music in the digital age.

l.euronews.com

2 2

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 1d

Gun control? Eh, fuck it. The guns are out there.
Murder? Well, they're dead already. Bit late to intervene.
Genocide? ¯⁠\⁠(⁠°⁠_⁠o⁠)⁠/⁠¯

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Jenn. Helpful contribution.

As a criminal defense lawyer, would you say we should just get rid of all laws and regulations?

After all, we can't put the genie back in the bottle, hey?

2 1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think the rule applies to a test on existing code, unless the code is not doing what it was supposed to?

1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 1d

Someone cover me for Vilnius, or they'll only ring me up at 2am to tell me how awesome it is.

Again...

1

DaveDisaster @davedisasterman.bsky.social · 1d

Oh. @davidwhitney.co.uk will be in Vilnius too.

I mean, he and @rendle.dev will likely be in London during HalfStack too if that matters to you. But probably at work…

David Whitney @davidwhitney.co.uk · 1d

Exited to be speaking at Build Stuff in Vilnius.

It's always my last conf of the year, has great vibes and is always a great excuse for a party (the metal bar over the road from the venue is excellent).

Come! 15% off tickets with this link: www.buildstuff.events?sca_ref=9646...

Build Stuff 2025 Tickets – Secure Your Spot at the Software Conference

Get your Build Stuff 2025 tickets now! Join top software engineers, architects, and tech visionaries in Vilnius, Lithuania (Dec 3-5, 2025) for hands-on workshops, cutting-edge talks, and game-changing...

www.buildstuff.events

1