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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 22m

You absolutely should. The standard French 75 (1oz gin, 0.5oz lemon, 0.5oz simple syrup, sparkling wine to top, lemon twist) is also extremely good.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 23m

I do like a white port and tonic.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1h

We are no longer allowed to say no, merely: not yet.

Two buttons: download and install, and remind me later.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1h

Microsoft refused to elaborate, so I'm imagining the stupidest possible interpretation.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1h

Subbing in pisco for gin in a Canton 75 (1.5oz spirit, 1.25oz ginger liqueur, 3/4oz lemon juice, 3oz sparkling wine) dramatically improves the beverage.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2h

Top-loading vs front-loading? Forget it. In order to increase my laundry velocity, I am installing a breech-loading washing machine.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2h

This is streaming live tomorrow! Actual computer scientists - rather than industry hucksters - will be cutting through the hype.

Critical AI Literacy | Radboud University

Symposium for all researchers and PhD students where you will be informed about the downsides of uncritical use of AI applications and how we can educate the public about such negative effects, and ho...

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 3h

Majority of US gamers are women
By Andrew Barker, Editor at LinkedIn News

What image comes to mind when you read the word "gamer"? If you immediately pictured a young man white-knuckling a controller hours into a Fortnite session, you may need to update your priors. According to a 21-country survey by the Entertainment Software Association, women make up 52% of U.S. gamers, while 22% of gamers are over 65 years old. (Male gamers still outnumber women globally, but not by much.) Americans prize puzzle games above all other genres, the study found, and overwhelmingly prefer to play on mobile devices.

History of left-handedness chart showing an increase starting in the 1910s and stabilizing after 1970.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 4h

a close up of a woman 's face with a purple shirt on .

Alt: The limit does not exist.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 5h

When it starts identifying the dicks, maybe

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 6h

It's incredible that any of us get anything done.

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 17d

These very true words from Steve Hely have given me tremendous comfort over the years.

Writing a novel— actually picking the words and filling in paragraphs— is a tremendous pain in the ass. Now that TV’s so good and the Internet is an endless forest of distraction, it’s damn near impossible. That should be taken into account when ranking the all-time greats. Somebody like Charles Dickens, for example, who had nothing better to do except eat mutton and attend public hangings, should get very little credit.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 6h

Seems like there would be no reason to avoid admitting that to Slashdot then.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 6h

Man: I feel so numb and tired.

Manager: more like dumb and fired! I'm replacing you with AI. AI - justify my existence as a middle manager.

AI: Here is a middle justified list of existing managers.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 6h

That seems to be the subtext - that it will "ask again later" and eventually you will run out of refusals.

FWIW according to the article, turning it off right now does not work at all, it throws an error and puts it back on.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 6h

This post needs an updated re-issue because AI companies have truly come up with some incredibly novel ways to push this technology that no one wants onto people.

The AI age is the "age of no consent"

"Inevitability" means design decisions are no longer informed by user needs; now they are unilaterally imposed. The users are the ones being designed.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 6h

"Slashdot: What's the reason OneDrive tells users this setting can only be turned off 3 times a year?

[Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]"

Microsoft's OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) - Slashdot

I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos.....

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 6h

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 16h

Alas, it was a limited run!

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 17h

I did this, took like 30 min.
Points I kept hammering: domestic cloud, regulations around copyright and likeness rights, focusing on machine learning with concrete, real world uses (creating new drugs, etc), the damage done by slop, the need to listen to AI experts who are realists, not boosters.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 17h

Put on the frog suit, Shinji. Or Rei will have to do it again.

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t care if it’s cringe, suck it up and put on the fucking frog suit

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 17h

I'm guessing someone out there is selling these shirts, right? The internet wouldn't let me down?

Chick tract showing a public school hallway with posters that say free birth control and sexual orientation counseling. There are four students: a guy with facial piercings, revolver, backwards baseball cap, and a shirt with a monkey that says my ancestor. A punk in a trench coat with a shotgun and a shirt that says drugs and has a skull on it. A bald boy in a leather jacket with a knife. And a girl in a tank top with a tattoo of the word sex.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 17h

Some very cool photos of David Bowie Pirate signs by @aresluna.org

Marcin Wichary (@[email protected])

Attached: 4 images Is it very weird that I like these. They feel super European to me somehow – you don’t see this extreme version a lot any more.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 17h

I dragged my scoby all this way for nothing

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 1d

LLM extruded essays are like being cornered by the most boring person at a party while they monotone monologue small talk at you, convinced that they’re pronouncing something profound.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 22h

It's this one! Although I've seem a similar style (with a gold rim) from Viski

Four hand-blown Ripple glasses for a stylish table – Ferm Living

The set of four hand-blown glasses with a sharply rippled surface lends a bold, sophisticated look to almost any table setting.

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