Darcy Christ
@1000camels.com
Theatre kid, Digital Generalist, Information Architect and WordPress Developer.
I like to think I am MoFU
Also, I am a crappy capitalist.
I like to think I am MoFU
Also, I am a crappy capitalist.
Looking up biggest ballrooms in the world.
This Ballroom is going to be like his military parade.
This Ballroom is going to be like his military parade.
October 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Looking up biggest ballrooms in the world.
This Ballroom is going to be like his military parade.
This Ballroom is going to be like his military parade.
This is pretty wild to me, in that YouTube imagines commenting to be what makes a social network, not just UGC
Revealed: YouTube’s three legal grounds for challenging inclusion in Australia’s under-16s social media ban
Revealed: YouTube’s three legal grounds for challenging inclusion in Australia’s under-16s social media ban
Exclusive: Letter released under FoI argues company was denied procedural fairness when it was included in looming law
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YouTube has outlined three grounds on which it could legally challenge its inclusion in the under-16s social media ban, which is due to come into effect in just over two months.
In July, the federal government reversed an earlier decision to exclude YouTube from the ban, acting on advice from the eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant. The advice was based on research that found 76% of 10 to 15-year-olds had used YouTube, and 37% of children who had seen or heard potentially harmful content online had found it on YouTube. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This is pretty wild to me, in that YouTube imagines commenting to be what makes a social network, not just UGC
He has ZERO talent and his ratings are worse than Colbert’s
September 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
He has ZERO talent and his ratings are worse than Colbert’s
Seems like a good time to discuss stopping funding for wars…
September 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Seems like a good time to discuss stopping funding for wars…
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
Does anyone know why sharing an episode via @pocketcasts.com bottoms out on the pocketcast home page if you do not have an account? Is there anyway to simply share the episode?
September 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Does anyone know why sharing an episode via @pocketcasts.com bottoms out on the pocketcast home page if you do not have an account? Is there anyway to simply share the episode?
I’m pretty sure the Google Home is designed to ignore you the first three times so that when you eventually yell at the top of your lungs, everyone in the neighbourhood can hear you say its name #freeadvertising
August 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I’m pretty sure the Google Home is designed to ignore you the first three times so that when you eventually yell at the top of your lungs, everyone in the neighbourhood can hear you say its name #freeadvertising
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BLOOD IN THE MACHINE was given early access to survey data pulled from interviews with 1,400 Californians on their thoughts about AI.
Among the findings:
-59% think AI will primarily benefit corporations and the wealthy
-55% are more concerned than excited
-*70%* want strong AI laws
Among the findings:
-59% think AI will primarily benefit corporations and the wealthy
-55% are more concerned than excited
-*70%* want strong AI laws
How California feels about AI
Spoiler: Not great. Plus, how AI is raising our electricity bills, the chatbot therapist that failed to intervene in a suicide, and what lays behind Grok's personas.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
BLOOD IN THE MACHINE was given early access to survey data pulled from interviews with 1,400 Californians on their thoughts about AI.
Among the findings:
-59% think AI will primarily benefit corporations and the wealthy
-55% are more concerned than excited
-*70%* want strong AI laws
Among the findings:
-59% think AI will primarily benefit corporations and the wealthy
-55% are more concerned than excited
-*70%* want strong AI laws
I bet Trump offers Canada to Putin in exchange for ending the war in Ukraine
August 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I bet Trump offers Canada to Putin in exchange for ending the war in Ukraine
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"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
July 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
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MCP server for accessing Guardian articles --> https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/a-new-tool-lets-your-favorite-ai-model-talk-with-1-9-million-articles-in-the-guardian/
July 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
MCP server for accessing Guardian articles --> https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/a-new-tool-lets-your-favorite-ai-model-talk-with-1-9-million-articles-in-the-guardian/
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America has never been broke. It’s just violently anti-poor. Troops in LA cost $134M — the price of 44 million school lunches.
But sure, let’s keep pretending the issue is lazy parents and not a government that eats kids for breakfast.
But sure, let’s keep pretending the issue is lazy parents and not a government that eats kids for breakfast.
June 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
America has never been broke. It’s just violently anti-poor. Troops in LA cost $134M — the price of 44 million school lunches.
But sure, let’s keep pretending the issue is lazy parents and not a government that eats kids for breakfast.
But sure, let’s keep pretending the issue is lazy parents and not a government that eats kids for breakfast.
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Generative AI has helped me to understand why, in Star Wars, the droids seem to have personalities but are generally bad at whatever they're supposed to be programmed to do, and everyone is tired of their shit and constantly tells them to shut up
May 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Generative AI has helped me to understand why, in Star Wars, the droids seem to have personalities but are generally bad at whatever they're supposed to be programmed to do, and everyone is tired of their shit and constantly tells them to shut up
Duolingo is taking this AI thing too seriously
May 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Duolingo is taking this AI thing too seriously
I hereby verify that I am myself
April 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I hereby verify that I am myself
Very strange and unnecessary parenthetical inclusion. NYTimes!
April 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Very strange and unnecessary parenthetical inclusion. NYTimes!
“What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?”
― Tony Benn
― Tony Benn
April 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?”
― Tony Benn
― Tony Benn
AI: More words. Less meaning
April 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
AI: More words. Less meaning
My election promise: companies that make you wait longer than five minutes on the phone are billed accordingly
March 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My election promise: companies that make you wait longer than five minutes on the phone are billed accordingly
I worry that banks who provide BSBs with a hyphen, but do not accept hyphens when entering payee's information might not be so good at details, which seems important for a bank.
March 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I worry that banks who provide BSBs with a hyphen, but do not accept hyphens when entering payee's information might not be so good at details, which seems important for a bank.
Searching: how do I self-deport myself from the US?
March 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Searching: how do I self-deport myself from the US?
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Very heartening to see foreign officials mocking him for being a fucking clown. Feels like the garlic to his vampire
BREAKING NEWS: Canadian Premier Wab Kinew of Manitoba MOCKS Trump by signing a “beautiful” order that officially removes ALL American liquor from Canadian stores in his province.
Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.
Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.
March 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Very heartening to see foreign officials mocking him for being a fucking clown. Feels like the garlic to his vampire
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February 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I'm putting my hand up for every child and you should too! Click here to support the campaign for fully funded public schools: foreverychild.au/sign-up
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Oh damn OpenAI did someone steal your IP? That must suck, sorry that happened to you.
So even the market disruptor, the $1 tn black swan, was a rip off of a rip off. This entire industry is one big circle jerk of banality. www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
OpenAI reportedly claims it has evidence China’s DeepSeek ‘used its model’ to train AI chatbot – business live
White House advisor David Sacks says there is ‘substantial evidence’ of DeepSeek using OpenAI technology
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Oh damn OpenAI did someone steal your IP? That must suck, sorry that happened to you.