Jason Cross
@jasoncross.org
Nerd stuff and hobbies I’m into: games, guitar, bread, tech.
I work at Macworld, but nothing I say or do here is in any way the opinion or endorsement of that brand or our company.
I work at Macworld, but nothing I say or do here is in any way the opinion or endorsement of that brand or our company.
After the Xfinity chat support guy feeding me incorrect information and failing to set up my modem properly, and then waiting on hold for 40 minutes to talk to tier 2 tech support, I *finally* got my gateway set up right.
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
After the Xfinity chat support guy feeding me incorrect information and failing to set up my modem properly, and then waiting on hold for 40 minutes to talk to tier 2 tech support, I *finally* got my gateway set up right.
The scene even tells you to wait 3 minutes!
September 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The scene even tells you to wait 3 minutes!
I didn't see anything in this story that said the WSJ will not sign the pledge. I found that omission odd.
Though it does say this:
Though it does say this:
September 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I didn't see anything in this story that said the WSJ will not sign the pledge. I found that omission odd.
Though it does say this:
Though it does say this:
1. The amount of criminal self-dealing Musk does is incredible and it's crazy nobody has sued him and the board.
2. This whole statement is literally insane. Not figuratively insane; literally.
If you go to to work for Elon Musk today, you're going to work for Howard Huges in 1955.
2. This whole statement is literally insane. Not figuratively insane; literally.
If you go to to work for Elon Musk today, you're going to work for Howard Huges in 1955.
September 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
1. The amount of criminal self-dealing Musk does is incredible and it's crazy nobody has sued him and the board.
2. This whole statement is literally insane. Not figuratively insane; literally.
If you go to to work for Elon Musk today, you're going to work for Howard Huges in 1955.
2. This whole statement is literally insane. Not figuratively insane; literally.
If you go to to work for Elon Musk today, you're going to work for Howard Huges in 1955.
But um...
this was you yesterday.
this was you yesterday.
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
But um...
this was you yesterday.
this was you yesterday.
He's literally the only CEO who sees his AI spouting hard factual truths and say "oops we'll fix this embarrassment."
September 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
He's literally the only CEO who sees his AI spouting hard factual truths and say "oops we'll fix this embarrassment."
Why should his defense be about Democrats' not caring?
*HIS SUPPORTERS* care. They care so much they fucking staged a bullshit "Epstein files" release with influencers.
Hey JD, tell THESE people it's all fake and doesn't matter.
*HIS SUPPORTERS* care. They care so much they fucking staged a bullshit "Epstein files" release with influencers.
Hey JD, tell THESE people it's all fake and doesn't matter.
September 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Why should his defense be about Democrats' not caring?
*HIS SUPPORTERS* care. They care so much they fucking staged a bullshit "Epstein files" release with influencers.
Hey JD, tell THESE people it's all fake and doesn't matter.
*HIS SUPPORTERS* care. They care so much they fucking staged a bullshit "Epstein files" release with influencers.
Hey JD, tell THESE people it's all fake and doesn't matter.
ah! found another shot.
The hair is there, just shorter.
The hair is there, just shorter.
September 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
ah! found another shot.
The hair is there, just shorter.
The hair is there, just shorter.
Gas prices over the last month...
August 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Gas prices over the last month...
Things are going great in my testing of GPT-5, but at least when pressed, it knows it sucks.
August 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Things are going great in my testing of GPT-5, but at least when pressed, it knows it sucks.
Here's just one of them. Where 52.8 is somehow a much bigger bar than 69.1, which is somehow the same size as 30.8.
There are others.
There are others.
August 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Here's just one of them. Where 52.8 is somehow a much bigger bar than 69.1, which is somehow the same size as 30.8.
There are others.
There are others.
waitaminute.... it wants me to set a Presence of 60. There *is* no Presence on a Boss ME-90. What do you have to say for yourself, ChatGPT?
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
waitaminute.... it wants me to set a Presence of 60. There *is* no Presence on a Boss ME-90. What do you have to say for yourself, ChatGPT?
When I go try to set it up like that, I realize....hey...the ME-90 doesn't have a MS1959 Amp model. Nothing like that. So I tell ChatGPT that...
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
When I go try to set it up like that, I realize....hey...the ME-90 doesn't have a MS1959 Amp model. Nothing like that. So I tell ChatGPT that...
I recently asked ChatGPT to help me recreate the tone used in the solo for Bon Jovi's Dead or Alive on my Boss ME-90. It knew it was Richie Sambora and what gear he originally used, and promised to get an approximation of that sound for me.
The answer looked good!
The answer looked good!
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I recently asked ChatGPT to help me recreate the tone used in the solo for Bon Jovi's Dead or Alive on my Boss ME-90. It knew it was Richie Sambora and what gear he originally used, and promised to get an approximation of that sound for me.
The answer looked good!
The answer looked good!
Back to back headlines on Reddit.
Weird how many in the press went with a "less regulations" narrative they just replaced a lot of safety regulations with new regulations requiring bigotry.
Weird how many in the press went with a "less regulations" narrative they just replaced a lot of safety regulations with new regulations requiring bigotry.
July 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Back to back headlines on Reddit.
Weird how many in the press went with a "less regulations" narrative they just replaced a lot of safety regulations with new regulations requiring bigotry.
Weird how many in the press went with a "less regulations" narrative they just replaced a lot of safety regulations with new regulations requiring bigotry.
It takes a special kind of misogyny combined with supreme confidence in your privilege to call Kat (who is quite fit really) a "fat cow" when you look like this.
July 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It takes a special kind of misogyny combined with supreme confidence in your privilege to call Kat (who is quite fit really) a "fat cow" when you look like this.
Like he had "nothing to do with" Project 2025.
Like bro you can't do THIS👇 and then say there's just nothing there.
Like bro you can't do THIS👇 and then say there's just nothing there.
July 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Like he had "nothing to do with" Project 2025.
Like bro you can't do THIS👇 and then say there's just nothing there.
Like bro you can't do THIS👇 and then say there's just nothing there.
If there was nothing to the Epstein files, then what was THIS?
July 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If there was nothing to the Epstein files, then what was THIS?
@gamepass.xbox.com after stuffing gamers full for four months and now it's only May and they're tryin' to give us Doom...
May 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
@gamepass.xbox.com after stuffing gamers full for four months and now it's only May and they're tryin' to give us Doom...