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Father (He) of 4, former Mayor, Dayton Flyer, UL Fan, Bengals fan, Reds fan, former software developer now retired, proud Kentuckian transplanted to Cincinnati.

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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · Nov 20

Listen, I don't have an issue with ResistLib memes floating across my timeline periodically, AS LONG as you also talk to me about your music tastes, sports teams, kids, job, etc. Just ... be a person. If all you are is a politics meme generator you're going to get muted. 🤷

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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 9h

They pulled them out of the crowd to arrest them. Then they tried to go back. Then shit went south. I suspect the asshole was saying "if you don't move I'm going to arrest you" and she said "no" and then he grabbed her.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 9h

I suspect the protestors are blocking the entrance way to the ICE facility. It's not about crossing the line, it's about ICE trying to remove them from the driveway.

Which this is still fucked up! But my hunch is the OP is not understanding the sequence of events.

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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 10h

My cub scout pack puts together thanksgiving meals every November and donates them to the school district for food insecure families. We are by no means a low income district but I know they collect 30+ meals each thanksgiving. We are usually good for 6. May need to make it 7 or 8 this year.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 10h

I started buying the smallest size of spices except chili powder, garlic powder and cumin (because I use a lot of those). Yes I pay more and buy it more often but I actually use it before it expires.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 14h

That's what I landed on. It has to work this way.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 14h

Which is gonna kill engagement if they do that. And it's also gonna be a lot of work. Doesn't mean he wouldn't do it.

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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 14h

My hunch is they aren't actually removing heuristics. They are just making it less explicit. The AI will still look at the kinds of posts that get engagement and flag them as good but it will be fuzzier. More of a feeling than hard rules.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 14h

Like, it works fine right now. Right now it has current data. But in 6 months what does it look at? Other websites? Does it still track engagement but just not show people? How does it handle new or novel content? How does it catch emerging trends (<24hrs) it doesn't understand yet?

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 14h

Here's why this doesn't make sense. An AI model for engagement would need to look at what kinds of posts generate engagement to figure out what people want to see.

If you take away those engagement metrics then what does Grok look at in 6 months? How does it know what people want?

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 15h

Musk: X will delete all heuristics from its recommendation system within six weeks. ...the familiar logic of likes, replies, and reposts that shaped Twitter for years is about to disappear. In its place, Grok, the platform's in-house Al model, will read and watch more than one hundred million posts.

Dan of the FEAR💀 @downwithdan.bsky.social · 1d

Brace for another wave of x refuges

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Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 16h

So if you're looking for a full range voice assistant that answers questions and puts stuff on your calendar, it's a huge upgrade. If you just want to use voice commands to do routine stuff and know the syntax by heart already... I'd hold off on the upgrade.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 16h

But also, the 2-3 second silence between saying something and it happening is INFURIATING for routine normal boring things like home automation, timers and shopping lists. Which is like 90% of my use cases. And the fact it barely works on hardware that's more than a year old is real bad.

Andrew @andrewwmiller.com · 16h

So after spending a couple of weeks with Alexa+ I have some opinions. Primary thesis, it would be strictly better than the old Alexa if they would improve the speed.

It answers questions better, it understands a wider syntax, it is more fun, it sounds more human, has a wider range of responses.