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Derek

@ricketyshack.ca

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Music guy who rambles about pretty much anything. Media, IT bullshit, MMA, Magic: The Gathering, whatever. https://ricketyshack.ca

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Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 10h

Especially given we live in The Age of Lying.

You're allowed to sell a statistical inference model as a computer that can 'think' for god's sake.

Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 10h

I saw a special on Marketplace something like 30 years ago, about the whole cosmetic process applied to food before commercial / ad photo shoots. I'm not saying the lawsuit doesn't have merits, but the promise -vs- reality of fast food had been an enduring meme for decades.

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Adzes @adzes.bsky.social · 16h

I was looking at some architectural drawings yesterday and Adobe was trying to get me to use a fucking AI summary instead of reading it. Earlier in the year Copilot summarized some legal docs and came to opposite conclusion of what was in them. Do not trust LLM garbage!

Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · 16h

An app just asked me if it wanted to AI summarize a contract I was looking at and I beg you to please read your contracts with your own eyeballs.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 14h

My favorite aspect of the Columbus legend is him getting rejected by the Portuguese gets spun as them not recognizing the genius of his idea. No - he went into a roomful of expert navigators and made basic math mistakes, they thought he was a moron, and they wouldn't fund his idea on that basis.

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 14h

please post rare turing_polices

Turing Police @turing_police
when I was like 12 I went to the California science center which had a "drunk driving simulator" educational arcade type game and if you were too good at it the game would automatically crash the car after a while so you didnt undermine their message

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Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 15h

Because we get a postal system, you jackass.

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 21h

The brother of federal Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly, is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a courier company that exploits subcontracted delivery drivers for pennies per package. It stands to benefit mightily from the dismantlement and privatization of public postal services in Canada.

The privatization crisis at Canada Post

Canada Post is under attack. Political favouritism, privatized delivery, and precarious subcontracting are putting workers and public service at risk. From Intelcom’s exploitative practices to the gov...

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EL BARTO ANTI-WORK @elbarto.bsky.social · 20h

A wide smile appears under a green hooded jacket and pushed down black face mask

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Minor Leaguer @minorleaguer.ca · 1d

Thank you, Gemini.

Google AI answers the question "how are gabe and justin speier related":

"Gabe and Justin Speier are cousins, and their fathers are brothers. Gabe's father is Chris Speier, a former MLB player, and Justin's father is also Chris Speier. This means Justin is the son of Chris Speier, and Gabe is also the son of Chris Speier. Therefore, Gabe and Justin are related through their fathers, who are brothers. "

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 1d

no quarter given lmao

Matt Stoller & @matthewstoller • 2h
UPS had seven months of warning about the de minimis change, but is still taking packages w/o getting required customs info & is making tariff charge errors.
Nice use of passive voice though!

derek guy
@dieworkwear • 2h
i apologize using a passive voice. i was not born in london to a wealthy bank executive, sent to an exclusive private prep school in new hampshire, and then studied at harvard before larping as a champion of the people. you have to work with my low upbringing.

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Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 1d

youtu.be/ZygSY-2on0c

The Revivalists - All My Friends (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)

YouTube video by The Revivalists

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Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 1d

I truly think he's to dumb even for current politics.

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Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 1d

Condolences.

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Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 1d

Goodbye lake. See you next year.

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Brent Brookhouse @pridefightingchampionships.com · 1d

Farmer: You do the tomato art for the new sign?

Artist: Sure did, boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.

Farmer: what

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Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 2d

There were 10 of us lol.

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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 2d

I’m listening to a lady give a speech about how they invented medicine in Italy but now she’s telling everyone that they have Arabic blood in them and saying “newsflash, get over it” and the people are mad and she is like “get used to me. I still have a half hour”

The Italian festival rules

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Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 2d

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Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 2d

Robert Picton got shanked with a broom handle and took a few months to die. He got off easy.

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Julien Hoez @julienhoez.eu · 3d

The great French fifth republic, ladies and gentlemen

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the idea that freedom is in our DNA is just a misinterpretation of the fact that we’re a nation of finicky whiners who don’t like to be personally inconvenienced

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 3d

I bought that soundtrack and it made me realize how sheltered I was, because I asked myself "are they allowed to say the N word?!"

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone thinks they're built different

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 3d

If I caught the scent of a delicious pie cooling on a windowsill I wouldn't float towards it helplessly. I would continue on to whatever business I had that day

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Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 3d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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