Lundjames
@lundjames.bsky.social
Midwestern software product manager, board & video games, cheese, and music
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
August 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For my musician friends who don’t want their music stolen for genAI www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...
You can't hear it, but University of Tennessee tool 'cloaks' songs to protect music from AI
"This is the first of its kind. Before this, there's no tool that can prevent music from being learned by generative AI."
www.knoxnews.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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Most of the media right now: “When Klansmen burn crosses on the lawns of black families, some people claim they can hear the echoes of past racism.”
September 14, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Most of the media right now: “When Klansmen burn crosses on the lawns of black families, some people claim they can hear the echoes of past racism.”
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This is a pretty astonishing long-read
Worth reading the whole thing in full, because YIKES
labs.watchtowr.com/we-spent-20-...
Worth reading the whole thing in full, because YIKES
labs.watchtowr.com/we-spent-20-...
We Spent $20 To Achieve RCE And Accidentally Became The Admins Of .MOBI
Welcome back to another watchTowr Labs blog. Brace yourselves, this is one of our most astounding discoveries.
Summary
What started out as a bit of fun between colleagues while avoiding the Vegas h...
labs.watchtowr.com
September 14, 2024 at 3:31 AM
This is a pretty astonishing long-read
Worth reading the whole thing in full, because YIKES
labs.watchtowr.com/we-spent-20-...
Worth reading the whole thing in full, because YIKES
labs.watchtowr.com/we-spent-20-...
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If you wouldn't have an account on Truth Social, you shouldn't have one on X. Their ownership, content moderation policies, and effects on the world are indistinguishable (though X may be worse on some counts).
So @davekarpf.bsky.social and I are at the same conference right now and the way we are tag team shaming people for still being you know where and not being on this cool platform called bluesky is something to behold 💅🏽
September 6, 2024 at 12:41 PM
If you wouldn't have an account on Truth Social, you shouldn't have one on X. Their ownership, content moderation policies, and effects on the world are indistinguishable (though X may be worse on some counts).
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lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
September 2, 2024 at 12:02 AM
lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate as she looks to boost Democratic ticket in Midwest, AP sources say.
August 6, 2024 at 12:56 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate as she looks to boost Democratic ticket in Midwest, AP sources say.
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Hi. I was away for a week. Hope everyone is doing well.
There are people who believe the reasons for my absence are shameful and disqualifying for full participation on public life.
Those people can snort my taint.
If you need help, get help. Don’t wait to be in crisis. You can feel better.
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There are people who believe the reasons for my absence are shameful and disqualifying for full participation on public life.
Those people can snort my taint.
If you need help, get help. Don’t wait to be in crisis. You can feel better.
/1
July 25, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Hi. I was away for a week. Hope everyone is doing well.
There are people who believe the reasons for my absence are shameful and disqualifying for full participation on public life.
Those people can snort my taint.
If you need help, get help. Don’t wait to be in crisis. You can feel better.
/1
There are people who believe the reasons for my absence are shameful and disqualifying for full participation on public life.
Those people can snort my taint.
If you need help, get help. Don’t wait to be in crisis. You can feel better.
/1
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Fight against daunting odds, because it’s the right thing to do, and because sometimes you win.
BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.
Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far right
Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...
www.npr.org
July 7, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Fight against daunting odds, because it’s the right thing to do, and because sometimes you win.
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One of the toughest problems Microsoft has to solve is that Windows has to serve two very different types of users: business users who don't want this at all, and home users who don't want this at all.
May 22, 2024 at 11:08 AM
One of the toughest problems Microsoft has to solve is that Windows has to serve two very different types of users: business users who don't want this at all, and home users who don't want this at all.
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Following @mmasnick.bsky.social and the threads he replies to has made me realize that Americans treat the constitution the way religious people treat the bible. The parts they like they insist on a dogmatic literal interpretation and the parts the don’t like they just ignore existing.
May 12, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Following @mmasnick.bsky.social and the threads he replies to has made me realize that Americans treat the constitution the way religious people treat the bible. The parts they like they insist on a dogmatic literal interpretation and the parts the don’t like they just ignore existing.
Totality was a stunning experience, here is a poor cell phone pic
April 8, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Totality was a stunning experience, here is a poor cell phone pic
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New essay:
A memo to OpenAI: You are not the protagonists.
(In which I react to OpenAI's new Voice Engine demo by gently suggesting we send Sam Altman directly to Mars.)
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
A memo to OpenAI: You are not the protagonists.
(In which I react to OpenAI's new Voice Engine demo by gently suggesting we send Sam Altman directly to Mars.)
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
A Memo to OpenAI: You Are Not the Protagonists
Bury their new Voice Engine program in an unmarked grave
open.substack.com
March 31, 2024 at 3:20 PM
New essay:
A memo to OpenAI: You are not the protagonists.
(In which I react to OpenAI's new Voice Engine demo by gently suggesting we send Sam Altman directly to Mars.)
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
A memo to OpenAI: You are not the protagonists.
(In which I react to OpenAI's new Voice Engine demo by gently suggesting we send Sam Altman directly to Mars.)
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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Listen, I understand that people believe I exist in an endless state of incandescent rage, but they are going to have to invent new words for how angry I am about Glassdoor adding real names without users' consent.
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent
Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.
arstechnica.com
March 20, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Listen, I understand that people believe I exist in an endless state of incandescent rage, but they are going to have to invent new words for how angry I am about Glassdoor adding real names without users' consent.
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A cartoon about libraries for the Guardian.
February 11, 2024 at 9:30 AM
A cartoon about libraries for the Guardian.
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I’m going to party-poop here, but I’d like to remind that alt text is an accessibility tool to allow visually impaired people to join in on the fun. Not as bonus jokes for sighted people. You can put jokes there but please, it should still first and foremost describe what can be seen.
January 27, 2024 at 7:34 PM
I’m going to party-poop here, but I’d like to remind that alt text is an accessibility tool to allow visually impaired people to join in on the fun. Not as bonus jokes for sighted people. You can put jokes there but please, it should still first and foremost describe what can be seen.
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All hail PDQ Bach, forever immortal thanks to his creator, Peter Schickele, a genius who has now left us.
Peter Schickele, musical parodist behind ‘P.D.Q. Bach,’ dies at 88
He described his fictional creation as the “last and least” of J.S. Bach’s children.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2024 at 2:15 AM
All hail PDQ Bach, forever immortal thanks to his creator, Peter Schickele, a genius who has now left us.
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Here it is, the first ever non-copyright-infringing image of Mickey Mouse swearing:
January 1, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Here it is, the first ever non-copyright-infringing image of Mickey Mouse swearing:
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Dude you bought a church
December 22, 2023 at 2:12 AM
Dude you bought a church
Using only a restaurant, tell us where you went to college.
November 29, 2023 at 6:33 AM
Using only a restaurant, tell us where you went to college.
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A lot of AI questions become easier to answer when you substitute the proper definition of “word blender” for “AI”
“Should I let a word blender drive a car?”
Probably no.
“Should I ask a word blender for medical advice?”
Oh hell no.
“Look at this art my word blender made!”
Duuuuuuuuude, wtf
“Should I let a word blender drive a car?”
Probably no.
“Should I ask a word blender for medical advice?”
Oh hell no.
“Look at this art my word blender made!”
Duuuuuuuuude, wtf
November 26, 2023 at 4:16 PM
A lot of AI questions become easier to answer when you substitute the proper definition of “word blender” for “AI”
“Should I let a word blender drive a car?”
Probably no.
“Should I ask a word blender for medical advice?”
Oh hell no.
“Look at this art my word blender made!”
Duuuuuuuuude, wtf
“Should I let a word blender drive a car?”
Probably no.
“Should I ask a word blender for medical advice?”
Oh hell no.
“Look at this art my word blender made!”
Duuuuuuuuude, wtf