Remy Porter
@remyporter.bsky.social
Nothing you haven't seen before. Editor @ TheDailyWtf.com. Currently trying to shoot more computers into space, where they won't hurt us any more.
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Case in point: boingboing.net/2025/11/18/m...
Microsoft warns that Windows 11's AI could install malware
No-one seems to want this, except perhaps stock market speculator types. Least of all users of Windows.
boingboing.net
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Case in point: boingboing.net/2025/11/18/m...
This applies to technology, politics, and personal relationships. Probably a lot more situations. But I’m thinking about it most in the context of LLMs, which are much more the second path than the first. Consistency and reliability are not their thing.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This applies to technology, politics, and personal relationships. Probably a lot more situations. But I’m thinking about it most in the context of LLMs, which are much more the second path than the first. Consistency and reliability are not their thing.
Fair. It’s much more accurate to say that they didn’t execute the theme well. Certainly the first episode tries to lay that groundwork.
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Fair. It’s much more accurate to say that they didn’t execute the theme well. Certainly the first episode tries to lay that groundwork.
And of course, TNG bookends itself with Q putting humanity on trial- challenging our ability to create a utopian world, and whether we have any right to do so.
(And TOS ends with the most sexist wet fart of an episode, highlighting why they shouldn't have fired all the women writers. Fontana rules)
(And TOS ends with the most sexist wet fart of an episode, highlighting why they shouldn't have fired all the women writers. Fontana rules)
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
And of course, TNG bookends itself with Q putting humanity on trial- challenging our ability to create a utopian world, and whether we have any right to do so.
(And TOS ends with the most sexist wet fart of an episode, highlighting why they shouldn't have fired all the women writers. Fontana rules)
(And TOS ends with the most sexist wet fart of an episode, highlighting why they shouldn't have fired all the women writers. Fontana rules)
I think TOS is very much about exploring how to be a superpower justly with an aside of using tech wisely, while TNG is much more about how to live inside a utopia. DS9 is a critique of both. VOY and ENT don't have as clarified a thematic focus, which is a big part of what weakens them.
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I think TOS is very much about exploring how to be a superpower justly with an aside of using tech wisely, while TNG is much more about how to live inside a utopia. DS9 is a critique of both. VOY and ENT don't have as clarified a thematic focus, which is a big part of what weakens them.
What's interesting with TOS is that many of the ominpotent aliens are also portrayed as good, using their power to enforce peace (often at the end of a gun loaded with extinction), mirroring the Enterprise itself. An interesting counterpoint to non-interference.
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What's interesting with TOS is that many of the ominpotent aliens are also portrayed as good, using their power to enforce peace (often at the end of a gun loaded with extinction), mirroring the Enterprise itself. An interesting counterpoint to non-interference.
The good news is years that are powers of two are lucky. The bad news is that years that are powers of two are lucky.
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The good news is years that are powers of two are lucky. The bad news is that years that are powers of two are lucky.
@mcmansionhell.bsky.social termed it "regional car dealership rococo" and that sticks with me.
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
@mcmansionhell.bsky.social termed it "regional car dealership rococo" and that sticks with me.
It very much sounds like Sally’s got nice tits and ass, as a nautical metaphor.
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It very much sounds like Sally’s got nice tits and ass, as a nautical metaphor.
After Michael Cera’s appearance in Twin Peaks I want nothing more than a shot for shot remake of The Wild One with Cera. I must admit I have a sickness inside me.
November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
After Michael Cera’s appearance in Twin Peaks I want nothing more than a shot for shot remake of The Wild One with Cera. I must admit I have a sickness inside me.
The good news is that there are now compounding pharmacies in the US that will sell the drug you need to treat FIP, so you don't need to become a greymarket cat drug smuggler to treat your cats anymore.
FIP sucks.
FIP sucks.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The good news is that there are now compounding pharmacies in the US that will sell the drug you need to treat FIP, so you don't need to become a greymarket cat drug smuggler to treat your cats anymore.
FIP sucks.
FIP sucks.
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Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.