Dan Lyke 18:05:01+0000 (2026-10-04)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.225,-122.628)

As the designated tech support person for a number of less tech savvy folks: Jesus Christ, Google, fix your shit. (Suggestions that Apple may be any better will be laughed at.)

Dan Lyke 01:56:49+0000 (2026-10-04)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.225,-122.628)

Look, I get the "LLMs are not alive" argument, so, yeah, on the one hand we can't torture AI, on the other hand if you find a kid systematically dismembering stuffed animals, maybe ya wanna check in and see if the home life is okay... https://www.404media.co/someone-torturing-llms-in-a-robot-prison-has-triggered-the-dumbest-debate-in-ai-yet/

Dan Lyke 01:55:14+0000 (2026-10-04)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/0) — Lat,Lon: (38.225,-122.628)

Look, I get the "LLMs are not alive" argument, so, yeah, on the one hand we can't torture AI, on the other hand if you find a kit systematically dismembering stuffed animals, maybe ya wanna check in and see if the home life is okay... https://www.404media.co/someone-torturing-llms-in-a-robot-prison-has-triggered-the-dumbest-debate-in-ai-yet/

Dan Lyke 00:11:03+0000 (2026-10-04)— twitter (1/0) facebook (0/0) flutterby (1/1) — Lat,Lon: (38.3407,-123.05)

For all the times we've been through Bodega Bay, this is the first time we've been to the Nicholas Green Children's Bell Tower. Stopped in at Ren Brown's gallery and asked him how we could avoid the heat back at home for a little longer...