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mistersql

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Software developer, tech lead in Washington, DC.

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Wyoming mayoral candidate wants to govern by AI bot

VIC, the bot, will make decisions for the "meat puppet" who shows up at meetings.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/06/wyoming-mayoral-candidate-wants-to-govern-by-ai-bot/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mistersql ,
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@arstechnica Off-the-shelf models are not-reliably partisan conservatives like this person appears to think, and even if they were, partisan conservatives aren't a monolith, they have a rich diversity of conspiracy theories and imagined grievances that aren't all compatible with any particular Wyoming conservative's ideas.

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5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030

"We have a technical debt that stretches back many decades."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/5-25-inch-floppy-disks-expected-to-help-run-san-francisco-trains-until-2030/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mistersql ,
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@arstechnica Reformat and backup often. Those were the opposite of durable.

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