bitofhope

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[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Just because it's true, that doesn't mean it's not rude. Now I might condone being rude on ACX but I'm also not claiming to have reached enlightenment.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Fuck you Microsoft, I'm gonna have to pretend to be autoplag's dad now, at least have the courtesy not to make it look like a cum blob.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm sorry he feels that way. I'm here for him if he wants to talk about anything, just let me know.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 2 weeks ago

An alternative explanation for a lot of this is that people are seqrching for something that interests them, seeing that every result is spam or shopping and exiting the page.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago

Seems a bit early to say whether others are going to do that. This experiment hasn't had much time to prove itself and so far I haven't recognized anyone using a corporate branded BotStopper instance, only the jackal girl version.

Responsibility manahement through branding is an interrsting idea and I wouldn't mind seeing it working, but a prediction like that seems like jumping to conclusions prematurely. Then again, I guess that's kinda what "prediction" means in general.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Huh, interesting approach. So the idea is that you either use the free version and (preferably) retain the anime girl mascot to promote Anubis itself, or you pay for a commercial license to remove animu in a way that is officially supported.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 14 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Sometimes while browsing a website I catch a glimpse of the cute jackal girl and it makes me smile. Anubis isn't a perfect thing by any means, but it's what the web deserves for its sins.

Even some pretty big name sites seem to use it as-is, down to the mascot. You'd think the software is pretty simple to customize into something more corporate and soulless, but I'm happy to see the animal eared cartoon girl on otherwise quite sterile sites.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 13 points 3 weeks ago

I tried to see if anyone sells chocolate coins modeled after historical gold coinage and the search engine wanted to be, uh, helpful:

Highlighted portion by Google, not me. Funny how almost everything in the answer is mostly correct, though it's bizarre to explain this to someone searching with these keywords as if I don't already know what florins and chocolate coins are if I'm looking for chocolate florins specifically. The only part blatantly wrong is the highlighted lede!

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And much of it is very likely born out of humorous usage. Like "pinging" a colleague with a direct message to see if they're online. I might even greet my nerdier IT friends with "SYN" or "EHLO", or a ham with "QSO" in a non-radio context.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago

Say the line, Bart!

payment processors

entire class cheering

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I feel called out for being familiar with all of these words.

The dread was building up right until I got jumpscared by"priors"

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

What exactly would constitute good news about which sorts of humans ChatGPT can eat? The phrase "no news is good news" feels very appropriate with respect to any news related to software-based anthropophagy.

Like what, it would be somehow better if instead chatbots could only cause devastating mental damage if you're someone of low status like an artist, a math pet or a nonwhite person, not if you're high status like a fund manager, a cult leader or a fanfiction author?

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