I mean yes you should go to Bandcamp Dan Lyke / comment 0
I mean, yes, you should go to Bandcamp and buy Megan Lynch's Songs The Warner Brothers Taught Me, but no, Chrome Gemini Assistant thing, FiddleStar is Megan Lynch Chowning, a completely different person.
(I'm trying to have informed conversations at work about these stupid things, I'm constantly amazed at how wrong they are.)
35% are not interested in AI in their devices Dan Lyke / comment 0
Most Consumers Are Aware of AI, but One-Third Don’t Want It in Their Devices, Circana Reports
CHICAGO – January 27, 2026 – Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more commonplace in the eyes of many consumers, but there are still hurdles to overcome in getting the masses to adopt these capabilities as benefits in their devices. According to “The Evolving Ecosystem”, a recent Connected Intelligence® report from Circana, LLC, 86% of U.S. consumers 18+ are aware of AI in smartphones and other technology devices, but 35% of them are not interested in AI in their devices.
The problem with AI isn't that it's not been clearly explained. The problem is, it sucks.
units of sin Dan Lyke / comment 0
Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike@sauropods.win
I was thinking about how strange it is that the cupboard in a bathroom is called a "vanity unit", and then I got to thinking, what if all your furniture was named after the seven deadly sins?
* Bathroom cupboard = vanity unit
* Paid-work office = avarice unit
* Computer gaming station = anger unit
* Device running social media = envy unit
* Bed = lust unit
* Induction hob = gluttony unit
* Sofa = sloth unit
Cops planting drugs Dan Lyke / comment 0
Gizmodo: Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017. tldr: They were still getting used to the technology, and didn't realize that when they pushed the "record" button the recording included the previous 30 seconds during which they were actively planting the drugs.
Now, presumably, they've learned to wait.
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Mr Feldman's conduct Dan Lyke / comment 0
The whole thing is delicious, it's a lawyer repeatedly fucking himself up by depending on Google search and LLMs.
On August 22, 2025, the Court held a conference to discuss Mr. Feldman’s conduct. It set out to understand how his citation errors came to be and to what extent he used AI assistance to generate his submissions to the Court. The Court began by placing Mr. Feldman under oath (Dkt. #223 (“Tr.”) at 4-5) and then proceeded to ask him a series of questions.
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Denmeyer & Associates goes after SuspectFile Dan Lyke / comment 0
In which the SuspectFile folks go through entirely too much effort and energy to demonstrate to The Hacker News’ law firm, Dennemeyer & Associates, that they're full of shit and need to stop with the false copyright claims.
This kinda stuff is why fraudulent DMCA claims really need some teeth. Pulling stunts like this really needs to hurt the fraudsters enough that it's a career limiting maneuver.
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Claude Super Bowl ads Dan Lyke / comment 0
OMG, I'm giggling out loud here... Global Nerdy: Claude’s Super Bowl ads are so funny that Sam Altman’s crashing out over them collects the mentioned ads, and... I'll link the YouTube versions here for posterity, but the essay collects them in a handy format.
Oh look another data breach Dan Lyke / comment 0
Oh, look, another data breach notification. How many decades of "free credit monitoring" are we up to now?
(Second prize is *two* years of credit monitor... Oh, who are we kidding, permission for yet another entity to mine my personal data for marketing.)