John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

@zacchiro @massonpj Everywhere! The monks said they are reducing production.

I can't say it any better than the spam message that just landed in my inbox:

From: AI
Subject: ...ai,ai,ai!

@massonpj @zacchiro Can AI replace monks? <jk>

"Act so that there is no use in a centre." --Gertrude Stein, *Tender Buttons*

#poetry #fediverse #quotes

...the Journal of Texture Studies lists 144 Chinese terms for food texture...In Japan, such terms number more than 400." (I hope this isn't like the Inuit words for snow thing, blame the NYT if so.)

I am so glad to know the Journal of Texture Studies exists.

It seems like in my world, the phrase "good for you!" is ascending. 1) Am I imagining this? 2) Do you say it? 3) Do you like it when someone says it to you? (with apparent sincerity)

My "favorite" part of this is where they asked #ChatGPT if the cases cited were real, it said yes, and they believed it. I only wish the judge and opposing counsel had also used ChatGPT to write their reactions -- would it have called itself out?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion/avianca-airline-lawsuit-chatgpt.html

I hope it's not just Google in this room: https://www.engadget.com/google-and-the-european-commission-will-collaborate-on-ai-ground-rules-192035744.html figuring out EC ground rules for AI. Please invite noncorporate experts.

@AlxndrJhn Yeah, I'm assuming this is justified on "security" grounds, using a "block it all by default and allow only necessary exceptions" approach. My question now is whether this is a default / encouraged filter rule...

#libreoffice

@kfogel I can say that I (a non-European) bought mine in Europe, and have used it both inside and outside Europe, with no discernible repercussions. However, it is on the larger side.

Interesting, my mail to someone using Office 365 was rejected because .odt and .ods attachments are not allowed.

@kfogel It's a European Carryall, Karl.

https://seinfeld.fandom.com/wiki/European_Carryall

@pawandubey After further testing, it definitely hard starts after sitting for some days (< 1 week). And actual dried bits of ink came off the nib area -- never seen that before.

Sorry, Microsoft has two Copilots? Does that add up to a Pilot?

https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-confirms-365-copilot-ai-will-be-natively-integrated-into-edge-150007852.html

@iank nice compliment, thanks :) Interesting to think about what to do with that domain..

@pawandubey On mine, the cilp is okay, it's the knock on the back that is not attached flush. I haven't noticed the drying out, just tested with leaving it out for 30s - 1m and it worked okay. What ink do you have in it? It did take a hard start, though, to begin with. #FountainPens

@mattl Yeah, Zelensky.