"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

Hey, I have a brand new shawl design called, Again Around the Sun, available for nil dollars and zero cents from Knitty.com. Check out my pattern and all the other lovely new designs at in the Deep Fall 25 edition. I am in great company. #knit #knitting #pattern #free

If you enjoy brioche knitting, I’ve designed my first patterns in five years, using this engaging and clever technique. You can find both variations of the pattern in my ravelry store or on my site: marniemaclean.com #knit #knitting #pattern #brioche

So, this Unbound/Boundless fiasco. I was going to be polite about it, but after this morning’s email: no

Bleak. nymag.com/intelligence...

Kuma’s been using the DuoDingo app to learn to speak human and I think he’s pretty much fluent now.

Would you look at this guy?

It's not just that just about everything I've ever published is in this particular database and used without my permission. It's that everything I've ever published was used without my permission to develop such a shitty, flawed and fundamentally useless tool. I deserve compensation for THAT itself.

"The last few months have been a moral catastrophe. At least there’s no economic upside."

When you are waiting for your other human to finish something so you can all go for a walk.

Monoglot English speakers, how many of the letters in pepperoncini do you normally pronounce? Not once has that first N made an appearance in my pronunciation. The best you're getting out of me is: PEPer-uh-chini until I'm shamed into something else.

Is the Book You’re Reading Literary or Genre Fiction? A 100% Definitive Guide

"Coup Klux Klan" feels like a keeper

I'm hiding in my blanket fort and absolutely loving this. www.imdb.com/title/tt1112...

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.

I've reached a new level of overachievement. PT doc told me my frozen shoulder is the worst he's treating right now. 💪

Gonna be a big week for this

Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized, open source Instagram competitor that has had skyrocketing signups in recent days: www.404media.co/meta-is-bloc...

This boy is cute

If you are new to BlueSky, PLEASE take a moment to make your profile look like it belongs to a human being. Add a profile image, write a few lines, upload a header. Many seasoned users will block accounts that look very sparse or unfinished.

This fire is terrifying. Hoping as many lives as possible can be protected. www.latimes.com/california/l...

One last reminder that all my individual patterns are on sale until the end of day tomorrow, December 31. Here are a bunch of my sweaters/jumpers and cardigans. #knit #sale #discount #pattern

PSA for cat owners in the US: cats have been contracting H5N1 (bird flu). They are very susceptible to it and the fatality rate for cats is 67%. To avoid it: -keep your cats indoors. They can catch it from infected birds and mice. -do not feed them raw dairy -do not feed them raw meat

If you had tried to get to my site to look at any of the 82 patterns I had on sale and you hit a wall of ZOMG DON'T GO THERE, I’ve fixed the security issue and the sale rages on, including all these shawls. #knit #crochet #sale #discount #pattern

There were some DNFs I didn’t bother logging and I’ll likely finish one or two more books this year. So, this isn’t a perfect representation of the year’s reads, but it’s close enough. www.goodreads.com/user/year_in...

Me: Dr. Salk your vaccine will save so many children! Salk: Well thank God Me: Of course they will grow up Salk: Well I hope so Me: And get old Salk: I guess? Me: And eventually vote for lunatics who will try to stop your vaccine Salk: what now Me: And leave NATO Salk: shit

Just a quick reminder that I have 82 individual patterns on sale right now. Here are some smaller projects including one called Mothra Stewart. Who doesn’t want to knit something called Mothra Stewart? #knit #crochet #sale #discount #pun

These two kinda like each other

I just put all my individual patterns on sale through the end of the year. No coupon code, no minimums, no limit on number of patterns. You can purchase them directly from my site: MarnieMacLean.com or through ravelry. #knit #knitting #crochet #crocheting #pattern #sale #discount

We planted 750 bulbs in clay soil over the weekend and now I feel like Kuma looks here. But I’m really excited for spring.

No reason whatsoever: Gaucho Marx

Sorry, we are fresh out of personal space

Everyone say hello to “Buddo” he is a human figure carved from whalebone, dated c. 2,900 – 2,400 BC. Discovered at Skara Brae, a Neolithic settlement located in beautiful Orkney in the North of Scotland. I would die for him, I just think he’s neat. ❤️

While I'm here, I've noticed you twitter exodus dingdongs are quote-dunking on the right wing shitheads who've migrated here as well. STOP DOING THAT. Block 'em and starve 'em. That's how we do it here. Don't make this place suck! I'm blocking dunkers and their subjects on sight.

She’s literally allowed on any piece of furniture but ok

Roses are red Fires start with a spark

These questions generally aren’t asked in good faith but I can see why people might wonder about this so I’ll do my best to explain. First though, I need to make mention of the language in this post because it’s very insidious. Long(ish) thread 🧵

Reminder: if you get a notice from a debt collector, even if it's for a tiny amount, make them work for it! Send them a request to validate the debt and prove that they have the authority to collect it. The CFPB has sample letters: www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/wha...

In case hearing “the purpose of the post-menopausal female” makes you want to stab something thousands of times… here you go. (And if you can volunteer to defeat the right in any way, I hope you will!)

turns out my state is having a contest on "I Voted" sticker designs, and I would like to show you the most metal one by a middle schooler:

My prospects are looking good, y'all.

Me on call to help desk: Our customer-facing website is down. HD: How many users are impacted? Me: All of them HD: I need a number of impacted users Me: Uh, all 7 billion humans on earth? Literally, no one can access the site.

I've spent four months looking at AI spam on Facebook. I've messaged hundreds of people commenting on the bizarre images trying to determine if they are real, and to understand what's happening. Facebook isn't the "Dead Internet." It's something worse: www.404media.co/facebooks-ai...

"It's not a thing-knowing machine, it's a thing-saying machine" is an essential starting point for any discussion of AI/LLMs.

As I’m replaying Witcher 3, I can’t help but note all the David Tennants and William H. Macys there are in the game

good ol Barty Balls and his spectacular testaculars

My political party budget: GOTV: $100k Ads: $900k Swag: $50k Fraud: $364 million Defamation of rape victim: $83 million Local offices: $500k Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. My party is dying.