I’m just your average Canadian wolf. I’m a siren enthusiast and railfan as my main hobbies. I run the Civil Defense Sirens Wiki, and am working on restoring a few vintage sirens (such as a FS&S Model L and a rare Sterling Siren MOD. F) as well as a 1970s Safetran mechanical crossing bell.
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Big Bad Wolf Thought (lemmy.world)
https://existentialcomics.com/comic/553
Those darn computers! (lemmus.org)
Office Hours by Cy Olson, August 2, 1974.
World's first bioprocessor uses 16 human brain organoids for ‘a million times less power’ consumption than a digital chip (www.tomshardware.com)
The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century (lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16133154...
Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination (gizmodo.com)
Google rolled out AI overviews across the United States this month, exposing its flagship product to the hallucinations of large language models.
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue (www.404media.co)
Archive link: https://archive.ph/GtA4Q...
Self-Driving Tesla Nearly Hits Oncoming Train, Raises New Concern On Car's Safety (lemmy.zip)
Craig Doty II, a Tesla owner, narrowly avoided a collision after his vehicle, in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode, allegedly steered towards an oncoming train....
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I urgently need to come in!!! (lemmus.org)
Sarah's Scribbles by Sarah Andersen.
At the interview, Steve is asked if he can perform under pressure (lemmy.world)
Via In Otter News
Hail, Caesar [Scott Hilburn] (lemmy.world)
https://www.instagram.com/the_argyle_sweater
2011 [FieldExplores] (lemmy.world)
https://x.com/FieldExplores
Is Boeing in big trouble? World's largest aerospace firm faces 10 more whistleblowers after sudden death of two (www.hindustantimes.com)
I really like this song! (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14976953...
30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok (www.honest-broker.com)
Elon Musk's X pushed a fake headline about Iran attacking Israel. X's AI chatbot Grok made it up. (mashable.com)
A shocking story was promoted on the "front page" or main feed of Elon Musk's X on Thursday:...
Generative AI Is Coming To Your Home Appliances (www.forbes.com)
Across all industries, organizations are rapidly embracing generative AI. Among them, makers of home appliances like fridges and ovens. Generative AI in your oven? Why not? Ater all, AI has been creeping into our homes for years (think smart lightbulbs and Alexa) – but thanks to generative AI, these interactions will become...
Cheer up [Haus of Decline] (lemmy.world)
Website: https://www.hausofdecline.com/
XXX (sh.itjust.works)
Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts (www.nbcnews.com)
Data from two research firms and figures published by Musk and X suggest a deteriorating situation for X by some metrics. Musk has marketed it as the world’s “town square,” but in number of users it continues to lag far behind social media rivals that focus on video, such as Instagram and TikTok. ...
A twist on a classic (slrpnk.net)
Speed run [Last Place Comics] (lemmy.world)
https://lastplacecomics.com/
Why so sad? (i.imgur.com)
Tesla starts shipping $3,000 Cybertruck tent, looks nothing like what was unveiled | Electrek (electrek.co)
The Extra Mile (slrpnk.net)
Roku’s Ultimatum: Surrender Jury Trial Rights or Lose Access to Your TVs (programming.dev)
Did your Roku TV decide to strong arm you into giving up your rights or lose your FULLY FUNCTIONING WORKING TV? Because mine did....
AI-generated content and other unfavorable practices have put longtime staple CNET on Wikipedia's blacklisted sources (www.tomshardware.com)
In the wave of AI controversies and lawsuits, CNET has been publicly admonished since it first started posting thinly-veiled AI-generated content on its site in late 2022— a scandal that has culminated in the site being demoted from Trusted to Untrusted Sources on Wikipedia....
Rational Self Interest (lemmy.world)
https://existentialcomics.com/comic/364
X is becoming a 'ghost town' of bots as AI-generated spam content floods the internet — A sign of the scale is the thriving industry in bot-making (www.abc.net.au)
X is becoming a 'ghost town' of bots as AI-generated spam content floods the internet — A sign of the scale is the thriving industry in bot-making::The internet is filling up with machine-generated "zombie content" designed to game algorithms and scam humans. Experts call it the "great AI flood".
Chinese AI - Double Standards (lemmy.today)
‘AND THE FROG GOES…’ [OC] (oldie from the archive, remastered) (feddit.nl)
China's latest stealth tech promises invisible fighter jets, says report (interestingengineering.com)
New plasma stealth device targets specific areas, not entire aircraft....
‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood (www.theguardian.com)
[Elder Cactus] The songs of my youth (lemmy.world)
Website...
It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now (finance.yahoo.com)
It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now::Nearly 300,000 tech employees have been laid off since last year, data shows.
Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media (techcrunch.com)
A fake recording of a candidate saying he’d rigged the election went viral. Experts say it’s only the beginning (edition.cnn.com)
A fake recording of a candidate saying he’d rigged the election went viral. Experts say it’s only the beginning::Days before a pivotal election in Slovakia to determine who would lead the country, a damning audio recording spread online in which one of the top candidates seemingly boasted about how he’d rigged the...
Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/6302705
Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million PCs to landfills: Report - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
[META] Never change, lemmy.ml (i.imgur.com)
For context: The thread was about why people hate Hexbear and Lemmygrad instances
DeArrow extension for YouTube that makes thumbnails bearable (i.imgur.com)
https://dearrow.ajay.app/