You what now?

Source: www.reddit.com/r/mildlyi…

Screenshot from r/midlyinfuriating. Post text: My LG TV's new software update installed Microsoft Copilot, which cannot be deleted. Image is of the app on the screen of their TV.

Some things shouldn't be proprietary. This includes replacing brake pads.

On any level. Although Hyundai support the mandated J2534 standard (in the US) you do “need a subscription to Hyundai’s J2534 Diagnostic Tool Software, which costs $60 a week (or less over longer time blocks)” in order to use the interface. Replacing Brake Pads on a Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Requires a Professional Mechanic’s Login

Dates are hard: github.com/torvalds/…

PSA: Samsung smart rings are spicy 🌶️🌶️🌶️

A person's finger is shown wearing a Samsung Galaxy Ring, which appears to be causing discomfort due to swelling.

New shortest path algorithm: www.quantamagazine.org/new-metho…

5yo informs me that mermaids don’t wear hoodies… #colouredPencil #sketching #mermaid

A person with a mermaid tail, wearing a hoodie, sits on a rock.
Text says:&10;We live in the dumbest, lamest cyberpunk dystopia possible.&10;&10;So LA has been - and continues to - protest against ICE. These protests haven't gotten any smaller or lost any momentum, but social media wasn't reflecting it.&10;&10;Tiklok users, realizing that the platform/other social media are censoring/deleting/shadowbanning these protest videos, decided to find a workaround.&10;&10;They're calling it the LA Music Festival. Ice detention centers and other protest locations are "stages." The hottest band is Rage Against the Machine. "Here's what gear you should be bringing to stay safe at the LA Music Festival."&10;&10;And it fucking worked.&10;&10;TikTok has become a proving ground for a lot of new music, meaning lots of labels and organizations have lucrative deals with TikTok to promote their new artists and music festivals. So they absolutely cannot censor the words "music festival" or train the algorithm to ignore it, or they risk endangering that very important revenue.&10;&10;So now protest videos are flooding feeds again, but it's the LA 24/7 Music Festival. Truly an incredible timeline we've landed in.

We put ~88 characters in a line because that’s how our eyes work! When I moved to a wide screen monitor I discovered that 3 blocks of text could fit comfortably on my screen, with better widths than I could get on multiple monitors. The best line length

The impact of LLM’s on our lives will be both more, and less, dramatic than people realise. This is unlikely to end with the world exploding; which is not to suggest that it want be completely destroyed. For some it already is being.

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

Scammer: this is phone_company we’re going to cut your SIM off in 48 hours Me: yeah… no your not Scammer: how can you say that Me: because you’re not phone_company

Beautiful example of what I am reasonably sure is dryads saddle. Not sure enough to eat it mind.

Two large mushrooms are growing from the side of a tree stump surrounded by a forested area.

Type “cous”, get recipes, press enter, phone “corrects” it to void, recipes vanish.

Appropriate I guess.

There is something very weird about a world in which I require a certificate to prove I can safely use ladder but here we are. I am safe for the next 5 years.

A card titled "The Ladder Association" certifies the holder, with an illustrated character wearing a mask and glasses on it.

We found some insects in the park. (These were removed from our clothes not picked up from plants.)

A person is holding a caterpillar on their finger in the top image and a damselfly in the lower image, both against outdoor backgrounds.

Over the last few days I’ve had several of these messages spam. Do you think they realise the irony?

An email claims a website's SEO is poor and offers top search placement for a price, providing a WhatsApp contact.

there’s a teeny tiny problem:

The lights don’t work without the App.

Did I mention the company went bankrupt? And the spotty history of the bike? And that Customer Support is in startup heaven? And how ridiculous it is anyway to need to login into an app to turn your light on?

Making a Smart Bike Dumb so it Works Again

#WordWeavers Apr 23: Do you plan your themes or do they arise from your writing and then get tweaked in edits?

A bit of both - my main themes have been percolating for a while. Some will arise naturally as I write.

#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 23: World Book Day! Share a prompt or the first few lines of a story you wish you could read.

Although not strictly a prompt this one has always been one of my favourites

Text says: Meryl Streep burner account&10;&10;DaveBeTweeting&10;&10; Having ADHD and being turned into a vampire would be so embarrassing.&10;&10;Imagine being alive 600 years and you still haven't put that desk in your castle office together

#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 22: Earth Day! Who’s your most traveled character? Your least?

Least travelled would be Amelie - she was born on the frontier and has never known another world.

Most would be Vee who has spent her working life aboard space ships, she was sent to the frontier by her employer and always expected that she would get to go home.

#WordWeavers Apr 22: Would your story work in a vastly different setting?

Yes, the detail would have to change but the story itself could be transported without much issue.