@jerry @nopatience @wdormann

Benj Edwards is the Ars Technica resident genAI booster. While his articles do appear to be more objective than they used to be, this incident seems to indicate that he is a true believer. The website Ars Technica wanted to quote blocks genAI crawlers so, according to the website's author, the authors article probably asked a genAI powered search bot to grab some quotes from the site, was unable to reach the site, and created plausible text instead. When I can find the link to that article, I will add it.

Edit: https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/

Roses are red.
Roses are blue.
Depending on their velocity
relative to you.

Math trivia: the "B." in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stands for Benoit B. Mandelbrot

Have you heard of the band 1023MB? They haven't got a gig yet. #dadjoke

PetSmart Introduces Heart-Shaped Puppy For Valentine’s Day https://theonion.com/petsmart-introduces-heart-shaped-puppy-for-valentine-s-1822980373/

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Nicki Minaj https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-nicki-minaj/

Strange flying babies shooting people with arrows is no basis for a system of romance.

Lol. The RFK stans came out today.

I’ll be as polite as I can here:

RFK could choke on a fucking pinecone and I would piss on his headstone every time I was in town.

I watched people die of vaccine preventable disease in ‘21-22. I hospitalized flu patients this fall who didn’t vaccinate. I’ve listened to people cling to false hope that avoiding seed oils will cure their cancer.

RFK is an evil shitbag grifter. Every death from his nonsense rests on him. Fuck the guy with a hedge trimmer.

✍️ New blog post: Single-use Tests

Not all automated tests should be committed. My test served its purpose and will forever be in my heart, but not in my repository.

tl;dr; How I used `php artisan route:list` to write a single-use test for a refactor.

https://timacdonald.me/single-use-tests/

I'm back on the job hunt! If anybody's looking for a remote (Seattle) senior software engineer with a decade of experience in media processing, networking, security, and low-level native development, hit me up. #GetFediHired

Fact checking the Bad Bunny halftime show:

1. Yes that couple really did get married. They are a real life couple who begged Bad Bunny to come to their wedding and instead he invited them to come get married at and during his show.

2. No Bad Bunny did not perform in a dress, pearl necklace and high heels. You're just transphobic and fell for AI generated slop. Would have been totally fine if he did though.

3. Yes the show was primarily sung in Spanish, with the exception of the phrase "God bless America", a few "uh huhs" and "okays" and the entirety of Lady Gaga's portion.

4. No Bad Bunny is not an immigrant. You're just racist. Puerto Rico has been part of America since the Spanish American War in 1886. Would have been totally fine if he was though.

5. Yes you did see Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Jessica Alba, and many other celebs and sports stars making cameo appearances as extras. And yes that was Ricky Martin and Lady Gaga performing.

6. No Bad Bunny was not making a political statement about ICE by giving his Grammy away to a little Latino boy. You're being weird. Stop being weird. That little boy was pretty explicitly supposed to represent himself as a kid, watching himself on the TV and dreaming big.

7. Yes Bad Bunny did actually perform the most watched halftime show in history, with over 136 million viewers. And no, the Kid Rock Epstein Extravaganza didn't even register as a blip on the radar, with (generously) 4.5 million YouTube streams.

8. Yes the jumbotron behind him at one point was changed to read "The only thing greater than hate is love" and if you're offended by that then yes that is actually a personal attack on you.

Getting a gold in curling is slang for bleaching your pubic hair.

#StarTrek