2026-04-12T23:29:34Z https://yabu.me Btrinen https://yabu.me/npub1amuevnyrpmj65c7nnp3ng96r5samvv89lc9lrq46guh38pwfqyasjtwumt https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/accounts/avatars/000/279/550/original/1A5B3F49-B06B-494A-A765-A2ABB54F3A42.png https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/accounts/avatars/000/279/550/original/1A5B3F49-B06B-494A-A765-A2ABB54F3A42.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspd4kf96prqa6c7mmlceg5zs4vm59nvlq6rw9xks0u2ldcp8vpt9szyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkw6dl2h Sam Altman saying OpenAI had found a way to work on classified Defense operations without violating their principles sounds a lot like Lando Calrissian saying “I just made a deal that’ll keep the Empire out of here forever.” 2026-02-28T04:08:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqeda0xcmmr7zjd3j75v5kuczdqwh6ctwpk50yze2fhx3pzcz88lczyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkmlmeah This story from Cascade PBS covers an old-fashioned case of requirements tailoring for a government contract to favor one company over another, but in this case the staffer doing it used a chatbot to commit the fraud without having to work so hard. So chatbots do improve productivity — in government corruption.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cascadepbs.org/all/2026/01/bellingham-staffer-asked-chatgpt-to-exclude-vendor-from-city-contract/">https://www.cascadepbs.org/all/2026/01/bellingham-staffer-asked-chatgpt-to-exclude-vendor-from-city-contract/</a> 2026-01-08T19:02:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9yjdql6e3zw8nvmjjvhz76jv293p8urtf0lrfzz8wuzevglq7u4szyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnk9ngqgd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqf43ukvg24psh9t208t944mhzhydwkw4qmqkeg6dg8jmtdsaxkcdy2m0u'>nevent1q…2m0u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The sad thing was that the web devs all knew this to be true but nobody listened to them, so they had to ask my team to measure it and show the people who listened to us. All that tracking code stuff is super customer hateful. It say “we’re going to use your computer and slow it the heck down, to collect data for us that your probably don’t want is to have”. <br/>Collect data server side. 2025-12-23T02:37:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrm35rddvkdmwkkld3tthmnznj7t74ldra963ax0kmt6hlx8wen5gzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkseqtp8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvl8k2eymdhum7wfa9r8n3a08he5hu3tf2hqapkqurxz3zjy7phec8563uk'>nevent1q…63uk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Once some years ago, as the head of a Data Analytics team at a large fashion retailer, I was able to demonstrate to to the VPs the website speed cost of all the third party tagging and cookies on the website. It kicked off a project to get rid of all that crap from “partners” and dramatically improved page load times. That was fun. 2025-12-23T02:29:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2zrrf08jag8cd6mym7pz5dtmnfhkay3qfts7lvm94e60jz6qyqtszyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkryzsfk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy48sms2ek3yf9w2w5m24ujqw53zjjyhhk0u8r9hwyf0sksef5unc3908qx'>nevent1q…08qx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is a game changer. I’m throwing out my fingers. 2025-12-15T15:53:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswcz8ewvt3hwc2l8c36528687rfp50x2p44vg6f7u5zlnkj5t68kszyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnk4uk40p #SilentSunday<br/> <img src="https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/115/480/517/022/534/912/original/736dba42629c8800.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-02T14:14:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvdy0mrp78ggmwa05nfv5w2pz6d909xjcd32ld3phs3nkpgggr4qgzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkke4p37 #SilentSunday<br/> <img src="https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/115/401/971/752/892/221/original/655981ae6406d586.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-19T17:19:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgn3qa8qld585zymg8zlsf0sce9d2h9kxsnk4v03hcq4shdl3tu3gzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkma9t30 I saw and ad for Apple’s newest iPhone and the selling point tagline was “thinest iPhone ever”. Why would that be something I need? Is phone thickness an issue people are having? I can barely hold on to mine as it is. I need a big case just to have something to hold onto so I’m not dropping it all the time. I think we need thicker phones. Apple is working toward a thin slippery sheet of glass.<br/>#OldManRanting 2025-10-11T00:57:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswzpjc2zmt43fpt7f7x5a2sjz6ptffpn2s0hx3dwze26kefyytasgzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnk9224m3 #SilentSunday<br/> <img src="https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/115/245/821/033/539/921/original/2a04e4e9b2bbb56b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-22T03:27:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqshd7s8tqqg4vc8tumrgj68x7h4dqyeg28dg3sp6w2pne0ulykrczyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnk229m67 A view from Hatcher Peak this morning looking south toward the Knik Arm, which leads in to Anchorage.<br/>#Alaska<br/> <img src="https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/115/042/358/057/435/585/original/073667c74a162d74.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-17T05:04:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrm9vuhdq83h2mhku8ya4uf3wqxgemp64uyuqhrag3vcntleg07kqzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkh34tfz One of a large number of bears I saw eating fish in the Brooks river this past week.<br/>#Bear #Salmon #Katmai<br/>#Alaska<br/> <img src="https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/115/034/620/142/864/151/original/c8744f26eb39e75c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-15T20:16:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvjzj05fenl45tyztdpkha90g8jlxex9n5e0s6d879zfpamsdk7rszyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkcwdcdr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjqtdeu8gty6fcaqt8kmnhqlqckm6nj3dgd20ve83ny82su3fk9cf4x63g'>nevent1q…x63g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He’s upset that we have to give immigrants due process. I’m upset that we had to give him due process. We’re all upset, but due process, that’s the deal. 2025-05-16T22:17:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsygs9s5tt983x5yprz32k0hdq00wjpl3vd4d4erjpywrcg2fwa66szyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkyx2uja In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp3wfx0lu85pq655l4e5tym85r4vzz2lqk85394yzq3le9v3krg8s7y4k5x'>nevent1q…4k5x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The administration clearly has no intent to comply with the court or really show any respect at all. It’s pretty scary. 2025-04-11T17:27:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgq3ezxmw78gqx50fg798lay7gmpjnqf32f9yd2ge2kq7xf9yd7mqzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkpm22gf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvrk66sx3lnglyyz0arjed84mzscam9jflwguqtdvvvs2hav7pfmqreck7l'>nevent1q…ck7l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I feel like the recipes I’ve seen in papers like nytimes and the Post are often more about style and food-photography than they are about actual great food. 2025-01-21T17:09:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswu7z2xk8y84d3lf6lphv6vw0092vn0hcys4m7umk7h2rtdn7khnszyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnk7urr4f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgxha2rnjsjt7achvqch6adn53t4tck3c5nrmd70nj0dt774w2jtchgwrfs'>nevent1q…wrfs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And they didn’t really do a good job of it. 2025-01-15T20:27:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsghajpqzn9dmvlmvmyp3u79j4yrccen0lg70tm3cqwgnpkf33s0zgzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnk7vtufh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszuflgfgxgsjchs59k63u0e5uc83dlrnvqrs64g9dvqz4kqnkzcygydza2t'>nevent1q…za2t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s hard to imagine a permanent end to the war without some entity other than Hamas in control of Gaza, and without a change in political leadership in Israel. Are not the right-wing in Israel and Hamas each dedicated to the destruction of the other? 2025-01-15T20:23:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs03qzx4t4ev0xwflyghgj7aagdn59ps8n7vw85t82nwjxspkx0ylgzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnke2jan5 I heard mention of a seven and Seven cocktail on NPR this morning and I looked that up on Wikipedia and found this awesome text. Apparently some articles don’t get as much attention as others.<br/> <img src="https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/113/816/662/156/493/521/original/3656459f278b692f.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-12T17:54:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx59dgpgnv04jdweu8v2066ss7dwew4n5atqghwql6pjh9yagexgczyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkqcge4j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0cjm3qyxwa9xew362p6ple2k68cs2ar5w9uw95nr4qnwnn6mpt2gt90xga'>nevent1q…0xga</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When Aaron Brown was still a local anchor in Seattle he gave a lecture for my college journalism class. Some student complained about the poor quality of local TV news and he told us ‘TV news is not the news, it’s a TV show about the news. If you want the news, read a newspaper’. And of course he was right about that. 2024-12-31T15:21:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0y22syvz6mupyxxarzp08dxnkzcaa0quzc72mk7xea79ux4v7xaqzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnky8x34z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdwyfjz92rj87tumumj7klwgs0m3ryz370u3wddm0qfftzdstsrvqans4c6'>nevent1q…s4c6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had this with my covid shot last week. I had to ask my guy if he really got me. 2024-11-22T19:47:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqwkazj8javt9cgx2n4mnrgkck25nc2nk46zn00h9s7yhnenrzw9gzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkzntw22 #thicktrunktuesday<br/> <img src="https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/113/430/645/899/363/631/original/81cb5e5ff66931c3.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-05T13:44:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg7qd0t9ugz2g94ul9ffp3t7z9ck4vhkq80egulgw2z9v5sjas43szyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkdpe64g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0zg9ww7f7mue28esaa0c6pqmrw4um34jhhepuehgt9uu50zhtw2gcktgq8'>nevent1q…tgq8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I love this owl photo! Please bring it back out in January on Superb Owl Sunday. 2024-10-31T17:43:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdx782jv4x44xxe2vqauj59m7fapsgtmjn5fzz520g3mkzql77d8gzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnks2ywxx Found this awesome moss and mushroom covered tree-trunk a year ago near the mouth of the Hoh river. <br/>#mosstodon<br/>#FungiFriday<br/>#PNW<br/> <img src="https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/113/329/875/879/341/764/original/041d10f2b50b7dba.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-18T18:37:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw0txtk26cjjsl66e9ywcusm5kfkyhgu03py6p553g45z9gaz5hxszyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkq0gw8y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz30ect4gg4ac4nhewwvk8fykg8zmllazass8sjf4gkgaadc2h4jsznwzfz'>nevent1q…wzfz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I did not previously know about the Chemnitzer. Thanks. 2024-09-28T21:08:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2zmn63tqf5wxrgts6tgx5yju67mjxvc3w3wcx7kvgyrp4zng2ryszyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkrz4wcs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfkgqlrf896qq0jdxqt8f68k9t4fya78j3pknelyuhwav4vp8uv0cc0d85d'>nevent1q…d85d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Somehow melodeon players have infiltrated these concertina bands! 2024-09-28T19:01:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsttf4lg504r7se3m0czq3x5v6eqpuh0wg3jvngjfvfwqc85yqe6yqzyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkz0wu7t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstyx4hs7vslu4pqpdxwsudewefpu2ejufzaptu3rwjnlhmakr0n8grhs9w6'>nevent1q…s9w6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In an honest system this brain-wormed clown would never have run. 2024-08-23T19:04:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx0cwdvxa5tdw27uvpjpvsl87zfh0au4gtx5qfcqz0yphxx5yv6mszyrh0n9jvsv8wt2nr6wvxxdqhgwjrhd3suhlqhuvzhfrj7yu9eyqnkdeq8dr #SilentSunday<br/> <img src="https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/112/984/272/233/724/969/original/9ce5c64f65aa5d2f.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-18T17:46:18Z