Case study: straightforward tech question, genAI is repeatedly, confidently wrong
Without expertise, using genAI is a fool’s errand, and the grifters selling us genAI are bound and determined to destroy expertise.
Category Archives: Computers
Slate’s new privacy policy is a dumpster fire
Slate’s new privacy policy is riddled with errors. It’s astounding that they published something so terrible. They should be embarrassed and ashamed.
Comics Aggregator: missing Carolyn Hax chat for May 8 fixed
For those of you who read Carolyn Hax through the Comics Aggregator, note that the Carolyn Hax live chat for Friday, May 8 was missing from the aggregator because the Post published it with the wrong date (May 15 instead of May 8). This has now been fixed in the aggregator, so now if you… Read More: Comics Aggregator: missing Carolyn Hax chat for May 8 fixed »
I’m still an AI skeptic, but I have to admit this is kind of amazing
I can’t keep saying at work that generative AI can’t help people do their jobs better, because that’s clearly no longer true. That doesn’t make them OK, but it may make them inevitable.
Size matters
Eons ago, before the internet, Registry of Motor Vehicles records in most states were accessible to the public, but you had to actually go in person to the Registry to look up what you wanted to know. It was an inconvenient pain in the ass, but there were no viable alternatives. Then the internet arrived,… Read More: Size matters »
It should not be this hard to run SQL queries on some data
I had to push my way through 13 barriers to success to do this seemingly simple thing.
Planet Money gets AI wrong (again)
In its ongoing quest to provide cover for the AI bubble, Planet Money ignores the fact that rigged markets aren’t efficient and that data centers built specifically for AI are useless for anything else.
A better way to migrate your data from Bitwarden to 1Password
Use my previously shared bitwarden-backup.py to export your data from Bitwarden, and my new 1password-from-bitwarden-backup.py to import it into 1Password.
The why and how of backing up your Mastodon data
Your server or your Mastodon account could go away at any time. If you don’t want to lose your data, you should back it up. Here’s how to do that, and how to restore it later.
Unbelievably, offensively useless chat with Healthfirst online support
A website that refuses access to critical documents is bad enough. Completely clueless chat agents who provide stock, bullshit, useless answers is much worse.