AI advice:
My wife asked Alexa for tomorrow's weather on Tybee Island. Alexa said hold onto your hat. Could be thunderstorms. A good day for kite flying.
She reprimanded Alexa, who was contrite and admitted flying a kite in a storm was a bad idea.
Heute vor 60 Jahren: Am 12. März 1966 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Flintlock die 26. #Atombombe "Clymer". Flintlock war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 65/66 bei der insgesamt 47 #Kernwaffentests
David Ellison made his first public appearance before WBD execs; sources: he called the deal process "turbulent", downplayed layoffs, and left some unsatisfied (Borys Kit/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
For those following at home, the iMac Pro saga continues—I've pulled the trigger on a replacement SSD kit [basically from another iMac Pro that was gutted for parts] for it and will replace it myself.
(It's the most likely culprit and I if it doesn't work I can return the kit.)
@dawid@social.craftknight.comJack Dorsey says Apple removed his Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat, used during protests in Iran and Uganda, from China's App Store following CAC's demands (Stephen Katte/Cointelegraph)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitchat-jack-dorsey-china-app-store-…
"The most powerful thing you can do in this situation doesn’t concern your attachments, or even your beliefs. It’s giving up on the idea that there is such a thing as safe territory. A kid’s book, a magic wand, even the idea of joy itself can be a tool used to club a kid back into the closet. Act accordingly."
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Japan, driven by labor shortages, is increasingly adopting robotics and physical AI, with a hybrid model where startups innovate and corporations provide scale (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japan-is-proving-e…