Meta quietly launched Waddle World, a Tamagotchi-like, AI pet-rearing game, in the Philippines in September, calling it a "daily journal disguised as a pet" (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

https://www.engadget.com/2299227/meta-tamagotchi-like-ai-digital-pet-app-waddle-world/
http://www.techmeme.com/261028/p22#a261028p22

@onepict I suspect that it's one of those "coalitions diverging" situations. For a very long time, the interests of users and the interests of people whose *meal ticket* was the users, those were much more aligned than today. Never 100% obviously but it was easier to find "politically neutral" common ground. And category 2 always had more cash to throw around.

As we got into a place of the old proverb "man cannot serve two masters," a lot of what we've seen is users losing.

I loved NT4 and the simplicity of packaging for that corporate environment. That's when I was working for a corporate.

But the stack for that corporate was overkill for a home pc.

@dentangle introduced me to Conway's law last week.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law

That and the question of values stuck in my mind yesterday while walking.

So perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise at the LLM infestation on our projects. The system is working as designed and we've all got a lot of thinking to do.

Beautiful video on taste vs testing.

https://www.terrygodier.com/the-winning-variant

#testing #design #personal #favorite #intention

Why is “congrats! your software updated without you asking, so now your core workflows are now very, very broken. Aren’t you grateful?” such a routine event these days?

And why dont developers and vendors care?

Ugh.

(Anyway. Rhetorical questions. No reply needed.)

00:50 on Monday October 26th, over the South Pacific Ocean

Valid to log off for a bit, to help clear your head. The moving timeline can be addictive, after all.

@forteller @woodsb02 @sandberg you can also hover the update date on flathub.org and get the last build date there

Train ride from St. Moritz, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy (Bernina pass): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9qiV7XlFs&t=5436

#trains #webcam

BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG

RE: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/117506941916605485

If you listen to one thing I say, let it be this. Go support this man and his work. He is a breath of fresh air in these turbulent times.

Sjednocení zakladatelů Československa je poselstvím, aby Česko a Slovensko navazovaly na to, co je spojuje, řekl slovenský prezident Peter Pellegrini.

Světový trh s naftou zůstane napjatý až do roku 2027, což bude udržovat ceny vysoko, uvedl eurokomisař Dan Jörgensen. Komise zahájila dialog s rafineriemi.

NEW: Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans.

No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections.
https://www.propublica.org/article/cleta-mitchell-elections-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Politics #USPolitics #Law #Trump #Election #Vote #Voting #Midterms

@jayflo @Geri should have checked the sauces, damn!