Remy Porter
@remyporter.bsky.social
Nothing you haven't seen before. Editor @ TheDailyWtf.com. Currently trying to shoot more computers into space, where they won't hurt us any more.
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See also: Dragnet, explicitly created as copaganda so much so that they got free support from the LAPD. I feel like that was a pivotal moment in that arc, especially as the radio show launched pretty early.
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
See also: Dragnet, explicitly created as copaganda so much so that they got free support from the LAPD. I feel like that was a pivotal moment in that arc, especially as the radio show launched pretty early.
I wouldn’t say that we can or should view history as a morality tale, but I do think history should certainly challenge us and our beliefs about ourselves.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I wouldn’t say that we can or should view history as a morality tale, but I do think history should certainly challenge us and our beliefs about ourselves.
The fact that the problem is amenable to statistical generation means that it's *unimportant* and shouldn't be done. Remove the step, don't automate it. All the LLM can do is prove you had the prompt in mind. The prompt is more valuable than the artifact. Discard the artifact entirely.
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The fact that the problem is amenable to statistical generation means that it's *unimportant* and shouldn't be done. Remove the step, don't automate it. All the LLM can do is prove you had the prompt in mind. The prompt is more valuable than the artifact. Discard the artifact entirely.
Case in point: boingboing.net/2025/11/18/m...
Microsoft warns that Windows 11's AI could install malware
No-one seems to want this, except perhaps stock market speculator types. Least of all users of Windows.
boingboing.net
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Case in point: boingboing.net/2025/11/18/m...
This applies to technology, politics, and personal relationships. Probably a lot more situations. But I’m thinking about it most in the context of LLMs, which are much more the second path than the first. Consistency and reliability are not their thing.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This applies to technology, politics, and personal relationships. Probably a lot more situations. But I’m thinking about it most in the context of LLMs, which are much more the second path than the first. Consistency and reliability are not their thing.
Fair. It’s much more accurate to say that they didn’t execute the theme well. Certainly the first episode tries to lay that groundwork.
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Fair. It’s much more accurate to say that they didn’t execute the theme well. Certainly the first episode tries to lay that groundwork.
And of course, TNG bookends itself with Q putting humanity on trial- challenging our ability to create a utopian world, and whether we have any right to do so.
(And TOS ends with the most sexist wet fart of an episode, highlighting why they shouldn't have fired all the women writers. Fontana rules)
(And TOS ends with the most sexist wet fart of an episode, highlighting why they shouldn't have fired all the women writers. Fontana rules)
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
And of course, TNG bookends itself with Q putting humanity on trial- challenging our ability to create a utopian world, and whether we have any right to do so.
(And TOS ends with the most sexist wet fart of an episode, highlighting why they shouldn't have fired all the women writers. Fontana rules)
(And TOS ends with the most sexist wet fart of an episode, highlighting why they shouldn't have fired all the women writers. Fontana rules)
I think TOS is very much about exploring how to be a superpower justly with an aside of using tech wisely, while TNG is much more about how to live inside a utopia. DS9 is a critique of both. VOY and ENT don't have as clarified a thematic focus, which is a big part of what weakens them.
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I think TOS is very much about exploring how to be a superpower justly with an aside of using tech wisely, while TNG is much more about how to live inside a utopia. DS9 is a critique of both. VOY and ENT don't have as clarified a thematic focus, which is a big part of what weakens them.