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Overheard on the International Space Station. "I can't find the milk for my coffee." "In space no-one can. Here, use cream."

"Commander Data, have you ever considered the possibility of turning the main deflector dish into a very large loudspeaker?" "Captain, may I remind you that sound does not propagate through a vacuum." "Indulge me." www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPuF... #StarTrek

Star Trek: TNG Theme but the theme is coming from the Enterprise-DYouTube video by Auralnautswww.youtube.com

To any Americans wanting to use that new "Apple Upgrade" hardware subscription, be advised that you cannot use the Klarna-provided service if your Apple Account has: - a VoIP number - a Capital One or American Express card set as default payment method.

Note to self: print some of these out to keep in wallet.

The grass is always greener when you paint over the mistakes.

Believe me, the pain is very, very real.

New York's Participation Trophy Brewing Co. pulls no punches with their line of ales. Tempted to import some just to leave empties on top of the fridge.

Fancy yourself as an Internet bigwig & want to roll out your own broadband ISP network? Then you'll LOVE playing "Fibre Tycoon", an in-browser retro-styled & highly comedic p*ss-take on the UK's ISP industry. broadbandswitch.uk/games/fibre-...

The recipe said "Fry onions until transparent" ...

I can't say I'm much of a fan of the publishing industry, but sneakily buying up books just to feed Augmented Ignorance & then destroying them just to avoid law suits? That's not just morally & ethically WRONG its CRIMINAL. www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/... #NoAI

AI companies are anonymously buying and destroying millions of books through middleman services to avoid headlines about AI companies buying and destroying millions of booksBooksellers say they're facing a sudden surge of orders for seemingly random rare books—and fear they might be profiting from their destruction.www.pcgamer.com

Suck it, Zuck.

"You just roved into the wrong canyon, boyo." "*sound of metallic brick dropping onto sand*"

Ahh, yes, the entrance-way to Ed Straker's office from "UFO". "Send him in, Miss Ealand."

Apple haven't "fallen behind" in the AI stakes, says Ed Zitron. No, they've realised no-one actually _wants_ AI so they've hit the brakes, labeled things "AI" without actually doing anything, and will quietly wait for the LLM industry to crash & burn.

A live look inside the AI Economy. www.youtube.com/shorts/l5p7W...

The AI (circular) economy in 15 secondsYouTube video by Morning Brewwww.youtube.com

Have you ever used Claude to chat with? If so, there's a good chance your presumably-private chats got indexed by Google Search, and aren't all that difficult to find. futurism.com/artificial-i... #NoAI

A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in ThereA trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.futurism.com

Ohh, Bill-Oddie hell, not him! Former Goodies member & keen conservationist Bill Oddie died last Saturday, age 85. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bill Oddie: The Goodies and Springwatch star dies at 85His agent pays tribute to the "multi-talented" broadcaster, comedian and conservationist.www.bbc.com

I like how Nimoy is the only one correctly standing "at ease" here.

Great, now all the fossil-fuel-exploitation companies can go "See? No need to worry about global warming, just buy one of these diesel-powered boat-cars instead." Oye vey.

Hooray for not having a smartphone, I didn't get that silly AusAlert test thing. Who cares if Adelaide gets hit by a tsunami and weblgrglblubbleglub ... www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Government calls AusAlert test a 'success' despite reports many missed alertThe AusAlert system was tested today, with millions of devices receiving alerts, but many Australians reported issues and delays.www.abc.net.au