Powderhorn
Unemployed journalist, burner, raver, graphic artist and vandweller.
I read news so you don’t have to (but you still should).
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Technology@beehaw.org•Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are brokenEnglish
47·1 day agoOne is nearly inclined to think that in-house beta testers weren’t a waste of money.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me"English
19·3 days agoPlus, the “you shouldn’t expect exponential improvement” gaslighting has begun. Like, for the amount of imaginary dollars being thrown at machine learning, where the fuck’s the Brave New World being sold to investors?
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Technology@beehaw.org•Mastodon CEO steps down with €1M payout and a deep sighEnglish
3·3 days agoThe graceful Tom from MySpace exit.
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Technology@beehaw.org•A massive Cloudflare outage brought down X, ChatGPT, and even DowndetectorEnglish
31·4 days agoDowndetector being down is rich with irony.
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Technology@beehaw.org•How Google’s DeepMind tool is ‘more quickly’ forecasting hurricane behaviorEnglish
4·5 days agoYeah, it actually does change the world. Just not in the way advertised.
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Technology@beehaw.org•AI slop tops Billboard and Spotify charts as synthetic music spreadsEnglish
7·9 days agoWithout any info on how they compile the “Top 50 viral” list …
With vibe coding, of course.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•Goodbye Windows, goodbye nvidia and sadly goodbye EVGA.English
1·10 days agoWell, back then, I was thrilled that Soyo was throwing graphics onto Socket 7 mobos.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•Goodbye Windows, goodbye nvidia and sadly goodbye EVGA.English
7·10 days agoWhat is this Voodoo of which you speak?
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Gaming@beehaw.org•Raccoin Is A Coin Pusher Where It's OK To Shake The Machine [Aftermath]English
4·10 days agoJust in time for the penny to be retired!
Or should I say … the penny drops.
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Technology@beehaw.org•You should quit social media for goodEnglish
1·10 days agoI’ve never gotten the point of upvoting or downvoting as the main for of engagement with “social” media. I may do one or the other once a week when I get a chuckle or see an absurd take on journalism that isn’t worth engaging with, but simply clicking an icon is scarcely participation.
People with actual things to say is far more satisfying than facing a Hatfield-McCoy standoff.
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Technology@beehaw.org•They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something RealEnglish
5·13 days ago“They willingly gave all sorts of PII to a soulless corporation. Here’s what didn’t actually happen.”
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Technology@beehaw.org•They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real
2·13 days agoI mean, it absolutely would be news if a dangerous stretch of I-5 popped up in Eastern Washington.
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Technology@beehaw.org•FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is siteEnglish
5·13 days agoDo you have a structured settlement? Call DJ Trump! 877-GRIFT-NOW.
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Technology@beehaw.org•World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic CrossingEnglish
5·13 days agoThis sail sales.
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Technology@beehaw.org•FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is siteEnglish
3·13 days agoWhy should Putin have all the fun when there are upper-floor windows all over the world?
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Technology@beehaw.org•CyberGhost DMCAs Our Story About Their Bogus DMCA (Yes, Really)English
5·14 days agoIt’s one thing to have bad optics, but it’s another entirely to give a fuck about them. (See also: Facebook.)
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Technology@beehaw.org•FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is siteEnglish
6·14 days agoI don’t really care for a $999,990 plate with $10 of shitty food.
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Technology@beehaw.org•FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is siteEnglish
5·14 days agoShit. Is that how I lost my porn collection?
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Technology@beehaw.org•FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is siteEnglish
14·14 days agoAh, but if you want a proper defenestration, Prague’s the go-to.

















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