404 has a partnership with Wired. They are both great publications; I subscribe to both. So reading this work on Wired supports 404

https://www.404media.co/404-media-is-partnering-with-wired/

As a biologist and fan of SciFi/speculative evolution, having it be AI is one issue, but the bigger problem to me is the lack of creativity. They’re literally just obvious mixups of two earth animals? Cmon, let’s have more imagination here!

I just tested with Gemini “Make an image of an alien creature that is a mix of a crustacean and squid, but with fur, climbing up a purple tree. there are lianas and vines falling down around it with orange flowers”

That’s a good point. Can I still self host on my domain while also using their cloud for voice processing?

I have been fiddling with Home Assistant’s voice command solution. Because I have it running on raspberry pi, it is not fast enough to process commands efficiently, but I am probably going to move it to an old desktop I’ve been using as a home server and see if it runs faster.

Well voice assistants are very handy in the car and great for safety. They also do save time around the house, to ask things like what’s the weather this weekend, set a timer for one hour, how many cups in a quart, play Radiohead on my TV speakers, what’s the humidity in my terrarium, how long will it take to get to work, turn off all the lights in the house, play the NPR update, etc. I am working to set up Home Assistant’s voice stuff to replace as much of this as I can but still tinkering with it.

And fortunately I don’t care if you think I look stupid! ;)

I was trying to stick with the new one, but I just caved and put it back. I have started cussing at it when it responds incorrectly

Hair past a freckle

I suspect the competent people knew all along. I wonder if the name was changed because of internal politics in the company against HBO. They changed the name when they were gutting a lot of HBO’s leadership

It’s not about the destination, it’s about all the managers who got bonuses along the way!

Yes it’s awful

We should laugh at David Zaslav every chance we can

They also removed 4k from the standard package while continuing to boost prices multiple times, and also filling it with sports I have no interest in. Combined with the fact the app continued to run awfully on Android TV, it made it a really easy decision to cancel

😏

I may have been recommended the same video lol.

I may have seen that same thumbnail lol

He’s just sharing his various worm parasites with them ❤️

Put That Sin Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me

We must go deeper

Not driving to Vegas! I don’t remember when I first heard of it, but I was reminded of it talking to someone who worked at the Desert Studies Center