Patrick Karjala

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
darksky.org/news/two-sat...

That's a rip-you-off price. $250 is more in-line with the work.

You could do it yourself, they're just really pricey Lego.

Good website: www.youraislopbores.me

That satisfying moment when your email inbox is completely empty.

Twitch Twitch is the world

Time to greet the end of Silent Hill, then start up the second playthrough!

Live now at twitch.tv/hi_pat_trick/

Substack CEO response to a question about racist speech in Substack Notes. YouTube video by Decoder with Nilay Patel

This came across my IG feed from 3 weeks ago, and it's just… people asking folks to leave Substack and refraining from sharing links to it aren't doing it for no reason.

This segment is from a 2023 interview, link: pod.link/decoder/epis...

It makes the rounds every now and again, for good reason.

Flow chart showing OpenAI, Google Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Perplexity, ProRate.ai, IBM, Mistral, Anthropic, Nvidia, in that order with the biggest deals, with OpenAI having 21 deals, Google 17, Meta 8, Microsoft 4, Amazon 3.

Check out this interactive website by Nana Mgbechikwere, showing BigTech and "AI" companies' media capture.

No wonder the public is getting misinformed.

They say it is inspired by @surveillancewatch.bsky.social, which ❤️

nananwachukwu.github.io

Second image for the watch is detail of the bag, wrong image placement?

Spotted in Seattle! 🐸💓 🙏

Anyone got good leads on a reputable PS3 repair service on the west coast of the US?

You trucked through like a champ!

100% this kind of energy. You're a billionaire? IDGAF, give your money away, no one needs that much. It just proves you're a hoarder who's out of touch.

I love that I can still play OG PS1 games on OG hardware in this day and age.

Oh yay, I didn't realize you were on bsky! Been enjoying Ladies of the Knight, and excited to see it coming to print!

Do you have your content available somewhere that isn't Substack?

leavesubstack.com

Thanks everyone for stopping by and to @chickdrummer88.bsky.social for the raid! We’re almost done with the game!

Twitch Twitch is the world

Trying this out, it appears to be working! Live now with more Silent Hill on PS1! twitch.tv/hi_pat_trick/

Not only failed but actively opposed any punishment and worked to undermine efforts to do something about it.

People really tripping over each other to fellate that company in the replies. Wow.

The Illusion of JavaScript DRM: A Three-Round Demolition of HotAudio's Copy Protection A developer bragged about building 'fun' DRM for an NSFW ASMR platform. What followed was a three-round patch war that serves as a masterclass in why client-side JavaScript protections are a complete ...

This is a pretty fascinating breakdown of why you can't do DRM in JavaScript.

the-ranty-dev.vercel.app/javascript-d...

Sorry, looks like my computer is deciding to be a butt and is having frame drop issues again. Will have to stream another day!

Twitch Twitch is the world

Time to dive back into Silent Hill and find out what this cult is all about! Live now at twitch.tv/hi_pat_trick/

If you haven't go read the story Manna by Marhsall Brain:

marshallbrain.com/manna

States control voting, not the president. This is nuts.

I’m currently in my first read through of it. With a library copy. 😅

Google with AI buttons

Google without AI buttons

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

A modal configuration window reading: "Block AI enhancements? You won't see new or current AI enhancements in Firefox, or pop-ups about them. Afterwards, you can unblock anything you want to keep using. What will be blocked: * Translations * Image alt text in Firefox PDF viewer * Tab group suggestions * Key points in link previews * Chatbot providers in sidebar Blocking also affects extensions that use AI provided by Firefox. Learn more" With a "Cancel" and "Block" button in the footer.

Of course, you try to turn on the feature, and you get this wonderfully scary pop-up asking you to confirm:

Firefox

Well look at that. They added explicit AI feature blocking.

www.firefox.com/en-US/firefo...

Spending the morning wading into esoteric configuration with Apache2 and Shibboleth, and finally working out the solution after digging through documentation with my supervisor.

It works, it's weird, and in the end learned something new!