Scripting News: Monday, March 31, 2025

Monday, March 31, 2025
I changed the domain for Radio Free America and the Bluesky channel. It's not a Canadian site. Maybe at some time we can have a version of the news flow from Canada. We may need it! #
Bluesky is today brimming with irreverance. #
When Apple bought NeXT, it wasn't long before we understood that it was the other way around. #
Great artists, before they die, should share their secrets, so the next generation can be even greater.#
There's now a home page for Radio Free America. Once we have more feeds, the home page will be a timeline of news that can be acessed outside of Bluesky. Please subscribe now, and help spread the word. Via the dynamic OPML file that's publicly available there can be many such pages on the open web. #
More ChatGPT fun#
Yesterday I uploaded an image of a pizza pie, in a New York pizzeria, with a couple dressed in evening clothes with a NYC cop and off-duty sanitation worker lurking in the background. #
Paolo Valdemarin writes from London, "Have you tried adding more images to a prompt? From my experiments it can easily keep 'in mind' five different images and mix them. You can get a bunch of people sitting in the same room, with a very detailed version of the room." He sent two examples which are somewhat embarrassing, but you'll probably enjoy them. :-)#
First, he uploaded my profile picture from Facebook. And asked ChatGPT to add me to the picture and then to "sit him next to the couple, with both of them kissing him on the cheek, and as you can see ChatGPT complied!#
Facebook profile picture.#
Original pizzeria.#
Dave inserted.#
Awwww.#

Linkblog items for the day.

Trump officials to review $9bn in Harvard funds over antisemitism claims. theguardian.com
Bird flu could be on the cusp of transmitting between humans − but there are ways to slow down viral evolution. theconversation.com
Software is a mathematical science, so if I write a piece that says what a company is telling you about their technology is not true, I'm not saying it because of a conflict, or because I don't like them, I say it because it's true. scripting.com
Trump Administration Will Review Billions in Funding for Harvard. nytimes.com
OpenAI just raised another $40 billion funding round. theverge.com
I agree with DHH. As a user who is in awe of the power of ChatGPT et al, I agree, and add "Only steal from the best." Great artists must decide which art to be inspired by. And great artists before they die, should share all their secrets, so the next generation can be even greater. hey.com
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado. arstechnica.com
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