#badideas — Public Fediverse posts
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Looking to #commission some #humanMade art for a bad idea of mine, looking for a logo similar to the svg at the top left of https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-public-expenditure-infrastructure-public-service-reform-and-digitalisation/?referer=https://per.gov.ie/ for https://github.com/ie-gov-mirror which is a total side project
This'll be a similar project to https://github.com/uk-gov-mirror
This is the first time I'm commissioning some digital art so please be clear about expectations/compensation expectations
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Looking to #commission some #humanMade art for a bad idea of mine, looking for a logo similar to the svg at the top left of https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-public-expenditure-infrastructure-public-service-reform-and-digitalisation/?referer=https://per.gov.ie/ for https://github.com/ie-gov-mirror which is a total side project
This'll be a similar project to https://github.com/uk-gov-mirror
This is the first time I'm commissioning some digital art so please be clear about expectations/compensation expectations
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Looking to #commission some #humanMade art for a bad idea of mine, looking for a logo similar to the svg at the top left of https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-public-expenditure-infrastructure-public-service-reform-and-digitalisation/?referer=https://per.gov.ie/ for https://github.com/ie-gov-mirror which is a total side project
This'll be a similar project to https://github.com/uk-gov-mirror
This is the first time I'm commissioning some digital art so please be clear about expectations/compensation expectations
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Looking to #commission some #humanMade art for a bad idea of mine, looking for a logo similar to the svg at the top left of https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-public-expenditure-infrastructure-public-service-reform-and-digitalisation/?referer=https://per.gov.ie/ for https://github.com/ie-gov-mirror which is a total side project
This'll be a similar project to https://github.com/uk-gov-mirror
This is the first time I'm commissioning some digital art so please be clear about expectations/compensation expectations
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Sure what the hell, the oceans are already boiling… #BadIdeas
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Sure what the hell, the oceans are already boiling… #BadIdeas
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Sure what the hell, the oceans are already boiling… #BadIdeas
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Sure what the hell, the oceans are already boiling… #BadIdeas
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So Claude apparently creates a “secret” URL for the conversations people have with it.
URLs can be indexed if they can be reached. So users’ private conversations with Claude, predictably, started showing up in Google search results.
“But but but we had a robots.txt file!” says Anthropic, unironically.
https://www.wired.com/story/private-claude-chats-exposed-in-google-and-bing-search-results/
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So Claude apparently creates a “secret” URL for the conversations people have with it.
URLs can be indexed if they can be reached. So users’ private conversations with Claude, predictably, started showing up in Google search results.
“But but but we had a robots.txt file!” says Anthropic, unironically.
https://www.wired.com/story/private-claude-chats-exposed-in-google-and-bing-search-results/
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So Claude apparently creates a “secret” URL for the conversations people have with it.
URLs can be indexed if they can be reached. So users’ private conversations with Claude, predictably, started showing up in Google search results.
“But but but we had a robots.txt file!” says Anthropic, unironically.
https://www.wired.com/story/private-claude-chats-exposed-in-google-and-bing-search-results/
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So Claude apparently creates a “secret” URL for the conversations people have with it.
URLs can be indexed if they can be reached. So users’ private conversations with Claude, predictably, started showing up in Google search results.
“But but but we had a robots.txt file!” says Anthropic, unironically.
https://www.wired.com/story/private-claude-chats-exposed-in-google-and-bing-search-results/
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So Claude apparently creates a “secret” URL for the conversations people have with it.
URLs can be indexed if they can be reached. So users’ private conversations with Claude, predictably, started showing up in Google search results.
“But but but we had a robots.txt file!” says Anthropic, unironically.
https://www.wired.com/story/private-claude-chats-exposed-in-google-and-bing-search-results/
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A #SpaceMirror Will Test Turning Night Into Day. What To Know About the Controversial Project
by Jeffrey Kluger, Jul 14, 2026
Excerpt: "The company envisions multiple uses for sun-reflecting satellites: assisting search and rescue operations, allowing construction projects to operate around the clock, charging solar power stations, increasing crop yield. But critics cite all manner of risks. Human and animal #CircadianRhythms could be badly affected if the sun—or a simulacrum of it—never sets. The practice of changing the clocks by a mere hour twice a year is already known to mess with human sleep-wake cycles, after all. Plants could bloom when they shouldn’t and die before their time. Orbital mirrors flashing and winking back to Earth could distract airline pilots. Finally, #LightPollution is already interfering with astronomical observations—a problem made even worse by satellite constellations like #SpaceX’s 10,000-strong #Starlink fleet. #ReflectOrbital’s 50,000 birds would dwarf even that."
Read more:
https://time.com/article/2026/07/14/reflect-orbital-space-mirror-what-to-know/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/P4uaz#NightSkies #ElonSucks
#SpacePollution #SunReflectingSatellites #BadIdeas #SpaceTechBros #SendTechBrosToMars #FCCFail #BrendanCarr #WTF -
A #SpaceMirror Will Test Turning Night Into Day. What To Know About the Controversial Project
by Jeffrey Kluger, Jul 14, 2026
Excerpt: "The company envisions multiple uses for sun-reflecting satellites: assisting search and rescue operations, allowing construction projects to operate around the clock, charging solar power stations, increasing crop yield. But critics cite all manner of risks. Human and animal #CircadianRhythms could be badly affected if the sun—or a simulacrum of it—never sets. The practice of changing the clocks by a mere hour twice a year is already known to mess with human sleep-wake cycles, after all. Plants could bloom when they shouldn’t and die before their time. Orbital mirrors flashing and winking back to Earth could distract airline pilots. Finally, #LightPollution is already interfering with astronomical observations—a problem made even worse by satellite constellations like #SpaceX’s 10,000-strong #Starlink fleet. #ReflectOrbital’s 50,000 birds would dwarf even that."
Read more:
https://time.com/article/2026/07/14/reflect-orbital-space-mirror-what-to-know/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/P4uaz#NightSkies #ElonSucks
#SpacePollution #SunReflectingSatellites #BadIdeas #SpaceTechBros #SendTechBrosToMars #FCCFail #BrendanCarr #WTF -
A #SpaceMirror Will Test Turning Night Into Day. What To Know About the Controversial Project
by Jeffrey Kluger, Jul 14, 2026
Excerpt: "The company envisions multiple uses for sun-reflecting satellites: assisting search and rescue operations, allowing construction projects to operate around the clock, charging solar power stations, increasing crop yield. But critics cite all manner of risks. Human and animal #CircadianRhythms could be badly affected if the sun—or a simulacrum of it—never sets. The practice of changing the clocks by a mere hour twice a year is already known to mess with human sleep-wake cycles, after all. Plants could bloom when they shouldn’t and die before their time. Orbital mirrors flashing and winking back to Earth could distract airline pilots. Finally, #LightPollution is already interfering with astronomical observations—a problem made even worse by satellite constellations like #SpaceX’s 10,000-strong #Starlink fleet. #ReflectOrbital’s 50,000 birds would dwarf even that."
Read more:
https://time.com/article/2026/07/14/reflect-orbital-space-mirror-what-to-know/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/P4uaz#NightSkies #ElonSucks
#SpacePollution #SunReflectingSatellites #BadIdeas #SpaceTechBros #SendTechBrosToMars #FCCFail #BrendanCarr #WTF -
A #SpaceMirror Will Test Turning Night Into Day. What To Know About the Controversial Project
by Jeffrey Kluger, Jul 14, 2026
Excerpt: "The company envisions multiple uses for sun-reflecting satellites: assisting search and rescue operations, allowing construction projects to operate around the clock, charging solar power stations, increasing crop yield. But critics cite all manner of risks. Human and animal #CircadianRhythms could be badly affected if the sun—or a simulacrum of it—never sets. The practice of changing the clocks by a mere hour twice a year is already known to mess with human sleep-wake cycles, after all. Plants could bloom when they shouldn’t and die before their time. Orbital mirrors flashing and winking back to Earth could distract airline pilots. Finally, #LightPollution is already interfering with astronomical observations—a problem made even worse by satellite constellations like #SpaceX’s 10,000-strong #Starlink fleet. #ReflectOrbital’s 50,000 birds would dwarf even that."
Read more:
https://time.com/article/2026/07/14/reflect-orbital-space-mirror-what-to-know/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/P4uaz#NightSkies #ElonSucks
#SpacePollution #SunReflectingSatellites #BadIdeas #SpaceTechBros #SendTechBrosToMars #FCCFail #BrendanCarr #WTF -
A #SpaceMirror Will Test Turning Night Into Day. What To Know About the Controversial Project
by Jeffrey Kluger, Jul 14, 2026
Excerpt: "The company envisions multiple uses for sun-reflecting satellites: assisting search and rescue operations, allowing construction projects to operate around the clock, charging solar power stations, increasing crop yield. But critics cite all manner of risks. Human and animal #CircadianRhythms could be badly affected if the sun—or a simulacrum of it—never sets. The practice of changing the clocks by a mere hour twice a year is already known to mess with human sleep-wake cycles, after all. Plants could bloom when they shouldn’t and die before their time. Orbital mirrors flashing and winking back to Earth could distract airline pilots. Finally, #LightPollution is already interfering with astronomical observations—a problem made even worse by satellite constellations like #SpaceX’s 10,000-strong #Starlink fleet. #ReflectOrbital’s 50,000 birds would dwarf even that."
Read more:
https://time.com/article/2026/07/14/reflect-orbital-space-mirror-what-to-know/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/P4uaz#NightSkies #ElonSucks
#SpacePollution #SunReflectingSatellites #BadIdeas #SpaceTechBros #SendTechBrosToMars #FCCFail #BrendanCarr #WTF -
Variety: Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash. “Meta said on Friday it would discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts following days of criticism over the feature’s opt-out policy, including by talent agencies.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/variety-meta-suspends-ai-image-feature-after-days-of-backlash/ -
Variety: Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash. “Meta said on Friday it would discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts following days of criticism over the feature’s opt-out policy, including by talent agencies.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/variety-meta-suspends-ai-image-feature-after-days-of-backlash/ -
Variety: Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash. “Meta said on Friday it would discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts following days of criticism over the feature’s opt-out policy, including by talent agencies.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/variety-meta-suspends-ai-image-feature-after-days-of-backlash/ -
Variety: Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash. “Meta said on Friday it would discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts following days of criticism over the feature’s opt-out policy, including by talent agencies.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/variety-meta-suspends-ai-image-feature-after-days-of-backlash/ -
Variety: Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash. “Meta said on Friday it would discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts following days of criticism over the feature’s opt-out policy, including by talent agencies.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/variety-meta-suspends-ai-image-feature-after-days-of-backlash/ -
One thing to remember, as well as how this can go wrong, is that they're already talking about "AEO" (Search Engine Optimisation for GenAI) and how they could start selling influence over the content that LLMs generate.
Adverts might affect what a human buys. But these chatbots will literally be purchasable by the highest bidder to push their product, whether it's the best option for you or not!
https://apnews.com/article/visa-chatgpt-openai-shopping-mastercard-d769dec86344cb4977c98789e8ec492f
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One thing to remember, as well as how this can go wrong, is that they're already talking about "AEO" (Search Engine Optimisation for GenAI) and how they could start selling influence over the content that LLMs generate.
Adverts might affect what a human buys. But these chatbots will literally be purchasable by the highest bidder to push their product, whether it's the best option for you or not!
https://apnews.com/article/visa-chatgpt-openai-shopping-mastercard-d769dec86344cb4977c98789e8ec492f
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One thing to remember, as well as how this can go wrong, is that they're already talking about "AEO" (Search Engine Optimisation for GenAI) and how they could start selling influence over the content that LLMs generate.
Adverts might affect what a human buys. But these chatbots will literally be purchasable by the highest bidder to push their product, whether it's the best option for you or not!
https://apnews.com/article/visa-chatgpt-openai-shopping-mastercard-d769dec86344cb4977c98789e8ec492f
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One thing to remember, as well as how this can go wrong, is that they're already talking about "AEO" (Search Engine Optimisation for GenAI) and how they could start selling influence over the content that LLMs generate.
Adverts might affect what a human buys. But these chatbots will literally be purchasable by the highest bidder to push their product, whether it's the best option for you or not!
https://apnews.com/article/visa-chatgpt-openai-shopping-mastercard-d769dec86344cb4977c98789e8ec492f
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One thing to remember, as well as how this can go wrong, is that they're already talking about "AEO" (Search Engine Optimisation for GenAI) and how they could start selling influence over the content that LLMs generate.
Adverts might affect what a human buys. But these chatbots will literally be purchasable by the highest bidder to push their product, whether it's the best option for you or not!
https://apnews.com/article/visa-chatgpt-openai-shopping-mastercard-d769dec86344cb4977c98789e8ec492f
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“hashtag, you hag!” “hashtag, don’t make me nag!” “hashtag your post, we like you the most!” #badideas
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Atlantic Writer’s Son Offers Bold Advice To Democrats: Pretend To Be A Sports Moron
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Atlantic Writer’s Son Offers Bold Advice To Democrats: Pretend To Be A Sports Moron
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Atlantic Writer’s Son Offers Bold Advice To Democrats: Pretend To Be A Sports Moron
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Atlantic Writer’s Son Offers Bold Advice To Democrats: Pretend To Be A Sports Moron
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Atlantic Writer’s Son Offers Bold Advice To Democrats: Pretend To Be A Sports Moron
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Satellite would reflect sunlight to Earth. It is able to light up a 3 mile area at night.
No. No. No!
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/hawthorne-space-tech-company-mirrors-space-sunlight-earth/
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TechCrunch: Google Search as you know it is over. “Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times. Google is also introducing tools that can dispatch ‘information agents’ to gather information on a user’s behalf, along with tools that let users build personalized mini apps tailored to their needs.” Even if Google’s […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/20/techcrunch-google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ -
TechCrunch: Google Search as you know it is over. “Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times. Google is also introducing tools that can dispatch ‘information agents’ to gather information on a user’s behalf, along with tools that let users build personalized mini apps tailored to their needs.” Even if Google’s […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/20/techcrunch-google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ -
TechCrunch: Google Search as you know it is over. “Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times. Google is also introducing tools that can dispatch ‘information agents’ to gather information on a user’s behalf, along with tools that let users build personalized mini apps tailored to their needs.” Even if Google’s […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/20/techcrunch-google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ -
TechCrunch: Google Search as you know it is over. “Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times. Google is also introducing tools that can dispatch ‘information agents’ to gather information on a user’s behalf, along with tools that let users build personalized mini apps tailored to their needs.” Even if Google’s […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/20/techcrunch-google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ -
TechCrunch: Google Search as you know it is over. “Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times. Google is also introducing tools that can dispatch ‘information agents’ to gather information on a user’s behalf, along with tools that let users build personalized mini apps tailored to their needs.” Even if Google’s […]
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Uhh... yeah, no, let's not burn the formaldehyde and plastic, folks. #badideas
