2026-10-26T14:52:01Z https://nostr.now Eric Carroll https://nostr.now/npub1j6r6ufsuhdsxh0tly5ezujg2ulc6u3qcty3q2mup6tty8fghetdqq56qen https://m.f-h.co/cosocial-ca/accounts/avatars/110/164/713/126/986/113/original/da8d43f529183a11.png https://m.f-h.co/cosocial-ca/accounts/avatars/110/164/713/126/986/113/original/da8d43f529183a11.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf9uef0lnzg3yqm0eph77tz3uefqr45s0g90lygzfnft66myr7ydqzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5an28fd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthmnt2rfn9utk3va7l8kemvfmkvtgz5kkwrv2rrzmhxq5j4tjkcsz5rf6v'>nevent1q…rf6v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Next poll. Is a star an acknowledgement? 2026-10-28T21:48:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstxp6v96h86tqsegx2gmmsf3ug3vfajzh75j5dj7cfhs3en5q96pszyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d56vsxk5 This is *exactly* what I suspected was going on.<br/><br/>The tell was the high GDP equipment capex but low physical datacentre &amp; electrical capex build spends. <br/><br/>Data centres take time to ramp up. <br/>Electricity takes even longer.<br/>You can&#39;t wish or &#34;disrupt&#34; this away.<br/><br/>&#34;Dark GPUs&#34; at Amazon show the limits of the AI buildout: chips are easy to buy, power is not<br/><br/><a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/114315-dark-gpus-amazon-show-limits-ai-buildout-chips.html">https://www.techspot.com/news/114315-dark-gpus-amazon-show-limits-ai-buildout-chips.html</a><br/><br/>&gt; AWS is reportedly buying billions in Nvidia GB300 racks every month and storing them in warehouses<br/> <img src="https://m.f-h.co/cosocial-ca/media_attachments/files/117/507/467/060/096/242/original/c0bce853e8304913.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-26T13:34:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswrynp6ejdfm4x8hgql82txqea42uj4ytrtru4q05f506z5lazgzgzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5pmkp8r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvy82kxet6gd236c3krmx54qdk9p9j34cmfchz27k3aegwht3cvhs0mgsms'>nevent1q…gsms</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I will post my test drive results shortly and ongoing experience as it evolves. <br/><br/>The MB salesperson is trying to convince me on the soon to come AMG CLA EV @ 650 hp. 😲 2026-10-24T15:37:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0kszjw93ewe0qv8jt83v7f877yejewvqr6urc7890djwz9jgspzszyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5r4us9a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz4s4ftwss3gdvvr8h6runez6vrekmj5chzjlghqz6np4euxf6egc5gn4yz'>nevent1q…n4yz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks! <br/><br/>Got one more BEV coming.<br/><br/>By March we will be a Zero Gasoline household.<br/><br/>I figure solar + BEV conversion is one of the most impactful things I can personally do. 2026-10-24T15:35:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqyhucn7l05u6qevsv999yqhta6r502ef9ca4fwuh4mfuknnqmuaqzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d53dtn9f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf4emc8eu0r3agrg6l7av3fp38tymxk0dz48u898gytcz2cvxzj6cya4uz8'>nevent1q…4uz8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I looked hard at IONIQ 6, but the ICCU failure rate caused me great pause.<br/><br/>EV 4 was good but not sporty enough.<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t like the CLA 250 EV.<br/><br/>I gave up on the EVAP rebate as a result.<br/><br/>The CLA 350 EV was better. <br/><br/>However, the Polestar 2 was *awesome* and with current CDN pricing, almost affordable. <br/><br/>I made a decision... YOLO.<br/><br/><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@EricCarroll/117493254321113137">https://cosocial.ca/@EricCarroll/117493254321113137</a> 2026-10-24T02:24:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsym73kv8kuq353dnygkx7ae5a5mwv5fst8fz89stlrta4ereglwpqzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5z8w9dq Just bought a #Polestar #polestar2 as the next stage in my #electrification journey<br/><br/>Free “gas“, 81 kWh #battery, ~596 km range, 680 Nm of torque, 350 kW of power &amp; 0-100km of 4.2 sec. All provided by my #solarbattery<br/><br/>Hoo-rah<br/><br/>I have wanted to buy an #EV ever since I was sent to Research in Motion on a consulting engagement &amp; saw the row of Roadsters &amp; chargers at the front of the office. I knew right then #BEV were the way of the future<br/><br/>Took me a while to get there<br/><br/>One more car to convert... 2026-10-24T01:19:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2kzzxnhpcd570688yvxvfuuj2q76s84z9edjd2tttmzaeyrdvpngzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5s368a6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs85pna9u7kje4s79eyv6kl6x9jq97ny6ukq452j6mwx3rd0hhrltspu06em'>nevent1q…06em</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just sent my tape drives to recycling 2 years ago because storage was so cheap. 🤦‍♂️ 2026-10-21T03:33:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszr2tnmtv6vkwjxdl3am5ztmzda9tw0mpdjmg8s4kjp4n083ua8mszyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d57k2ytv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyh03fwtmukcvgnwy62fjzfd50j95hta6l66me8vg8uhslulduzxq2lmu3s'>nevent1q…mu3s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Issue: Reliability <br/><br/>10 years with zero major manufacturing defects spoiled me. ICE tech is at keast mostly reliable depending on manufacturer. <br/><br/>Can I get same again? <br/><br/>What are the big new product introduction risks for BEVs?<br/><br/>Any reliability track record?<br/><br/>Hmm.<br/><br/>Issue: HVAC <br/><br/>Has to have a heat pump. Nice to have it process battery heat for efficiency. <br/><br/>I despise resistive heating especially in cars. Makes me nauseous. Hard to avoid until now. Also terrible for efficiency in 🇨🇦 winter. 2026-10-19T02:05:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq4m2a6m7emv4480ucmuqjph65pzk2gnycych0hjkkpwwa8llsnmgzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5ggzwqd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszr2tnmtv6vkwjxdl3am5ztmzda9tw0mpdjmg8s4kjp4n083ua8ms72x2t9'>nevent1q…x2t9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Budget <br/><br/>Hard one. <br/><br/>I looked first under C$50k to qualify for federal $5k CY26 rebate, including trade in, assuming a willing dealer.<br/><br/>BEV. Anything qualify?<br/><br/>Yes.<br/><br/>- Ford Mach-E<br/>- MB CLA 250+<br/>- Kia EV4<br/>- Suburu Uncharted<br/>- chevy bolt<br/>- volvo ex30 rwd<br/>- kia niro <br/>- kia kona<br/>- nissan leaf MY27 <br/><br/>Hmm.<br/><br/>Maybe I can&#39;t get sporty, fun to drive non SUV in 50k rebate range?!?<br/><br/>Lets add IONIQ 6, Polestar 2, MB CLA 350.<br/><br/>Lets look at used...<br/><br/>Lets look at Chinese coming to Canada... 2026-10-19T02:05:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyh03fwtmukcvgnwy62fjzfd50j95hta6l66me8vg8uhslulduzxqzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d56s3jhk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy5as86087kemh8chpcyrvjdanvl4fq4jqkzeg3h0jjaj5ufn9ujs627qlq'>nevent1q…7qlq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Issue: Accessibility <br/><br/>Low to the ground sports car is no longer viable for me. <br/><br/>BMW i4 was on the maybe unaffordium short list, but sadly too low.<br/><br/>Also suffers from a very busy distracting console (but lots of buttons), and the latest car industry plague: feature subscriptions (aka auto paywalls). <br/><br/>Drives like a BMW, very highly rated.<br/> <br/>Seems like I need a sedan. 2026-10-19T01:42:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxa3du4nt3crgu5zcdy7phlt9rhjc4d4jmcn8chwtk7vwlspyf6xqzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5ks9set In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wmg42skurz3az29dexd6k5lr5e9yela843qe6740y6p9hxjqkls6rf4ww'>nevent1q…f4ww</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Issue: Physical<br/><br/>North American cars became biiiig &amp; a SUV monoculture, in the last decade.😠<br/><br/>Anyone who has had the sun blotted out by a F-350 while trying to make a turn knows how big.<br/><br/>I have to accomodate my garage dimensions. <br/><br/>~4900 mm max length, 2300 max width. Less is better.<br/><br/>FRS is 4234 mm length, 1775 width. 2026-10-18T23:18:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy5as86087kemh8chpcyrvjdanvl4fq4jqkzeg3h0jjaj5ufn9ujszyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d50mjhll In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszptzsfhvqe07yzgshj3kjdreahyxdtaggka5ttxh9wzhzavrs76st9ndmc'>nevent1q…ndmc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Issue: Battery Tech <br/><br/>I wanted LFP battery chemistry for the safety. <br/><br/>If you can get it here, its in the smallest, lowest range BEVs on the market.<br/><br/>Everything else is NMC. Safer than gasoline, but not as safe as LFP (eg ID.4, Tesla, etc).<br/><br/>Hmm. High capacity LFP like market leading BYD? <br/><br/>(you know the refrain) Not available in North America!<br/><br/>(at least not quite yet until BYD gets selling in Canada). 2026-10-18T23:18:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszptzsfhvqe07yzgshj3kjdreahyxdtaggka5ttxh9wzhzavrs76szyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5vy7dmc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxa3du4nt3crgu5zcdy7phlt9rhjc4d4jmcn8chwtk7vwlspyf6xqger83k'>nevent1q…r83k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Issue: Range <br/><br/>Battery tech is in a massive technology revolution. It&#39;s come a long way since the Roadster! I could do a whole thread on that... <br/><br/>My FRS gets ~420 km per tank.<br/><br/>On current prices, thats a $100 tank. 🤕<br/><br/>I guesstimate is BEV is ~$10 a tank equivalent. Solar makes it even cheaper.🎁<br/><br/>The F-150 club must be losing its mind.<br/><br/>Downtown Toronto is 170 km. <br/><br/>Cottage country is ~470 km. There are fast chargers on the path.✅<br/><br/>500 km range would be a sweet spot, fast charging supports less! 2026-10-18T23:18:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9wmg42skurz3az29dexd6k5lr5e9yela843qe6740y6p9hxjqklszyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5j7dxvj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfq4z4myjs8wekudw7xfnzme35efz5njgn6cewxnqrwneua0f5ypqp32jt5'>nevent1q…2jt5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Issue: Power Train<br/><br/>Why not mild hybrid or hybrid or PHEV? <br/><br/>Because its two worlds fused together in a parallel, complex &amp; maximally nonoptimal architecture.<br/><br/>Literally the worst of both worlds. <br/><br/>I might have considered a Range Extender - a serial architecture with a gas generator charging the battery &amp; pure BEV traction system.<br/><br/>But (sing along with me) mostly not available in North America.<br/><br/> I want a pure BEV. <br/><br/>(Not discounting the harm reduction benefit of Hybrid/PHEV.) 2026-10-18T23:18:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfq4z4myjs8wekudw7xfnzme35efz5njgn6cewxnqrwneua0f5ypqzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5yl7dt6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2mwkr9jjjpq7tr3w3geul57rcg69xru4y3kzdrjl5ypc9a9uv5zsyqvmvg'>nevent1q…vmvg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My dream car would be a Porsche BEV. 2 or 3 door, fastback, coupe, lift back, etc. Fast, sporty, handles well, engaging to drive.<br/><br/>Next lifetime maybe. I am unable to justify that kind of spend on a second car.<br/><br/>What I won&#39;t buy is a SUV.🤢<br/><br/>Let&#39;s go look, how hard can it be? <br/><br/>Lol it&#39;s complicated. <br/><br/>Tl;dr it doesn&#39;t exist in North America right now sub 100K and certainly nowhere near GR86/BRZ current price of C$36k.<br/><br/>Europe, China, yes-ish.<br/><br/>Here? <br/><br/>Gas SUV for you! 2026-10-18T18:11:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsww5gd3ydupgz8xm4lrycn7ve6wqm6l323x2az2tw0pkp24l049rszyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5upyxye In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqhmt0pddsq0dud4h0qgh5vdfmjwnugg9nz3sxp2y7pa9pl67q8lskklrqx'>nevent1q…lrqx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>BEV RFP #2: Me. Complicated.<br/><br/>Last two cars were Acura RSX &amp; 2017 Scion FRS, aka Toyota 86. <br/><br/>The FRS is the best, most fun, most reliable car I have ever owned.<br/><br/>No issues, I mean zero. <br/><br/>Good performance. Insanely fun to drive. A sports car for the value shopper. <br/><br/>10/10 would buy again.<br/><br/>Due to changing life circumstances my FRS has only 48k km. Some rear fender paint work needed. Otherwise, cherry. Oil change 2x/yr. <br/><br/>I have driven manual all my life. I will miss my FRS &amp; manual drive. 2026-10-18T17:53:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2mwkr9jjjpq7tr3w3geul57rcg69xru4y3kzdrjl5ypc9a9uv5zszyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5z34hj8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsww5gd3ydupgz8xm4lrycn7ve6wqm6l323x2az2tw0pkp24l049rsrxc9p9'>nevent1q…c9p9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>👍/👎?<br/><br/>Console could barely handle a bluetooth voice call. Laughably slow. Dated tech even then. Toyota was slow to adopt infotainment.<br/><br/>Sound ok, not great. When 50% of your driving control loop is auditory, I only used it on long commutes<br/><br/>Limited safety tech.😱<br/><br/>0-60 @ 6.8s is fun, but not Porsche fast.<br/><br/>Loud interior &amp; not particularly comfortable for long trips.<br/><br/>Strong road connection. High driving engagement. 💓<br/><br/>Biggest issue is getting in &amp; out. Very low to the ground. I&#39;m not 30 anymore. 2026-10-18T17:53:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2mcs5jkmgkupljjdw6dxyh2vuqu0gzsumd2agwmejlfkp4lq69fczyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d59f597p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx65t9uzrzp6nv3ph3k7433np6r5jgvflngs4tusm4j70wmqlc5fg2z503p'>nevent1q…503p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A long time ago, in a lifetime that now seems far far away... <br/><br/>I went to RIM on a consulting gig and saw the line of Roadsters parked out front with their chargers. <br/><br/>I was enthralled with a real electric car. I knew *this* was the technology of the future. <br/><br/>I had to learn all about it. I knew it would benefit the world. <br/><br/>I wanted a Tesla very very much in my lifetime. <br/><br/>I was right, but it look a lot longer than I thought.<br/><br/>I learned alot along the way. <br/><br/>Now I won&#39;t be buying a Tesla. 2026-10-18T17:53:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgsgtw8qxjmycrsns69wffzehnnqw0n4a6n8u2snfhp4u4f4ts3mszyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5k0r8la In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2mcs5jkmgkupljjdw6dxyh2vuqu0gzsumd2agwmejlfkp4lq69fc8jp9wl'>nevent1q…p9wl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>BEV RFP #1: Wife Requirements: Easy. <br/><br/>A comfortable SUV, like 90% of other North Americans.<br/><br/>She drove a Ford Explorer (aka Ford Exploder), MB ML500, B200, B250, all high km use.<br/><br/>We moved from ML to B Series because it fit our downtown car port &amp; had good enough capacity. The ML was a costly maintenance horrorshow. B series was a perfect downtown car, excellent reliability.<br/><br/>She loved it. <br/><br/>Living in the Land of F150s we need a capacity upgrade. <br/><br/>Thus, GLC 400 EV is scheduled for test drive. 2026-10-18T17:53:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx65t9uzrzp6nv3ph3k7433np6r5jgvflngs4tusm4j70wmqlc5fgzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d528g4ep My #BEV selection journey is now into its last week or so. Test drives have commenced. <br/><br/>This will be My First BEV. (Actually 2, we are going All In).<br/><br/>For Downtown City Boy a BEV was desired, but challenging. I never had the time to take it on.<br/><br/>But Country Boy completed his Solar Battery project, and now has a &#34;free&#34; electron pump installed. Of course, the EVSE was next. Done!<br/><br/>Next Up: Just Add BEVs.<br/><br/>How hard could it be, right? Right?!?<br/><br/>Lol. <br/><br/>Thus, a 🧵<br/> <img src="https://m.f-h.co/cosocial-ca/media_attachments/files/117/463/188/437/897/932/original/41191fbf3743c515.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://m.f-h.co/cosocial-ca/media_attachments/files/117/463/188/821/748/783/original/d7321c946574c183.jpg"> <br/> 2026-10-18T17:53:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqhmt0pddsq0dud4h0qgh5vdfmjwnugg9nz3sxp2y7pa9pl67q8lszyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5z4c057 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgsgtw8qxjmycrsns69wffzehnnqw0n4a6n8u2snfhp4u4f4ts3ms4xhzty'>nevent1q…hzty</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>MB, a pretty staid brand, is infected by the glass cockpit, cell phone on a skateboard craze currently fashionable in car design, presumably because it returns a few bucks back to the profit line in a tight margin business. <br/><br/>While I am as techy as you can get, she is, um, ... not. <br/><br/>MB could lose this sale by being too tech forward or GenAI infected, too uncar-like, too hard to operate.<br/><br/>The MY27 GLC EV is about 2.2x the cost of the ~10 year old, 150k km B250.<br/><br/>Gulp 😥<br/><br/>Test drive Monday. 2026-10-18T17:53:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszmczjhyepjy5sc7ccr5y9tvpjalrgx723l0d2r0kak5kqlkqdpvgzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5wlcanr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyt4ktfdpurgcgxssr3ducxaz3asymnxcfca7g5d76dzky6rj7h7qk62yap'>nevent1q…2yap</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you for your service. 2026-10-14T01:16:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs88cp77280fawmwjefy3k027ey7kxr405jcw8up7djsrzfrfgphfgzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5ns42fk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswlf8wn8kpshkw4nl5etgaa03wg2t2g6a5gwv33z024zdfycm3lsg5nx242'>nevent1q…x242</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; it’s a crushing criticism of my profession that it so rarely does. <br/><br/>So say we all. 2026-10-09T00:55:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx5efzzkxe0djh0sev9kksjtlev7fpsdmmatxkc740m797uu23zsqzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5f0gtga This article&#39;s behavioural science approach reinforces <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> &#34;reverse centaur&#34; argument, &amp; is similarly mind blowing<br/><br/>&gt; Multiple studies show that offloading a skill to AI results in losing that skill remarkably quickly. ... The two skills most at risk? “Judgment and decision-making” and “problem understanding and framing.” ... people’s confidence in what they shared when using AI rose from 30% to 76%... When using AI, being actually correct dropped from 27% to 9%<br/><br/><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91606446/ai-is-fast-food-for-the-brain">https://www.fastcompany.com/91606446/ai-is-fast-food-for-the-brain</a> 2026-09-20T22:05:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgxu2gf4htsyw3uc9qn5qm3vaw5g3dsfrck5d9q52l3djjva5cz2szyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5k3tcmh Most of the #news accounts I followed in the Great Twitter Exodus have gone inactive. #fediverse 2026-05-28T13:49:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspm6l9qvrppe6rjr0vn9xmkjwv6ssdu5x9s05w570tqxlczx3wssqzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5p79u4r Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y</a><br/><br/>&gt; Within weeks of her uploading information about the condition, attributed to a fictional author, major artificial-intelligence systems began repeating the invented condition as if it were real. ... Even more troublingly, the fake papers were then cited in peer-reviewed literature. .. this suggests that some researchers are relying on AI-generated references without reading the underlying papers. 2026-04-13T11:57:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswv7d3j4uczt9hqtr5alp2hjlkel5ygecwfr9cg0ypvkeekltr89gzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d505dcmt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgcxshenkxkz3h9dp34a0g25a5ql9pjsu3nmyhvt5ahjnd4yfa74gh50gc7'>nevent1q…0gc7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We have so many goldfinches this winter we have put up two finch feeder tubes. Easily over 30, maybe 40. Hard to count them because the flit around so quickly. 2026-02-19T16:42:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2nrvjgny6m874q3exvxwtdsthte54ltcv85wjzq4hzfytv99c6hszyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d540kmp4 ~150,000 email messages deleted off Google. <br/><br/>Google Workspace closed. <br/><br/>GMail personal account forwarded.<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://media.cosocial.ca/media_attachments/files/115/612/303/025/864/354/original/bea2d1675540bbc8.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-11-25T20:49:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ys87vccxun925f5mewes0mn42lj5v8dy38ek9sza92u29dyu0qczyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5hpw793 Ok. That&#39;s it. I&#39;m done.<br/><br/>Google negative optioning my data for AI training *and locking GMail features that have worked since I signed on behind the genAI feature switch* is the *very* last straw. <br/><br/>Google has been the cloud provider I most admired. GCP has been my go-to service professionally. But that&#39;s over.<br/><br/>Google, I&#39;m out.<br/><br/>My personal &amp; paid workspace account, as small as they are, are in motion right now. 2025-11-21T22:08:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd0j4qa4vqraux5t25henpksh02ntdqxjxv867qfx9zrvcnpnwwcszyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5qf2d9x ”... if you do something dangerous and terrible long enough, eventually it becomes normal&#34; <br/><br/>- The Bezzle by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Excellent book, highly recommended. <br/><br/>#RiskManagement 2024-10-26T17:16:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstzfd8k6ca5agpuydzedm5ym00ce73p0w8nargkjjze4nfcq4xcdgzyztg0t3xrjakq6aa0ujnytjfptnlrtjyrpvjypt0s8fdvsa9zl9d5faltfu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ha6t32dmx2vymmd4e5rrhkuzrmrg26sfp6q9exysqk32hs33qvcc562su'>nevent1q…62su</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I really hate Rails. 2024-10-16T02:04:48Z