I'm still trying to figure out what to use it for other than news aggregation...

I understand it's the quickest way to expose all your API keys.

Anecdotal data point, writing and maintaining regex is still a core part of my job. Not useless at all for me :)

You ever feel like you live in a different world than people like this? I don't even mean that derogatorily, it's fascinating.

It’s at best a staged pr stunt, at worst a pump and dump scheme.

Money is probably going circular, it’s not real.

I agree with the people saying that the product is a lot better once you're actively engaging with pages that align with your interests, so that the algorithm can feed you better content.

That being said, it's still sad that this is the default new/returning user experience. Imagine a world where a new user was met with real posts about a variety of interests, rather than a psychic barrage of insane AI posts.

I think even for someone who logs in daily and uses it a bit, it still shovels weird content and even if you repeatedly skip or don't engage with AI slop, you still get a lot of it.

I almost think we are seeing something similar to a CAPTCHA where the engagement is being used to tune which videos slip under the uncanny valley radar.

>an LLM that can generate textures to be fed into a human-coded 3d engine

I'm not certain but I think the LLM is also generating the physics itself. It's generating rules based on its training data, e.g. watch a cat walk enough and you can simulate how the cat moves in the generated "world".

I wish I had enough reader friends to have this problem lol.

Strange that you need the website (author) to tell you how to interpret it. It's like art itself, you're allowed to come up with your own interpretations.

You must have misunderstood my comment as something other than interpretation.

>it's an impressive, forgettable spectacle.

I provided a handful of other possibilities, but in the absence of any statement from the creator, my interpretation stands.

>for some reason

This is a pretty common fear, just look up thalassophobia (or don't! sorry!)

Anyone have recommendations for a cassette player?

The cheapest one you can find. They all suck, and this way you'll spend the least amount of money.

Actually the price and quality range of cassette players is wider than probably in any other format. The good ones were really good.

How about a Nakamichi Dragon? https://ebay.us/m/zrtUQA

Looks just like mine.

But for $30, you can't beat this:

https://www.amazon.com/Cassette-Converter-Portable-Recorder-...

You can definitely beat that for $30. Hit the thrift stores and you can find vintage machines that will greatly outperform this. You may need to replace a belt on some, but many are working just fine.