If they catch on, I’ll still refuse to use them

Must have been a vestigial thing from when Meta was hyping the Metaverse, which also flopped.

Its a JST type connector I think. I bet if you check digikey (or whatever supplier you use), you’ll be able to find kits for replacing the connector and its pins. Looks like the silkscreen labels on the right edge of the board below the connector show the pinout order.

Edit: on second thought, that labeled pinout may only be for the through-hole solder points. Safest bet would be to just identity the wires and solder them accordingly, rather than mess with the connector.

Physical keys and what looks like a headphone jack? Seems like an upgrade

Everything’s computer!

I figure they’re scanning emails and teams chat messages, maybe even text messages on work phones for anti-trump sentiments. There’s no expectation of privacy when using software/hardware supplied by your IT dept.

If they’re scanning social media too, it would be good to know which ones to purge

Not if the airline industry collapses first!

Sometimes sharks eat the rich. Good to know.

What these CEOs don’t understand is that even an error rate as low as 1% for LLMs is unacceptable at scale. Fully automating without humans somewhere in the loop will lead to major legal liabilities down the line, esp if mistakes can’t be fixed fast.

You wouldn’t be the first and definitely won’t be the last to quit PhD. Academia is far more toxic than any industry I’ve worked in. It gets much better in the real world though. You’ll be okay with or without a PhD.

No, I’m a teapot

I highly recommend the Stasis series. The suspenseful storytelling and dystopian lore are top-notch.

Who’s the artist?

A handful of techbros want this shit, and techbros seem to be the ones in charge at Microsoft

Can’t wait to see what silliness ensues when “sovereign citizens” start using AI avatars to represent themselves too

\r\n gang

One good strategy that I heard was to back up your phone to the cloud, wipe it before traveling and only put essential apps, then load the backup once you’re past the border.

Helps to keep a low profile on social media too.