No love for acid rain?

We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case.

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I find that my players take a lot of cues from the scenario. If there’s an obvious way for them to get involved, and a clear benefit to the character, they jump in. If not, they treat it as part of the world and continue about their business. But they are relatively passive, story-wise and expect a bit of railroading to tell them where to go.

It isn’t the first time they’ve screwed up the NESS.

I did this for my Waterdeep: Dragonheist campaign. The paper was yellow journalism through and through: they misspelled PC names, misattributed actions, and obviously supported one of the factions. It was a lot of fun. I fully recommend it.

I generally listen and compare it to what I do.

If it’s useless, I silently feel smug and superior. If there’s something good, then I try to take it onboard.

Go for it!

I do something similar a couple days a week. It looks just as good as a similar cut I’d get from a barber.

Will it be bad? Yes.

Will I watch it? Probably not.

But I might watch it when it comes to streaming services.

Norton proclaimed himself “Emperor of these United States” in September 1859, a role he played for the rest of his life. Norton had no formal political power but was treated deferentially in San Francisco and elsewhere in California, and currency issued in his name was honored in some of the establishments he frequented. Some considered Norton to be insane or eccentric, but residents of San Francisco and the city’s larger Northern California orbit enjoyed his imperial presence and took note of his frequent newspaper proclamations. Norton received free ferry and train passage and a variety of favors, such as help with rent and free meals, from well-placed friends and sympathizers. Some of the city’s merchants capitalized on his notoriety by selling souvenirs bearing his image. He died January 8, 1880.

That is an impressively information-free blog post. Basically: strong typing is good, AI is good, typescript is popular. 🤷‍♂️

Ideally the federal government would have import requirements to prevent sweat-shop garments from making it in. But without that, sure.

I guess it depends when his last day is. The release doesn’t say.

Huh. I wonder what his story will be.

I’d rather see reform, but this is almost as good.

Actual reform would be the way to go.

UofT appears to have done a good job of keeping their books balanced, despite the glut of foreign students, but many others have not.

Thanks.

Used for what?

There was a second sandwich. Thrown from the grassy knoll. A second sandwich!

Our politicians are incredibly short sighted. It’s amazing that the same budget both defunds universities and says we want to attract the “best and the brightest” to those same universities.

Doran said the government needs to help regular people take part in the energy transition, with more support to retrofit their homes and enjoy lower utility bills, for example, or switch to electric vehicles that are cheaper to run. Overall, Canada needs to align better with the rest of the world on clean energy.

A federal inquiry into PRC interference—drawing on the insight of intelligence officials, diaspora community advocates, and national security experts—must not only ask hard questions, but also deliver enforceable recommendations. Like the Hillsborough Inquiry in the United Kingdom, or our own investigation into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, such an inquiry must run parallel to—not replace—any criminal investigations, ensuring that no stone is left unturned.

Didn’t the last one recommend the creation of a foreign influence registry? Wasn’t the legislation supporting it passed in 2024?

Another inquiry is fine, but that registry seems like it should be done first.