Just heard someone unironically use the term "real AI".

Real artificial intelligence? What the hell does that even mean?

So Katy got a scam text claiming to be Canada Post with an underliverable package. I'm in the process of gathering information to send a report to their registrar's abuse department, but they're doing something clever to cover their tracks that I haven't fully been able to unravel.

For context, here is the link (with spaces added to prevent it from turning into an actual link and being accidentally clicked):

https:// canadapost-postecanadadeliverylivraison .com/canadapost/index.php

When opened from Safari on her phone, it loads a realistic looking phishing site, but when opened from any other browser, it returns an empty (0 bytes) page. I assume this is to hamper attempts to investigate abuse claims (though the domain name is already pretty incriminating).

Since there doesn't appear to be any kind of unique identifier, I assumed this to be some kind of spear phishing attack that was based on her browser's User-Agent string, but when I tell curl to mimic it, I still don't get a result.

Any ideas about how they're doing this?

I just got an email today from my doctor that there will be a charge of $25 for prescription renewals when requested by the pharmacy effective... at the beginning of this month (retroactively?).

Katy and I just renewed five prescriptions this way yesterday.

It's been a morning of interesting and stressful phone calls.

It has come to my attention that my favourite jacket is falling apart. I would like to repair it for two reasons:

1. I love this jacket.
2. I can't afford a new one right now.

I have no opposition to #VisibleMending.

Suggestions?

Thought I had berry juice on my hand from the food I was eating so I licked it.

It was ink.

I love my #FountainPen but sometimes...

Huh. I appealed the speed camera ticket online. They sent an email saying that it was being reviewed but nothing else since. Suddenly this morning when I try to check the status of the ticket, it doesn't seem to exist any more.

I don't want to just assume they've waived it, but I don't know what else to make of this. It'd be nice to have some sort of confirmaion.

I was always bothered by the scene in #StarTrek II when they used Reliant's prefix code. The input device they used made absolutely no sense from an electronics (or user interface) standpoint.

It just recently occurred to me though that it makes absolute sense from a quick and dirty movie prop standpoint.

Had the car towed to the mechanic's and walked to my brother-in-law's to wait for the mechanic to call us with the damage.

That was a longer walk than I expected. We also took a "shortcut" along a walking trail that I found on OpenStreetMap.

I was sure we were going to spawn a true crime documentary: couple disappear into woods never to be seen again.

Had to power cycle my router and my sshfs mounts... persisted somehow?

I'm not complaining, but I am confused.

We were driving home and suddenly heard a clunk and the battery light on the dash suddenly came on.

Fantastic. We've been driving Instacart to make ends meet. We can't afford a huge repair bill right now. Hopefully it's just the alternator belt that snapped.

This car is 20 years old. It's not like it owes us any favours, but it's still a problem. The one positive thing I can say about this car is that of the two major issues it's had, it's always had the courtesy to break down a couple blocks from home so that we can limp back there and figure out what to do next.

Just saw lemons priced at .98¢

I wonder if Verizon's gotten into the grocery business.

@🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄) A question about security pins:

My understanding is that the said pins are the key pins, not the driver pins, so if I'm gentle enough to not over set them, the shape of the pin should be completely irrelevant, right? I mean, they'd only pose a problem if they were pushed beyond the shear line, wouldn't they?

Wanted to know if I could set gelatin faster by putting it in the freezer instead of the fridge. This is the first paragraph of the first result I found on the subject.

When it comes to culinary creativity, gelatin is a versatile ingredient that can bring remarkable textures and flavors to our desserts, jellies, and savory dishes. However, those who have worked with gelatin often find themselves asking: “Will gelatin set faster in the freezer?” In this article, we’ll explore the science behind gelatin, how it sets, and whether using a freezer can indeed speed up the process.

That's a lot of reading for what the author knows damn well is a yes or no answer I'm looking for. I kind of understand why people like the idea of "AI summaries". Though I imagine this whole article was spit out by an LLM in the first place. Gotta keep people on the page as long as possible to drive up potential ad revenue, right?