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Different Than<p>Bad <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DM</span></a> ideas: magic items with slight misspellings relevant to their function.</p><p><strong>Ring of acommodation</strong>: Makes a commode (not necessarily functional) appear within 10 feet</p><p><strong>Staff of lightening</strong>: Makes the surrounding space slightly brighter or reduces the weight of any one object by 2%</p><p><strong>Scroll of Adress Discovery</strong>: Will guide the party to the nearest seamstress' workshop or women's clothing store</p><p><strong>Spell - Make Object Changable</strong>: Turns an object into Señor Chang for 5 minutes</p><p><strong>Curse of Loosing</strong>: Makes clothing saggy, knots come undone</p><p><strong>Spell - Inflict Principle Damage</strong>: The target realizes at least one of their moral convictions is based on faulty assumptions</p><p><strong>Spell - Kill Principle Fighter</strong>: The fighter most driven by a moral concept dies</p><p><strong>Scroll of Advancing in Que</strong>: Instead of moving forward in a line of people, the caster begins to say "¿qué?" with increasing conviction and vocal skill</p><p><strong>Spell - Holier Then Thou</strong>: Caster first becomes 10% more Celestial, then becomes a doppelgänger of the person they tried to cast this on</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BadIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadIdeas</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DnD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/5e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5e</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BadDM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDM</span></a></p>
Rachel<p><span>Hmmmm, anyone working with NVMeoF in their homeland? <br><br></span><a href="https://transitory.social/tags/Homelab" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Homelab</a> <a href="https://transitory.social/tags/BadIdeas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadIdeas</a></p>
Anthony<b>Revealed: How the UK tech secretary uses ChatGPT for policy advice</b><br><blockquote>New Scientist has used freedom of information laws to obtain the ChatGPT records of Peter Kyle, the UK's technology secretary, in what is believed to be a world-first use of such legislation<br></blockquote>From <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2472068-revealed-how-the-uk-tech-secretary-uses-chatgpt-for-policy-advice/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2472068-revealed-how-the-uk-tech-secretary-uses-chatgpt-for-policy-advice/</a><br><blockquote>These records show that Kyle asked ChatGPT to explain why the UK’s small and medium business (SMB) community has been so slow to adopt AI. ChatGPT returned a 10-point list of problems hindering adoption, including sections on “Limited Awareness and Understanding”, “Regulatory and Ethical Concerns” and “Lack of Government or Institutional Support”.<br></blockquote>Apparently it didn't say "because it's unhelpful and probably harmful to most SMB problems" or "what on earth are you doing asking a computer this you fool?".<br><br><a href="https://buc.ci?t=gpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPT</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policy</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=badideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadIdeas</a><br>
Felix Eckhardt<p>In Software Development we have Domain Driven Design, Test Driven and Behaviour Driven Development. But Business Development has something really awful: Solution Driven Development.</p><p>We have a solution (AI, Blockchain, etc.) lets find a problem, we can solve, because this is the new hot shit.</p><p>Please don't do this. Starting with the problem will lead to good results. But starting with the solution will lead you to failure.</p><p><a href="https://det.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/solutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solutions</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/solutionDrivenDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solutionDrivenDesign</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/BadIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadIdeas</span></a></p>
Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY<p>My new idea: Flemish Painting To Go™! Shake the contents, throw it on a canvas, and viola—instant Jan van Eyck!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BadIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadIdeas</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FlemishArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlemishArtist</span></a></p>
ftg<p>Has anyone ever played around with these GPON or XPON SFP+ modules? </p><p>I'm not sure why I'm asking.<br>But the idea of an ISP-style homenetwork just seems hilarious. </p><p><a href="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003515662920.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aliexpress.com/item/1005003515</span><span class="invisible">662920.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/GPON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPON</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/XPON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XPON</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/optical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/badideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>badideas</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Joe: hear me out. I think it would go a long way to healing our national divide if you'd set your yacht on fire.</p><p>Manchin pitches one last bad idea, says Biden should pardon Trump<br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/manchin-pitches-one-last-bad-idea-says-biden-pardon-trump-rcna182600" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/m</span><span class="invisible">addowblog/manchin-pitches-one-last-bad-idea-says-biden-pardon-trump-rcna182600</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JoeManchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeManchin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestVirginia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BadIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadIdeas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JoeManchinSenatorForSale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeManchinSenatorForSale</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lounge.town/@DrOinFLA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DrOinFLA</span></a></span> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BadIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadIdeas</span></a> Pumpkin Spice anything, other than a damn pumpkin! 😉 <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FredTheWonderCat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FredTheWonderCat</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cats</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Katzen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Katzen</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cooking</span></a></p>
OhSnap!Dragon<p><a href="https://lounge.town/tags/BadIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadIdeas</span></a> <br>Pumpkin Spice Mac &amp; Cheese</p>
OhSnap!Dragon<p><a href="https://lounge.town/tags/BadIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadIdeas</span></a> <br>Serial Killer Funko Pops.</p>
Different Than<p>Thinking of dedicating my life to telling Europeans, one by one, that Europe isn't a continent so they're all Asians.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/badideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>badideas</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/orIsIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orIsIt</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/stirringThePot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stirringThePot</span></a></p>
jonny (good kind)<p>Hot off the press of <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/ExtremelyGoodIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremelyGoodIdeas</span></a> : now presenting my newest package <code>no-more-imports</code> : <a href="https://git.jon-e.net/jonny/no-more-imports" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">git.jon-e.net/jonny/no-more-im</span><span class="invisible">ports</span></a></p><p>importing code is simply beneath you, you are a sacred energy being who does not need to be bothered with typing the word <code>import</code> at the top of your module. Well now with <code>no-more-imports</code>, you've got a companion that will dynamically modify the AST of your code and bust across interpreter frames to make sure you never have to touch any of that fuck shit package infrastructure ever again.</p><p>Available now at a pypi near you: <a href="https://pypi.org/project/no-more-imports/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pypi.org/project/no-more-impor</span><span class="invisible">ts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/InfrastructuralShitposts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfrastructuralShitposts</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/BadIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadIdeas</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/ActuallyGoodIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyGoodIdeas</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/IdeasWeAreNotReadyFor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IdeasWeAreNotReadyFor</span></a></p>
cartufer<p><span>A game where its half way between space ship jousting and space ship bumper cars. Real space physics. Different parts take damage differently. Gotta ram into the other ship.<br><br></span><a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/badideas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#badideas</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/gamedev" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamedev</a></p>
Ultramundane<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@Alice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Alice</span></a></span> A little squirt of hand sanitizer would certainly send a message. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/badideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>badideas</span></a></p>
Matt<p><strong>Terrible product ideas #1522: Chocoham</strong></p><p>Chocoham – reformed ham slices with added chocolate.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://node.lordmatt.co.uk/tag/bad-ideas/" target="_blank">#badIdeas</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://node.lordmatt.co.uk/tag/food/" target="_blank">#food</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://node.lordmatt.co.uk/tag/nasty/" target="_blank">#nasty</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://node.lordmatt.co.uk/tag/why-would-you-do-this/" target="_blank">#whyWouldYouDoThis</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://node.lordmatt.co.uk/tag/yuck/" target="_blank">#yuck</a></p>
lambdageek<p>You know what is surprising?<br>There's no Princess Bride reboot/prequel/sequel/extended universe/live action remake</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/princessBrige" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>princessBrige</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThePrincessBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePrincessBridge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/badIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>badIdeas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ROUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iDontThinkTheyExist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iDontThinkTheyExist</span></a></p>
rlonstein<p>I was digging through boxes of junk I had acquired years ago in a trade and look what I found! A PS/2 <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CueCat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CueCat</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/junk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>junk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BadIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadIdeas</span></a></p>
Jeremy Mallin<p>Extinction is one way to finally achieve equality. 🤪<br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/RandomThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RandomThoughts</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/SilverLining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilverLining</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/BadIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadIdeas</span></a></p>
Matthew Brown<p><strong>Why Chat Control will fail even if it passes</strong></p><p>I’ve been reflecting on the EU “Upload Moderation” law – better known as Chat Control – and why it will not work as intended.</p><p>What is Chat Control?</p><p>Upload Moderation is an EU proposal designed to identify child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This is a valid and laudable aim. The law proposes legal obligations for […]</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/ai/" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/bad-ideas/" target="_blank">#BadIdeas</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/chat-control/" target="_blank">#ChatControl</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/china/" target="_blank">#China</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/crime/" target="_blank">#crime</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/darknet/" target="_blank">#darknet</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/encryption/" target="_blank">#encryption</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/eu/" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/missundertanding-technology/" target="_blank">#MissundertandingTechnology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/tor/" target="_blank">#TOR</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/upload-moderation/" target="_blank">#UploadModeration</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/tag/winnie-the-pooh/" target="_blank">#WinnieThePooh</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lordmatt.co.uk/cat/reflections/law-and-legality/" target="_blank">#LawAndLegality</a></p>
myrmepropagandist<p>Last year my mom (who you must understand is a retired math prof and very persistent) started bugging me about wanting to learn about bitcoin.</p><p>I had some left over (about 0.03 BTC which was like $200) from a long time ago and was able to use a little php program running in thony on my macbook to generate some wallets. I made her a wallet.</p><p>Recently I sold all her toy bitcoin. Executive decision. It was absurdly high again. I'm feeling smug about this... for now.<br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/badideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>badideas</span></a></p>