It might be just because I’m relatively middle of the road bisexual, but I always liked the idea that most people aren’t quite on the extreme ends of the Kinsey scale, but like, a tiny bit bi at least.

I am definitely thankful for having a family that was very open about everything, and didn’t mind either way, though I do feel that the years spent not wanting to engage with the thought partially came down to pressure from peers, as anything other than heterosexuality seemed to be seen as alien back then. From what I hear from my brother, that actually changed a lot compared to when I was in school, and things are a lot more accepting now.

I thought I was straight for about 17 years, thinking that also being attracted to men was just something everyone experienced.

That’s why I stopped using it. They require a phone number, phone numbers require kyc with an ID around here, and there’s just too much illegal shit on there.

It’s of course possible to get a more pseudonymous experience, but honestly, what they offer isn’t worth the hastle.

Three. One lost, one broken, one in my drawer.

Thinking about making it four, three doesn’t work with some outfits.

If I remember correctly, the app was originally built by an Australian public broadcaster and then sold to WordPress Matt, so yeah.

Oh, yeah, wait, I am using AntennaPod too. The subscription stuff was actually the reason I switched from Pocket Casts. Mixed up the names. I’d claim old age, but I’m not that old yet, really.

Many modern podcast solutions seem to be injecting ads into the audio file they serve, to varying degrees of success.

I listen to several ad supported English language podcasts, and most of them seem to have difficulties with Pocket Casts AntennaPod, or some other part of my setup. The only ones that do get ads placed are the ones that use Spotify Megaphone for their backend.

There is a paid version of pocket casts?

I’ve gotten a free CD at a concert recently. I don’t have anything to play it on.

That’s a whole lot of words to say almost nothing.

I trust Reuters more than I trust Media Bias Fact Check. I of course still vary my media diet, but they’re certainly a pillar of it.

Seem to remember that they had a big scandal with a climate change denier editor that changed some articles a few years ago. Good to remember that no oragnisation is above scrutiny.

Reuters say “Crashes in Mountains”, which seems slightly more dramatic.

Helicopter carrying Iran’s President Raisi crashes in mountains, official says

Also acceptable.

I agree in principle, but the software speaking to you is kinda the whole point of an LLM.

I’d say it’s because the people responsible for the UX are shitheads, but sure, I guess.

I mean, those models are overconfident all the time. They could at least go “This conversation is over”, all Sovereign like.

Regardless of whether that’s true, it doesn’t make sense as a reason. “Our customers have less reading comprehension, that’s why we make our UX less clear.”

I find this “playful” UX design that seems to be en vogue incredibly annoying. If your model has ended the conversation, just say that. Don’t say it might be time to move on, if there isn’t another option.

I don’t want my software to address me as if I were a child.

If they have such a scenario in their head, they could probably type it out already, without any AI help.