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Mozilla, in its finite wisdom, embedded LLM bots into recent versions of Firefox for the vitally-important purpose of… naming tab groups. Now, some users are noticing CPU and power usage spikes caused by a background process called Inference.

Ugh. Reminder again for Firefox users to visit your about:config page, search for the browser.ml.chat.enabled key, and set that to false:

If yours says true then double-click it until it reads false.

Doing that turns off the AI chatbot features in Firefox, but also the stupid new LLM tab-naming feature that's rolling out.

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reblog if you're corny and insufferable

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@gothiccharmschool Because I hope you smile today

I made a bad comic and now you have to look at it

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Started thinking about whether or not the Ghouls would be a patriarchal or a matriarchal society and I think you can tell which one I picked---

So I got to see Perpetua & the Pretties in concert, and I was noticing some Vibes with some of the Ghouls/Ghoulettes and it got me THINKING and now I debate whether or not to write fuckin fanfic for a BAND.

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Wtf is a "general no-no behavior" ?

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The weather is a bit weird this Flash Friday Fiction!

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✨ And now, the new prompt!

[#FFF 318 Lightning Strikes Twice]

This prompt has been brought to you by someone who wishes to remain anonymous, thank you very much! Lightning strikes twice… sometimes. Others they don’t. Sometimes, something else can strike twice. Or the lighting can strike too far too notice. What’s the weather like for your characters today? For many, what you see in the sky tells a story by itself. So, what’s yours today? Be safe from lightning and let us know!

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please god above can someone explain to me why we're still working on self driving cars when trains exist

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absolutely the worst part of the male helplessness fetishism is that men know about it and will weaponize it against you. they will fuck up and do stupid shit and pretend not to know how to clean a mirror or find grapes at the grocery store and then simper and giggle expecting you to think its adorable. and then they will get REALLY angry when you do not

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walkable cities also means sittable cities send tweet

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ergo, die temu ad die!

Die temu ad die

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it's true and you should say it.

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you need to take care of the little ones, ok?

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i think the thing about batman's no kill rule is that its essentially bruce saying "guilty people don't deserve to be murdered on the street either, actually." and he's not wrong.

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"Irish doesn't have a word for please, you have to say if it be your will" buddy do I have news for you about "please"

"Irish doesn't have a word for hello you have to use a shorthand religious blessing" buddy do I have news for you about "goodbye"!

"In Polish the word for car is that which walks by itself" BUDDY what do you think an AUTOMOBILE is?

you have got to understand that your mother tongue is not the model of language. all your words have secret histories and layers of meaning just the same as other people's words. the word you think of as just a word has etymology, it wasn't handed down from God as a finished word. English doesn't have a word for movie you have to either refer to the recording medium or use a short version of "moving picture", isn't that cute?

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Old news, but important to remember. With simple fit adjustments, N95 masks block nearly all potentially infectious exhaled particles. This is why we need universal public masking and for people to wear quality masks. If we just had source control, we'd have far less cases of Covid, flu, measles, RSV, and more, and there'd be far more living older people, disabled people, and infants (when you say what "high-risk" actually means broadly, it makes it a bit more human, huh?).

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So I got to see Perpetua & the Pretties in concert, and I was noticing some Vibes with some of the Ghouls/Ghoulettes and it got me THINKING and now I debate whether or not to write fuckin fanfic for a BAND.