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Oh, because everyone was just DYING to know the moon's phase in glorious ASCII art 🖼️🌝. Forget about your fancy apps and high-resolution images, ASCII art is obviously the future of lunar observation 🚀. Next up: the weather, but only in binary code. 🌧️➡️101010!
asciimoon.com/ #ASCIIart #LunarObservation #MoonPhase #TechHumor #FutureOfArt #HackerNews #ngated

asciimoon.comMoon Phase Tracker | Rendered in ASCII ArtASCII Moon - view & cycle through The Moon's phases - rendered in ASCII art.

Denmark bravely battles #deepfakes by gifting citizens the #copyright to their own faces, because nothing says "cutting-edge solution" like legal paperwork. 🚀🤦‍♂️ Meanwhile, the tech world laughs in binary, eagerly awaiting the first lawsuit over someone's eyebrows. 😂📄
theguardian.com/technology/202 #Denmark #LegalSolutions #TechHumor #EyebrowLawsuit #HackerNews #ngated

The Guardian · Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own featuresBy Miranda Bryant

🚨 Stop the presses! 🚨 #AI darling Andrew Ng just dropped the bombshell that "vibe coding" is a *terrible* name for a job that totally drains you. 🥱 Guess it's time to rebrand your LinkedIn as "Ambience Architect" to sound less like you work at a zen spa. 🙄
businessinsider.com/andrew-ng- #AndrewNg #vibeCoding #AmbienceArchitect #jobRebranding #techHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Business Insider · Andrew Ng says vibe coding is an 'unfortunate' termBy Lee Chong Ming

Oh, goody! Another groundbreaking revelation: 🤖 "Stop trusting your instincts, start merging with machines!" Because clearly, if we can't vibe our way through a surgery, we shouldn't vibe our code either. Next up: "Why Algorithms Should Do Your Taxes" — because humans are so last season. 😂
chaserabenn.medium.com/stop-vi #AI #Revolution #TechHumor #FutureOfWork #MachineLearning #HumanVsMachine #HackerNews #ngated

Medium · Stop Vibe Coding. Start Cyborg Coding. - Chase - MediumBy Chase

🎶 Permissions, permissions, permissions! (To the tune of Tradition from Fiddler on the Roof)

I’ve built over 500 Apple Shortcuts. Some simple. Some wildly complex. And every now and then? They just… fail.

Why?
Because I forgot to give them permission to do what I asked. 😅

A blog post about the quirks of automation, Apple’s safety-first mindset, and the joy of overengineering things you love.

📝 designed-in-california.com/blo

Designed in California Permissions, Permissions, Permissions! — Designed in CaliforniaMore than once, I’ve built a Shortcut, tested it, and walked away confident. Only later—much later—I’ll notice it silently failed. Why? Because it tried to do something it didn’t yet have permission for. The irony is painful: I asked it to do something, and then I forgot to approve the very thin