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Gemini Links 14/05/2025: "Writing My Story with Inspiration from Notable Lives" and People Start Shovelling Up LLM Slop Onto Geminispace,

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Gemini Links 14/05/2025: "Writing My Story with Inspiration from Notable Lives" and People Start Shovelling Up LLM Slop Onto Geminispace,posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 14, 2025 Contents Gemini* and Gopher Personal/Opinions Presumptuous Neurotypicals When I was younger, people scolded me probably hundreds of times for "not paying enough attention". No matter how hard I tried to pay attention though, it didn't help.
Slopwatch: BetaNoise (BetaNews), LinuxSecurity, and Slopfarms Still Promoted by Google News

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Slopwatch: BetaNoise (BetaNews), LinuxSecurity, and Slopfarms Still Promoted by Google Newsposted by Roy Schestowitz on May 14, 2025Today we'll keep it short and to the point. The primary goal is to demonstrate the problem persists and to also name the main culprits or Serial Sloppers, starting with the 'usual suspect':No, he's way to lazy to write his own text:Of course LinuxSecurity is also producing lots of LLM slop.
Links 14/05/2025: Google Agrees to $1.3 Billion Settlement After Spying, China Tariffs Don't Work

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Links 14/05/2025: Google Agrees to $1.3 Billion Settlement After Spying, China Tariffs Don't Workposted by Roy Schestowitz on May 14, 2025 Leftovers Hackaday ☛ Work, Eat, Sleep, Repeat: Become A Human Tamagotchi When [Terence Grover] set out to build a Tamagotchi-inspired simulator, he didn’t just add a few modern tweaks. He ditched the entire concept and rebuilt it from the ground up. Forget cute wide-eyed blobby animals and pixel-poop.
There Are Bigger Rounds of Microsoft Layoffs Coming, a Cull of 10% Implemented in Waves (the "3%" Figure is Misleading, Face-Saving)

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There Are Bigger Rounds of Microsoft Layoffs Coming, a Cull of 10% Implemented in Waves (the "3%" Figure is Misleading, Face-Saving)posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 14, 2025,updated May 14, 2025In another (not earlier!) thread someone speaks of "the august layoff rumors swirling, it just adds even more pressure." To quote: "Let’s just get this over with. i left a good job to join Microsoft more than a year ago, and honestly, i’ve hated almost every minute of it...
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 13, 2025posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 14, 2025
Over at Tux Machines...

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Over at Tux Machines... posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 14, 2025Updated This Past Day Broken Telephone or Real Mass Layoffs at Microsoft Today?
Techrights - Unless a Third of All Microsoft Layoffs Worldwide Are in Redmond (Washington) Alone, Microsoft Has Just Lied to Everyone Via Jordan Novet in CNBC (i.e. the Usual Any Time There's Mass Layoffs and Novet Weighs in With False Numbers)

2 days ago | lxer.com | Roy Schestowitz

I kept updating this page every few minutes; only a few minutes ago it finally showed up Redmond at 1985 layoffs. Microsoft says only about 6,000 people worldwide will lose their job and all the media that we can find then parrots whatever Microsoft claims (via Jordan Novet, who has a well-documented history of distorting mass layoff figures and their reasons). This time is no exception, throwing lots of buzzwords around, including (as we predicted) "AI". Is this the full number?
Gemini Links 13/05/2025: Apocalyptic Future and More

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Gemini Links 13/05/2025: Apocalyptic Future and Moreposted by Roy Schestowitz on May 13, 2025 Contents Gemini* and Gopher Personal/Opinions The Future I We're closer to the dystopian cyberpunk apocalyptic future than most people would imagine. How do you think it'll be? Drought, famine, deforestation, broken down concrete buildings as far as the eyes can see; toxic air, toxic water, a steep decline in population growth, few animals, and even fewer birds.
There Are Also Loads of Microsoft LinkedIn Layoffs Today (Keep Track of the Subsidiaries They Keep Out of Headlines)

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There Are Also Loads of Microsoft LinkedIn Layoffs Today (Keep Track of the Subsidiaries They Keep Out of Headlines)posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 13, 2025So a lot more than "3%" will end up being laid off in the US this month/week alone (there's more coming next month, say credible leakers who saw early communications). The 3% figure suggests Microsoft will likely cut the staff in several "waves", as previously noted (maybe 3 waves, totalling 10%).
Techrights - Unless a Third of All Microsoft Layoffs Worldwide Are in Redmond (Washington) Alone, Microsoft Has Just Lied to Everyone Via Jordan Novet in CNBC (i.e. the Usual Any Time There's Mass Layoffs and Novet Weighs in With False Numbers)

2 days ago | techrights.org | Roy Schestowitz

Unless a Third of All Microsoft Layoffs Worldwide Are in Redmond (Washington) Alone, Microsoft Has Just Lied to Everyone Via Jordan Novet in CNBC (i.e. the Usual Any Time There's Mass Layoffs and Novet Weighs in With False Numbers)posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 13, 2025I kept updating this page every few minutes; only a few minutes ago it finally showed up Redmond at 1985 layoffs.

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Gemini Links 14/05/2025: "Writing My Story with Inspiration from Notable Lives" and People Start Shovelling Up LLM Slop Onto Geminispace,

Slopwatch: BetaNoise (BetaNews), LinuxSecurity, and Slopfarms Still Promoted by Google News

Links 14/05/2025: Google Agrees to $1.3 Billion Settlement After Spying, China Tariffs Don't Work

There Are Bigger Rounds of Microsoft Layoffs Coming, a Cull of 10% Implemented in Waves (the "3%" Figure is Misleading, Face-Saving)

IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Over at Tux Machines...

Techrights - Unless a Third of All Microsoft Layoffs Worldwide Are in Redmond (Washington) Alone, Microsoft Has Just Lied to Everyone Via Jordan Novet in CNBC (i.e. the Usual Any Time There's Mass Layoffs and Novet Weighs in With False Numbers)

Gemini Links 13/05/2025: Apocalyptic Future and More

There Are Also Loads of Microsoft LinkedIn Layoffs Today (Keep Track of the Subsidiaries They Keep Out of Headlines)

Techrights - Unless a Third of All Microsoft Layoffs Worldwide Are in Redmond (Washington) Alone, Microsoft Has Just Lied to Everyone Via Jordan Novet in CNBC (i.e. the Usual Any Time There's Mass Layoffs and Novet Weighs in With False Numbers)

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