X: The Algorithm

It’s been pretty bad in the past, filling my “for you” feed with assorted scams, engagement farmers, and hate-filled Leftist activists, but at the moment, it seems to be pretty well centered around the type of things posted by the 24 accounts I follow:

• 6 Japanese models/actresses
• 4 artists (2 Japanese)
• 4 novelists (1 who fled to Bluesky but never deleted his account)
• 2 contrarians
• 2 friends
• 2 anime series
• 2 waifu-posters (long idle)
• 1 cat-poster
• 1 app

Basically I get anime pics, RPG pics, cat pics, random snark and memes, and Japanese women in bikinis. This I can scroll for a while.

Truth in advertising, unfortunately

I was throwing a bunch of leftovers into a big pot of slumgullion, and decided to add a can of chili. The label read Stout Beef Chili, and despite it being waaaaay down the list of ingredients, the smell of beer was overwhelming. It cooked out somewhat, but it’s still pretty strong when you open the container. Enough that I can’t imagine using the other can that I bought, and will likely pitch it.

This is the quality of ‘thinking’ that AI provides…

(actual country of origin for “Ackers Science” and “Ackers BORO3.3” products? China, of course)

MasterCook, Cooked

After months of relentlessly pushing their new GenAI-enhanced version and their cloud subscription service, the current owner of the venerable MasterCook recipe-management software has sold the rights to some entity called Cook’n, which appears to be junking the software and only bought the customer list. They’re honoring subscriptions, but charging $10 to migrate you to their cloud.

Is their product comparable? No idea; I’ve seen so many products advertise MasterCook compatibility without actually implementing the full feature set that I gave up years ago.

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