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Anonymous asked:
Wait, you were actually born in the 1900's? Thats so cool
i am going to eat my own entire skin
Reblog if you were born in the 1900's.
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Sometimes the technology conspires against me to make me sound crazy in my text messages.
Horrible government operatives
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Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have to manually uncheck a box in order to opt out.
If you are a writer who uses MS Word to write any proprietary content (blog posts, novels, or any work you intend to protect with copyright and/or sell), you’re going to want to turn this feature off immediately.How to Turn off Word’s AI Access To Your Content
I won’t beat around the bush. Microsoft Office doesn’t make it easy to opt out of this new AI privacy agreement, as the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings:On a Windows computer, follow these steps to turn off “Connected Experiences”:
File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Optional Connected Experiences > Uncheck box: “Turn on optional connected experiences”
And on a Mac, go to Preferences -> Privacy -> uncheck box: “turn on optional connected experiences”!
In the newer editions of Office/Word (2024 onwards), the labels are a little different.
File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Under the header "Connected Experiences", go to All Connected Experiences > Uncheck box: “Turn on all connected experiences”
Note, this will also uncheck the boxes for Experiences that analyze your content and Experiences that download online content, but really, you do NOT want AI doing those things anyway.
As an additional and, I hope, hopeful PSA for your writing projects, primarily fiction or creative non-fiction, here are some non-AI'd (fuck you, Grammarly) reference materials, available as physical books, eBooks, and audiobooks:
- Elements of Style by Oliver Strunk. E. B. White - Colloquially known simply as Strunk & White in some circles, it's really short, quick and dirty reminder on the general rules of English grammar, at less than 200 words, I believe. It's on its 4th edition, has usage examples, and the illustrated version has an adorable basset hound on the cover
- Chicago Manual of Style - Printed by the University of Chicago, it's one of the most widely used formatting guides of the big 5 publishing houses in the USA (as far as I have been told by editor friends, so don't go hacking me to pieces if you've heard differently). This one's pricey and heavy as a brick but, on its 18th edition as of this year, it has been updated for 2020s pronouns and more ficiton-friendly sections than past editions have had. Even if you get the 17th and older generations, you're still getting a large chunk of the good stuff.
There are a LOT of other good, reliable references out there, whether you're here for research or just the fun of writing up a little prose. AI has some good uses, but not in this arena!
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I really love that the general reaction of men vs. women being accused of something is still
"But did it really happen? Wasn't it all a misunderstanding? Can we believe what the witnesses say?"
vs.
"Is there bulletproof evidence that it didn't happen? Can we construe this in any way that the woman might be possibly at fault? How can we believe what she says?"
Like I'm all for taking responsibility if you have done something you shouldn't have, but the difference in reaction (read: double standards) is always astonishing.
I really love that the general reaction of men vs. women being accused of something is still
"But did it really happen? Wasn't it all a misunderstanding? Can we believe what the witnesses say?"
vs.
"Is there bulletproof evidence that it didn't happen? Can we construe this in any way that the woman might be possibly at fault? How can we believe what she says?"
Like I'm all for taking responsibility if you have done something you shouldn't have, but the difference in reaction (read: double standards) is always astonishing.
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Got off a video call with my grandma. Asked her what sort of American foods she was enjoying (my dad flew her in from Korea and she's staying with him in Phoenix rn). She said most of the food isn't too impressive but she's addicted to a specific candy, and when she held up a bag of Werther's Originals I started howling
The most American part of this is that Werther's Original is actually from Germany.
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i think its pathetic that journalists and even some casual speakers call twitter "X" now. weak fish behaviour. you dont have to play along
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I have one kink and it's not a good idea.