In the 1990s, the working class of this country was told that unfettered free trade would create millions of new jobs and raise wages.
As many of us understood then, that claim was a lie.
Now they’re being sold the same false promises about AI.
Kamikaze Democrats >>> Schutzstaffel Republicans.
My scroll-eye saw the legos before your profile and my brain said “Aye, skyskull post.” Yup.
It really does take practice. I found focusing on where helmets are pointed very helpful. It’s harder on TV than IRL. Some channels do the “puck trail” visualizer.
They are two sides of the same coin for me, and it’s always, in retrospect, that I was worried (let’s call it aggressively hyperfocused) about weird shit, that I look back on and think “why was i worried about X and not Y? Weird.”
It is soooo much cheaper to “waste” a scan than it is to find something too late to easily deal with.
It’s awful. Like half the time I type “I” (capital i as in the pronoun for me) I end up with “ai” which is CLEALY not a typo. It gets worse from there.
I guess a widow or widower and their children are not a family?
The all-time best cover of anything.
“This aggression will not stand.”
Either of the Ligeti pieces in 2001.
I wonder if @scalzi.com knows he kinda nailed the whole Roanoke thing? youtu.be/cUc3uz9RmCA?...
I… what?
A Message to You Donnie
Stop your fooling’ around
Better think of your future
Time you straighten right out
Creating problems in town
…
Else you’ll wind up in jail
Wow that made me have to listen to Lido Shuffle.
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If you’re using Generative AI for work of any value, you're wasting your time.
Heckuva job, Brownie.
I got a tiny little bit of money when my dad passed. I used that money specifically for absolutely top of the line kick ass pots & pans. Every time I cook w/ them my dad is w/ me & I talk to him. The things I most remember my dad cooking tho are liver a& onions and I told him I’m not going there :)
Damn. It’s like, right on the tip of my tongue…
My dog: “Y u squeeze me so hard mommy?!”
Unplugged the router! 😂
Move over, gun lobby!
I had to keep scrolling a bit to get the reference. This frikkin timeline.
In 1953 Iran had a functioning democracy. A free press. Seven political parties. Women in universities. Women granted voting rights in municipal councils in 1952. A secular prime minister named Mosaddegh who believed Iran's oil belonged to Iran. The US and Britain decided he had to go.
Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez:
“The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.”
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This guy is a cartoon.
The stains are so deep, corrosive, and layered at this point, it’s eating away the fabric.
Gosh I wonder why Hegseth has been on a general staff firing spree.
Five books to get to know me by:
1. Cryptonomicon
2. Red Mars (ok the whole trilogy)
3. Three Body Problem
4. Foucault’s Pendulum
5. War and Peace