A triangle subdivided into four smaller triangles with labels reading "Good", "Fast", "Cheap" and "You Can Only Pick Two"
I used to keep a variation of this triangle posted at my desk. Over the years we have pushed increasingly to the Fast & Cheap options with expected outcomes. LLMs have only made this worse IMHO for many of the reasons you've laid out here. Great post.
Some say the world will end in fire
Some say ice
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire
But if it had to perish twice
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
is also great
And would suffice
- Robert Frost
While sanity, reason and sense are on vacation the joint chiefs of insanity, stupidity and ignorance issued the following statement:
"Ya'll are fucked."
aaaaaaaaaaaand its over
lasted 18 hours
Because it will undoubtedly get lost in the quagmire, a big thanks should go out to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir who have provided Trump a nice way to save face while not plunging the world into absolute destructive chaos.
“The Earth cannot sustain the future human population, or even today’s, without a major overhaul of socio-cultural practices for using land, water, energy, biodiversity, and other resources.”
Gentle reminder to US service members. You’re just as culpable for war crimes as the person directing you.
Refuse orders that would have you commit war crimes.
On this "blessed" day we remember that time Jesus finally decided f*%k these guys, lied to his disciples that he died on the cross and pissed off to find peace and quiet in the dying embers that once was the Garden of Eden.
Happy Friday all!
#HistoryRepeats
#WereStillDumb
There are many "dead" worlds in our solar system but this one is the only one filled with the dead.
Welcome to the cemetery Earth. Weep for those who went not by their own actions and learn lessons from those who coveted the grave.
This graveyard once was splendid but now joins its tenants.
Perfect time to grab a pint, put your feet up and watch the chaos ensue. I think the kids call it reality TV unplugged. Surprisingly enthralling.
Take control of a massive reserve of oil that is economically not worth extracting but then start a war that massively increases the cost of oil and now the U.S. has a potentially significant income stream for the "low" cost of more death & destruction in the world.
🫠
I guess it shouldn't surprise me that it was WW3 that roused me from my blissful slumber.
#WASF
#WayToNotLearnHumanity
#PromptEndIsAppreciated
I just assumed he was having them gold leafed and would then have them placed along the top of the fencing surrounding the White House.
“I’ve seen about 14 dead in less than a mile stretch. There’s a lot of does, big bucks and even fawns. You smell the dead everywhere,” he says. “And I haven’t really went deep into the woods.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Once they work out how to do this profitably, it will spread to others, too,”... if Amazon achieves its automation goal, “one of the biggest employers in the United States will become a net job destroyer, not a net job creator.”
www.theverge.com/news/803257/...
I suspect a lot of places are working towards this. Speaking from an IT background I suspect that’s part of why companies love AI. Their hope is to eliminate the need for IT (amongst other roles/departments) and just have AI do it all.
The rich get richer and we all watch as they do it.
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Current emotional state:
3% gobsmacked
5% outraged
8% bemused
10% anxious
11% confused
25% angry
34% exhausted
5% WTF!
...
brain rebooting, please stand by....
Time for the sweet bliss of slumber.
It's the guns 💯%
Suicidal
There is no way whatsoever we can dodge catastrophic climate breakdown
We are actually turning away from serious action on emissions and heading instead towards an Eocene hothouse
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
An infographic breaking down the material usage (Metal ores, Fossil fuels, Biomass, and non-metallic materials) by major activities: Housing (52%), Food (19%), Services (11%), Transport (8%), Household goods (8%), Clothing (1%). Graphic title: "Nearly three-quarters of the European Union's material footprint comes from housing and food production."
Well who'd of thought it. More people = more material consumption. Less people = less material consumption.
Still, it's a good article highlighting that measuring materials doesn't give a good indication of the impact of using said materials.
ourworldindata.org/material-foo...
“Life on this planet is sustained by water. It is not sustained by data. We don't need data the way we need water,” Barnwell said.
www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...
Oh look, humanity is still a bunch of c**ts.
Sorry to hear that Ian, at least you have a place to land and can hopefully find something better sooner rather than later.
We can’t make it on a planet that gives us air, food and water so let’s go somewhere with none of this and live happily ever after? Don’t you just love the best minds of our wealthiest people!
