FriendOfDeSoto

joined 2 years ago

You are making it seem like this is a new problem. And it isn't.

Centuries back it was weavers who were displaced by the industrial revolution and automated spinning machines. Coal mining went unfashionable from the late 1970s onwards and miners had to find new work. Industry in the US closed up shop and moved to China. These are just three examples of workers being made redundant in their then capacity. Two out of these three went by without much loss of life, the majority of the workforce found new jobs over time, and only some of them were screwed on a more permanent basis. Unfortunately, that's the shitty bell curve of these changes. But another thing that's been proven again over time is that we always think these miners or these factory workers are completely unhireable and it turns out the majority isn't. People thought MS Excel would eradicate the entire bookkeeping profession. And they are still around and I think actually grew in numbers because they are free from pencils and calculators and could do more interesting stuff instead. Don't fall for the so-called AI will replace everything talking point. The people who say this are either invested in so-called AI companies or drank the koolaid. All we hear for the moment is how theses models do a good a lot of the time and then break catastrophically bad somewhere. Humans still need to have a look for the time being. And thus a new job is born: chAIperone.

The problem these days is how the state responds to massive shifts like that. Social security nets have a finer mesh in the developed world outside the US. It's much easier to go from no job to living in a car to living under a bridge in the US. A lot of people in this thread call for UBI, which is sensible but isn't even likely in the more socialist Europe. UBI is a good answer though. Education is another one, e.g. free training programs or college classes for long term unemployed. None of that seems likely under 47.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That's not an argument, that's somebody who only looked at the cover of the cliff notes on presidential terms but didn't read it. Consecutivity isn't required. Neither president should get elected a third time without a change or suspension of the constitution. With the rule of law under 47 weakening it is not impossible but I'm still optimistic.

This is grade A PR fluff. We are providing free advertisement here for the company that did a reasonable test with no big hope of success. It's corpo clickbait - even when you're snarky about it. It's perpetuating their talking point that so-called AI will do everything in the future. Which, frankly, remains to be seen.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So you're trying to apply logic to an animated kids show. My advice is: stop. It doesn't matter. Cookie monster never eats a cookie either.

I like to imagine that all creators of kids shows were high as a kite when they came up with the premise. [Takes a massive hit] "Duuuude, they're like a team of first responder dogs but they can fly helicopters and one is a cop. They're like the Village People but dogs." [Takes another hit] "And they can talk!" And thus Paw Patrol was born.

[Lights up spliff] "Oy, mate. 'ere's the thing. She's a cheeky one, this Peppa. And she's a pig. 'Er 'ead's always sideways. She's always mucking about." [Inhales deeply] "And all the other muppets are animals too. But get this: there are other animals." [Exhales] "But they can't talk."

Who thought it is a good idea to let George Lucas edit Trek? It's like an Odo shot first kind of situation. And I think Odo never used a phaser.

Is this is the guy that Scotty shoots in the end? If so, I've only ever seen the version with that scene and the bad Mission: Impossible face mask reveal. And I owned this movie as a VHS bought in Europe as part of a set released before VII came out...

II, IV, and VI are all worth a watch. They are a good movie, an entertaining movie, and a surprisingly good movie respectively.

I'll watch the odd numbered ones as well but I'm a fan and I know I is too long, III is mostly not good, and I enjoy V for its craziness.

I think the Sony hack is not a great example because there is a very good chance it was more politically motivated than financially. It's one of those cases where we might never know but there is a good chance it was orchestrated by North Korea in response to a Sony movie that made Kim III not look very divine. NK is most likely connected to other hacks as well that were really just a way to get hard currency/to evade sanctions.

Effort and reward are like supply and demand. If I want to steal your credit card number to go shopping, it might take me a long time to get to it. And then it turns out there is only $500 left on it. Too much effort for not enough reward. That's why phishing, Nigerian princes, texted IRS/DMV fines, missed FedEx deliveries, and all that jazz happens. Low effort to throw a net out and then catch the dumbest of the fish. If you are a person of interest to me though the math if different. Maybe I'm a stalker (look behind you, I'm there right now). Or maybe horny me is looking for your (perfectly legal) sexting thread. Or you're a pedo, a socialist, a cult leader, or all of the above. Private people get hacked. But it rarely makes a splash in the news like the Sony hack.

Also, hacker ≠ hacker. There are good guys who hack stuff to show what needs fixing or to hold people to account. There are bad guys who do it for money or because they like it. There are those with one foot on either side of that fence. Motivations differ wildly.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do you let your network set the time or did you do it manually? Could be a hint that you're off by a minute or so (considering you've checked all the other reasonable things already).

Any other apps installed that may want to set alarms? Maybe a sideload? Calendar app you've tried and not uninstalled?

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They killed Kenny?

I used to be a completist and would start at ep 1. Now, if there is a big back catalog I'm more likely not to listen to the podcast at all and will only rarely get in at the current episode.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 7 points 3 days ago (4 children)
  • invent the wheel

Paging Dr. Strangelove.

 
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