As always, they'll take even the tiniest nugget of truth and plaster lies on it until it resembles the narrative they want to manifest.
It's kind of like the opposite of turning a grain of sand into a pearl.
Yeah, that I don't know. ...and as the regulatory environment comes more and more under the control of wealthy parasites, it becomes harder and harder to get good data. :-/
It really is information warfare. We need to start responding appropriately.
(...not that nobody is doing anything about it; we just need a lot more.)
@courtcan ...never mind that attacking them is not going to do anything to reduce the threat... but it sounds like that understanding is at least a couple of levels up from where that guy is... which, sadly, is probably where too many USians are.
InfoMess.
I strongly agree with most of what you're saying, but I have to nitpick on one point: https://dataconomy.com/2025/07/17/ai-bands-are-now-topping-the-charts-and-earning-real-money/
@adr omg seriously this. >.<
If there isn't an Arbitrary Holiday Day, there ought to be.
@GayDeceiver
She-Flunk
(Am I doing #OffMonsterdon here? :blobcatthinking:)
"There are certain things men must do to remain men." You can tell it's not really sapient because it doesn't chase women.
"It must be hooked into your main power-bank in order to be operative."
Nailed self-driving vehicles and LLM-training in the same episode...
"All you have to do is sit back and let the machines do the work."
I used AI to make myself look older.
...did I say "AI"? I meant RL.
It took literal decades to process.
(CW: eyes, close. They're probably following you. Don't let them know or they will sense it and pounce.)
Been thinking a lot about what makes a system actually responsive vs. just reactive. The difference seems to be whether you are waiting for things to break or building the feedback loops before you need them.
Most organizations optimize for the second type. Most people optimize for the first. Interesting gap.
It's way too early to be the time it is.
I suspect it's either Windows or Mac, purchased as a package from a Retail Solutions Software company (that being standard practice) -- but I haven't looked closely at the screens.
...but that's not really even the core of my gripe; it's more like...
We're supposed to be owning this place all together, but you won't even listen to a seasoned professional with online retail experience who is willing to volunteer time and is also an "owner"??
Somethin' ain't raht 'bout thayut..
Seen when leaving dinner Tuesday. At Cobra Burger in Church Hill, Richmond, USA
WORKSFORME WAI WONTFIX Keep me posted!