I do listen to "both" sides! That's exactly why I'm a leftist!

I don't get why centrists think that you have to be "centrist" to listen to both sides, or why doing so makes you a centrist.

Furries are like one of the main customers of artists

I don't think it's a criticism? It's more about highlighting the slight absurdity of super-high tech power generation still using the same method that has been used since the very start of electricity generation. A turbine spun by evaporated water.

"why should disabled people have a life outside of work?"

The thing with AI, is that it mostly only produces trash now.

But look back to 5 years ago, what were people saying about AI? Hell, many thought that the kind of art that AI can make today would be impossible for it to create! ..And then it suddenly did. We'll, it wasn't actually suddenly, and the people in the space probably saw it coming, but still.

The point is, we keep getting better at creating AIs that do stuff we thought were impossible a few years ago, stuff that we said would show true intelligence if an AI can do them. And yet, every time some new impressive AI gets developed, people say it sucks, is boring, is far from good enough, etc. While it slowly, every time, creeps on closer to us, replacing a few jobs here and there in the fringes. Sure, it's not true intelligence, and it still doesn't beat humans, but, it beats most, at demand, and what happens when inevitably better AIs get created?

Maybe we're in for another decades long AI winter.. or maybe we're not, and plenty more AI revolutions are just around the corner. I think AIs current capabilities are frighteningly good, and not something I expected to happen this soon. And the last decade or so has seen massive progress in this area, who's to say where the current path stops?

Except she still gets royalties and uses those to donate to political organizations, so you know

Why would anyone want to watch AI generated content? What's the point? I get using AI generation as a tool but if there's no human intention behind it, just a pure algorithm, why even bother?

You know what sucks?

In that AR glasses, in theory, are such an interesting technology with lots of potential, and certainly a piece of tech I would love to have and work with and on. Not to secretly record people, but to, well.. augment my field of view with whatever digital tools or displays I would like. It would be so useful

It's honestly kinda saddening to me that it most likely will get completely ruined by our current toxic relationship to technology. A step towards our ever increasing cyberdystopia, and not towards enchanting our limited lives

Obviously either way I don't trust Meta, but an open-hardware device running a FOSS AR system? It would be nice..

I still hold out hope that this somehow could be resolved, and I would love to contribute to open software for these devices. Maybe one day soon-ish I will. My expertise should be well applicable, after all

personal finance book:

"be born rich and with good parents, lol"

That's because, for some reason, people don't treat anger like an emotion

Neither do they have a right to a platform, hence, deleted off of the platform.

While Ubisoft itself is just a company seeking to maximize profits, many workers there likely do have at least some passion for what they do. It's not unheard of that devs do small cool stuff like this.

You know, I think it's interesting how this used to be considered the nutjob's territory just a bit over 10 years ago. And now, at least for the USA, this might be the thing that keeps you out of jail.

It's kinda frightening

Covid really made me go from

"why would anyone ever hide a bite?? They're already dead, might as well not put the rest in danger. This is unrealistic"

to

"oh yeah no of course they would hide a bite. People could pull up their sleeves to show an infected bite and they would deny it straight to their faces"

"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway."

We're about to see a fascist america, and this is what you're worried about?

Do you also feel bad for the Nazis in pre-war germany who got harmed? Or even killed? Chances are you don't

Our world is about to become very different to what we're used to. Get ready for it. Playing nice won't win you the war

Before the nazis were in power, it was indifference, though. Once they are in power, it's borderline too late.

The quote is about a time like today.

Frankly, I wish we just abolished the damn monarchy already. I hate that we still have kings and queens in a democratic country even if they are just ceremonial. They don't deserve all this media attention just because they got a lucky birth

Treat all of them as one would any other citizen and be done with it. Unfortunately, the monarchy still faces popular support towards existing, though I hope it changes sooner or later

I think they should block more roads

Funny button on the back of the PSU goes click