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- Comment on The sheeet of power 16 hours ago:
I think you’re taking this too seriously
- Comment on The sheeet of power 16 hours ago:
Dude, the sound is clearly audible, and the people behind him clearly react to it, and they clearly end the event prematurely right after it happens.
Attention on this doesn’t diminish any of the horrible atrocities committed by the Trump Admin, but it cuts at the very foundation of the “strongman” persona Trump tries so desperately to portray
- Comment on Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot caught telling businesses to break the law— New York mayor says terminating the ‘unusable’ bot will help close a budget gap 3 days ago:
All you have to do is mildly flatter Trump and then he’s your best friend
- Comment on Perceiving AI as a 'job killer' negatively influences attitudes towards democracy— When people perceive AI as replacing human labour, trust in democracy and political participation decline 1 week ago:
People who perceive artificial intelligence as destroying jobs are significantly more dissatisfied with the functioning of democracy.
This line from the article is significantly different from the headline
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Most of the people here left Reddit on purpose, so you may be asking the wrong crowd. What I think you should do is never give Reddit another thought and share content here
- Comment on Exploding 🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳 1 week ago:
I’m going to guess it has to do with how quickly the temperature change occurs, or other environmental factors. It seems to be a somewhat rare occurrence, even in places where it gets very cold
- Comment on AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow 2 weeks ago:
The fuck’s with your beef? This is just one article he wrote. The guys written hundreds of pieces, maybe thousands, about all sorts of technology related issues
- Comment on AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow 2 weeks ago:
He also has a ton of experience in this space, he’s worked for the Electronic Frontier Foundation for almost 25 years. On top of that, he’s whip-smart and enjoyable to read or listen to
- Comment on AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow 2 weeks ago:
Again, did you even read the oped
- Comment on AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow 2 weeks ago:
He’s actually built a career on being an author…
- Comment on I don't understand how Trump gets away with all his senial BS. How come everyone is telling him to piss off or use the constitution to shut him the hell up? 2 weeks ago:
No argument here. My response was to the idea that the US has never had any form of accountability for presidents, which is just not true.
- Comment on I don't understand how Trump gets away with all his senial BS. How come everyone is telling him to piss off or use the constitution to shut him the hell up? 2 weeks ago:
Well, we did, it just requires functional legislative and judicial branches, which we no longer have
- Comment on If you're a parent, how do you prevent your kid from watching AI slop? 3 weeks ago:
Your phrasing here is all but certain to achieve the opposite of your desired outcome 😂
- Comment on If you're a parent, how do you prevent your kid from watching AI slop? 3 weeks ago:
PBS Kids is a great option for littles! Free, no commercials, and supportive of social/emotional development (Reminder to set up a monthly donation to your local PBS station!). With the PBS Kids app, we’d often download a few episodes of something like Daniel Tiger or Wild Kratts for road trips
We rarely watch YouTube together, most of the time he’s watching a series of some kind through Netflix or Paramount. Trollhunters, Gravity Falls, Henry Danger, stuff like that. His only exposure to commercials is during football games, whereas I can still sing over 100 jingles from my childhood
- Comment on If you're a parent, how do you prevent your kid from watching AI slop? 3 weeks ago:
Definitely the case! I’m not always on top of this myself, but I do go in and remove anything that may poison my recommendations. At this point, I just get plants, history, and a splash of comedy. Thank you for bringing this to the fore!
- Comment on If you're a parent, how do you prevent your kid from watching AI slop? 3 weeks ago:
My son is still young, almost 8, so I’m speaking for near that age level. He doesn’t get unrestricted access to YouTube. If he’s watching YouTube, it’s with one of us present and helping him navigate it. He always wants to watch the video that’s the lowest quality shit just based on the thumbnail, because they have thumbnails that stick out. I’ve taught him about “low quality” content and we’ve watched a couple so he could understand what I meant. Now when he wants to watch something I say “no, that’s going to be low quality,” he seems to understand and we move on to find something else.
Eventually, I’m going to let him navigate YouTube alone sometimes, and then go back and look at his watch history to see how things are going. He doesn’t know watch history is a thing, not will I ever tell him. If things go off the rails, we will guide them back to the rails slowly and nonjudgmentally
That said, we were at a restaurant the other day and a woman was there with her baby and a friend. She set that infant in a high chair with AI slop on her phone right in its face. The kid definitely didn’t disturb her conversation with her friend, because it looked like a zombie. Godspeed, child
- Comment on US frackers were already facing a global oil supply glut. Trump’s Venezuelan dream could make it worse 3 weeks ago:
This is exactly what I don’t get about all this. If Trump starts dumping Venezuelan crude on the market, US crude, which is largely dependent on more expensive extraction techniques, becomes less competitive. This means all the oil fields in Texas and Pennsylvania shut down (among others), and all the associated jobs go away
- Comment on How do I feel comfortable/safe going outside by myself after being so used to have parent(s) be with me outside most of my life? 3 weeks ago:
The best cure for being too anxious to go to the library or ride the bus is to go to the library and ride the bus. Your rationales for not doing these things don’t hold up, because the entire point of this advice is to help you get used to leaving your house by yourself. Don’t make excuses and just go.
- Comment on Trump: The U.S. will 'now' start hitting Mexican land targets 3 weeks ago:
Well that’s a quick path to revolution
- Comment on Trump: The U.S. will 'now' start hitting Mexican land targets 3 weeks ago:
Oh my god, where does Donald Trump think we get our food from? We import so much food from Mexico. I live in Texas, and probably 75% of the produce in our stores is imported from Mexico. Does the man expect us to eat nothing but corn and soybeans?!
- Comment on After Claiming Maduro Was Its Kingpin, DOJ Now Admits in Court That 'Cartel De Los Soles' Isn't a Real Group | Common Dreams 3 weeks ago:
He’s on trial in the Southern District of New York. 20 out of 25 judges in this district were appointed by Democrats. They specialize in white-collar crime and high-profile federal cases, and they aren’t going to go easy on the prosecution
- Comment on After Claiming Maduro Was Its Kingpin, DOJ Now Admits in Court That 'Cartel De Los Soles' Isn't a Real Group | Common Dreams 3 weeks ago:
So what happens when the DOJ entirely fails to competently prosecute this case? Is he ordered released, and then the Trump Admin illegally jails a foreign leader? I just have a feeling this is going to go very poorly for the Trump Admin
- Comment on idk how to title this one man 4 weeks ago:
I’ll bite. Tell me what “norwood” means to you
- Comment on idk how to title this one man 4 weeks ago:
I think the joke is that it’s gibberish
- Comment on I fucking ♥️ industrial society and its consequences 4 weeks ago:
You’re taking this way too seriously
- Comment on Evidence 4 weeks ago:
Climate change is real and we’re causing it
“I definitely did not do this and won’t change anything I do.”
Blue M&Ms cause cancer
“How could the M&M people do this to me?”
- Comment on Do I have extreme anxiety? 4 weeks ago:
Anxiety is usually very treatable. Look for an LCSW, LPC, or PhD psychologist who specializes in anxiety disorders. It can be good to speak with a therapist first before going straight to an MD psychiatrist, but it’s your call. Meds can be useful to get the worst symptoms under control while you engage in therapy, but meds alone aren’t a good long-term strategy to manage anxiety
- Comment on Dusting off the old PS2 4 weeks ago:
Parasite Eve was an amazing game. Blew my mind my first play through. Parasite Eve and Final Fantasy 7 & 8…a great time for gaming
- Comment on Ska ftw 5 weeks ago:
For the 90s ska revival, I think Reel Big Fish takes the cake for most ska-ish ska band
- Comment on Go on, git. 5 weeks ago:
Shin Godzilla is a whole different level of Godzilla, definitely made Godzilla more creepy than in any other film. While the OG Godzilla was a response to anxiety about nuclear bombs, Shin Godzilla is clearly a response to the Tohoku tsunami.
Also check out Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider.