Man, I had this on VHS and haven’t thought about it in a long time! Such a fun movie with so many memorable scenes. The tree climbing, the tiger biting that guy’s leg off… I need to see this again!

The funny thing is AI is not really mentioned in the rest of the article. I don’t think any of the new technology being introduced has anything to do with AI.

I guess “AI” is just a synonym for “new stuff” now.

I think you’re mixing two different things here. Discussions about unions, working conditions, workplace policies, fairness, etc. have a direct bearing on the workplace and the people in it. Yes, these things are political but they also directly impact the workplace and the people in the organization. I think these topics are all fine.

That’s different from Pam in HR reminding you that she Stands With Israel when you work in a company that has no connection at all to Israel, weapons manufacturing, etc. Or maybe they want to harass you for your own views or trade in conspiracy theories. Their co-workers are a captive audience for these rants because they have to deal with these people to do their jobs.

To me it’s not about loving capitalism, it’s about not wanting yet one more sphere of life to be a stage for performative displays of tribal affiliation.

Yeah this game was great… I must have played it after other Sonic games had come out. I never knew this was his first appearance. Such a cool piece of history!

Did the car have windshield wipers that you had to turn on when you got mud on the windshield or am I mixing this up with a different game?

We have oil tycoons run our climate summits, so sure, why not.

Maybe we can get SBF and Bernie Madoff to put something together on fiscal responsibility.

The Intercept has a long, detailed piece on NYT’s coverage claiming systemic sexual violence on 10/7:

https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/

I knew the Times leaned pro-Israel, but this report was pretty surprising in terms of failing to meet basic journalistic standards.

Ears turn out to be a good way to recognize individuals. Ear biometrics is an evolving area.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7594944/

Right! They used to have a commercial airliner that broke the sound barrier.

I was confused about how the article kept saying “hypersonic” without defining it. Looks like hypersonic means 5x the speed of sound.

https://www.dictionary.com/compare-words/hypersonic-vs-supersonic

This thing is huge, it does 0-60 in under 3 seconds, has sharp angles, and its styling does not seem to target the sensible end of the market… It’s like an industrial strength pedestrian destroyer.

The most recent episode of the Deconstructed podcast was all about the ISDS. I can’t believe I’d never heard of this before.

https://theintercept.com/2023/10/20/deconstructed-corporations-democracy-silent-coup/

There were big protests in DC. I’m fairly apolitical but I was out there with a sign and everything.

Even standing there with all those people, though, I remember thinking “this will make no difference in the end.”

Yeah, I think the founders would be really disappointed to see the constitution revered like a religious text.

The website for a device that records and transcribes everything you hear and say literally says “we take a privacy-first approach.”

Oh thank goodness, I was worried!

Could all YouTubers everywhere please emulate this guy’s style… no obnoxious edits, no “destroying” someone else’s point of view… he just calmly and methodically explains what he’s done and what the issues are.

I’ve been using FX for a few years. I haven’t really compared it to the others because it does what I need with little fuss and no ads or other annoyances.

It can access network file shares and you can use a split screen view for easy file copying. It also has a basic text editor and media player, though I don’t really use those.

I’ve been running Linux on all the machines I own for years, but I still have to run Windows for work. Not everyone can just switch and I doubt there are many reading this who are unaware they could switch to Linux (or Mac, BSD, etc.).

Oh I also have one MacBook running MacOS because Apple decided to only allow iOS development and parental controls, of all things, on Apple devices running Apple software.

Yes MS and Apple suck but it’s not as simple as “just switch.”

Yup, it does notifications… Not familiar with that software though.

Tinkering is optional. It has basic settings like a few watch faces to choose from, screen timeout, and things like that. It basically just works. Bluetooth pairing with Gadgetbridge is easy. The firmware was buggy in earlier versions with Bluetooth losing connection a lot, but it’s very solid now.

Flashing firmware updates is probably the most technical thing a user would be faced with, but there’s not much to it and the device automatically reverts to the last good firmware if something goes wrong.

I don’t mean to sound like a sales pitch here. Just saying it’s not like running Linux where there are a lot of options and technical details the user can get wrong.

I agree that it’s not what most people want, but that’s mainly because it’s pretty basic, lacks features, components like the screen aren’t as nice as other watches, etc.

It’s very stable and reliable for what it does, though. I’ve been using it as a daily driver watch, timer, alarm, etc. for a couple of years.

Maybe the thing to do here, when web sites start enforcing this, is to swamp them with support requests. Don’t write a screed or manifesto with ethical or technical reasons why this is wrong. Pretend to be a non-technically-inclined user and tell them you’ve spent hours trying to get it to work and your browser keeps throwing up errors you don’t understand. They will ignore the principles, but if they think the technology is “too hard” for their “dumb users,” that might carry more weight.