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Comment So the billionaires are dismantling capitalism (Score 1) 19

And y'all won't allow socialism. So what's the actual alternative?

Can't have capitalism anymore because the billionaires won't allow it and they have more than enough power and money to do away with it.

And we can't have socialism because well, that's socialism!

So what exactly is the plan?

Comment Re:Trump Trying to Silence CNN (Score 1) 102

that list has nowhere near the reach or audience numbers as even the worst rated MS-Now program

You sure about that?.

It's also not about one single item, it's the full spread of the media apparatus which I would bet when taken as a whole conservatives outreach Democrats by quite a bit and have for a long time. Be proud, stand on ground, this took decades, you guys did it, you are the mainstream now.

there's at least one and usually more left-wing equivalents.

And the conservative ones tend to be more popular. One complaint I have about the Democrats is they don't have alternative media anywhere close to say Daily Wire or a ground game that was anywhere close as Turning Point. Again no need to be coy, Republicans have a big media system!

Republicans have dominated the Big 3, NPR, Newspapers, wire services, etc etc etc?

Again i'm not gonna use metrics that aren't relevant and only exist to make yourself the eternal victim. It isn't true! This entire narrative is baked into the media apparatus! It's a big part of the strategy, i've been hearing this my entire life.

Comment Re:Just a RIF? (Score 2) 19

More and more I am wondering if these AI "initiatives" are just an excuse to reduce headcount and figure things out later, rather than an actual commitment.

It's a bit of both. They really think AI will eat those jobs, and they're almost certainly right. It's just a matter of getting the timeline, and better to be early than late on big defining trends.

The glorified scripting that we're calling AI, along with other automation and robotics, is going to end entire categories of jobs, with nothing visibly in sight to replace them. Unless you can get governments to mandate make-work positions, there's really no way to stop the waves of layoffs that are coming.

Comment Re:Trump Trying to Silence CNN (Score 1) 102

It's easy to make your case when you just exclude alllllll the conservative media particualrly in new and alt-media spaces. Let's list some out:

With the exception of Fox and the WSJ (and maybe Rogan), that list has nowhere near the reach or audience numbers as even the worst rated MS-Now program. For every thing you list there, there's at least one and usually more left-wing equivalents. And all of that is beside the point, because...

For Republicans to claim they have no media presence

Uh, who is doing that? The whole point of the parent post was his assertion that conservatives are buying "all the media". It's a horseshit assertion, just like "Republicans claim they have no media presence".

while they have been dominating the entire media landscape for 20 years

Holy shit, you're either delusional or that's the most Stalinesque piece of spin I've seen in years. In what alternate fuckin' reality do you live in where Republicans have dominated the Big 3, NPR, Newspapers, wire services, etc etc etc?

Comment Re: Why is Secretary involved at all in this? (Score 1) 146

Probably because he's in charge of communicating with foreign powers. I'm not sure who else would be better positioned to make these decisions.

Just imagine a ridiculous scenario where a particular font renders the serifs in such a way that it looks like a hate symbol to people in Portuguese speaking countries. The Secretary of State is going to have something to say about that for sure.

Less ridiculous scenarios might include don't readability across language groups. Maybe choosing a font with an excellent Chinese character set. That sort of thing.

Comment Re: Rubio is a hypocritical moron. (Score 1) 146

There's probably a lot of trickle down IT work that has to be done. Default user settings, templates, potentially hundreds of websites, etc. in addition to user training.

Not to mention testing and dealing with that guy who somehow deleted Times New Roman and now sees everything in Wingdings.

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