Comment Re:I do not see the problem here (Score 1) 244
Ebiikes are a legal workaround loophole for motorcycles.
Ebiikes are a legal workaround loophole for motorcycles.
You realize there are a bunch of homes available for sale in all sorts of places for next to nothing. The problem isn't "housing", it is "housing where people want to live". Declining population in places like Italy have created housing collapse where nice houses aren't sold, and sit empty, and they'll pay you to move into one.
It isn't colonial, it is industrial. The current format of school is that of preparing for a factory workforce. We are post industrial, knowledge/AI/Whatever it will be called workforce.
Educators need to come to grip with getting EVERY child their MAX educational value we can. This means breaking the rows and columns of desks in a classroom, and getting kids their most valuable education they can get. This means some will do much better than others. Talent has gradations. Not everyone can be a Astro Physics expert.
"fair" is subjective. What you think is "fair" isn't really fair. It is objectively unfair to use qualitative terms in discussion of policy.
What would be fair, is that Government live within the means we ALREADY tax out of the public. Cut Spending first. Then, when all cuts that can be made, are made, then MAYBE we can have a discussion on tax increases.
Its Not Your Money.
Envy isn't a virtue.
The problem here, is "fairness" is subjective, not objective.
Use of that particular term is deliberate tug on the emotional center of brains. it works, which is why Progressives ALWAYS use it.
Which is exactly what they said a hundred years ago when they instituted the "income tax".
Rich people will move out. And take their wealth with them.
Taxes are regressive. All of them.
As anyone who's bought an early Tesla Model 3 with "Full Self Driving" knows, it's that Elon isn't afraid of making big promises and never making good on them.
From the Yahoo article:
May 2022: In a pitch deck for Twitter investors, Musk claims the company will bring in $15 million in revenue from a payments business in 2023.
October 2023: In a call with workers, Musk says he expects X to launch a payments feature by the end of 2024.
January 2025: An X post from then X CEO Laura Yaccarino says the product will debut in 2025.
February 2026: In an xAI all-hands meeting, Musk says a limited version is in beta testing. He also publicly extends an invitation to actor William Shatner, who later posts screenshots from his X Money account.
March 2026: Musk says in an X post that "early public access" will launch in April.
...and of course it's in beta to a limited number of users right now.
Conspiracy theories are, until they are not.
Secret Pedo island owned by rich dude with elitist ties was once a "conspiracy theory". Now we know that Epstein killed himself 100% because "They" said so.
"I'm just asking questions" idiots notwithstanding. I'm looking at you Candice.
Trying to think of a single movie or tv show which I love so much I would be happy if they did this to make more... Nope. Can't think of any.
One thing for sure: this will result in a lot more incredibly lame plotlines like "somehow, Palpatine returned".
Sigh. Well, at least I'll save a lot of time and money not going to see movies.
Someone did an AI live action recreation of Johnny Quest, and it looks totally cool.
That's sorta' the reverse of the current article - instead of taking a no longer available actor and recreating him, they're making an actor (who never existed) from scratch to play the part of a cartoon character.
Just saw the trailer and...
I have no idea what the movie is about, whether it looks good, or whether I want to see it.
It reads "some stories were too hidden to be found" (and wtf does that mean? And the story was too hidden to be found but you're making a movie of it?), and it's based on a real story.
And a bunch of seemingly disconnected action shots.
Hard pass. I'll stream it if the reviews are any good.
Security isn't convenient.
Security isn't easy, but it isn't hard either.
Assume you're' a target (because you are) and make it so that you're hardened. Don't be the easy target. Criminals are lazy.
Instead of fearing AI, use it to secure software and make it better.
We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
Yeah, the privacy aspect of EFF doesn't align with social media in general IMHO.
Are they trying to "earn" some $ from social media? That's a silly goal, but might be a nice side benefit.
It's worse than that, because with proper skill, it isn't even a copy/pasta. It is one app that posts to everything all at once. Even the social media places that didn't make the list.
Buffer, Hootsuite, Metricool, Robopost or Later
One could probably tweak posts for each platform with AI effectively.
And on the seventh day, He exited from append mode.