And, I want to use Roku for a doorstop.

Seriously, though, the Roku interface is a pain in the ass. There are so many much better options out there. Maybe this will get people to give those other options a try.

Faster than 2020 when everyone was ordering from Amazon and their delivery service was overwhelmed? Sure, I buy that.

But faster than BC (before COVID)? No way. Before, I used to get same-day delivery on lots of stuff and only rarely had to wait more than two days for other stuff.

Now, I don't get same-day delivery and I often have to wait more than a week for some deliveries (that are supposed to be covered under Prime).

If they are using this propaganda to raise prices, they might be in for a rude awakening. Wouldn't be surprised if they lose a lot of subscribers.

How do you arrest someone in absentia?

By definition "arrest" means to take someone into custody. Did they make life-size cardboard cutouts and arrest those?

Or, is this just another aspect of Putin's fantastical thinking: that you can "arrest" someone with your mind? Did they also crush his head?

This could be really good for the planet.

If the hype-cycle lasts long enough, the nuclear plants might be so far along that it makes more sense to complete them than just abandon them once the fad is abandoned -- which means we can close down some coal or other fossil fuel plants.

However, if people realize to soon that this is just another promise-don't-equal-the-hype-scam from SillyCon Valley, then the plants will be abandoned before enough investment has been made to justify continuing forward.

The government and/or power industry don't seem to be pushing for nuclear power plants so, maybe the tech bros might actually doing some good for once.

This is one hype-cycle that may be worth supporting -- for at least five years or so.

Go ChatGPT10!

Why write a book when anyone can just generate one?

Or, to put it another way, why should anyone buy a book when they can just generate one for themselves and become THE world-renowned expert overnight?

You though social media made you a genius! Just think how this new wave of AI is gonna make you that much smarterer and betterer than everyone else!

/sarcasm

Maybe Brawdo isn't an actual beverage. Maybe it's a metaphor for any pablum that dulls people's critical reasoning and seduces them into populist group-think? Maybe we are already living in the great idiocracy?

They should team up with Tesla so their flying cars can be self-flying.

Yeah, that's the ticket!
(with apologies to Jon Lovitz)

The tax agencies do not pay enough to attract competent lawyers.

As a result, they can intimidate working and lower-middle class people who can't afford a decent legal team but, they cannot intimidate rich people.

NY may have a goal of going after wealthy tax cheats but, they won't succeed. The only winners in this will be the law firms who will rake in hefty fees while beating the government into submission.

After a few years, the government will quietly return to the old status quo and leave the rich people alone.

The judge/court did not make any error and, therefore, could not "Ctrl-Z" the divorce once it was finalized. The former wife's solicitor did by submitting the wrong terms to the court.

The only person who could have Ctrl-Zed this divorce is the former husband -- and it sounds like the erroneously submitted terms were favorable to the former husband so, why would he?

But, I s'pose you gotta get people to read you articles somehow.

Just as with government, you get the movies you deserve.

Don't like remakes and sequels? Then stop watching 'em and the big studios will stop making 'em.

However, don't expect the big studios to green-light a big budget for an unknown, either.

Your choices are high-production-value pablum or clunky originality and very little in between.

[to the tune of Deutschland über Alles]
Trumpland, Trumpland it's the best
It's better than all the rest

When you see the giant chocolate cake
Your heart will simply break

Trumpland, Trumpland it's the best
It's better than all the rest

Cryptocurrencies are not securities and shouldn't be regulated like commodities or stock shares.

Cryptocurrencies -- "coins" if you will -- are just like the chips in a casino. They have no inherent value just like their casino counterparts. They are merely used to make gambling easier/safer.

The crypto industry should be regulated as just another form of gambling -- with the same types of controls and regulations.

That is such BS. Insurance companies do not charge everyone the same rate. They base the rate on the car being insured and the driver.

If your car costs more, you pay more in insurance because of the increased replacement cost. If your car is a "muscle car" you pay more because of increased potential liability. If you are a young male, you pay more because of increased potential liability. If you have a bunch of speeding tickets or a DUI conviction you pay more because of increased potential liability. If you drive certain Kias or Hyundais, you won't be able to get insurance because of how easy they are to steal.

Point is, all you god-fearing, gun-loving ICE car drivers are not paying for the baby-murdering, fag-loving, deep-state, commie liberals' EVs.

Either you are lying about what State Farm sent to you in that letter or State Farm is just serving up some of the Fox News / MAGA Kool-AId as a scapegoat for increasing their rates.

Look, I have as much contempt for The Donald as any rational human being but, what is the difference between DJT and Bitcoin?

Truth Social is a money-losing business that has very little prospect of every becoming worth anything near what its current market value suggests. But, Truth Social does at least has some value and this capital infusion make actually give it the opportunity to become cash-flow positive.

On the other hand, Bitcoin and the other crypto-currencies have absolutely no underlying value. Their trading price is ENTIRELY based on the faith that their believers place in them.

So, who is the bigger fool? The MAGA maniac who invests in DJT or the tech bro who invests in Bitcoin?

I'm not religious but I do find some wisdom in the Bible and here's a little chestnut I think apt for this story: "You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

... their ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to LLMs: the inputs for the models are huge, at least I imagine so. I further assume they are too huge to be catalogued and curated by hand. So, how do they keep from hoovering up the stolen data floating around on the "dark web"?

Point is, at some point, should we expect to be able to ask ChatGPT for someone's SSN, DOB, favorite porn, last sex toy purchase, etc.? I can easily see a hacker deliberately dropping some of this info onto a site they know one of these models is "sampling", just for the shits-and-giggles of it.

Or, am I just somkin' crack?

I'm assuming Arizona selected Pluto because some other state -- Florida or Texas, perhaps -- had already selected Goofy as their state planet?