It's never stopped them before, why now?

Windows update has been breaking itself as long as it's existed.

There were a bunch of bots on Twitter before, there's more now. Is that fine?

There were a bunch of independent journalists on Twitter before, they're on Bsky now, is that fine for Twitter?

There were a bunch of advertisers on Twitter before, some of the biggest have left, is that fine?

How about no thanks? Why would I want that? Commercial software is one thing, commercial OS underneath it? No thanks.

It's just too easy to do with modern technology, if you start then it doesn't ever stop. Also, no guarantees killing just that guy will have the results you're looking for.

90%? Did you pick that number specifically to be absurd? Or were you trying to make a point about the highest tax bracket previously being 90%, and you thought you were setting a trap? Because the CEOs would still go play golf and eat steak dinners and fuck expensive prostitutes even if they got taxed 90%, and the rest of us who make much less and have less to tax in the first place could pay a significantly lower rate like we do now. They would still make way more than the rest of us, and do less work than most of us.

It isn't, though. Everywhere in the world expects able people to work, whether or not their work is necessary or beneficial. Some societies have more of a hard-on about it than others, and it's true that the USA is over at the needless end of the spectrum among developed nations, but we have company over here as well.

It will never be ready, because we cannot yet conceive of how that will/would change things. There are always unforeseen and/or unappreciated consequences.

If AGI is cooperative, then it will be the ultimate optimizer. But there's simply no way to guarantee that. If the goal is to make it smarter than humans so it can do things better, how do you contain it? We can't contain humans, they keep getting into systems they aren't supposed to.

The status quo is shit.

Talking heads spewing sensationalism while refusing to actually call things what they are is not in any way helpful.

Attacking the institution of journalism won't help with that. Eliminating journalism is not what is called for.

A lot of players want this. Consider the popularity of the variously overlapping mining, exploration, and survival genres. A lot of these have procedurally generated content now, and this is just another form of that.

The real concern is as always that it will eliminate jobs and be used instead of human labor, which then gets into talking about our social and economic systems and whether they make sense going forwards. And not enough people seem to be ready for that discussion to make it worth having, especially when there are other immediately pressing issues. But you can't solve the AI taking creative jobs problem by hoping it won't happen.

0. I love capitalism! I have all the cool toys with my tech job money.
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6. This endless running of a rat race for the basic essentials of life while the owners buy multiple yachts solely so that they do not have to wait for their boat to get someplace before they fly out to it when they want to do a weekend on it in another specific country isn't healthy, is it?

Once upon a time, businesses had longevity, so at least there was stability. Now they are bought and sold and headcount reduced at the whim of corporate raiders.

Inside, to make the car smell like a vegas bathroom I guess. I haven't smelled any of these things, only seen them in shows.

You know what's great about that story? Rich people cars have scent dispensers built into them. Most of them are European, so the scents are probably not all that toxic (they have a long list of chemicals including scents which you're not allowed to use which we permit) but imagine getting one that comes from a country where we have very low standards for what we will allow in the way of scented products.

I never at all professed to be an expert in plumbing.

You still don't seal pipe threads with lube. You lube flexible seals, and you may lube straight threads to make them easier to thread and/or discourage corrosion, but then the seal seals the connection. Liquid teflon (or some other) sealants do lubricate the threads as they are tightened, but then they dry and hard so that they can seal properly under pressure, and you have to renew them when you remake the connection.

This is not expert stuff. It's basic. Why do you want to get ratioed again?

He overstated the case. AMATEUR radio use in the US must be unencrypted. Unlicensed use doesn't have to be. Amateur use is licensed. WiFi is unlicensed.

He wouldn't know an asshole move unless he waved to himself in the mirror.

Some of us know how to do that on Windows too