You see Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care. It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my a$$ off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation? And here's another thing, I have eight different bosses right now. Eight, Bob. So that means when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled, that, and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.

So entire videos are now being deepfaked. Somehow, they think that noise encoding won't be deepfaked along with it? Strange. Almost as if the researchers don't understand what a deepfake is.

Even AI music has an artist generating and an origin story - whether that's the programmer who algorithmically created the AI to begin with or it's the individual who originated the work. You don't sound elitist, you come across as derogatory and analytically judgmental when the origin story of something isn't relatable to you. I myself as a world traveler, for instance - frequently find myself drawn to foreign music. I don't need to know the language or the words being spoken, when I hear an interesting tune - something that's creatively unique - it's the melody I'm drawn to. Not the origin story of the song and its artist. I think the thing you're struggling with is - you're so analytical that you're looking for meaning in music. When for most of us. We don't need that meaning. When it's there, sure, it can be interesting, but it doesn't have to be there for most people to enjoy it. This doesn't make them / us not music lovers. It just makes you purely analytical and judgmental against those who are not.

To me, the 'origin story' of the music I enjoy doesn't matter and never has. Good music is good music regardless of the origin story. This desire by so called 'music insiders' to place labels warning of the AI origin story just goes to show how out of touch 'music insiders' have been to their consumers.

This seems strangely like self-validating work. Just saying. In short, like the originator of this thought did well in IQ tests but they feel they aren't being appreciated enough for the work they do. So they do a study that says "You should appreciate me and my opinions more" and point to their research that validates their belief. Under the covers. This is what most science is nowadays. Not real, objective science. But self-validating science. Stroke my tiny, fragile ego science. We deserve better.

Gunn has long symbolized someone who is out of touch with what viewers actually want, which is what makes him SUCH an odd fit for helm of DCU film content. It's like - he understands comics and superheroes are wanted. But he doesn't understand it's not HIS vision we're interested in - it's the creative content leveraging the source material that is partially derived from improvisation, and with going to the theater - it's innovation in process and technology COMBINED with less serious content that makes a person want to be a superhero in that universe to begin with. Marvel gets it. As much as he hates to admit it. But the simple fact of the matter is Gunn sucks at making superhero tales that makes you want to be like them. He can hate all he wants. The fact of the matter is his performance issues aren't anyone else's fault than his own.

So why use it for Air Force One or critical leadership functions at all? Why not instead use it for dignitary use, heads of state flights for poorer country's leaders to fly in style? Flying celebrities and other personnel on humanitarian or 'emissary' style missions? There's ZERO reason CRITICAL personnel has to go on this, but there's NO reason that this can't be turned into an opportunity to give the experience of both private and government sanctioned people doing good work for and by this country a wonderful experience without it threatening our leadership or putting other using more important aircraft... You know? Pay it forward?

An 'assets only' sale of a corporation is a scam and needs to be treated accordingly by the legal system. Imagine creating a company that takes everyone's money, then giving that money and anything invested with that money to another individual or company, then filing for bankruptcy with the liabilities. The new corporate owner isn't just liable for those liabilities. But the claim that it's an asset only sale is no different than saying they're fully aware of the scam and challenging anyone to do something about it.

I spent an extensive amount of time in Mexico, where I was regularly referred to as "cracker". Most of the time, it was intended in a derogatory way. I didn't take it as such. I just found it funny. "Yep, I'm a white guy", I'd say in Spanish. At no time did I disrespect what THEY wanted to call me there. I accepted it. Perhaps it's time those throwing a lawsuit like this around start learning what freedom of speech really means. It also means we're free to name anything whatever we want and it's YOUR choice to be offended by what we name things. A manipulative lawsuit because you're offended is your issue. Not the US's nor is it Google's issue. There's a reason the 'when' and 'where' this lawsuit was filed isn't mentioned. No court outside the US has jurisdiction over this matter, and no court in the US will honor it.

If you don't control the narrative, and outline what's fact and what's fiction, then EVERYTHING can be perceived as fact. It's not a hallucination. It's a byproduct of model censorship without a controlled narrative and established timeline. Something we dealt with at the NSA some 21 years ago.

I went to Thunderbird - and had a number of people I'd met from other countries during my program - Guatemala, Japan, Canada, etc. None of which were in IT but none of which had any issues, as you described, finding work anywhere they wanted to live. I wasn't picky about wages, I'm fluent in Spanish, and have worked abroad on behalf of a US based entities - so moving wasn't my issue. In observing the workplace abroad, I with exceeding rarity never came across Americans working abroad, and never did I see them working in IT. So I'm not quite sure what the deal is/was. It felt like a latent discrimination or paranoia of American IT workers held by foreign nations as I tried in vain to find positions in places like London, Paris, and Hong Kong - where plenty were advertised, but none would bite. In contrast. Your observations are absolutely something I experienced as well. In my traveling and working abroad - 3 month consulting stints mainly - I met tons of people from around the world - like you said, France, Ireland, Senegal, South Africa, Argentina - and more - all working in similar capacities as I'd desired on a full time basis. At first I thought it was me, but once I realized ALL these places I came into contact with had NO Americans whatsoever in IT, I realized it wasn't about me, and there was something else going on. What, precisely, that is. I don't know - that was back in between 2009 to 2015 when I traveled to around 20 countries in total, half representing a US/domestic entity in a consulting role I was looking to jump ship from to land abroad. I have no logical explanation for it, and why it's so easy for someone - say a really good friend of mine from Guatemala - to get a job in Germany at Mercedes Benz as an industrial engineer. Like I said. It's either something related to a latent discrimination of American IT personnel, that may carry over to other fields.

Not from my personal experience. Which is where I was coming from. Even in a high demand field like IT with an MBA, I found it all but impossible to find work abroad. While internet evidence might suggest otherwise, I found that evidence patently false. Smoke and mirrors to the reality.

Having worked all around the world, from first hand experience he's right. Other than software development, America's behind other countries when it comes to hardware and related manufacturing for this very reason. And the most difficult part is - unlike America's track record for the last 40 years, these other countries don't accept 'highly skilled' immigrants like the US does - which means that as other countries advance and maintain closed and tightly controlled immigration policies - this acts as a financial drain to the US. The solution, as unpalatable as this may seem, is to become protectionist as a nation, to adopt similar policies as technological leaders in immigration, tighter border restriction, developing a better social and welfare system, and the US taking care of itself as a nation with its policies FIRST.

For me, it's Everquest, with Worlds of Warcraft following a close second. BOTH outlined the pros and cons of a market oriented systems, providing a glimpse into what drives supply and demand and associated costs, and what WOW did even better with this for me was it demonstrated the bridge/divide between real world systems and the issues presented with trade between closed economies (eg Cuba) versus open economies. Then. There's the added benefit of learning about massive systems of scale and different approaches to dealing with network traffic. Working for the government and corporations around the world, this DIRECTLY translated to better multi-user software and system design for yours truly. So between the unparalleled lessons I got with multi user systems AND with supply and demand and market based economies, the most personally influential games are these two.

If I watch a show and it doesn't have something redeeming about it - at least one character I don't mind watching, a story, interesting setting.... Then I'm out. Now if things don't start coming together for the show as a production and have me entertained by the 3rd episode.... I'm out. No, I won't give a show 6 episodes if it's like watching paint dry. That's just a waste of my time.