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... it's almost always because I have something he wants, usually money for his election campaign but sometimes just my vote.

It's not actually him though, it's usually a robo-call or someone working or vollunteering for his campaign.

Note: I get the same from non-wealthy politicians.

Windows 2000 was good for its time. I would love a version of Windows 2000 with an up-to-date security model.

If there is a conclave, they should only be allowed to use paper/pencil and other analog equipment and a computer that has only Microsoft Windows installed and no way to install anything else.

*horrors*

The study was in mice, not men and women.

This "full steam ahead damn the consequences" attitude scares me.

"advanced ceramic parts" - for the toilets or the electronics?

Asking for a friend.

5) Other (see comments)
6) CowboyNeal is Supreme Absolute Ruler Of The Universe

The Sony Trinitron was one of the best consumer-grade color TV display technologies around during the life of its key patents (late 1960s through 1996).

After the patents expired, Sony couldn't charge the premium it could during the patent life. That was the beginning of the end. The switch to newer technologies sealed its fate.

We can do a lot with an AI trained in pre-1923 literature, pre-1923 sheet music (especially classical and other pre-20th-century styles), etc.

"ChatGPT, give me music in the style of J. S. Bach, suitable for playing by a small ensemble consisting of ..."

Soon, AI use will be all-but-undetectable if you just look at the output.

Authors/publishers with good reputations or with reputable organizations to vouch for them might be believed when they say "I made this without AI input" but nobody else will. At least not in cases where it matters, like news reports.

We already know: Increased use of ad-blockers.

illegal.

Making an account "read only"/"frozen" so you don't get anything NEW in your feed and you can't post anything make sense, but you should be able to see what you've posted before and messages others have specifically sent to you.

Personally, if I ever got the ban-hammer from a company, I'd want a reasonably convenient way to download my history, including messages directed to me or to groups I am (er, was) a part of.

User unlocks cell phone and looks at his feed.
Feed tells him to eat something that will cause cancer, without saying it will cause cancer.
He eats it.
He gets cancer.

"Researcher" does a "controlled study." Pretty much the same results, with a few outlyers just to show it's a "real study" and not a "rigged one."

Logically, cell phones cause cancer and now we know why!

See what problems the Aussie ban solves, and see what new problems it creates.

Then you can make a much more informed decision.