Of course...and many like Pilsner beer, like a Bud or Coors....I personally like those beers myself. However, I also really appreciate a Guinness and many other types of beer that taste nothing like bud light. If you like impersonal fucking....well, the world is your oyster...those are the default and dominant form. 99% of professionally produced and even the vast majority of amateur porn falls under that category. You're all set.

My wife prefers stuff where the couple is less tacky and the sex is more realistic. So for us, having more of that is great. If you're into stuff that resembles traditional loving sex?...it's an underserved market...those wanting a rough fuck?...well, I think it's safe to say you have many choices.

That's interesting. I didn't realize they were so firmly limited. I would have guessed other software would work allow it. I don't own these and never plan on buying any. I'm monogamous and sadly it's tough getting a wife/mom in her 40s to let you photograph, let alone video her....so video shenanigans are not in the cards for me. However, meta isn't the only game in town and really pro porn is an endangered species. It's just too hard to make money off it, especially for an extended period of time.

Go pro helmets are kinda weird. If you could get acceptable footage from a pair of glasses or something more natural looking, it would definitely help the experience, especially for couples. As you said, pros will go through a lot for their craft. However, amateurs are more likely to be bold if the video equipment is simple and doesn't take over their house.

I think most would agree, porn would be a lot better for society if more "real people" were in it. Instead of a LA fitness instructor with huge breast implants, like we saw in the 80s and 90s and 00s...what if it was actual women and men who are actually in love with their partners and have imperfect bodies? What if lonely people watched healthy, positive, loving sex instead of impersonal performances?

Even if I never see it, filming yourself can be a fun way of spicing things up for couples. TBH, it never worked for me because I'm obsessed with sex and photography and my brain is wired that it can do one or the other, but not both. If I start adjusting camera settings I get a bit too perfectionist and am not thinking about the moment any more :). But for people less on the spectrum than me?....I've heard from many couples it was a very thrilling experience...even if they just delete afterwards. So I think these are not terrible in your own home...they just should never be allowed in public. There's probably no legal way of preventing that...but the least we can do is shame people who record others in public and certainly shame and prosecute people who misuse these.

Dude...if knowing people enjoy porn spikes your blood pressure this much, you're not long for this world. Relax. No one is sending you dick pics...which TBH wouldn't even traumatize me...I'd just be bored. It's not natural to hate sex as much as you seem to.

Very good point, but it's been long lamented by male porn stars that their craft isn't very appreciated...that they're a prop. I enjoy porn documentaries and reading about these things. :) Most women I talk to who are into porn like I am, the man is often a placeholder. They may want to see his body, but they're happier the less they see his face. Even if they're enjoying his physique, they want to picture a specific man or a man who's more their type (most male porn stars from the studio days are pretty old). And finally, what percentage of men in porn are good looking? :). Most have good bodies, but quite a few are "butterfaces" (or whatever the male equivalent are).

Honestly, it's ironic now that I think about it. Women always complain about men dehumanizing and sexualizing them....but in actual porn, we want to see the woman and the women I've talked to usually don't want to see the man.

It's a great way to film yourself having sex if you have the consent of your partner. Sunglasses are weird, but not as weird and a gopro on your forehead. I can see these as a staple of amateur porn. No one wants to see the guy, so the sunglasses make him even more of a prop from other camera views, but many want to see things from his point of view!

You are correct, but from everything I've read and your list, those were his personal nicknames he used as a mnemonic. Calling his dad poppy or Donald Rumsfeld Rummy was a term of affection, not an insult. GWB was likeable, but he was no genius, nor did he have to be as a nepo-baby. He was required to keep track of a lot of names and relied on those nicknames, especially since he couldn't remember the person's name at the time, so he'd just call a guy stretch. It was folksy and certainly not mean-spirited.

A key difference is that Trump makes up nicknames to belittle and insult his opponents and MAGA faithful repeat it over and over. It's certainly effective in a way, but it's childish and obnoxious and off-putting to thinking adults. Trump is a broken, vindictive, and vicious man. Not only is he an incompetent president, but he's just a terrible person in any role. GWB? Definitely too incompetent to be president, but from everything I know, he's a decent man. I hated his tenure in office, but he'd be my favorite neighbor, by far!

You're right, but....the wealthy typically call 911 less. They're less likely to be victims of crime. They're more likely to keep up on routine checkup and take their medication to find chronic problems early. They tend to drop dead at a much later age....plus, being poor really sucks and is one of the most stressful experiences a human can go through....it definitely takes a toll on you physically, so you are more likely to drop dead.

How many health studies have simply been a proxy for wealth and thus stress? Remember when they thought drinking wine was better for the heart? How about tooth decay?...when they linked bad teeth to heart attacks. I think there were ones posted here related to air pollution. It seems like 4x a year, they come out with some study about how one group outlives the other...and in pretty much every case, the behavior of the group with worse outcomes is noticeably more common among the poor than wealthy. Being poor is deadly.

From a cold-hearted economic standpoint, it would make more sense to use human operators for rich districts and technology augmented services for the poor. Not only are they more likely to sue as you pointed out, they also will call in lower volumes. I grew up in poverty and spend my college years living in the inner city around violence. I now live in a nice neighborhood. There's a lot less first responders being called near me now than when I was surrounded by housing projects.

Also, it's not really New Orleans' fault the rich sue and the poor consume huge volumes of services. I take them at their word that they're just trying to provide services to the best of their ability. If they cannot afford a huge staff of human responders AI, could increase response times.

Very interesting detail. I think a possible difference is that I live in a dense urban area, so the 3 buildings across from my house have Ring cameras and are within 30-40 feet of my door. Many of these buildings are so close to the sidewalk that quite a few residents can literally high five someone on the sidewalk from their front door. If I lived in a normal suburb, I would imagine the detail would be far less.

It's heartening to know the resolution ain't great for you, but I have seen videos on social media that looked sharp enough to dox someone, so maybe it's one of those doorbells that's literally 2' from the sidewalk? Also, poor resolution is not intentional. I am sure future models will improve on that.

And...yeah...I gotta admit. It's your right to set them up and you seem to have a good reason and be responsible. Maybe I'm completely wrong? I still hate them. I hate going to someone's door when they have them. Maybe I have to accept they will exist, but I do hope that misuse of both flock and ring cameras become such a severe crime that it will deter people from acting horrible with them. I've already hear second and third hand stories of women getting ring footage from their neighbors to try to catch their men cheating on them. It's not my problem because I don't choose to cheat, but I just find that so gross.

However, my neighbors know when I turn lights on and off...when I leave...when I tend to my tiny strip of plants in front...and with AI, they can easily track it....if a window is open, they can see inside....including my small kids. They seem like OK people....but yeah, you don't need to know my 11yo's bedtime schedule...even moreso, now that we have AI and facial recognition, I don't want them to have the ability to effortlessly catalog all visitors and activity in my home.

I am confident you're the right person if you need to use terms like "Sleepy Joe." Children rely on insulting nicknames. Grown-ups debate the details and policies. I am guessing you're feeling miffed because you're making a non-MAGA statement...but if you're using MAGA language....well...it's like complimenting me while calling me the N-word. It probably won't get the reaction you're hoping it will. Even if your heart is in the right place, you sound like an asshole making such statements.

Trump had a nickname for everyone...did Kamela? Hillary? Mitt Romney? GWB? Reagan? Maybe schoolyard insults are fun for the MAGA base?...but for the rest of us...it tells us who you are.

Maybe you've seen the light and realize Trump is more of a grifter than an effective leader? Great...but throwing around insults is not helping the discussion and it I am confident it didn't help the cause of getting Trump voted out of office 2 years ago. Maybe your strategy helps in MAGA-land? IDK. I find their psychology to be complex and confusing. However, adults find throwing around lazy insults like that to be just gross and moronic. So you want to lazily throw around nicknames? It's your right due to freedom of speech...you have the right to say asshole thing like that....but you have to accept I have the right to call you an asshole for saying them. Freedom of speech works both ways, buddy.

Flock is bad, but for me, the problem is hypothetical. Additionally, I was actually happy to see that they're doing something to hold officers accountable for misusing it. It is a simple technology problem. Audit all uses and make the officer justify each one. It won't solve all problems, but it will discourage abuse as well as make it easier to determine if someone abused the system. That said, I am not sure what value Flock provides to me as a law-abiding citizen. Just how many threats to me has it stopped? If you're going to take my privacy without my consent, can you quantify the value you provide in return?

However, Ring cameras? Those can burn in hell. I live in the city and there's a ring camera on every other house. OK, it stops package theft, which is cool and all...but the bored retirees on my block have been posting ring footage on social media for the stupidest of reasons. Back when I gave the hellscape that is nextdoor.com a try, there would be weekly posts from mentally ill retirees of footage of dogs shitting on people's yards. I live in an urban neighborhood. The owner was on the sidewalk. The dog was literally a foot off the sidewalk...and some asshole is asking the community to dox them....in many cases, if you read the comments, the homeowner even admitted that the owner picked up the feces afterwards. They were just incensed that a dog shat on their tiny lawn...but were too cheap to put up a fence. It's fucking stupid, but it was happening every week.

Then during COVID, racist elders were posting images of teenage boys (black & latino) not wearing masks in public to go play basket ball. OMG...they're not following the rules!?!?!? Fortunately the community gave a lot of pushback to the assholes doxxing underage individuals about a stupid mask mandate. They're fucking kids...you can debate if what they were doing was problematic, but that seems like a small transgression to post a minor's photo without their consent to shame them.

But beyond dogshit and masks, I keep hearing stories about blackmail or neighbors starting drama. The elderly couple across the block tried to claim my neighbor was having an affair when his wife was out of town....until the wife informed them that the hot blonde visiting late at night was a part-time babysitter they hired. Having AI facial recognition is becoming a nightmare because they don't even have to watch the footage or know me to track me or whomever visits my house.

Rings worry me way more than Flock. I am genuinely surprised they haven't been implicated in more murders and crimes. If you have $50, you can stalk your neighbors to your heart's content. When you live in a city like I do, that's a LOT of people.

Politicians are like toilets. You're not supposed to like them, just pick the least gross one. YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. Sorry, princess, you don't get a everything you want AND a pony. You need to pick the least worst candidate. Even in the primaries. As you admitted, you don't like Joe Biden, but agreed things were better. He was never my favorite, either....but it's him or Trump.

So stop complaining. Pick the least worst candidate and encourage those who will listen to you to pick the rational, sensible decision. Do I like the Democrats? Eh...nope, not really. However, Clinton's record is the best in my lifetime. He entered with a record deficit and left with a record surplus. Bush Jr did the polar opposite. I even think GWB was a cool guy. I'd totally have a beer with him and probably laugh the whole time...would I want him to be president again?...hell no, I thought he ruined the country with his reckless spending and pointless war + that whole patriot act thing....but if he was running against Trump?...OK...GWB it is.

So grow the fuck up, and stop being a democracy pillow princess. Vote with your mind and not your heart. Does AOC/Mamdami inspire me? Nope...not at all. But if it were them or Trump 2.0?...I'd vote for them and not complain.

Democrats are like chemotherapy. It's a miserable shitty experience, but it's far better than letting the cancer spread. This whole liberal vs conservative narrative is a hoax. Nothing about Trumpism is conservative. Similarly, Democrats are not liberal, unless your mind is stuck in the 1950s, back when you could use the N-word freely in most circles.

Modern politics are about adults vs children. The children are fun...build the wall, Mexico will pay for it!...I'll solve all our financial problems with tariffs and China and someone else (China/retailers) will pay it...not you!!!....hey, don't notice our FAILING economy and how your financial prospects are getting worse...look at all the "illegals" we're rounding up like the big tough guys we are!!!. That's fucking fun, but it's a lie and a fantasy. Democrats are boring adults that balance the budget and respect you rights A LOT MORE than Republicans. And I get it, it's a drag....paying for shit in a sustainable way is a buzz kill.

However, the Democrats have no room or freedom to be liberals or chase their ideals because we have this shitty cycle where a Republican breaks the economy (or technically it breaks because through a combination of easily predictable economic phenomena, their reckless laws and tax cuts, and they fail to mitigate the harm through the many obvious solutions available), Bush Sr did, Bush Jr did, and Trump did...and then a Democrat comes in...battles with child like Republican congresspeople who post about Jewish Space Lasers and talk about Pizzagate....fixes the economy...things are boring and stable...and people like you complain about the stupidest shit imaginable, forgetting what we endured...and then a new child gets nominated, makes bold promises...and gets elected...and predictably tanks the economy. Who was the last Republican that left the economy in a better state than it was when he was elected?

It's easy to remember Mexico will pay for this wall....but also, don't forget GWB telling you he'll privatize social security...and how he took a record surplus and blew it on tax cuts that only benefited the wealthy, like repealing the estate tax....so rich assholes can pass more of their money to their worthless offspring while starving you of basic gov functions.

Grow the fuck up. You sound like some asshole who nearly died of COVID complaining about a sore throat from having a doctors save his life with a ventilator.

I suspected it long ago, but this confirms it. For those following these things, I am sure this will get referenced a lot a hopefully a peak embarrassing moment.

Nice...you're doing that NRA shit...Guns don't kill people? So yeah...let's put a gun in everyone's hand and a camera everywhere...how about a flock camera in every toilet?...oooh, you're going to stand by that pedantic "the gun never killed anyone, just the operator". That's a bullshit argument and you very much know it.

However, that aside. Well one complaint I made about costs is fully legit and 100% the fault of the tool. AI is resource and power hungry. It's not a human misusing that's going to make me spend AT LEAST $2000 EXTRA on my family's next device refresh, not to mention shortening the supply so we'll feel lucky if we get the devices we want...that's AI being used, as intended. The massive data center buildout is not misuse. That is using AI correctly and as intended and EVERYONE is feeling the pain.

So yeah...AI?...not worth the price. It's not human evil that is making my laptop replacement this year painful, it's AI buildout. It's why we're not getting new consoles and the old ones actually WENT UP IN PRICE. That has never happened in the history of humanity. Never has a 5yo console retailed for MORE than when it was introduced. I am used to costs going down or staying the same for identical computer parts over a 5 year period...or at the very least improving in features and performance. And AI is not improving. The only way people know how to make the models smarter is to throw more resources at it...worsening the problem.

Also, it doesn't work....certainly doesn't work anywhere near as promised. So it's an interesting and very much oversold tool that's causing pain both from misuse as well as correct usage.

Bad AI? Obviously deception and fraud How about fake product images? How about deep faking an actor without his or her permission? I thought I put it pretty clearly. Giving us what we want and spending less doing so? Most of us are fine with that. Giving us less for our money in the name of AI? No one wants that. Obviously those in the entertainment industry want proper credit for their work. It would be quite shitty for someone to mimic Quentin Tarantino's writing style using an LLM rather than actually hire him to write a script as an obvious example relevant to this post.

Are you being autistically pedantic and saying that it's not the AI that's bad, but the application? If so, congrats on being tedious and understanding human communication worse than an actual AI. However, you knew very well what I was communicating even if a minor technical detail wasn't phrased precisely.

However, most of us just fucking hate AI at this point. Beyond those making money off AI and a few evangelists and hobbyists, it's not making our lives tangibly better. However, it is VERY DEFINITELY making our lives worse in tangible ways in the short term...and the only thing that is not making it an apocalyptic disaster is that it is nearly a complete fraud and doesn't work as advertised. If it actually did, society would be in crumbles from the economic fallout and our gov institutions and social norms and contracts having not evolved enough to handle an economic system where the vast majority of people who used to be productive workers no longer have a means of providing value to the economy nor feeding their families.

For 99% of the population, the AI revolution is a bunch of empty promises, some kinda neat ChatGPT/Gemini interactions that are fun for about 5 min until you realize about 50% of the answers are very obviously wrong....and then realizing EVERY FUCKING DEVICE you own and love will be much more expensive to replace or upgrade because of this stupid error-prone bullshit. Oh, and a fuck ton of news headlines where CEOs lay off people and blame it on AI, despite it actually being their businesses contracting. Sorry, I don't want to pay a 25% or greater premium on every device, like my phone, tablet, laptop, playstation, etc... just to support this stupid shit which isn't giving me a benefit...oh, and did we mention it's barely improving and each tiny improvement is drastically increasing the costs of using it?....so yeah...AI sucks...it has done NOTHING good for me or really anyone but pick and shovel vendors yet...and done a lot of tangibly bad things.

This shitty bubble can't pop fast enough.

For ALL OF MY FUCKING LIFE...technology got better and cheaper with each generation. Waiting 2 years to buy typically meant you got something better for your money...at either the same price or slightly cheaper. Today?...no each generation means you pay more for exactly the same thing. Thanks AI Bubble!!!! I love the fact that the Playstation costs more with time for the EXACT SAME hardware as before...same with my next phone, tablet, etc. But hey, Jensen Huang is making money, that makes it all better, right?

Except his complaint is not. AI can replicate an actor's every detail without his consent. AI can replicate a singer's voice quite convincingly. How would you feel about some Russian studio making a fortune using AI to "discover" lost Whitney Houston songs which are actually AI slop and earn money streaming them? How would you feel about Belarusian studios adding Heath Ledger and Jimmy Stewart into their latest movies?...or some Chinese studio using AI to recreate the voice of every actor in the Avengers series into a mobile gambling game?

This is not automation making things better. His complaint was AI STEALING performances. AI can write a Quentin Tarantino script...that probably is far worse...but how would you feel if a Dubai studio started cranking out mock Tarantino scripts and filming them and saying they're from him?...or saying they're Tarantino-inspired? Or maybe just something simple:....a local real estate agency using AI Brad Pitt's voice and likeness to sell their homes. They don't claim it's him, but AI makes one of their employees look and sound EXACTLY like him.

The level of theft is very new and we need to have a serious discussion because no one knows the ramifications. However, I am confident the final output will be a lot worse than anything we're used to. Quality will go down, not up . With the industrial revolution, quality went up, uniformity went up. With AI, I think we all know the quality will go way down and shitty people will use it to steal.