Comment They literally sold the last bit two years ago (Score 5, Informative) 106
The USA used to stockpile Helium. They did so for almost 100 years. Then they got rid of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Comment Re:AI use is like drugs (Score 1) 89
There is your problem right there. You think AI is a search tool. Obviously if you don't know anything about AI, and think it is a search tool, you won't benefit from it.
To be fair, if you go to google.com, the world's most popular search engine, you will see that Google is doing their damndest to shoehorn "AI" into everyone's searches. If people think "AI" is a search tool, it might be because the world's most popular search tool is ramming it down their throats.
Comment Re: I would love targeted ads, if.. (Score 1) 21
You jest, but I actually requested my FB data a while back, and it listed my gender as female, erroneously.
If facebook got your gender wrong, you're winning.
What worries me is that the platforms use this info to generate totally bogus "viewer statistics" for "content creators." The creators see a dashboard that says 67% of their viewers are female, or aged 35-50, or whatever, and they believe the numbers. Those numbers are usually just a guess. Sometimes they are based on the viewers' own feedback (as if anyone tells the truth about themselves on the internet!). Occasionally those viewer stats are worryingly accurate. Other times Google/Meta/whoever are just making shit up, or basing their stats on the viewers' own lies. Either way, they are presented as fact.
Comment Of course they use it for ads (Score 1) 21
Of course they use it for ads, Google is an advertising company. Not just any advertising company, an advertising company that famously discarded their "don't be evil" motto.
And their "AI" is useless, it can't even reliably summarize a couple of emails. Google sucks.
Comment Re:I would love targeted ads, if.. (Score 3, Interesting) 21
the Facebook ad robot decided that I was a dentist (I'm not). Now I get bombarded with ads for dental equipment including 3D printers for making teeth.
I'm almost amused by the stupidity.
That means your digital sanitation is working. Keep it up.
I'm a middle aged male. Every time I see ads for tampons or pensioner insurance, I am pleased, because it means the ad providers don't know much about me.
Comment Re:If Russia wants to win the war "at all costs" (Score 2) 171
It's a little different when only one side has the nukes.
The USA convinced Ukraine to give up their nuke in the 1990s, in exchange for a pinky-promise to help defend Ukraine if necessary. There is a lesson there for all of us.
Comment Re:come here, coward, fight, fight, fiiiight! (Score 1) 171
Russia has lost Two more SU-30s Fighter jets as they collided in the air over Kaliningrad.
LOL
I can't vouch for the veracity of this link, but you might be right: https://militarnyi.com/en/news...
Comment Re:Not Well Enoungh (Score 4, Insightful) 171
Ukraine needs more help from - hmm, let me see... - oh yeah, The United States!
They need more weapons - not more advice.
In the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the USA assured Ukraine that they could give up all their nukes because the USA would defend them if necessary.
Comment Re:Damn... There goes my porn (Score 1) 171
Yandex has been throttling queries rather aggressively lately, and I'm pretty sure it has something to do with their compute going up in smoke due to Ukrainian drones.
Yeah, the boomers have all gone quiet and neighbourly now that they are not being fed a steady stream of AI generated ragebait: https://www.betootaadvocate.co...
Comment Re:The true price of things you buy (Score 1) 101
After gmail, it's next to impossible to find an email service outside of a few privacy focus ones.
This sounds like a good thing to me, what am I missing? Don't we like privacy around here?
Comment Re:Cuckcoding (Score 2) 101
I saw someone call it cuckcoding because you just sit there and watch and I think that's a much better name.
Nice. I'm gonna use this term from now on.
Comment Re:Lockdown by the TV manufacturers (Score 1) 101
I will do my best to educate everyone I know why it matters and why they shouldn't buy that model/brand.
I applaud the sentiment but my family tuned my advice out long ago. As a result, they all pay a lot more money for an inferior experience.
Comment Re:Lockdown by the TV manufacturers (Score 1) 101
Is Sega going to storm my place to shred my First edition of Sonic?
Nintendo would probably storm your place if they didn't like what you were doing. https://www.suedbynintendo.com...
Comment Re:idealists (Score 1) 120
That doesn't mean people won't try to push, again as we've seen in Ukraine. Almost all forms of conflict became asymmetrical; deadly, and it makes headlines, but for the most part asymmetrical warfare could not existentially threaten a nation.
in the 1990s during the breakup of the Soviet Union, the United States convinced Ukraine to give up their nuclear weapons with the promise that the USA would defend them if they were invaded.
Comment Re:The cutting edge cuts back. (Score 1) 101
I expect there to be some "creative" mistakes made in the next gen consoles, except Nintendo, they will keep milking the Mario brand/franchise and suing people until there is no more Nintendo.
Thanks for the link!
