Blockbuster employee.

This will go as well as the asshats who trademarked Taco Tuesday.

I think the tariffs might actually have one niche benefit of mitigating scalping. It’s going to be even more expensive for scalpers to get their hands on an actual product now, and people are already struggling to justify the increased retail costs, as it is. I’d have to imagine it’ll be much harder for scalpers to find a buyer these days, as anybody who can afford scalpers’ fees plus tariffs likely wouldn’t have any issue getting their hands on one, to begin with.

You’re not going to want to hear this, but you’re being paranoid. And not in the good, self-preservation way, but in the bad, “everyone and everything is out to get me” kind of way.

I saw your comments about the wiring picture. It’s not an AI image, but you’re so convinced it is that you’re relying on other AI tools to try to prove your point, which is incorrect to begin with.

You’re seeing boogeymen.

Other than just making everything generally faster, what would be a use-case that really benefits the most from something like this? My first thought is something like high-speed cameras; some Phantom cameras can capture hundreds, even thousands of gigabytes of data per second, so I think this tech could probably find some great applications there.

Normies are only just now learning about it.

Huh, TIL. Thanks!

A Google Image search for eggplant seeds shows something much larger than what OP’s talking about.

Meta’s AI policy chief who voluntarily enlisted for the IDF in 2009 under a program which enables non-Israeli Jews who aren’t eligible for military conscription to join the Israeli army.

“There are much greater models [that we can skim a 30% fee from]”

For what it’s worth, the screen durability has gotten a lot better with recent phones. Some of the early models were way too easily damaged, but the current ones can withstand being treated like a normal phone.

That said, I still won’t buy one until the price comes down. I think it’s cool tech and I wouldn’t mind having it, but it’s nothing I need, especially not for the current prices.

Hon hon hon

~$3.50

Just for what it’s worth, you don’t need CSAM in the training material for a generative AI to produce CSAM. The models know what children look like, and what naked adults look like, so they can readily extrapolate from there.

The fact that you don’t need to actually supply any real CSAM to the training material is the reasoning being offered for supporting AI CSAM. It’s gross, but it’s also hard to argue with. We allow for all types of illegal subjects to be presented in porn; incest, rape, murder, etc. While most mainstream sites won’t allow those types of material, none of them are technically outlawed - partly because of freedom of speech and artistic expression and yadda yadda, but also partly because it all comes with the understanding that it’s a fake, made-for-film production and that nobody involved had their consent violated, so it’s okay because none of it was actually rape, incest, or murder. And if AI CSAM can be made without actually violating the consent of any real people, then what makes it different?

I don’t know how I feel about it, myself. The idea of “ethically-sourced” CSAM doesn’t exactly sit right with me, but if it’s possible to make it in a truly victimless manner, then I find it hard to argue outright banning something just because I don’t like it.

Wake up babe, new cat color just dropped.

I think it’s fascinating. I don’t think it holds the same reverence as man-made art by any means, but I still find it impressive.

Ergorotic literature.

always give them a wide berth because there’s no way to know if they see you and they’ll often behave erratically and unpredictably in crosswalks

All of this applies to dealing with human drivers, too.

Erdogan is a dictator who has the power to block X altogether.

Does it really make a difference whether it’s Erdogan or Musk who silences these people?

Rick & Morty for me. I thought it’s a funny show, at least the first couple seasons I watched of it. I stopped watching it because of how obnoxious the fans are, actually ruining the show for me. It got to a point where I’d watch an episode, hear a joke get repeated, and think to myself “Oh great, this will be the line that I hear everybody saying for the next six months”, to the extent that I get distracted by my own annoyance. Now I have this mental association with the show and the fans and I just can’t stand to watch it anymore.

This was all before the shit with Roiland came out, for what it’s worth. But that’s another reason I struggle to enjoy the show anymore.