The whole thing with religion is not needing to prove or justify anything to other people.

It’s a social “team” and teams need goals to exist.

When it wasn’t the Gays or abortions it was something else.

The crusades are an obvious example.

The church has cycled through enemies for the entire time its been around. Hell, they even split the religion into different religions just to have someone to play as the “other” and to consolidate power under new leadership.

Many hours a day. I have kids that still need my attention, we all eat dinner together, watch shows or play games together, I drive them to their sports, etc.

Just look at the data, there are historical records going back a century in many locations around the US. Find one close to you and do some digging.

The simple answer is that crazy does happen, and has happened historically, but it’s much more common now than it used to be.

That’s actually not a bad idea with the charging. I don’t currently have a smart socket like that but it’s definitely something I could pick up and test. They should be returning it to charge after use anyways, so we can set that as a rule so that it’s always properly charged.

I wonder if I could tell the difference in power use between plugged in to charge, plugged in and playing, and plugged in charging AND playing. Maybe just the first two. Needs testing.

I did a quick search to see if there are any smart USB chargers that also report the Device Information rather than just on/off status, and couldn’t find anything. That would be useful since it is part of the USB standard to be able to collect that information when a device is plugged in.

Good movie, good acting, and even though the tech was absolutely silly the core concept is still as valid today as it was 30 years ago.

The Net (1995)

Our dashboard is primarily informational in nature, located in the kitchen, and meant to help the kids figure out what is going on. It’s just a standard 32" TV, with no touch input or anything.

• For each child, we have upcoming calendar items (sports, special school days, appointments, etc.)
• We have chore assignments listed for the day.
• The Clock is used in the morning to let them know when they need to be ready for school (it doesn’t just show the current time, it also has a countdown, and colour coding based on remaining time)
• Weather forecast, although minor, is also there. My kids don’t seem to do anything differently regardless of the weather.
• We also display which computers are active in the house, so that they are aware we know when they sneak onto Media when it’s not media time. I wish I could figure out how to include Nintendo Switch devices in this, but I don’t think it’s going to be possible.

Inputs in the future: Technically you can use the remote control to interact with the dashboard, but we don’t really want the kids doing that because it could also be used to switch away from the dashboard. I’m still considering alternative inputs (Voice, Touchpad, etc.) but we really need a way to differentiate between the children if we’re going to do this and I haven’t found a good option for that yet.

Your analogy is bad.

The human brain doesn’t need a massive data center, but neither does the compute to run a single agent.

We build entire cities to apply multiple human brains to problems.

Lots of AI hatred driving these. All emotional though rather than objective.

The question itself is also pretty stupid. My kids do “art” and it’s absolute slop. Most human made art is terrible, and never sees the light of day. It’s thrown in a recycle bin, forgotten by the mind, or sung to a shower wall.

A bunch of Art contests with AI winners (unknown by judges) have shown AI art can be as good or better than something done by an artist. This isn’t just for visual art either, they have been popular at producing songs too.

It feels like a lot of people are trying to reframe “art” as only things that have intentional meaning or an emotional story, rather than things you enjoy seeing and or hearing (or other senses).

AI songs can make me feel just as good as something from a musician. I don’t need all the “I saw them in person and got the t-shirt” bragging rights to enjoy them. I haven’t heard an AI song that’s as good as the best human made songs yet, but I’ve definitely heard AI songs that are far better than some of the worst human made songs (Anyone remember Rebecca Black?)

I have real paintings up on my walls, from artists I’ve never heard of, with images of things I have no connection or knowledge of. I didn’t buy them, they were purchased by someone else. They still look nice. Would I even be able to tell if they were AI? Probably not.

Does that mean that I can’t also enjoy specific pieces of art made by specific artists? Absolutely not. I will continue listening to Sandstorm by Darude until I die. I love a good Keanu Reeves movie. An Anne McCaffrey or Terry Pratchett Book.

AI art is a reflection of human art, so it must have some good parts. Will it take over all art? Never. Does anyone want it to? No.

Just like recordings of music didn’t kill live music, AI art will not kill real artists. It will definitely shake up the financial side of it though.

Using paid help from a third world country to tie them for you as their only job.

There’s almost no support for PD that high yet across devices. It will definitely take some time to roll out. The only laptop I know that supports it is the Framework 16, and it requires an extra purchase of a $150 charger.

It aint just academia.

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Also had our AC die, leaked and needed a piece replacement. Was fixed under warranty though so not really a problem.

Love my kia Niro ev. Looks like any other normal car. Fun to drive.

Poem - Robert Frost - Stopping by woods on a snowy evening

Short story - Kurt Vonnegut - Harrison Bergeron

Movie - Life is Beautiful (do not watch this if you don’t want to cry)

Book - Carl Sagan - Contact (it’s much better than the movie)

Anime - Serial Experiments Lain

Honorable mention, Paper Tole - an ocean scene my grandmother did when I was a boy. She has written my name on the back of it for when she passes away. It’s the only thing I want. I hope I don’t get it soon, but she’s not young anymore.

Remove all humans other than yourself.

Because people will abuse information about you that they find out.

My personal one that’s not overrated. Hiroshima in Japan.

It’s a wonderful city to visit even after you’ve been to the Museum, which should be a bucket list item for everyone.

I did not enjoy Venice personally. You’re right that it’s unique, but I preferred the walkable areas of other European cities more.

Also, fuck the mosquitos.