Oh. I see your point now. Yes.

Simple. We're not unionized.

Is it really? I don't know much about "real" art, just know what I like.

This is the best AI art that I've seen in a very long time. Possibly ever.

Wait, Trump was the 58th president? I smell an AI article.

Having seen what Annapurna has done creating unreal worlds and impossible recursive realities I am extremely hyped to see what they do with control 2. I will definitely play the shit out of that game.

You use it very much like a tea kettle. It pulls a thousand Watts for 3 to 5 minutes depending on what you're cooking. You bring the water to the boil and you are pretty much done. You only leave it plugged in while you're using it you must use it with water in it and you always unplug it when you're done.

I should note that the one that I linked before was the same design but with inferior materials and leaked badly, shorting out and causing a dangerous situation. I linked to the replacement that I've been using since that has been performing very well.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07BN67KJM

If you're using something or electrical to cook, and a device like this is ideal because the heating element is almost directly in contact with the material that's being heated so the amount of energy loss is very low and the efficiency is much higher. Just about the only way you could do better is with an induction cooktop which turns the pot itself into a burner using induction.

I can't speak to generator usage.

Even funnier. I am not a software develoer. It's odd that my keyboard won't even let me write it that way without extra effort.

Aaah appealing to my imposter syndrome I see. Noice!

Thank you for the laugh.

I remember a 7th grade teacher making fun of my computer knowledge as I had made some fun adjustments to the qbasic gorillas game. She said "you act like you know more than anyone else does" trying to shame me in front of the class. My response? "That's because I do." As flatly as I could. She was silent.

I have software developer in my title now.

Will or funding. Replacement of a system that initially cost 5mil to install and configure in 2009 is gonna cost 2x that at least to replace.

No one else will have us. Immigration laws are very difficult to navigate for almost every country. We've looked.

Weezer - buddy holley

Without the philosophical overtones and the anti military industrial complex theme, I don't think I'd want to play it.

And today I love a stranger. Wonderful!

I love that this is pronounced Arr Poo (ARPU)

It is at Amazon, at least now. Twice I've gotten used for new. I'm not shopping there if I can possibly avoid it at this point.

This is what regulatory capture looks like.

Wow. Thanks, that's scary!

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074/50-years-ago-sugar-industry-quietly-paid-scientists-to-point-blame-at-fat

It's no wonder more people than ever are skeptical of public health organizations and mainstream experts who claim to possess the final word on health and nutrition, when there is so much proof that information has been censored and even doctored in order to push a certain message that will help corporations like Procter & Gamble become richer and richer.

Like... Just wait till you hear about sugar and the lies around that.

Kinda have mixed feelings about this. Those who are innocent know that they are on the list at the cost of their SSN or national ID. Bit of a mixed blessing there.

Also, a bunch of truly bad actors will be compromised. Maybe that's good?

Hmm. Dunno how to feel.

If it builds and runs for me, I may build a Windows installer for it...

I AM SO STOKED!

Brilliant

I had a 2600 baud modem and I liked it. About 30.

I've been messing with you. The episode of X-Files I was watching was boring.

Do have a nice day. Feel free to DM me. This was fun

Just out of curiosity how long have you been using the internet? Like, in years, not just today.

What was the where now? I don't think you can amplify with a lens... Do you mean lens? I'm pretty sure that's not how that technology works. I'm very confused as to what you're trying to say!

Edit: perhaps I didn't hear you over this really loud water, hombre.

Why thank you. I think my English teacher would disagree. Improper format. I think she call it a diatribe.

No. My memory suits me fine and I couldn't care less whether I convince anyone. I'm expressing my distrust and explaining why, not writing an essay. I think your expectations are a bit high for a frustrated diatribe written by an absolute stranger while watching TV. 😁

Regardless, if you want to trust the government, have at it. Feel free to consider me as just another geriatric fool shouting at clouds.

At the very least both incidents were used to manufacture consent in a devious way, in the twin towers case to start a war that is even now considered to be completely unjustifiable. Consider Joe biden's advice to Benjamin netanyahu "Don't make the same mistake we did" no doubt referring to our reaction to the destruction of the towers and his subsequent beating of the war drums.

In the case of Pearl harbor, even if there was some sort of conspiracy behind just negligence, it was a justified act to involve the country in a war that would otherwise have reached our doorstep regardless.

I do sincerely hope you have a pleasant day. Take care internet stranger 😁

Not beyond plausible deniability.

I believe that they had enough information to have prevented it and failed to do so to the extent that it was intentional or that it was profoundly negligent. I remember investigations afterwards turning up some troubling evidence.

Consider this too... If Japan is a known aggressor, and you want to be prepared, why do you keep your pacific fleet in a state of anything less than high alert?

In both cases, the events did much to motivate a nation to support a war.

I don't believe that anyone (least of all myself) in the general public will ever have all the answers, but the manufacture of consent is a dark business. If you don't have trust issues, you should.

Another prime example is government agencies manufacturing the drug epidemic and using the proceeds to fund black ops.

So that's the long answer, the short answer is that I don't have enough faith to believe 100% that they weren't. The track record isn't stellar and while it's clear they didn't pull the trigger, there are numerous inconsistencies.

I do believe that jet fuel along with the contents of the building can and does melt steel beams. Lol.

None of which is meant to convince anyone, rather to illustrate a lack of trust.

Kinda like the US used the twin towers to justify a "war on terror"?

Definitely not preventable, definitely.

Seriously. I don't think I can buy another switch device. Next time it'll have to be a steam deck or clone.

Good bot

...And charge pennies on the dollar!

Or, as soon as the mfgrs stop making parts for my car, I should get a refund of a certain amount of the purchase price of the car.

When my phone goes out of support, I get a refund of %x of the cost. The mfgrs can keep the money in the mean time and earn interest.

Disincentivise planned obsolescence.

No worries, it's appropriate.

It's odd though, the rest of OP's content is pretty good...

I am very interested, commenting to bump!

Sounds interesting. Wish it wasn't paywalled.

Surely. I'd wonder if it is deemed enforceable by a federal judge. I guess it doesn't matter with this supreme court.

Users paid, and no longer play.

Seems kinda theftish.

IANAL.

Perhaps a class action lawsuit could set that precedent.