“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
Yep. Remember back in 1984 when there were newspaper and magazine articles all year long about how "George Orwell was wrong". The talking heads all agreed, Orwell had been "proved wrong" because the future he envisioned hadn't manifested itself completely yet.
It has now.
WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
@First_Warrior said:
One of the reasons I don't pay any attention to any form of social media.
Unfortunately it doesn't help, Rodger. Facial recognition in stores, 'puters in cars that track how fast you are driving, monitors everywhere. People are becoming more and more dependent on these things and in the process losing the ability to even do simple math, remember what they have read, spell correctly, navigate without gps, value reason over belief. The list goes on but you know the kettle of fish we have gotten ourselves into.
@CharlieHeis said:
I saw a t-shirt recently that said Make Orwell Fiction Again.
I bought one.
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
Robots turn racist and sexist with flawed AI, study finds
Posted: 21 Jun 2022 11:17 AM PDT
A robot operating with a popular Internet-based artificial intelligence system consistently gravitates to men over women, white people over people of color, and jumps to conclusions about peoples' jobs after a glance at their face. The work is believed to be the first to show that robots loaded with an accepted and widely-used model operate with significant gender and racial biases.
@silvermouse said:
the United States, ranks as the world's leading contributor of plastic waste by generating about 287 pounds of plastics per person annually
A nun quit the convent to become Colombia's top porn star.
“At first I was feeling bad, but now I am fine with it,” she said. “I also feel good when I go to church. I never miss Friday prayers, Saturday meetings or Sunday mass.”
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
@webmost said:
A nun quit the convent to become Colombia's top porn star.
“At first I was feeling bad, but now I am fine with it,” she said. “I also feel good when I go to church. I never miss Friday prayers, Saturday meetings or Sunday mass.”
I would say she does not fully comprehend the severity of the sin.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Cruise’s Robot Car Outages Are Jamming Up San Francisco
In a series of incidents, the GM subsidiary lost contact with its autonomous vehicles, leaving them frozen in traffic and trapping human drivers.
The Cruise vehicles that trapped Hu weren’t the only autonomous cars holding up traffic in San Francisco that night. Internal messages seen by WIRED show that nearly 60 vehicles were disabled across the city over a 90-minute period after they lost touch with a Cruise server. As many as 20 cars, some of them halted in crosswalks, created a jam in the city’s downtown in an incident first reported by the San Francisco Examiner and detailed in photos posted to Reddit.
@silvermouse said:
Cruise’s Robot Car Outages Are Jamming Up San Francisco
In a series of incidents, the GM subsidiary lost contact with its autonomous vehicles, leaving them frozen in traffic and trapping human drivers.
The Cruise vehicles that trapped Hu weren’t the only autonomous cars holding up traffic in San Francisco that night. Internal messages seen by WIRED show that nearly 60 vehicles were disabled across the city over a 90-minute period after they lost touch with a Cruise server. As many as 20 cars, some of them halted in crosswalks, created a jam in the city’s downtown in an incident first reported by the San Francisco Examiner and detailed in photos posted to Reddit.
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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https://news.artnet.com/market/10-year-old-andres-valencia-auction-debut-2129212
I bet this fella thinks he is so clever too.
And he strikes again.
Illinoise or taxachusetts?
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/health/fauci-covid-positive/index.html
been thinking this morning about the ways the cyber world has invaded my (our) life. You can't even make a doctors' appointment without Facebook potentially getting a hold of it. For instance:
https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/06/16/facebook-is-receiving-sensitive-medical-information-from-hospital-websites
One of the reasons I don't pay any attention to any form of social media.
Yep. Remember back in 1984 when there were newspaper and magazine articles all year long about how "George Orwell was wrong". The talking heads all agreed, Orwell had been "proved wrong" because the future he envisioned hadn't manifested itself completely yet.
It has now.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Unfortunately it doesn't help, Rodger. Facial recognition in stores, 'puters in cars that track how fast you are driving, monitors everywhere. People are becoming more and more dependent on these things and in the process losing the ability to even do simple math, remember what they have read, spell correctly, navigate without gps, value reason over belief. The list goes on but you know the kettle of fish we have gotten ourselves into.
I saw a t-shirt recently that said Make Orwell Fiction Again.
I bought one.
Showed up in my work account
coming to a supermarket near you soon:
Robots turn racist and sexist with flawed AI, study finds
Posted: 21 Jun 2022 11:17 AM PDT
A robot operating with a popular Internet-based artificial intelligence system consistently gravitates to men over women, white people over people of color, and jumps to conclusions about peoples' jobs after a glance at their face. The work is believed to be the first to show that robots loaded with an accepted and widely-used model operate with significant gender and racial biases.
the United States, ranks as the world's leading contributor of plastic waste by generating about 287 pounds of plastics per person annually
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3850637-canada-unveils-ban-on-harmful-single-use-plastics
I am not surprised, we are a nation of consumers.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
A nun quit the convent to become Colombia's top porn star.
“At first I was feeling bad, but now I am fine with it,” she said. “I also feel good when I go to church. I never miss Friday prayers, Saturday meetings or Sunday mass.”
I would say she does not fully comprehend the severity of the sin.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Maybe she just needed another habit
She went from getting nun to getting the whole thing.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
Puns are the devil's work. Best to have nun.
Adults only
Sometimes your bike needs a motor.
https://www.sciplus.com/night-light-toiletglow-bowl-68326-p
What fame and money can buy.
https://people.com/human-interest/elon-musk-poses-with-4-of-his-sons-and-pope-francis/
Cruise’s Robot Car Outages Are Jamming Up San Francisco
In a series of incidents, the GM subsidiary lost contact with its autonomous vehicles, leaving them frozen in traffic and trapping human drivers.
The Cruise vehicles that trapped Hu weren’t the only autonomous cars holding up traffic in San Francisco that night. Internal messages seen by WIRED show that nearly 60 vehicles were disabled across the city over a 90-minute period after they lost touch with a Cruise server. As many as 20 cars, some of them halted in crosswalks, created a jam in the city’s downtown in an incident first reported by the San Francisco Examiner and detailed in photos posted to Reddit.
https://www.wired.com/story/cruises-robot-car-outages/
No way you're getting me into one of those!
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
From BBC News pidgin edition:
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cn43pr737v1o
What the hell was that? I couldn't read it all. Some kind of gutter language that made my head hurt.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
So here it is in plain English:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62082816