IIRC they moved Ross out of state. So yes, he’s not in jail but he’s not exactly lounging at home either.

I don’t think IT guy, or at least the equivalent people in my life, would be supportive to the point that they would actively involve themselves in a shooting war in support of Trump, which is what this hypothetical scenario would turn into.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about conservatives it’s that they will start to pay attention once something impacts them personally. They are fine with the lies when it’s about some abstract person some other place but when it involves someone they know or happens in their town they will change their tune quickly. Of course not all of them but enough to matter. These kinds of people prioritize familiarity and perceived stability over just about anything else. As long as things are stable enough that they can maintain most of their routines they won’t think too deeply about anything. This kind of event, and the ensuing chaos, would force them to take a deeper look at things in a way that they’re currently too comfortable to be forced to confront.

Even if the guillotine took out every billionaire tonight the next lot would pop up and and carry on the same evil work unless we fix the system.

I agree, at least in part, but I still think that would be a great place to start. Rich psychopaths never stop fighting for power and money. The people have to do the same and not be lulled into a false sense of security, thinking that the work is finished. The wolves may be ever at the door but if you hang the last ones pelt on the lintel the next will think twice about entering.

“Fast-forward 1,000 years, the Earth will be geoengineered,” he said. “The entire climate will be regulated like a modern house—no question.” The climate may get screwed up in new ways as scientists attempt to turn the planet’s temperature dial down. But “if it survives, humanity is simply going to do this.”

That’s a neat idea but at the rate we’re moving we’re going to kill ourselves off well before we figure out how to do anything approaching geoengineering effectively.

You are being lazy. If “I have to learn how to do this” is too high of a bar to clear for you then maybe you’re just not supposed to do that thing. Setting up a self hosted environment is pointless if you don’t know at the least the basics about how it works. It will break sooner or later and if you just typed whatever random characters your computer told you then you’ll never be able to fix it. You won’t even be able to describe to ChatGPT what the problem is.

AI is making learning harder, not easier. It’s flooding the internet with bullshit and you’re acting like that’s a good thing. When you’re learning something new you need to know that your teacher knows what they’re doing. An AI summary might be pulled from a network engineers blog or it might be the sanitized ramblings of a schizophrenic pedophile who tries to host CSM on his smart toaster. As a beginner, you can’t tell the difference, especially when an AI rewrites the crazy and presents it in an authoritative manner.

Yes, learning new things can be hard but the internet is already the shortcut. Quit trying to outsource even more of it.

“I think AI is bad but other people who say so are weird”

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They also introduce much more uncertainty and remove your ability to judge the trustworthiness of the information you’re receiving. That’s not to mention the social and environmental costs.

Chuck Schumer is not the main problem. He was elected Senate minority leader by the rest of the Democrats in the Senate and he could be removed by the rest of the Democrats in the Senate if they wanted to. The problem is that they don’t want to because they support what he’s doing.

That’s cool. I did all of that without AI coming from a similar place as you. AI didn’t open up a new path for you, it just showed you a path that already existed, which isn’t any different from what a regular search engine can do. There was nothing stopping you from finding that path on your own except your unwillingness to look.

That’s cool. I have yet to find a use case for AI. Am I doing it wrong or are they just bad with computers?

It’s already been several years. Tesla had an actual product that people wanted. Yes, they’ve been doing their best of late to torpedo their market share and brand name but at one point they were doing what they set out to do. Open AI has never done what they said they would do.

I like jokes. Speaking of, wouldn’t it be a hilarious prank if we all went to find these fascists and dragged them into the streets? Oh man, what a hoot that would be! I bet everyone would love it

I know a few men who could enforce some accountability. Mr. Smith, Mr. Wesson, Mr. Colt, and Mr. Winchester.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again here; if evil men are making a list of enemies it should be considered a moral failure to not make the list. We should all hope to be on at least one of these.

What server are you playing?

No society can exist without offing a few executives here and there. That’s too high a bar to clear

No problem. I have been using it for a while and I really like it. There’s nothing stopping you from doing it the old fashioned way if you find you don’t like portainer but once you familiarize yourself with it I think you’ll be hooked on the concept.

Man, Mistborn could be so badass as a movie if done right. I know that means something different to everyone but I can’t imagine Sanderson allowing it to be terrible. Even a mediocre adaptation would be fun.

Use portainer for managing docker containers. I prefer a GUI as well and portainer makes the whole process much more comfortable for me.

That’s always been on the table for any politician. In fact, one could make a pretty strong case that a big part of our current problems stem from the fact that modern American politicians seem to have forgotten that they are just skin bags full of meat like the rest of us. They’re supposed to be aware of the possibility that any random person has the ability to walk up and shoot them in the face. This should encourage them to make decisions with everyone’s best interests in mind. Clearly they don’t worry about that possibility nearly as much as they should.