Memes you make when you are definitely not just the most recent in a string of anglophone colonial projects.

:dukat: Now that is precisely my own sentiment. If only my wife had seen it that way when she took the kids.

doncha think this precise, narrow set of conditions and behaviors emerging in middle-20th-century suburbia are the pinnacle of achievement? that this is as good as it gets forever? dorncha wanna die for our way of life???

Must be some crisis brought on by drifting away our gender existentialist mythology, yeah, yeah definitely that, pay no attention to our inability to articulate a positive vision of the future

call them a Cold Warrior

nice vintage insult with appropriate historical baggage. yankees are allergic to historical context

Mark Zuckerburg in shambles

This isn't a conversation about AI so much as it is about computers in general. Everything has been computerized, we've been living in the aftermath of that for decades now. What they're calling "AI" is just newer computer programmes. Which, isn't to say any of what you've outlined is wrong -- all that is and has been a problem for a while now. I believe keeping in mind that these are just programmes running on computers gives us a clearer picture of what we're dealing with.

...for example, computers are fragile as hell. Gotta keep them away from water from dust from magnets from electromagnetic radiation from static charges from too much voltage from not enough voltage... and on top of that, a lot of modern software (and even some hardware!) is completely bunk without network access.

The term originated in the early modern period of Europe. It refereed to a relatively new class of people who had wealth and power to rival the aristocracy, but were born peasants. IE, capitalists. If you asked a medieval lord, they'd tell you our ruling class is their middle class.

oh, they're replacing him with AI. It's the title of the slideshow in the bottom left photo. I assume it's in jest

fuck Ludwig

VR is hauntology

By what means does the linen become a coat?

That's the point logos235 is making right? That without the labor theory of value the whole thing falls apart

:dean-frown:

To hustle greatly while neglecting the bustle is a mistake.

Bustle is vital. "Bustle" is when you give off the appearance of hustling while actually doing very little. Too bustle is to recognize that it is silly to always hold yourself to the grindstone, but also we're unfortunately lead by people who don't recognize that working all the time is counterproductive and the path to an early grave.

if the Dems were at all serious, they would have kicked him out of the party years ago. kinda pathetic that he's now willingly doing it himself.

They could have taken him to court on day one of his presidency for passing all his assets to his son rather than a blind trust.

None of these lawsuits have been serious.

From De-Risking to De-Dollarisation: The BRICS Currency and the Future of the International Financial Order by Gao Bai

Since the war broke out, Switzerland has abandoned its neutrality and participated in the EU’s financial sanctions against Russia. Credit Suisse alone froze $19 billion worth of Russian assets, more than a third of all Russian assets in Switzerland, while the Swiss government froze more than $8 billion worth of Russian and Belarusian assets.

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Due to these sanctions, wealthy individuals worldwide began to move their funds out of Switzerland. For instance, Credit Suisse experienced severe client divestment, reaching $119 billion in the final quarter of 2022 alone.

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Leading Swiss banker Josef Ackermann noted that the Swiss government had put the rule of law and property rights at risk when it made individuals pay for the actions of the Russian government. Citizens of other countries would assume that the Swiss government would do the same in the future to make them pay for the wrongs done by their homeland governments. Confiscating the assets of Russian individuals has been devastating for the Swiss financial industries.

Somehow this is the first I've heard of this? I'm a little shocked. I just assumed Switzerland was always gonna be the neutral banking country. Really seems like they've shot themselves in the foot here.

i don't think we could produce enough tape for even a fraction of a snapshot. on top of that, there's too much data to even start sorting through what's worth saving and what's just junk

celebrity for comfortable suburbanites adorning themselves with skulls

i just say "people who own things for a living"