I'm probably not going to stop investing in American tech.

@89th said in The one thing that can save traditional media?: @Mik said in The one thing that can save traditional media?: @jon-nyc The problem with that is they are sampling things that have already been created. Once AI is most all of what's out there to sample you get into this content death spiral. Funny, I was just thinking this morning how content could get into its own self-referencing vortex. It seems like a solvable problem. Not too worried about that one.

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@Mik said in The Epstein File: The ONE guy who voted against the release bill. I can't say he's wrong. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/just-one-house-member-voted-against-releasing-the-epstein-files/ar-AA1QGVUx He says he's worried about the victims. Doesn't he appreciate that the most important victims of this whole debacle are Donald Trump and Andrew Windsor?

The distillation of the information is wonderful.

lol

Speaking of censorship, props to the ABC reporter who asked Trump about both Epstein and the Saudi murder of the journalist. He wasn't best pleased, and said ABC should lose their broadcast license. I guess we should be grateful he didn't suggest the woman should be killed and dismembered, like his new found best buddy sitting next to him might have done. Allegedly.

Not a cheery article. I can't help but wonder where we would be if the west had supported Ukraine more whole-heartedly. All for using the frozen Russian assets. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zelensky-is-losing-touch-with-reality/ar-AA1QGvyu

I would imagine so, it being a news station and this being news.

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In fairness, public messagers like the Bee are different from TNCR posters, in their culpability.

@Renauda said in Mildly interesting: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251117-the-animals-that-can-eat-poisons-and-not-die That's interesting. On a very loosely related subject, it struck me that if cats and dogs ever did go to war, the felines could triumph very quickly with the use of chocolate-based WMD's.

I've actually never listened to her. My strongest impression about her was when she was standing at Trump's left shoulder in some speech he was giving in his first run. I remarked about how beautiful she was. She has taken some turns, because the culture has given her leverage. It wasn't the culture that directed her, it was her inclinations. She's as crazy as people will be, without boundaries.

(I know, not Thanksgiving but I didn’t have the will to create an Xmas thread in mid-November

That is cool. Their whole goal was frequent, reusable, economic launches. I posted in the New Glenn thread, the Blue Origin stuff gets a lot of jokes because how far "behind" it is than SpaceX, but I really enjoyed the 1.5 hour watching of those 2 behind-the-scenes tour with Jeff Bezos, it really, really, dare I say, really shed light into all of the work and decisions that goes into building reusable boosters and orbital vehicles. It also shows you what can happen if you have 100 billion dollars and are very smart. Kind of like @jon-nyc if he had 99 more billion dollars and 99 more smart.

I liked this one - “"You're a pest, Dennis. A menace. A selfish, spoiled little boy and I've no use for you.” He always came around at the end, though.

@xenon said in Late Mid-Life Crisis Car shopping…: Huge fan of the BMW. I have an X7. The B58 engine (their inline 6) is bulletproof. Very reliable. That doesn't mean their electronics are reliable or that the maintenance is cheap - but that particular drivetrain is very proven (don't get a BMW V8). Personally, I like small sports cars (think Miata, GR86, low-end porche, etc.) with small engines and manuals. I'm not going to the track and these whizbang Mercedes and BMWs, and if you gave them full throttle, their 400HP engines would mean you're breaking the law by the time you shift from 2nd gear.. With the small cars you can actually push the gas down a bit and row through the gears on normal streets. While I do enjoy driving a stick, it would be cumbersome as a daily driver in this area. And sooner or later I would get lazy and wind up burning some clutches. The Paddle shifters aren’t as engaging, but can be a somewhat reasonable facsimile when the mood hits.

I think loved ones can contact FB to get a page "memorialized".