This is the best evidence yet that we’re living in a simulation.

So AI is conservative by nature. I guess that's more evidence of how smart it is.

@jon-nyc said in President says 6 lawmakers should be killed: @Doctor-Phibes said in President says 6 lawmakers should be killed: I still find Orange Julius hilarious. OG Caesar had a cover-up haircut too. I prefer Julius Geezer. I came up with Il Douche all by myself when he was first elected and was very disappointed to find others had had the same idea.

AMD or Huawei in China but Nvidia has like 80-90% of the American market for AI compute which comprises 75% of the world’s total.

@jon-nyc said in Bad news: As millennia go that’s pretty young According to Larry, that’s just the right age.

@jon-nyc said in Trumpenomics: They can always learn to code. https://x.com/josephpolitano/status/1991502507345170867?s=46 Yeah, this is what I was concerned about. Do you think all of those populist union voters Trump courted are going to blame the actual policies? Or just blame Republicans?

@Mik said in The Dark or Inappropriate Humor Thread: [image: 585577235_10226033807032084_4359691021458974369_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=uMNZVNKUbLMQ7kNvwFNuQd-&_nc_oc=Adn4YmNFAqIEoc41srBUwc20BWJy6BMHp-M_4OGfbFJaf3H2_fs6G1_LmTl4NfzCjWeR4fQgN34fGWmk_7J9WlRG&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fluk1-1.fna&_nc_gid=-kfGbh1KGdskx8nVWZcw5Q&oh=00_Afh0tcYecstZfg7joboi4PcbsuXnpxMnMEje5pUsh2kHIg&oe=692508D3] :spittake:

@Klaus said in Late Mid-Life Crisis Car shopping…: God I hate the X6. Worst BMW design ever. And I say that as a BMW driver (5 series) My only problem with it was it was a little too massive. The X4 is more the size I like. I don’t care for the trunk/tail, but the rest? It looks like a sedan with some muscle. I also love contour seats. Maybe a bit too much.

@Axtremus said in The Ukraine war thread: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/world/europe/ukraine-russia-us-peace-plan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.208.qP_m.hyCR3PeKDQ8T The 28-point proposal [from the USA] favors Russia in pivotal aspects, including requiring Ukraine to cede territory and cap the size of its postwar army, while offering financial and geopolitical incentives to Moscow. @Renauda ... your thoughts? I don’t think there’s much in it that I didn’t already anticipate in one form or another. It certainly rewards Putin’s unprovoked aggression of the past eleven years against Ukraine. It also gives Putin the time and opportunity he needs in order to finish off the country once and for all at a future date of his choosing. Think of it as a 21 century version of the Ribbentrop Molotov pact. It is not a lasting or just peace for Ukraine but rather a temporary non aggression pact between Russia and the US. It is nothing more than an armistice on Moscow’s maximalist terms that no one outside of the Kremlin or the Oval Office can like or trust. In the meantime, here is a link to Lawrence Friedman’s excellent analysis of what we know: https://open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/the-witkoff-dmitriev-peace-plan-annotated?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

@Axtremus said in The impact of AI on jobs: Yeah ... I prefer my computer cool and exacting. Like a cucumber?

I only read a few, immediately saw how much crap they talked about Donald LOL [image: 1763753140695-be6aeab9-c849-455b-b16c-9aa0c9cb5254-image.png] [image: 1763753207925-4b62394b-1a18-4443-b9f2-e983ba28314e-image.png]

Or maybe she was already on her knees amirite

It is. And of course totally unplanned. Remember we didn’t even see it until two weeks later when we got home and had the film developed.

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I've occasionally considered going around at Halloween as Arthur of the Britons, accompanied by my faithful servant Mrs. Phibes dressed as Patsy, however I've never quite summoned up the courage to make the suggestion.

I was going to ask Ax who ate all that. It's a Hefty Meal.