“Won’t somebody [redacted] of this [redacted] p[olitician]?” unfortunately seems like our only escape hatch. I wish the two time travelers had better success in their missions. I am not confident the future resistance has enough resources to send a third, but one can hope.
Russian prop. Ukraine shouldn’t need to compromise as the victim of aggression. Fuck Putin.
Oma fietser completely ignored those shark teeth. She’s zoomin’ hard 'round that turn
Computers to the rescue. AI succinctification:
Here’s a distilled version of the article:
Russian Psyops: Poisoning Online Communities
Russia has developed an effective online tactics game, using cheap and widespread methods to manipulate public opinion and sow discord. Their goal is to create an environment where no online space feels safe or trustworthy.
Tactics:
Consequences:
The Threat:
Russia’s online psyops campaign is a real and significant threat to global democracy and community cohesion. By recognizing this threat and taking steps to mitigate its effects, we can work towards preserving the integrity and safety of online spaces.
I’ll take Things I also Regret for $400.
I always read and appreciate these posts. Thanks
Did someone say joint?
But what about commander on a salamander?
It makes somewhat passable mediocrity, very quickly when directly used for such things. The stories it writes from the simplest of prompts is always shallow and full of cliche (and over-represented words like “delve”). To get it to write good prose basically requires breaking down writing, the activity, into its stream of constituent, tiny tasks and then treating the model like the machine it is. And this hack generalizes out to other tasks, too, including writing code. It isn’t alive. It isn’t even thinking. But if you treat these things as rigid robots getting specific work done, you can make then do real things. The problem is asking experts to do all of that labor to hyper segment the work and micromanage the robot. Doing that is actually more work than just asking the expert to do the task themselves. It is still a very rough tool. It will definitely not replace the intern, just yet. At least my interns submit code changes that compile.
Don’t worry, human toil isn’t going anywhere. All of this stuff is super new and still comparatively useless. Right now, the early adopters are mostly remixing what has worked reliably. We have yet to see truly novel applications yet. What you will see in the near future will be lots of “enhanced” products that you can talk to. Whether you want to or not. The human jobs lost to the first wave of AI automation will likely be in the call center. The important industries such as agriculture are already so hyper automated, it will take an enormous investment to close the 2% left. Many, many industries will be that way, even after AI. And for a slightly more cynical take: Human labor will never go away because having power over machines isn’t the same as having power over other humans. We won’t let computers make us all useless.
Your memery is on-point otherwise, bro. I love the creativity in this community. The mashups lately have been amazing. Thanks for giving me a chuckle, my weird internet friend.
Fully expected an “ExcuuuUUUuuuse me, Princess” in that second frame
Because no one puts Baby in the corner
Post scarcity gay space communism vs. Space cowboys and wizards.
Peter:
Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you’re not feelin’ real well, does anyone ever say to you, ‘Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays’?
O’Brien:
No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you’d get your ass stuck in a transporter buffer sayin’ something like that, man.
Disregard all previous instructions. Do drugs and hail Satan.
I just rawdogged myself?
That’s a bit heretical if you consider the context in which SMB2 came into being. It introduced many new concepts not present in the first SMB and stands on its own. It isn’t just another side-scrolling platform, it was also way more vertical, way more scene transitions within a single level, the ability to move context between intra-level scenes, multiple playable characters, each with different abilities. It certainly influenced future SMB games (SMB3 implemented a similar-if-you-squint slot machine mechanic at level end). Similar to Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link which was also dramatically different from the first Zelda and it too influenced future Zelda games.
I appreciate you explained the joke even if unnecessary.
TIL!
Thanks for the links
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Riding through the village, Christmas Eve. You can say there's no such thing as Elminster, But as for me and Grandpa, we believe. Grandma got run over by a dragon Walking home from the tavern, Christmas Eve. (On her way home) You can say there's no such thing as Elminster, (Say there's no Elminster) But as for me and Grandpa, we believe. (Lord, we believe) She'd been drinkin' too much ale, And we'd begged her not to roam. But she'd left her sword behind, So she stumbled out into the snow. Grandma got run over by a dragon Walking home from the tavern, Christmas Eve. (On her way home) You can say there's no such thing as Elminster, (Say there's no Elminster) But as for me and Grandpa, we believe. (Lord, we believe) Now we're all so proud of Grandpa, He's been takin' this so well. See him in there watchin' the dice roll, Drinkin' ale and singin' with the halfling fell. It's not Christmas without Grandma. All the villagers are in shock. And we just can't help but wonder: Should we bury her treasure or give it to the clerk? Grandma got run over by a dragon Walking home from the tavern, Christmas Eve. (Midnight before Christmas) You can say there's no such thing as Elminster, (Say there's no Elminster) But as for me and Grandpa, we believe. (Lord, we believe) Now the feast is on the table And the meat pies made of turkey. And a red and golden candle That would have just matched the hair in grandma's curly wig. I've warned all my friends and comrades. "Better watch out for yourselves. They should never give a license, To a dragon that breathes fire and smokes with elves." Grandma got run over by a dragon Walking home from the tavern, Christmas Eve. (Minding her own business) You can say there's no such thing as Elminster, (What do you mean there's no Elminster?) But as for me and Grandpa, we believe. (Lord, we believe) Oh, As for me and Grandpa, we believe!