I’m going to have to assume that AI generated art is quickly becoming a culture war issue as much as it is a economic one. Most opinions for or against are going to be influenced by the person giving the opinion having either financial or ideological reasons reasons for their position rather than an actual appraisal…

Seems hit or miss to me. The AI is pretty bad at translating facial expressions and telling layers apart. But I’d be surprised if they got better results from a commercially available tool not made for this purpose. It’s a decent proof of concept though. Who knows how well it could work if it was optimized by or with…

What the actual fuck is this story about? What is the context? Did no one screenshot what was said or was it so offensive that an article about the event doesn’t dare publish it despite it being posted on social media? How did this pass an editor? At least let Grammarly take a look at it if they can’t afford a human,…

Come to think of it a few Blue Cross buildings I’ve worked in have had something like that. Aetna too. It may be an insurance company thing. Where most places might have a discount on a gym membership, they build a gym in the building and a walking trail around the campus.

Thanks. I thought there was some kind of split. But couldn’t recall if it was East/West, Low/High or what.

Yeah I’m not arguing against any of that. Just the idea of people who speak an archaic version of a language being lumped in with modern speakers for survey purposes. It’s inaccurate.

I do commercial construction and aside from places where it’s necessary like military, medical, industrial, and athletic spaces I have only seen showers in the boss’s private offices. Usually in the fancier professions.

If the group in PA are Amish/Mennonite who still use the old language amongst themselves I’m not sure that they speak modern German. As in, I don’t know if a German national could understand it clearly or easily. I've got some relatives in the area and that's what they told me, at least. I certainly couldn't tell by…

If you live somewhere that suddenly became a “destination” I could see it. Every price going up at once has to suck. Anyway not all tourists are foreign. Most tourism in America is domestic. So saying that about fellow citizens is really neither here nor there.

I don’t know if shows only lasting a few seasons is a bad thing. A show that runs forever is a soap opera and while a lot of the criticism of those is rooted in misogyny some of it is for the fact that the open ended nature of the format makes it impossible to ever satisfactorily conclude a character arc or even show…

I don't think the Court is completely corrupt although Thomas definitely is. But if you think they are they do serve for life. That type of appointment has a built-in recall mechanism but it's only available to those who are really, really dedicated. I prefer being free and alive myself but if you're looking for an…

While you’re right about the difficulty of passing a constitutional amendment you’re wrong about pretty much everything else including the number of states required to pass an amendment. That is 3/4, 38 out of 50.

It took a while to find since Le Figaro is paywalled but he did use that word, so I was wrong. I do think that it’s an inappropriate translation as the French term refers to an illegal execution without the overtones of racism. He’s certainly trying to portray himself as a victim but it doesn’t seem to be the same…

That’s right. I think there’s a nearby lamp post that became a tree in my memory. But he’s beating one camper in a sleeping bag with another. There’s a shot of Jason right after they offer him the things he hates most where despite the hockey mask there’s a little head tilt that says “Are you fucking serious?” Then…

We'd have to run at night with the lights off to sneak up on the other yachts. That thing is a floating five star hotel and probably moves at the speedyoud expect from a building. Really we'd just have to crash into them and then board/abandon ship.

Thanks, that makes more sense than the hacked Fire Stick with Comcast credentials scenario I was thinking of.

That’s a good idea, I hadn’t thought about devices. I don’t think there’s a cable company that makes anything like that but if you could load their network info and a login/password into a Roku or Fire device maybe you could make it work. Then clone and sell. Clever until the feds show up.

I guess this thing must be so expensive it’s uninsurable. Because Antigua is a small place but not so small someone doesn’t know how to run an insurance scam. And if they don’t I know a guy who’ll torch it for a free island vacation. The guy is me. Antigua, I will burn it to the waterline for a few weeks of white sand…

If they’re not handing out a wad of singles at the door too then this is pointless. Strippers don’t like dancing for people without money to give them.

Ok, I think I know what this guy actually did. The description is wildly unclear so my theory is that he was getting cable TV subscriptions that also give access to live streaming of the content on the channels then somehow reselling the content to people who thought they were subscribing to a legit streaming service.…