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The problem with trying to talk about possible productive uses for AI is that you’re trying to advocate for the pleasant invigoration that a cup of coffee provides next to some tech bro who is snorting his third 8-ball of the morning and screaming incoherently about productivity maxing

thehill.com/policy/healt... Fun. While I’m all for less people I’m going to have to keep working out for the rest of my life to try to stay independent as possible because the US is going to be far, far worse at handling an elderly heavy population than Japan.

My employer is soliciting guidance from the rank and file as to their response to the OMB's proposed rules regarding research funding (www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...) Have they considered necromancy?

I want to see every fucker involved in those rule changes forced to explain to every ancestor that died of a disgusting and now curable or preventable disease why they're more worried about The Gays than letting the science hippies continue their work uninterrupted.

How old do you have to be until it’s socially acceptable to tell the woman sitting behind you on public transport that her boyfriend is a complete dickbag and she deserves better as a human being.

"AI boosters see human beings as almost purely idealized, creative engines: prime movers in an increasingly technologized process. In reality, creativity is revealed in work and the toil of figuring things out... It is where creativity itself emerges."

So I think AI could work for those who can go through the process of going from an idea, sketching it out, building up the components, and then fighting with your tools until they spit out what you want. Which from what I've seen if very, very few people.

"AI boosters see human beings as almost purely idealized, creative engines: prime movers in an increasingly technologized process. In reality, creativity is revealed in work and the toil of figuring things out... It is where creativity itself emerges."

I think the barrier for using generative AI for creative work is that when you turn the crank, it spits out a refined result. And that's where most people are going to stop. It's a pretty picture, what more do you want? Which is why everything looks like mall art. Looks nice but whatever.

I attempted to make an appointment with a nutritionist for a fairly specific set of questions. It seems they flagged me as someone who identifies as a heterosexual male of a certain age which means they are now requiring me to take a class first.

I can't argue that statistically, they're correct in insisting that I learn what a grocery store looks like and how to identify common vegetables that are not a potato. As a 50 year old straight male who has done all the cooking and shopping for the past 14 years I am Spiders Georg.

I attempted to make an appointment with a nutritionist for a fairly specific set of questions. It seems they flagged me as someone who identifies as a heterosexual male of a certain age which means they are now requiring me to take a class first.

www.wired.com/story/cobol-... I was wondering why I got an advertisement for learning Cobol... I learned to program on Fortran '77 so I understand some of the... ah... quirks of older languages which had to work under very limited resources and with peculiarities of the hardware.

In a way working with antiquated programming languages teaches you an important lesson in the study of history. People weren't stupid, they did the best with what they had and what they knew. And sometimes their best was not actually their best, they kinda phoned it in because of reasons.

Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. Been doing some updates to my decade old Fuji X-T2 while I wait for the X-T6 to come out (maybe later this year, maybe I can afford it then, maybe not).

This year sucked shit. My now late wife decided to end her struggle with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis with the help of the Final Exit Network. In short, she killed herself. I also work in research administration for a large university and you know what they've done to the sciences.

My wife's exit was also a high point as we have time to focus on each other and find closure for our long relationship and even longer friendship. She passed peacefully knowing she was loved and that she was supported in her decision.