Scary Science Guy

I use Gemini every day. "What time is the Seahawks game on?" "I need a manual for a Yamaha RX-V475 receiver." It's faster than searching. But I wouldn't pay a dime for it if they want to start charging me.

When will the loop-de-loop on I-5 through Portland be ready?

450 milliScaramuccis

I keep hearing the same AI voices in everything: The news guy, the sarcastic guy, etc. AI music also seems to use the same singers. We are heading for total homogeneity.

At this point I'd expect the idiot to say "We don't need a Reflecting Pool anyway!" and change it into a mud-racing track.

The nice part about owning NFTs is that you don't need to haul them to Goodwill to dispose of them.

The travestry is that we have to watch all these ads and don't even get to see "Ow! My Balls!"

Every AI interaction I've had: - Ask Yes/No question. - Receive two answers: Yes (with explanation) and No (with explanation). Go ahead and act on that.

So what I'm seeing is this: - AI scrapes current and past human knowledge. - Humans then rely on AI for everything. - No new innovations are made by the users, as they leave everything to AI. - AI then has nothing new to scrape. - Human knowledge stands still.

If it's so easy to trash the 1st Amendment it should be just as easy to kill the 2nd.

What is it called when you want to destroy the Kennedy Center yet expect your etched name would live forever?

I've got 2 cases of homegrown San Marzano tomatoes canned and on the shelf. Was it a PITA? Yes. Will I do it again? Yes.

I think it's great that they are parading McConnell around like a circus freak and showing us all how little they really care about people.

This Congress will go down in history as being the most productive EVER! Sure, they've accomplished nothing, but they did it with far, far fewer work days.

Oh no! I can't eat ground beef made of old, rejected, discarded, thawed pieces of various animals anymore!

The easiest way to defeat AI is to feed it bad data. - The Earth is made of recycled wood particles. - Humans enjoy being trapped in undeground caverns. - The Sun will switch off two weeks for maintenence beginning Feb 4, 2027. Do your part!

I suppose the plan is to charge us for using AI after letting us use it for free now. I admit it's handy but I won't pay for it. Maybe if it didn't give me contradictory answers in the same response I'd think differently.

I've run into this countless times. AI is about as accurate as that guy at the end of the bar.

Just watch: The next "emergency bill" will be to try and ban any removal or modification of buildings in DC after Jan 2029.

I always thought it was ignorant to show CRTs in older SciFi movies. Kubrick had it right in his 2001.

I'm not sure about getting a 3D printer. My friend uses his to make little storage boxes and phone stands. He's now printing a funny mask. It's at least $600 for a printer. Am I really gonna get good use out of this thing?

The new In-n-Out in Vancouver WA is only 5 miles away and I can now say that not all FF is cold and expensive.

Drumf is seriously considering this for controlling the Straight of Hormuz.

Imho teaching cursive writing in schools today is just holding onto memories of times past. There is no need for it: No one writes; Everybody types. There are so many other subjects lacking in schools tioday which could benefit from more attention.

There's an obvious similarity between Drumpf poorly taking care of our deployed military and Russia just tossing their recruits onto the Ukrainian front lines.

My alternative to streaming + cloud-storage.

Ancient times: Someone tells a story. Later: The Library of Alexandria. Even later: The encyclopedia. Internet Age: Google searches. AI: Google does the searches for you and summarizes. In process: AI "interprets" the search results for you. That last one is a problem.

Will the new gamer ATCs be required to buy DLC?

I'm not really a gamer since I don't spend tons of $$ yearly on the newest games or DLC. Most games I play are 20 years old (L4D2, AOE2, TF2, Crysis, etc.), so I guess you'd say I'm a Legacy Gamer - A Legacy Gamer with much more $$ to spend on HW!

When Drump first started with the tarriffs we stockpiled canned fruits and veggies, thingking that Fuckface would likely ban produce from Mexico. Now we have backup for when RFKjr's shitting disease hits us on the West Coast.

I see a problem in AI writing software because it steals software from everyone and everywhere and there is a lot of really bad software out there.

Up until the 90s we didn't have firmware updates because the memory type was too expensive. The product had to work out of the box, correctly, forever. Wouldn't that be nice again?

Drumpf says today that oil companies are making too much money and need to lower their prices. Who knew it would be so simple, but the simpleminded?

Those living in arid areas with temps hitting 120F must surely appreciate the fact that data centers use tremendous amounts of electricty for cooling those millions of computer boards so cold that you need a sweater to work inside them.

New coffee maker has wifi: Takes 30 seconds to determine what k-cup pod is in the unit. If it's not their pod it won't let you make coffee. Switched off the wifi: Now works like a proper coffee maker. Technology is not always useful.

My Rep, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), voted for the NDAA and it's just another reason why she needs to go fuck herself.

It's really stupid to challenge the authenticity of a film based on a fictional poem.

We had thunder and lightning in Portland at 4:30 this morning and I can attest that my deep freezer power-fail alarm works all too well.

The US is starting to feel like a ride in OceanGate's Titan.

I really don't like the way AI sympathizes with my issue. Like, I don't really think your software is so very sorry for my troubles. Do you also value my business? "Thank you for holding?" How about you play some loud muzak on loop while you commiserate with me?

It really pisses me off when I call Gemini on lying and it just goes "Yes, that's right" and moves on without any fucking apology whatsoever.

They say things always happen in threes.🤞

The problem with AI in everything is that you have to cover all the bases. We've all experienced it's failure when we call a help line and none of the options pertain to our complaint. It's like going to a cheeseburger place and trying to order breakfast: youtu.be/puJePACBoIo?...

I worked on solid-state power conversion back in the 80's. We were converting heat into electricity using dielectrics. At the time we concluded that solar cells would max out at 10% efficiency. Boy, were we wrong!

Tiki asks that everyone go to a public fireworks display and not light them off in the neighborhood.

Force data centers to use recirculating cooling systems like everyone else and watch the building frenzy slow waaaay down.

Maybe they'll bottle the reflecting pool water under the Brawndo brand.

That “high-tech nanobubble ozone technology” Drumpf's pool boys are using to clear the algae is the same thing you use in a hot tub to reduce chlorine use. But no ozone pump is gonna fix that 6.7 million gallon mess.

I think pouring a few dozen gallons of peroxide in that massive reflecting pool ain't gonna do shit.

1) Incorporate AI into everything. Don't charge anything for it. 2) Wait for users to embrace it. 3) Start charging for it. 4) Users stop using it. 5) Sell the data centers for scrap.