Artist Caldwell Tanner

I… swore it was the other way round. Either way, their metaphor isn’t the same as the actual situation because most who don’t like AI hate it on a moral ground (wasteful, egregious) rather than on a pure aesthetic one.

I like the metaphor where you deny someone’s dietary/moral choices, essentially made them party to a grave sin in their eyes, rob them of their ability to consent, and then laugh at them when they’re upset about it. It’s really fucking telling.

Read in the last year

Dungeon Crawler Carl books 1-7 by Matt Dinniman (twice). Will reread again when the next book comes out. Found this series last December and it’s one of my favorites now

Dune books 1-4 by Frank Herbert. No interest in continuing, but I can see why they’re famous. This series ate up the majority of my reading time because I found it hard to read in long blocks like I’m want to do.

The Commonwealth Saga by Peter F Hamilton. Sci-fi with a couple of interesting ideas within. Not something I’ll reread. Very male gazey.

Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson. Solid entry in the Cosmere. Nice expansion to Sixth of the Dusk. Probably not a great starting point to The Cosmere, since there’s a good amount of cross knowledge utilized in this book.

Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. Nostalgia reread, read this a lot in high school. More male gazey than I remembered, which is a minor shame. But overall a fun time

Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks. Follow-up to the Night Angel Trilogy. Not as good, the forced first-person compared to the original Trilogy really hampers this one. Sequel is coming out next year

The Black Prism and The Subtle Knife by Brent Weeks. First two books in The Lightbringer Series. Reread, first reread since the whole series came out. The first three books are really good. The last two are a bit rough around the edges.

I once played a first-person point-and-click adventure game featuring a player character who is a cyborg. I don’t remember much about the game, but I do recall quite explicitly that it had a Hard Rock Cafe in the game. Haven’t had any luck finding it.

Compressed air. Used to clean electronics. You can also use it to get high (which is what is being implied is happening here) with some very serious side effects.

https://theweek.com/articles/880107/why-fox-news-created

I actually think the metaphor doesn’t really work when applied literally, except in the tautological sense. Banditry was a very poor lifestyle, only engaged in by the truly desperate.

A rock that talks like a person is not something we really evolved to be able to handle. It makes sense why so many people struggle with it.

Imagine a 4D object if you think human imagination is limitless. Good luck

Why is this local, low-level news story being pushed at a national level?

Someone put razor blades in bread and was caught before anyone was hurt. Cool, why is this news?

And if they did, obviously they’re all members of bourgeoisie fleeing because they can’t handle being a normal person /s

The people who made out like bandits during the 1849 gold rush sold panning equipment and shovels. This is the modern version of that.

Practical Magic does sound weird when you describe it like that.

Yeah, most planets have the same rotation direction as orbital direction (counter-clockwise rotation, counter-clockwise orbit) but Venus rotates clockwise.

It’s a meme. That’s how I know the context.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/but-you-cant-prove-it-james-doakes-reaction-images

Is it possible that your interpretation is valid? I mean, sure, but it’s not likely. People’s choice of phrases often shows their thought process. “If you can’t do the time…” is a phrase that’s often used to emphasize personal responsibility in a given situation. That, paired with the emphasis but reversal of the key phrase from the headline, strongly implies that this person thinks that it’s the failings of those convicted (ie, they did the crime) for their convictions, rather than the police.

The interpretation you bring to the comment is less likely for three reasons. One, a person agreeing with the headline but adding emphasis that the cops need to be held accountable would likely mention the cops somewhere in their comment (only people mentioned are “criminals” (“can’t do the time”)). Two, people most likely to be critical of cops are likely to want to talk about the systemic failures rather than individual failings (talking about conviction rates for DAs or case closure rates for cops or just plain racism being a large contributing factor). Three, and this is the big one, the most likely comments on Facebook are going to be from those who disagree with whatever is being shown since Facebook feeds you content based on what causes you to engage the most and anger is the most common reason for engagement.

Where is the week strait? Is it near Friday island?

There’s a tool called a computer. And on it it has programs that can edit pictures.

They’ve changed their name since. Now they’re the Chicago Cubs