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Arkaelus ,

Honestly, I always thought Star Wars would work as a Tales From the Crypt-style anthology, just pump out interesting happenings from across the galaxy as self-contained, 40-minute long episodes and put the meat on them massive bones! I bet one could pull off at least 3-4 12-episode series without even touching The Force.

Arkaelus , (edited )

Eeexactly! That 'dynasty's' been going on for so long, it's narratively ridiculous and boring.

Don't get me wrong, despite what my initial comment may indicate, I would LOVE to see something which goes in depth into The Force's philosophy, its spirituality, but that foregoes Skywalker Lightsaber Fight™ by its very nature... Actually, no, acceptable Skywalker Lightsaber Fight™ in the original episodes, because those moments were used to punctuate.

Arkaelus ,

I... I don't even know what to say anymore.

Arkaelus ,

It's been discovered recently that leeches can jump, so it's not as inaccurate now.

Arkaelus ,

"Twist-o Eyeball-o!"

Arkaelus ,

We really need to get our shit together and pull a Revolution again... Our political system is in need of a good slappin'...

Arkaelus ,

Considering this is Apple, they'll probably scan your happy juices and, like... sell your entire genome to advertisers, or smth...

Arkaelus ,

I knew it! That kitchen table's ruining my life! And my hips!!!

Arkaelus ,

FEAST ON THEIR IDEOLOGICAL FLESH!!!

Arkaelus ,

My loaf is bigger than your loaf,
We take more drugs than a touring funk band.

SING IT!

My loaf is bigger than your loaf.

SING IT!

My loaf is bigger than your loaf.

SING IT!

Arkaelus ,

Picard, hands on face

CEO of Google Says It Has No Solution for Its AI Providing Wildly Incorrect Information (futurism.com)

You know how Google's new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won't slide off (pssst...please don't do this.)...

Arkaelus ,

Let's turn that frown upside down! Instead of saying "Google failed to generate a useful LLM to bolster its search feature," say "Google successfully replicated the output of an average Reddit troll!"

Arkaelus ,

Ssooo... a cable package?

Arkaelus ,

Oh, yeah?! What' your DPS (depressions per semester)?

Arkaelus ,

Can only give you my personal example:

I have a career in software QA, and I got into it because I personally believed in QA and its significance to generating good software for people to use. Hell, I even worked relatively low-paying jobs because it was compensated by job satisfaction.

Then enshittification took hold of absolutely everything, QA started being flushed down the turlet in the interest of cutting costs (and, I suspect, out of management incompetence and lack of perspective), and now it feels as though my passion got stabbed.

I still thoroughly believe in QA as an essential part of software development, I still try to do the best I can not out of dedication to a job, but to my principle-based belief that QA does more good than it does harm when properly performed. But I seldom have the context to be able to do that, instead being stuck with menial shit and/or rushed projects which don't allow for a lot of testing.

Test your stuff, eat the rich.

Arkaelus ,

"The Children of Asuryan haven't received any new models since the 90s, y'know..."

Arkaelus ,

Thank you.

Arkaelus , (edited )

Honestly, the most painful part of this is the dichotomy between the internet's potential to become an evolutionary point for us and help us develop as a species, and the way we're using it... We have the entirety of human existence digitised for our convenience and available at the push of a button and we just use it to terrorise and hurt eachother...

Arkaelus ,

This must be the most 90s thing I've seen in a decade.

Arkaelus ,

At least the water ain't boilin'! Yet...

Arkaelus ,

Exactly, pointing fingers just eats into problem-solving time at this point. Just shovel'em aside and start digging that drainage ditch, s'what I say...
Once the job's done, we'll have all the time in the world to poke eachother in the eyes.

Arkaelus ,

GIMME SOME SKIIIN!

Arkaelus ,

This. Let's not forget that ABBA started off with neither of the two leads speaking a word of English, all of their songs were sung phonetically. It's all smoke and mirrors at this point. A very complex system of smoke and mirrors, but nowhere near sentience/self-awareness/actual intelligence.

Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code — they should leave it up to AI. (www.tomshardware.com)

Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code — they should leave it up to AI.::At the recent World Government Summit in Dubai, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a counterintuitive break with tech leader wisdom by saying that programming is no longer a vital skill due to the AI revolution.

Arkaelus ,

Do you want Warhammer 40k? Because this is how you get Warhammer 40k.

Arkaelus ,

Hey, the Spice must flow!:))

Arkaelus ,

Jesus Christ... Whyyy is this guy still running companies? Why does absolutely anyone take him seriously at this point?

Arkaelus ,

Ugh... ugh-ugh. Uah! AAAH! AAAH, AAAH! URGH! *hits table with keyboard triumphantly

Arkaelus ,

Getting an orange in there can't be easy:-?

A fake recording of a candidate saying he’d rigged the election went viral. Experts say it’s only the beginning (edition.cnn.com)

A fake recording of a candidate saying he’d rigged the election went viral. Experts say it’s only the beginning::Days before a pivotal election in Slovakia to determine who would lead the country, a damning audio recording spread online in which one of the top candidates seemingly boasted about how he’d rigged the...

Arkaelus ,

Hooo, boy, this'll be mountains of fun!

Arkaelus ,

ITS JOB IS TO SOOTHE ME!!

Arkaelus ,

cracks knuckles Time to make a new fake account and nuke them with shitposting and Grandma Memes!

Arkaelus ,

Well, then! teleports behind server I guess we'll just have to be... katana swish Extra-cringe! tips fedora

Arkaelus ,

This'll only happen once education is restructured almost entirely. Critical Thinking has not been on the menu for a long time (if ever), and it's not in the interest of the Powers That Be to increase critical thinking in individuals - people who really think tend to ask relevant, but uncomfortable questions.

Conspiracy theories are a side-effect of biased education.

Arkaelus ,

Yes, 100% my point! Who needs to know stuff when the Government and rich people are already looking out for our best interests? Poverty is a non-issue, everyone owns 2.5 houses per capita, this is a utopia! Books just ruin everything!

/s.

Arkaelus ,

This says more about us than it does about the chatbots, considering the data on which they're trained...

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    Arkaelus ,

    100% agree with this, shouldn't even need to be said!

    However, I would posit that we need an inclusive equivalent for everyone, as the ethos of "dude/dudette" is, in my opinion, well worth keeping - some people simply are THAT cool!

    I'm nowhere near smart enough to come up with new words (barely smart enough to use the ones we have...), but I'd totally want to have that sentiment preserved.

    Arkaelus ,

    Multiple sources, including Merriam-Webster, Cambridge and Oxford state that "dude" is a masculine noun, synonymous with man, guy, etc., so I disagree with this. As an exclamation, sure, as it's not referring to anyone in particular, so it can be taken as an impersonal interjection.

    Arkaelus ,

    "Mate"'s nice, mate, but... I dunno, feels like it doesn't fully capture that... pizzazz that "dude" and "dudette" have.

    Arkaelus ,

    Oh, I just use "sibling" or "sib" for that level of familiarity, easier that way:))

    Arkaelus ,

    I am unaware of that video, blissfully so according to your observation!:))

    Arkaelus ,

    Well, judging by the myriad dictionaries out there, this word has been gendered well before this subject's been broached.

    Arkaelus ,

    Weird hill to die on, this, where you'd rather defend words than people.

    Arkaelus ,

    Turbo-family time! Quick, time for a general meeting to present slideshows of the Big Boss' last vacation, gotta make'em feel included!

    Arkaelus ,

    Oh, just oscillate between the two states on a minute-by-minute basis, the whiplash'll make you want to sleep for a year straight. Problem solved! (/s, of course)

    Arkaelus ,

    S'all good, Capitalism subsumes criticism of itself and sells it back to us.

    Arkaelus ,

    My initial reaction was to laugh my ass off at the extra drop of crap in the collective cup. Upon a second take however... considering what a horrifying den of depravity ActiBlizz became during the past years, this may turn out to be for the best in the long run...

    Arkaelus ,

    Not slighting the dismissal of those who didn't partake, don't get me wrong! Every situation has nuance, not denying that! I was referring to the overall culture which took root there, and from that the purely utilitarian observation that it's easier to change the mentality if you change the people (in one way or another).

    Arkaelus ,

    Terrifying concept!

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