The USOC and IOC facilitate all sorts of heinous shit.

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

100%

Palpatine and Dooku commissioned the clone army in secret, then revealed it as a solution to the robot army attacks, which they also funded. The Jedi/Republic accept the help begrudgingly. Unfortunately, I rewatched ep 1-3 recently.

I work with someone who never closes a tab. They’ll just keep plowing ahead until they literally have to reboot their computer for lack of resources. Physical clutter doesn’t bother me much, but I have to look away when they share their screen.

Vibe coding in assembly.

The definition of AI has now fundamentally changed.

“The AI effect” refers to a phenomenon where either the definition of AI or the concept of intelligence is adjusted to exclude capabilities that AI systems have mastered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect

I only read the blog because of the thumbnail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence

There’s intention in a prompt. Death of the Author makes the case for valuing interpretation over intention anyway.

Don’t fall prey to the Curse of Greyface

industry associations and individual businesses […] argued the FTC had failed to follow correct procedures and conduct an analysis before issuing the rule. The judge panel has agreed with them.

Three judges — two appointed by President Trump, one by President George H. W. Bush — found that the FTC’s rulemaking process was flawed and did not include early analysis of the rule’s possible economic effects. [1]

“the law”

It’ll last 6 months easy in the fridge. But try to get most of the solids out with a fork when it’s still hot. And when ya use it, don’t double dip - new spoon/knife each time ya need some.

intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value

Advertising and politics?

I don’t think they have much on Krypton anymore.

Choose another tool.

Belief is a tool for achieving effects; it is not an end in itself. -Peter J. Carroll

Yeah, predictable, like how sith always choose red.