That’s not really relevant here. This is more of a “genie is out of the bottle and now we have to learn how to deal with it situation”. The idea and technology of bots and AI training already exists. There’s no socioeconomic system that is going to magically make that go away.

It seems like every so often Chapman’s makes the news, and every time, it’s Chapman’s being an all around awesome example that I wish other companies would follow.

Nobody is vilifying someone because they have different opinions on the importance of reading Shakespeare in high-school, or if they think, big centralised public libraries are a better option to lots of smaller public libraries.

No, but they are dumping people into that category in their mind, and then making all kinds of assumptions and conclusions about that person based off the one false assumption. And then because it’s the internet, the name calling starts and all constructive conversation ends.

Just look at this thread. I started it with “the current American political discourse sucks” and no-one commenting was able to take that statement at face value. Everyone replied with assumptions on what my stance was on issues I didn’t mention. It’s that exact reflex that I have a problem with. Essentially, I agree with the message, but I disagree with the delivery method.

I never made any equivalences, stated any of my political opinions, or said anything other the fact that the current US political discourse sucks.

And things are only going to get worse because people like you would rather make up shit to get offended by, instead of doing anything that might get the majority on your side.

Found the source of the problem.

No two humans are going to agree on every point. If you vilify everyone that differs from you in the slightest, you are a detriment to your own cause.

But of course, no one actually wants to fix everything. They want to just make snarky comments online to feel superior.

And there’s the idiotic extrapolation I’m referring to. I’m talking about the discourse in general, not the specifics.

God I hate the current political discourse. You have extremists vs extremists, and now both sides are vilifying everyone that doesn’t blindly adhere to all their positions.

Oh no! Whatever shall they do?

I’m not asking everyone to be able to become a hardware specialist, but if you can’t even figure out “my computer gets hot” I’m not going to be able to trust anything you do. Identifying a heat issue does not take a rocket surgeon.

Yes, but this may be a symptom of an issue I’ve been seeing with younger programmers; they’ve siloed themselves so specifically into whatever programming they “specialize” in, that they become absolutely useless at dealing with absolutely anything else related to their job. And exasperating this issue is the fact that they’ve grown up with systems that “just work”. Windows, iOS, and android are all at the point where fucking around with hardware issues is very uncommon for the average person.

Asking this guy to solve a hardware problem is like asking hime to tune a carburetor. He likely has not the slightest clue how to start.

I love me some mega-projects, but as much as I’d love to see Neom succeed, I will be absolutely shocked if it ever becomes something more than a big ditch in the desert.

That falls squarely under the “don’t ask questions you don’t want the answer to” category.

“second fastest growing channel in cable television” eh? I guess that means they got one new viewer while everything else went negative.

It an unfortunate reality in car-centric towns, but this can be a valid concern for small businesses in downtown areas. Lack of parking can translate to customers simply not showing up.

The mistake that everyone keeps making is assuming that when they say “traditional family” they mean the “husband, wife, and 2.5 kids” nuclear family. That’s not what they want. They are looking at an older tradition. They want slaves and concubines back.

To be fair, I think game worlds could be the one place where the odd AI hallucinations could be fun as hell.

That’s not how you become rich-er. To become rich in the first place, you need to try real hard to be born rich, or be one of the four people per generation that get stupid lucky.

Without. I’m a fairly tall dude myself, so looking upwards at a woman was a bit of a novel experience.

Hey, there’s nothing inherently wrong with frequenting strip clubs. Where else are you going to have a beer and watch a dude in playboy pyjamas wearing a dog leash get walked around the place by a 6’ tall stripper in stilettos?

Just looked. Mine’s showing “Gulf of Mexico” with Gulf of America in brackets underneath.