How would one ever discover that a given podcaster is right wing if they are apolitical?

This is a quote that should end in ‘yet’. I am very confident in saying there will be an AAA game released that will be designed and implemented 95%+ by a machine. I am less confident in providing a timeline. If you consider the history of machine learning is ~70 years old (in one sense, one can argue other dates) and you plot the advances from tic-tac-toe to what machines can do today (chess being a prime example), it doesn’t take much vision to see that it won’t be but a matter of time before this is a real thing.

Depending on scale. Is the surface of the lake flat?

Once you experience true level you will never go back.

Whenever I see posts like this, I wonder about the benchmark being set.

I don’t know what OP wants… a weekly news story: “VEGAS SHOOTING STILL NOT SOLVED, NEWSPAPER EDITORS SEEK ALTERNATE HEADLINES”

DB Cooper was one of the most mysterious hijackers of all time. Still no motive, why don’t we hear about it more often?

Zodiac killer, active for years on the West Coast. No known motive… why don’t we hear about it? Why does no one mention it?

Jack the Ripper, killed women brutally, unsolved, no known motive. Why isn’t he mentioned more often?

This line of thinking drives me crazy. Our current news ecosystem thrives off cheap clickbait and manufactured outrage. Barring some radical new information, they won’t get that out of the Vegas shooting, hence it doesn’t make headlines routinely.

Or it was a failed genocide? Are all genocidal attempts successful?

The sheer scale of civilian deaths.

According to reports from the Iraq Body Count project, over 190,000 civilians died as a direct or indirect result of the war. This reflects the disproportionate toll on innocent lives during military operations.

Cutting off water, electricity and aid to civilian areas.

The U.S. occupation forces in Iraq faced criticism for disrupting essential services like water supply and electricity. The New York Times reported that in the first few months after the invasion, “Iraq’s power generation has fallen to less than one fifth of its prewar level.” In addition, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that “the distribution of food rations has been severely restricted due to looting and other security problems.”

Indiscriminate carpet bombing of civilian areas.

In the case of indiscriminate carpet bombing of civilian areas, American forces used massive airpower against Iraq during the initial phase of the invasion. Operation Shock and Awe included thousands of bombs dropped on Baghdad within three weeks, causing widespread devastation, particularly in urban areas.

Wholesale destruction of public infrastructure.

The wholesale destruction of public infrastructure in Iraq is another parallel with the situation in Gaza. Infrastructure such as schools, hospitals, and roads suffered extensive damage during the invasion and subsequent years of conflict. For example, according to the New York Times, many Iraqi hospitals had their generators destroyed, resulting in a lack of medical care for thousands of people.

Genocidal and dehumanizing language being used by Israeli government officials specifically towards the civilian population.

During the lead-up to the Iraq War, then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld infamously referred to Iraqi civilians as “dead enders” – a dehumanizing term meant to refer to those who opposed the American presence. This echoes the genocidal and dehumanizing language used by Israeli government officials toward the civilian population in Gaza.

WW2 would be considered genocidal for their war against the Nazi party, no?

Yes.

Clearly Israel just wants to remove Ismail Haniyeh and his HAMAS coalition government, not wipe out literally anyone who was in favor of him.

You could classify pretty much any war you want as a genocide that way

Yes, that is my point.

large number of people from a particular nation

The large number of people here would be Iraqis that are Ba’athist.

It’s not socialism if YOU get the money.

Found the law, please send it along

An Act Regarding Legal Tender at Establishments

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1: For purposes of this Act, “Store” shall mean any entity which offers goods or services for sale to consumers; “Legal Tender” shall denote any form of payment acknowledged by the United States Government as valid for repayment of debts. Such includes coins and currency issued by the U.S. Treasury, checks drawn against accounts at insured financial institutions, and electronic transfers; “Consumer” shall refer to an individual purchasing goods or services from a store.

Section 2: No store shall refuse to accept legal tender as payment for its offered goods or services within the establishment’s premises; Violation of this section shall lead to immediate cessation of operating license for such store, and repeat offenders may face criminal penalties.

Section 3: In case a consumer attempts to pay for goods or services using legal tender, and the store declines such tender, then said products shall be deemed free for the consumer; Stores must provide these free products regardless of their state of damage or tampering during purchase attempt; Receipt or proof of attempted transaction can act as evidence in disputes between consumer and store.

Section 4: This Act does not apply to online transactions primarily utilizing third-party platforms or credit/debit cards as primary means of payment; Currency exchange houses, pawnshops, and other businesses mainly dealing in non-legal tender payments are exempted from this law.

Section 5: State Attorneys General and Consumer Protection Agencies will enforce this legislation; Any consumer experiencing violation of rights under this Act can file a complaint with the relevant agency; Upon successful resolution of a complaint, the complainant might receive restitution in form of compensation for process-related expenses.

Has Starlink considered just using really tall antennas? Should be a lot easier than all the risks associated with putting equipment into low Earth orbit.

Hey, remember that time during John Quincy Adams’ presidency when he advocated for the abolition of the slave trade?
Or how about the time he vetoed a bill to reauthorize the Second Bank of the United States because he believed in limited government intervention in business affairs?
Or hey, what about that period when he strongly pushed for the independence of Spanish colonies in Latin America?
Or what about the time he proposed a “Monroe Doctrine” which essentially stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention?

Adams mostly stuck to his principles, but also, it could be argued that there were times when his decisions weren’t entirely beneficial to everyone.

What do you consider normal? One thing that may aid autistic understanding, is many people who are enormously depressed manage to maintain a really happy facade over it. That smiley, goofy lady from work might actually be struggling with deep clinical depression. You may actually be one of the most fulfilled of your peers without knowing it.

Burger King?

Not specifically browser settings, but in Windows and Linux you should have access to a per application mixer and can reduce / mute the volume of your browser to zero.

Easy, when they go to sell spots to advertisers: “Look, our video had 15,000 views last week” (except all of them were unwanted)

No clue. I’m just pointing out the existing association. He could be 1 in 1000 or he could be in 1 in 4.

I want my data to be centralized, profiled and used against me, but I want it by American corporations, dammit!