I had my first one 6 weeks after having a baby. Cervix was still soft and I think they could have baseball pitched that thing in from across the room.

I got my most recent one in last year, 10 years after having my final child, and goddamn now I understand what people were complaining about

His internal monologue; “Just lift the corners of your lips and it will look natural”

You’re probably right. About 5 years ago I recall seeing a link to an entirely bot-populated sub. The conversations were almost indistinguishable from humans - it was really eerie. After that I had a hard time using Reddit because I had to assume that any comment responding to me might just be a computer program

I think he is envisioning a utopian society in which humans swim and share ideas in a centre benevolently powered by AI. Maybe it’s possible, but I’m not hopeful with the number of bad players in control of much of the programs

Because Claude told him to, my recently retired family member is trying to convince a nearby university to open an AI data centre/research centre/community hub in his town. It is proposing that the heat generated will be used to warm some buildings and a swimming pool, Claude likes the water and power availability from a nearby river with a hydroelectric plant. The man is calling city councillors and deans with Claude as his source.

For all I know, maybe it’s a good proposal. I am automatically skeptical when the entire proposal is a bunch of AI yes-man stuff. But really, I wish he had taken up painting or tennis in retirement instead.

My grandfather had a selection of Newfoundland yarns that he would tell at every family dinner. We probably heard these stories 100 times over the years and knew when to smile or laugh.

And truly, now that he’s gone, what I wouldn’t give to hear him tell one of them again….

I tried getting directions to a restaurant from Google Maps yesterday and it routed me inefficiently through an intersection with a paid sponsor restaurant. This was the biggest enshittification of direction apps I’ve experienced. Not only did it give me worse directions, but what are the chances I need to stop at the paid restaurant when I am trying to get to another restaurant in 20 minutes?

I usually try to read the article…and I’m left wondering what in the ever loving fuck I just read.

CIA looking for alien blood lines on 23 and me….I can’t tell real life from tabloid shit any more

As for Harambe, he was not a patriot. He was a beautiful animal that was shot despite being a gentle soul who did not hurt a fallen child. He did not care about human politics or Trumpian bullshit. Lovely being, yes. Martyr, maybe. Patriot, no.

Training takes time. Perhaps he needed to make sure she could see the liver treat to entice her to perform the command

Which do you recommend?

Maybe they hate the idea of showering with headphones

There’s always a price, but that’s true whether the donation comes from China, the US, or most other world powers.

My family is from the Caribbean. They seem to feel that it’s better to work with China or India on infrastructure, as they help with building and get paid back via ownership or land leases. Working with the US is difficult, as it’s hard for a nation with little access to USD to be able pay back a loan - they basically get blamed for being poor despite the US having performed the ultimate grift in making their dollar the global currency.

Anyone who bought a Trump phone will probably argue that this is actually a good thing.

“Thank you, Mr President, for letting me participate in your bettering of the country. I believe in your vision and can’t wait to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!! My data will help other countries understand what it is to BE AN AMERICAN! p.s. When is my share of the DOGE money coming? I know you didn’t mean to, but I lost my job and now eat roadkill. This was obviously a mistake and I know you’ll correct it now that you know about it. Call me and I’ll post my account number online for your people to transfer to”

And despite the canal not being heavily used for shipping anymore, it can provide lots of community value for water sports and winter skating. I don’t know that obsolete data centres will bring us this degree of recreation

It’s a natural consequence of our society which divides people into teams without any room for discourse in between. The team you’re on is always right 100% of the time, and the opposing team is full of utter and complete evil morons.

Isn’t he? There was an entire Hollywood movie in 2010 that grossed $224M about what an abhorrent person he is, and yet he’s still more successful than ever.

The world has shown that it may not love that he’s a shitty person, but it’s too apathetic to stop using his products and lining his pockets

I think the train carrying trust in the American tax system left the station a looooong time ago….

Toronto is one Ford family grift piled on top of another. All city planning is based on favours owed to their buddies or to keep their degenerate relatives afloat.

Here’s an idea: If we have people live in their cars, we can eliminate housing and parkland and successfully turn all land into highways!

I’ve never understood the purpose of forcing executives to apologize.

He said exactly what he meant, to a group of investors who largely feel positively about his message.

A forced apology is condescending and meaningless, and therefore I cannot see how it improves optics in any way.