I think the point is that it actually hurts an ethics-based anti-AI argument to also claim that it has no utility, because the no-utility argument is weak and therefore makes the rest of the stance (i.e., the ethics-based argument) look weak by association.

Of course! I’ve been meaning to read more Pratchett, but as far as fiction goes, I’m on a serious Murakami kick. I’m hooked on this guy’s style.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/oled_soundsystem

This is a non-exhaustive list of books I’ve read (and a massive to-read pile). Lots of fiction but some non as well.

Wouldn’t a perfectly intact ear be more realistic?

“So, uh, why do they call you that?”

Rectum? Damn near killed him!

This coaster is the kind of whimsy the world needs now more than ever

The A.I. if you will

“Drug-free workplace” policy language is also a requirement for a lot of government contracts in the US

Gotta keep up, or you’ll be streets behind.

Lemmy is streets ahead of modern Reddit. It’s honestly pretty close to replicating the feel of Reddit 15+ years ago, back when it was more intellectual and dense, less accessible but also way less engagement-baity. Reminds me of a time when the entire internet felt like knowledge waiting to be discovered.

Every so often I go back to Reddit and I’m always astonished by how lowest-common-denominator everything is now.

That MF bird knows something

I agree completely. Beans and even just proper technique (actually dialing in the water/bean ratio, using the right filters, rinsing the filter, etc.) are probably way more important than which drip machine you’re using.

I’ve only had mine for a month after my old Oxo 9-cup machine had an electronic failure. At a certain point, coffee is coffee. I don’t think the product from the Mocca is objectively much better than the Oxo’s. But the Mocca seems to be designed without any corner-cutting, using high-quality materials and reliable, simple mechanisms more than cheaper alternatives.

This is what I’ve seen floating around

Could just be post-processing I guess.

Jeans in a hospital bed. No buttons on her shirt (except the collar). Weird wall perspective between them. Not a single IV pole or monitor in sight. The newspaper text is garbled. And what kind of hospital bed has wooden armrests and no handles or adjustment buttons? This is some phony shit.