Oh damn. Thank you! I’ll have to do this at some point…eventually lol

It sucks knowing there’s going to be kids indoctrinated like this. I don’t honestly understand the Russians’ long-term goals either. At this point, they’re self destructing. I don’t see how this can end well for anyone involved

A few coworkers were talking about some new LLM that can create realistic sounding podcasts. Aside from a few vocal blunders, it was getting difficult to tell if the voices were AI or not. It’s getting concerning at this point.

I know not to trust stuff. But there’s so many people who just trust things or get fooled (even if they do know better). After hearing that generated podcast, im sure I’ll be fooled soon enough. It’s already exhausting and the worst part hasn’t come yet lol

I was thinking about this the other day when I heard Chick-fil-a wants to start their own streaming service. I feel like…it’s starting to feel like every big business is squeezing us like lemons. Not only do they artifically increase prices for their goods, but now they want us to pay for subscription services too.

It’s starting to feel extremely invasive. Surely, you would think there is a tipping point. But I also said that about the inflation of groceries and the general cost of living. But we haven’t seem to hit that point either, lol.

Amazon had been selling radioactive jewlery

https://youtu.be/-ymMZ_h1nL8?si=V9HgwnujypZD_1OP

Dude, what a bummer. Like, I’m glad we have lemmy but there’s certain subs and such that reddit had that aren’t available here.

On one hand it has completely cured my reddit addiction, which is awesome. I’ve put a lot of time into more productive endeavors. But on the other hand, I do miss finding niche subs that had amazing communities.

Aaron Swartz wouldn’t have wanted this

Right now, companies are chasing LLM’s and subscription services. I’m terrified of what’s going to come next, lol. At what point does late stage capitalism stop?

Oh shit that’s not good. I suppose it’s bound to happen, though. Money talks.

Could happen anywhere

I’m Canadian but was surprised to recently see two types of onigiri in my local 7/11. I looked at it in shock, and then sighed because I would absolutely love that. But there’s no way in hell I’m eating that from a gas station.

I would end up like Fry from Futurama, but instead of worms that make me smart, knowing my luck, I would get a parasite/illness that puts me in a coma lol.

After I looked at it, I walked over to the slurpee machines and grimaced at the thought of gas station sushi while noticing how the floors are perpetually sticky/ moist and nothing looks clean

I did, however, notice slurpee themed merch, and I’m tempted to buy a shirt

I’ve been tasked with some notion testing and research this week. I tried asking chat gpt some simple questions, and it kept feeding me this exact scenario over and over. I guess notion doesn’t like any kind of recursion. Or at least not without extensions being added.

Yeah, I mean the issue is that they don’t act in good faith so it’s hard to deal with.

I’m not an expert on how to resolve the issue by any means, but I don’t see a way around this without some force being applied.

The issue is not everyone is comfortable with that. A lot of people understandably want to live peacefully and without violence. But I don’t know how that will realistically happen when the right leaning side keeps pushing violent rhetoric. Maybe I’m just ignorant to more possible solutions, but it seems to me that eventually, there will be some kind of civil war if they don’t stop pushing towards dictatorship/fascist rule.

Edit: I forgot to mention, but that’s why you’ll see some people take a passive stance, and some will take a hard stance on it. And sometimes people will flip flop in between. It’s self-preservation.

Edit: this got me thinking more, and I found this interesting article about ways we can try to stop fascism without violence that have worked in other countries https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/how-fight-fascism-position-strength/

I don’t think Jack is tolerant of the intolerant here. This seemed like a safety move. Everyone involved with their shows could be at risk from someone who hears this and makes them a target. The audience, employees at the venues etc.

You kind of answered your own question there. People can be unstable and crazy sometimes. Tenacious D will likely resume their shows after the election once things have calmed down. Given enough time, people will hopefully forget about this moment and move on.

Jack Black is a stand-up guy. If anyone is condemning him for this, then they either don’t know his character or are just being silly. He’s always been about doing the right thing. He doesn’t support trump, but he also doesn’t want to end up with a shooting at one of their shows.

Every single story I’ve read/ watched with him makes it clear that he’s just a good guy all around.

People are forgetting there’s nuance to this kind of thing. He doesn’t want to cancel the shows. They obviously love playing music, or they wouldn’t be doing shows anymore. They have tons of cash they don’t need more. This is purely trying to keep the band, the people that work for the band, everyone at the venues, etc, safe.

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This was an insightful read. Thanks for sharing!

Honestly, I have no idea how valid/effective the Chinese vaccine is. But stuff like this is bad for everyone, not just the people they were targeting. Short sighted plan, in my opinion.

Even more disturbing if it caused extra deaths.

Plus, if you don’t live in Vancouver or Toronto, your chance of seeing a non Canadian artist is a lot more slim. And even then, they might come nearby, but then you’re spending either gas money, a plane ticket, plus staying overnight at a hotel.

Idk about everyone else, but I’m struggling to pay the cost of living. Never mind having a luxury like that.

If I may chime in, I believe you’re both correct in your own ways. Russia is being controlled through very “in your face” propaganda. America also, in many ways, is very controlling and also gets away with its fair share of atrocious behavior.

In my opinion, it’s a spectrum or a big circle. Instead of being “left or right”, they both circle around to their own variation of authoritarianism.

(although I would say the USA is slightly better off, for the time being, at least. I don’t think they’re quite as bad, but some aspects are indeed just as bad. But I have not visited Russia, so my perspective is skewed based purely on what I read about it.)

I wish the internet archive didn’t pick that battle with these companies. I don’t have faith that they will win when the government sides with corporations so frequently. I hope they have a way to dump everything to the public to be backed up. I fear if they were taken down we would lose all that important information