I just want artists to keep making art. That’s what makes it cool. If you just offload it onto a machine, it cheapens whatever you created. There’s definitely some good reasons to use AI. But it feels like the majority of companies are just using it for the buzzword, and in the hopes it will make them money

I’m recovering from a cold, which is nice. As much as it feels bad, it feels great knowing each day is going to improve. I’ve been trying to find a cosy slice of life manga or something to read the past while. I feel like I should be reading more!

I’ve been playing the oblivion remake. It’s nice to revisit the game after so long. It’s cool because although I put in hundreds of hours in as a kid, I don’t remember a lot of it now. So it’s exciting to have my memory jolted every once an a while lol

I can’t imagine doing this to yourself. But I can see what leads people to do this. I’ve been streaming for a year now, but I’ve drawn a line where it is only during my off hours, and I keep weekends for myself. I do it during my hobby time.

The issue with our society is that we’re constantly supposed to min max everything. If you aren’t all in, your chances of success are lower. We see this manifest in various ways. For example, companies try to skip out on safety if they’re allowed to. People will take on multiple jobs. Without restrictions, some of us will push ourselves to our limits because we see no way out of our situations.

On the flip side, you see people just giving up. Like with the laying flat movement. Why play the game if you’ll never win?

I don’t really have a point to my ramblings. It’s just something I’ve been thinking about for a while. I’m not really sure what the solution is as the system is bigger than us. I guess this disfunction is just a symptom of a greater issue.

I think I stopped using it in 2014? It was rough haha

Not defending AI here, but this sounds like people who are sick with some kind of illness are going down a rabbit hole with AI, and are unable to differentiate between imaginary and reality.

We had a family friend who worked with jewelry his whole life. He got some kind of poisoning from something he worked with. Lead? Mercury? I cannot recall

Anyways he started believing he was some kind of messenger from God. Nobody figured out it was poisoning for years. He was such a nice guy. He just wanted to help people. Once they figured it out, he was treated and went back to his normal self.

Every time I read more about Facebooks BS, the crazier it sounds. But I remember having a very similar issue with it. It kept feeding me political content I would get upset with. It was great at that, and so I stopped using it all together.

It truly seems like it’s a perfect storm of manipulation.

That’s great for Britain. Hopefully, they’ll remember the mistake for the future

I want to get rid of first past the post so badly. They were supposed to. But then didn’t. It’s a flawed system. I’m glad the cons didn’t win. I didn’t consider that Trump would go dictator mode so quickly and scare the shit out of everyone.

I’m scared they’ll win in 4 years if the liberals don’t help regular people more. If they just cater to companies and the wealthy then we’re all SOL

I didn’t encounter Brendan till late game. If you’re curious, you could just look up where he’s located. I honestly thought you were referring to that quest, lol. It’s very relevant to this post

My concern at this point is that when people eventually reclaim power and overthrow the dictatorship, the other members that willfully participated in all of this will not be held accountable and will get away free, or even worse will be allowed back into a democratic government again.

I’m kinda skipping over the majority of the timeline here. But eventually, these people need to be held accountable for the countless crimes they have committed and the worse crimes that have yet to come. The majority of the republican party should see prison for life at this rate.

Sending young men to fight in a meat grinder is a weird way to increase your birth rate.

The company I slave for hasn’t incorporated AI too much yet. But the way it actually has used AI made me question if we could have just used a computer program instead. None of it has been used in a way that seems game changing

My fidget cube is half broken lol so that’s what caused this new exploration of fidget toys. I liked it as well. It lasted a few years, but frequent use caused the buttons to lock up

Honestly, aside from the elephant in the room, things are going okay ish. Can’t complain.

I’ve been trying to find some kind of fidget toy/object to help with anxiety while I’m working, but I can’t seem to find something I like. Unsure of what I actually would need? So it’s kind of an experiment.

I got a Shashibo cube the other day and it’s neat, but you kinda need both hand to really do much with it, so I’m thinking the next thing I find might be something I can use one handed.

That being said, if he owned tiktok, he would have access to an algorithm to push an agenda. Whereas twitch doesn’t really have the same kind of thing.

He kinda does. Amazon owns twitch

Awesome. Love to see it

I have visited reddit only a small number of times since I left. But holy shit it’s unbearable now. AI answers everywhere. What’s the point?

I hadn’t tried it on mobile but I’m not seeing the settings for it either. I might be blind

Brains and eggs seems very wrong lol. I’m assuming health reasons are why it’s no longer a thing.

I have eaten or seen a number of these things on the list. However, a few are things my parents would eat or do make and eat from time to time. I often wonder how many of these dishes I’ll continue to make or if I’ll stop having them once my parents have passed on. Weird to think about. Sorry for the existential thought.

This list also made me think of local bakeries. We have them in my city, but to go to an actual local, not corporate owned bakery, I think I would need to travel at least 15 to 20 minutes by car? I would love to be able to get fresh pastries.