My understanding is that they also aim that way to reduce moving parts - since knobs, buttons, and switches are more likely to fail after 5000 uses. That, and they can update touchscreens to do whatever they want differently, like serve up ads.

If they teach crabs how to read, there’s a risk their society will advance to the levels seen in Carcinia, leading to a downfall of overcleanliness as king camtcha bleaches the city against the advice of his wizards, throwing the entire old ocean into disarray.

Ask any AI which states have the letter R in them. Watch them get it wrong, and show to colleagues how dangerous it is to rely on their results as fact.

Anyone in engineering knows the 90% of your goal is the easy bit. You’ll then spend 90% of your time on the remainder. Same for AI and getting past the uncanny valley with art.

I think there’s multiple ways it can happen. Sometimes, incoming cultures aim to be inviting and inclusive, and do what they can to become involved with the surrounding community. But other cultures really silo themselves and never speak to “the foreigners” - while continuing to take up more and more of the area. They speak their home language, don’t discuss the existing culture or even share their own. They don’t act like guests, just tenants - sometimes not realizing that thanks to refugee programs they’re often paying “guest rate”, not “tenant rate”.

However, that certainly isn’t always the case. I’d point to the Italian and Hispanic cultures in America as some that have become distinctly American. It’s harder for me to give examples of the “silos” since, by definition, you don’t see much of them; but sometimes during elections, church gatherings, or other census-related actions, you’re reminded they exist.

This is how I got used to using different browser profiles. I’ll even open up a guest profile on a browser rather than just swap MS login for a few hours.

Not just books. In some places, DVDs and video games. Some even offer digital services connected to your library card.

I mean, yeah, that’s definitely a part of them.

Furries have felt their entire identity targeted, even the sex stuff set aside. A bit like the drag queen attacks.

The one bit I’ve recognized is that character designs with tails end up leading the eyes to the ass.

I’m no furry, but I recognize I’m an ass man.

I hate that I’m in the middle of editing a long video using an archaic Vegas release; I’m sure there’s great video editing suites on Linux but I’m a bit blocked from switching right now.

I hear this a lot, but I don’t think it’s the gotcha people claim it is. Most genocide in the modern day tries to aim for economic strangling by eliminating/stealing what few opportunities exist for some populations. See, for instance, the IDF’s efforts to starve Gaza rather than shoot every single Palestinian. Or fascist America’s efforts to deny jobs (even the ones that are not in competition) to disabled or minorities.

I don’t see it as “I’ma move and get rich”, I see it as “I’ma move and not starve on the street”.

If you want to learn about a nation’s politics, go to the international news coverage of that nation. If you want to learn about a nation’s level of violence, check their local news.

The good news is, anyone deciding to do this won’t make headlines; so especially as other agencies are wrapped into ICE’s mission, this might happen more often and we won’t hear about it.

If this is George, I think I once had a chance to see him in person. It’s weird that an animal is a famous celebrity for its actions, and still kept preserved in a zoo.

Facts don’t wake up MAGA diehards. Feelings will.

Right now, they’re in the cult through tribal mentality and loneliness. Imagine if a moral compass suddenly asked you to boycott “Every website ever made”. Even if that imperative was fact-based, many couldn’t do it.

Not discounting the part where they’re insanely evil, but many are afraid to face reality at this point.

I’ve been curious if a government-run dating app could do better - if its goal is to achieve genuine engagement, not cycles of frustration that boost subscription rates.

This is one of many subjects where capitalist concern ruins the product (and that’s not even something I say as often as others on Lenny)

I’ve wanted to suggest things like this, only frustration I can think of is, could you risk glittering an innocent bystander and having people accuse them of being ICE later.

Just to highlight some solidarity: Right groups celebrate that too. I don’t think any political spectrum takes the side of health insurance companies.

Which is why I included the last link.

And no, anybody that lives in LA can tell you the current protests are more peaceful than J6 even while having more people turning out.

Maybe a fucking insurrection on Jan 6?

Maybe raping fucking toddlers (Epstein files, which he’s starkly refused to release)?

Or, maybe ordering ICE to blockade traffic in order to deliberately incite chaos as an excuse to use the army.