December, 2024 archive
A Wray of Dis-Appointment 0
PoliticalProf parses the pattern.
The Crypto Con 0
Sam and the crew talk with Jacob Silverman, author of Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud, about the crypto con and how the crypto con artists are infiltrating politics courtesy of Donald Trump and the Trumpettes.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More brotherly politness:
The boy began playing with the gun when it accidentally discharged, striking his sister in the back, police said.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
A Tune for the Times, the Entitlement Society Dept. 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Foisted on you surreptitiously? Yes indeedy-do, at least if you use Windows 10 or higher.
A Glimpse of Christmas Future 0
Aside:
It’s 70 Fahrenheits here as I type this. In December.
I fear we are will past the tipping point.
This New Gilded Age 0
It would seem that I am not alone in thinking that’s where we are today.
Stray Thought 0
Today’s Republican Party does not only value party over country.
It values party over competence.
Geeking Out 0
Mageia v. 9 with the Plasma desktop. Firefox and KeepassXC are shaded. Xclock is in the upper right; GKrellM is in the lower right. The wallpaper is from my collection.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Potentially hazardous? Follow the evidence.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Tahir Rahman discusses how AI “chatbot interactions can reinforce harmful ideologies or worsen mental health issues.”
Follow the link to follow the evidence.
