There were people showing images that their AI agent created to show the AI’s “perspective” on the relationship with its human. A high number were romantic or at least a deeper relationship between a human and their tools.

It wasn’t like the military had that much better OPSEC. The code to launch American nuclear weapons for over, 15 years was 00000000.

Yeah. It isn’t a Reddit only problem, but a people problem where Reddit just shows this off the best.

I’m assuming this is extralegal cash.

Start some businesses that could accept the money without raising eyebrows regarding revenue streams. Eventually quit my job to focus on these businesses.

I always enjoy your contributions.

Wikipedia has an imperfect process, but it is open to review and you can see how the sausage is made. It isn’t perfect, but the best we have.

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Independent portable media players. Most of those functions have been susumed by phones.

Office phones.

You post Devil’s Panties.

I have no clue.

I haven’t been home for several days.

I’d also look into leaving the house, even if it is to just walk around the neighborhood.

Beyond books, tools that are a store of knowledge that are only used infrequently. For places dependent on cars, that would include an auto engine code reader. For areas with wood frame construction, a stud finder.

Orange juice and some kind of simple food. Right now, it is toast with butter.

Pax Americana has led to the dismantling of empires and the bimodal economic distribution disappearing. It was an improvement over the older world order.

It was a dumb mistake, but it was a dumb mistake that had broader political support than the narrative that “car companies destroyed mass transit” suggests. It is important to recognize how a broad base of support was created in order to fight it in its current interations.

And I completely agree that Musk tunnels are a shit technology and that actual trains need to be built. I just think it requires understanding how politics functions rather than just accepting a corporate bogeyman.

It is a lot more complicated than that.

Most early 20th century mass transit networks were private businesses subject to government regulation. Most of the government regulation focused on controlling fares, so there was a lot of deferred maintenance. This was made worse as some mass transit systems were built to be a loss leader to support selling real estate.

Several mass transit networks went bankrupt due to the combination of fares not covering expenses and reduced demand due to completion with cars. Most American cities weren’t equipped to take on subsiding or taking over mass transit, so they let the existing networks die.

Japan was forced to be demilitarized, but the US could have easily let Japan militarize as a US vassal state under the control of an American alliance, but it didn’t.

In regards to South Korea, it could choose to open negotiations to merge with North Korea. We even saw a conservative South Korean President impeached; the political implication bring a more pro-North Korean president taking power.

Enough to be able to save 25% of my income and not be in want. I’m wealthy enough.

I feel like income needs to be divorced from spending and wealth. If you’re not in want and can save with your salary, you’re wealthier than someone with four times your income and yet is still drowning in debt.