The complaints about the arms industry/the cost of war has been around since recorded history.

AI server farms has only been around for a few years.

And compared to Birdemic, it is bad in a good way.

I mean, you shouldn’t piss on hospitality like that.

They had to build the main set twice because of a hurricane.

But the magical box has changed shape and change is scary.

It’s amazing how many people like Trump and his entourage. After all, they’re fucking immature assholes.

I have a bachelor’s degree and technical master’s degree in the field I’m working in. The master’s degree has been useful in my line of work. I wouldn’t get a doctorate in my field because I don’t want to do research, even if it would be cool crashing trucks into barriers.

Kind of conflicted?

I’m fine with the idea of exchange of money for sexual services. I don’t have any moral qualms with that practice.

My concern is that, even in some legal structures, it tends to encourage the preditation of some sex workers for the benefits of others exploiting people’s sexual labor.

Was it ever easy?

It isn’t even just the performance and bloat issues or the AI.

As you hinted, Windows 11 made a lot of changes to the UI. I can’t think of a single change made which I liked as someone who has had to deal with Windows since before 95. Windows 11 felt like a downgrade from Windows 10.

You’ve got a lot of managers with purchasing authority who developed a ton of muscle memory on old Windows. The new UI changes have made Windows feel alien enough that you can’t use retraining costs as an excuse to keep with Windows.

Windows 11.1.1 for desktops?

This wasn’t built to be a great service, it was built to be a French controlled one.

It is easier to get the public to accept they don’t have a safety driver involved at all with this middle step.

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My worst experience in Word has been adapting a state based Word document to municipal use. The state knows what it is doing and uses styles as a great way to organize the document to provide direction.

Then the fucking county had a 60 year old secretary create a wrapper for that document and it fucking breaks everything.

That’s a pretty good list you got there.

I had a guy buy me two drinks at an expensive Vegas bar. He didn’t really even want to talk.

That sucks. I feel for you.

Inside, nothing noticeable.

Outside, also nothing noticeable.

Things I can see coming ahead:

Parts of the world are left to let nature take it back as insurance companies continue to pull back from certain markets. For instance, I expect Florida to depopulate and a lot of the settlements to remain to become hardened against hurricanes and sinkholes.

Automation comes after a lot of skilled white collar and blue collar workers. The one industry that grows is elderly care, which has a limit on relevance as people stop having money when they get old.

Schools with human teachers become rare as states start pushing remote education options to handle budget shortfalls.

Most major metro areas have massive AI supported surveillance systems to reduce crime. It works, but it is also used to stifle political dissent. The use of the systems are not tied to political ideology of the government but to the wealthy wanting to live in a monitored place.

AI for cars & trucks becomes common. Cities still build for mass transit as the infrastructure to support automated taxis chokes the roads.

No matter the politics of the current government, most governments in the future are well controlled vaguely nationalist and designed to protect capital from the population.