alexc 5d ago • 100%
Not to worry. I’m not so naive as to think that is how it will actually play out.
I’m sure like most things under capitalism, smaller companies will be liable, but we’ll bail out the big guys!
alexc 5d ago • 100%
Given the high costs of AI, isn’t it reasonable to assume that whomever stands to make a profit is equally liable for it’s outcomes?
alexc 5d ago • 96%
I feel the indecision is really just “I’m not sure if I am ready to identify as a 21st century Nazi or not just yet”
alexc 2w ago • 100%
Yes, because nothing says Nottingham more than a mythical figure purportedly from Leicestershire…
alexc 2w ago • 100%
Let’s guess which five percent don’t get an increase…
alexc 2w ago • 100%
Same. I had a brief pause where I wondered what I was missing all these years as an atheist
alexc 2w ago • 100%
I know it’s not, but it looks like the Gardner “expressway” in Downtown Toronto, pretty much any time of day.
alexc 2w ago • 100%
Fat lot of good that will do… Last time I was near a UK hospital (Lincoln) the entrance was crowded with smokers. Right underneath the “no smoking” signs. There wasn’t even anyone vaping
alexc 3w ago • 25%
Longer wait times, no, but less episodes is definitely better. More than 10 episodes per seasons and you’ll get cruft and filler in there.
alexc 3w ago • 100%
Choo choo, I’m a train!
alexc 3w ago • 100%
Oh, come on. He’s hilarious to watch so you can play bullshit bingo
alexc 3w ago • 100%
Autodefenestration is one of my faves. The act of throwing yourself out of a window.
If you’re throwing someone or something out, then it’s just plain defenestration
alexc 3w ago • 100%
Only if you agree to stop calling them Hashtags and use their more-correct name of Octothorpes
alexc 3w ago • 66%
This man is a beacon of humanity. The world needs (a lot) more leaders like him
alexc 1mo ago • 100%
Nope. Because once you normalize tipping, you then start having conversations about how much. Before you know it, you the tipper are paying for peoples wage increases.
I’d rather pay more at the register and see people make a better working wage.
alexc 1mo ago • 100%
This is one of the very rare occasions I believe what he’s saying…
alexc 1mo ago • 100%
Good point. But, while a dev says “My bad” and fixes the bug, a politician just shrugs and often doubles down.
At the very least, the Dev will explain to the team why a bug happened so that others don’t repeat the mistake, but a politician won’t address any of the three scenarios you identified.
I fear this metaphor is stretching to breaking point, but the central point remains that it should not be acceptable for a politician to lie, yet somehow here we are…
alexc 1mo ago • 100%
Except bugs are usually unintentional and, with a good team, found and fixed before they cause any harm - usually before they’re public.
The equivalence would be non-political fact checkers and public apologies and/or policy changes. The media has given up on the first (for the most part) possibly becase politicians just ignore the second.
alexc 1mo ago • 100%
Politicians stock-in-trade is information. This is their work product.
I am a software developer. If I turn in software that doesn’t work. I get fired.
JD Vance, and all other politicians who lie should also be fired for not doing their jobs.
This is the world I want to live in.
alexc 1mo ago • 100%
Wait until she realizes what colored skin Mrs Vance has…
I was recently gifted an immaculate Apple IIc, but it came without a power supply. I wasn’t able to find a replacement online, and so I am hoping someone with more knowledge than me knows where I may be able to find one?