Why DID is the correct phrasing? And there were reasons then. More bad than good, but that’s the advantage of being first, then biggest.

Why trust them now? It’s not trust when it’s what’s embedded everywhere, required by most large companies. The licensing that was Microsoft’s key into everything became dependency. And dependencies can be broken, but that takes time and effort. There’s been movement…

If they keep doing this Co-pilot shit, they’ll be helping the cause.

I feel the pain anytime I look at a video outside of my browser. So if it becomes where I can’t find a workaround, then I’ll just have to go elsewhere. And there will be other places. There are other places, it’s just hard to get people to not go to or be on the big one. Push people hard enough, they’ll leave.

What’s old is new again. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard some recent baby names that I would place more in the turn of the 20th century. Reusing older, creating totally new, or taking known names and spelling them oddly. They’ll all have critics.

Aside from the several good twists, what gets me about this story is thinking about the scale of time. If a normal person likely can’t remember what meal they ate last year on this date, imagine that x1000 (and more). Such a great concept.

This may be a common human thing to do. The difference is the buffer zone that someone has before things become unbearable. Not an excuse, the right thing to do in a society that’s interconnected and educated is not to wait until that point to take action. But… we could probably argue how interconnected and educated people are with echo chambers and propaganda designed to keep them in control.

At some point things do break, regardless. Hopefully sooner than later.

Eisenhower warned us. The US took what it learned from how WWII sparked the country’s growth and embraced it fully. And then it became even worse, looking for opportunities. Creating them even.

The point we’re at now is making the past exploits look tame. WTAF are we doing?

Deep Thought: “LOL”

“AI slop” or just “slop” has already broadened its definition to mean anything you don’t like or agree with. Think of it as the modern “r/thathappened” or “photoshopped”.

Not at all equal time measures.

I was there, Gandalf. 3000 years ago… (well, it feels like it)

Still pretty remarkable, just that they were so much bigger before. The wild thing is learning that most of the land east of them to the coast is sediment from their erosion. It makes sense once you think about it, but imagine the amount of time to do that.

Then Britain and friends jumped in and drew new borders for everyone because that’s exactly what wasn’t needed.

From the USPS. But there are other places like the UPS Store that don’t have that restriction.

When you’re being raped and forced to do things, you do what you have to do.

Joining the conservative Republican party that has been there for a while.

It’s not directly a con. It’s actual returns, and god damn they get a lot. Whether it’s worth it to try and get a net profit of anything is another thing. It can happen, but it’s probably low.

Also, a great Climate Town on the very subject.

The ones that followed his order? Apparently not.

Look, it’s the job of these talking heads to push the headline, not to get deep in the details. Go too far in, and you get beaten by the competition with the next hot sound bite.

Nobody knew war was so complicated. Nobody!

Fired because of stuff she’s been doing, or stuff she hasn’t been doing?

Noem repeatedly suggested the president was aware of the campaign and signed off on it.

Oh, that makes sense. Fired for a petty reason by the hurt snowflake in charge.