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• On the post: Intelligence Community Demolishes Trump’s Venezuelan ‘Invasion’ Claims In Record Time… Almost Like They Want Us To Know He’s Lying

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 09 May, 2025 @ 03:17am

  Nope. White people of European descent are pretty safe.

  Well, to a degree. If you're ideologically opposed to Trump, you may find yourself being punished for it.

• On the post: California Bill Would Require That AT&T And Comcast Make Broadband Affordable For Poor People

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 08 May, 2025 @ 08:11am

  Hasn't worked so far. Why would it work now?

• On the post: California Bill Would Require That AT&T And Comcast Make Broadband Affordable For Poor People

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 08 May, 2025 @ 08:10am

  Price controls never work.

  The alternative is to let the telecom industry do whatever it wants, but that doesn't work, either. So price control it is.

• On the post: State Department Gadfly Looks To Use Twitter Files Playbook For Vengeance

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 05 May, 2025 @ 12:38pm

  Just more evidence that Trump isn’t draining the Swamp, he’s branding it as “TRUMP SWAMP” and stocking it with his favorite reptiles.

  Somebody should trademark "SWUMP" and start selling merch.

• On the post: State Department Gadfly Looks To Use Twitter Files Playbook For Vengeance

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 05 May, 2025 @ 11:41am

  Trump: "We will stop waste, fraud and abuse in the goverment!" Beattie: 'Starts a project that wastes government time and money, and creates a fraudulent narrative that will be abused to push an agenda'

• On the post: Even Better: Bethesda Gives Full Throat Endorsement Of ‘Skyblivion’

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 03 May, 2025 @ 01:20pm

  You're misreading it. He's saying Nintendo crush so many fan products.

• On the post: Trump Admits He Could Get Abrego Garcia Back, But Angrily Insists Non-Existent Tattoos Are The Reason He Won’t

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 02 May, 2025 @ 12:56pm

  You're defending proven liars who wipe their ass on the constitution and want to deport US citizens, and you think Democrats are the ones who are morally depraved. My cell phone from 2005 is smarter than you are.

• On the post: DOGE Aide Involved In Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock In Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 02 May, 2025 @ 10:05am

  Probably the same way this was supposed to go down: by fucking other people over for his own monetary gain.

• On the post: RFK Jr. Wants You To Know HHS Is Committed To Stopping Chemtrails From Poisoning You

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 01 May, 2025 @ 11:55pm

  Any day now, somebody's going to ask him about the dangers of 5G radio waves, and he'll probably commit to putting someone on that, too.

• On the post: RFK Jr. Wants You To Know HHS Is Committed To Stopping Chemtrails From Poisoning You

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 01 May, 2025 @ 11:52pm

  Given the levels of absurdity, it could be Douglas Adams.

• On the post: Texas Lawyer Harassed At Home By Federal Agents, Fired By His Employer After He Tells His Story

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 01 May, 2025 @ 10:59am

  Plain-clothes officers still have to identify themselves.

• On the post: Texas Lawyer Harassed At Home By Federal Agents, Fired By His Employer After He Tells His Story

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 01 May, 2025 @ 09:58am

  Fortunately, Jackson is a lawyer. He demanded identification. They refused to provide it. They asked to come inside. He refused. And 15 minutes after they left, his WiFi suddenly started functioning again. But because it was out during this unwanted interaction, it wasn’t captured by his Ring devices.

  What is it law enforcement is fond of saying? If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear?

• On the post: Google Kills Software Support For Many Nest Users, Eroding Trust In The Brand

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2025 @ 06:16am

  These companies keep providing proof why it's a bad idea to buy their products meant for long-term use.

• On the post: US Measles Cases On Pace To Eclipse 2019, 1994 Case Numbers

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2025 @ 03:49am

  Bird-flu, likely.

• On the post: Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia’s Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2025 @ 11:00am

  Even if Wikipedia’s content was biased (it isn’t)

  Well, it's biased towards reality, which is probably why Martin hates it.

• On the post: John Carmack: Calm Down About Video Game AI Tech Demos, Folks

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2025 @ 12:13am

  There's also nVidia's "RTX Remix" tool, which, while not fully AI, employs AI to update textures and effects in games. So far, the only prominent project is "Half-Life 2 RTX", but we'll likely see more down the line.

• On the post: Federal Prosecutor Fires Off Letter To Medical Journals Asking About Their Policies On ‘Competing Viewpoints’

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2025 @ 12:02am

  A federal prosecutor sent a letter to a medical journal editor, probing whether the publication is “partisan” when it comes to “various scientific debates.”

  This question once again demonstrates that the right wing has an anti-reality bias.

• On the post: John Carmack: Calm Down About Video Game AI Tech Demos, Folks

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2025 @ 12:14pm

  Oh sweetie, does it make you mad that not everyone joins your club for the technologically pessimistic?

• On the post: John Carmack: Calm Down About Video Game AI Tech Demos, Folks

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2025 @ 12:10pm

  Of course I can't find it again, but I remember reading a while back that AI was being used to restore very old photographs and film reels. Now, the quality of said restoration is debatable, but OP claiming that AI inherently leads to a loss of culture is bogus in my mind.

• On the post: John Carmack: Calm Down About Video Game AI Tech Demos, Folks

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2025 @ 12:07pm

  Yeah, I understand that, but I don’t see how it’s relevant in this context. The “key difference” you mention is not relevant in the context of a computer game, because nobody’s presenting it as reality or mistaking it for such.

  A hallucination in a video game could present itself as a nonsensical object in a given setting, or, depending on how much AI is used, dialogue unsuited for a specific scene. It doesn't have to be something that clashes with reality.

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