In the far future, disinformation machines will confuse Gert Fröbes character from Goldfinger with him.

World leaders need to laugh in his face and say “do you understand how tariffs work?”

I reckon that is one of the reasons. Lemmy’s (and the entire ActivityPub/Fediverse ecosystem/graph) attracts people with a positive, progressive attitude.

Advertising is based on passive attitude and thrives on negative attitudes.

There was a lot of negative being accepted (and sometimes actively pushed) on some instances, but most other instances defederated from them.

Not the only case of this happening; Corporate Social Media providers do not want the Fediverse to succeed at all.

Instagram (and Fascbook, and WhatsApp, and Threads) all censor references to PixelFed.

If you cross post, it is best to watermark your photos with your PixelFed address.

Mission Failed Successfully.

They were sent in to “Move Fast and Break Things”. (AKA ruin everything). They did succeed this goal.

I suppose “mature” would be a different word, but still not 100% accurate.

I meant Stable and Secure as in “consistent over time”.

The fact that it is also Stable as an operating system and Secure as in production workflow.

They are Conservative without being regressive.

Debian is a great foundation for any distribution.

That said, Debian is perfectly fine to use as a daily driver. Besides RedHat, it has had the most stable longevity of any distribution.

I work in automotive.

My livelihood depends on people crashing their cars because they are idiots.

People not servicing their cars is also a great money spinner because parts sales lost to missed services are made up by parts sales from breakdowns due to lack or servicing.

I wish people would service their cars regularly, drive safely and not be idiots.

ADAS is also zero-sum because drivers with ADAS are more complainant and just as likely to crash. ADAS just creates more idiotic idiots. (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems).

I work in Automotive because I didn’t want to work in Tech anymore.

In some fields, General Purpose LLMs are useful;

• Marketting copy that no one reads.
• Business reports that push an agenda for political reasons.
• Political analysis that puts an agenda for political reasons.

That is why they are being adopted wholesale by certain companies; marketeers and analysts for lobbying groups and political movements.

So yes, they are useless for any legitimate case, but are useful for justification of lies to certain gullible individuals (consumers and politicians).

That said, the fact that Deloitte was forced to (partially) pay the Australian Government back for a report that was all AI Dross is enheartening. The fact that it was only a partial refund and the company is not being prosecuted for Fraud is disenheartening.

That is the thing about general purpose LLMs. They really are impressive to people with below average experience and knowledge in a specific field.

People who actually do know something; academics, professionals and hobbyists realise that they are completely useless for their specific use case.

Unfortunately then they use it for something they are ignorant about and then they forget how useless they are.

Managers aren’t being held accountable for their management decisions either.

“Oh, I sacked our entire workforce and sold all the company assets, so the figures will look amazing this month.”

<one month later>

“Oh, the figures are down this month, a golden handshake!? Thank you very much.”

Our local Street Racing in the 1970s also included an entrant provided by the Local Police. They also provided road closures and crowd control and usually won, reinforcing the idea that if you took part in illegal street racing, you were likely to get caught.

There has been a huge crackdown on Street Racing in the last 50 years and we no longer locally manufacture Muscle Cars.

The former Street Racers have turned to 4WDing and have been tearing up 4WD tracks and Firebreaks since.

This makes it difficult for Hikers, Horseriders, Mountain Bikers, campers and recreational touring 4WDers, as well as park rangers and firefighters.

It does have its use case, especially since Things are so bloody expensive nowadays.

When a replacement car key costs $2000, some people may chose to pay $50 for a keyring that makes it easy to find them when the lose them down the back of the sofa, regardless of the privacy implications.

That said, I have never had to search for the two items I have an AirTag attached to; although an AirTag in my wallet would be handy.

I admit that that is a pretty big assumption, but I do have faith in the people.

It may be misplaced faith.

The only way out is;

1. Landslide against Republicans for 2026 MidTerms.
2. Landslide agains Republicans in 2028; to the point where they no longer exist.
3. New progressive Democratic Party.
4. Landslide against Right-Wing Democrats in 2030 Midterms
5. Landslide against Right-Wing Democrats in 2032.

Botulinum Toxin overdose.

That would explain why he had to check in with his FSB handler in Alaska last week.

Repetition with sincerity.

Just keep telling them that they are beautiful.

Someone with body issues of any sort just need to have their self-esteem reinforced.

Targetting their specific issue can seam insincere. Just telling them that they are beautiful is enough.

Kinetic Yellow.

Illegal in some countries because that sort of colour is reserved for Emergency Vehicles.

I wanted to join Team Tennis Ball when I purchased my Jimny, but decided that Team Latte was a much better team to be on.