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What grinds my gears about Medieval II is how every general gets a ton of battle dread pretty much no matter what

Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works (gizmodo.com)

A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that’s been “AI-enhanced” from being submitted in a triple murder trial. And that’s a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.

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Cheap security cams with “enhanced night vision” might get somebody jailed.

Might? We’ve been arresting the wrong people based on shitty facial recognition for at least 5 years now. This article has examples from 2019.

On one hand, the potential of this type of technology is impressive. OTOH, the failures are super disturbing.

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Over Greedo’s dead body.

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What I really want to know is why the Defiant is vaporizing the Falcon in the first place. It isn’t like Starfleet to shoot first and open hailing frequencies later.

I’d expect it to go more like this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKJa8lIiWHg

Then either followed by this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7jWqD3Zs9Q

Or this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=23vTQDS36dM

…depending on the writers.

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It’s a scene from a movie.

It’s quite good, I’d recommend it even now.

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PC load letter?!

Question about Perdido Street Station (minor spoiler)

I recently finished Perdido Street Station, and one minor thing that bothered me is how many of the other races were either a humanoid version of earth life (cactus person, bird person) or a literal combination of a human and something (head of a bug, body of a person). That just seems so fantastically unlikely that I wonder if...

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I’m charmed to see Perdido Street Station come up! I was talking to my wife about this very book earlier this evening.

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Definitely! It was an excellent read. I do think you hit the nail on the head with

it’s not exactly uplifting. Thought provoking though.

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Yep, it had lots of cool ideas. I’m glad to have read it.

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It does feel like that.

@memes

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SO SAY WE ALL!

elephantium,
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Wheatables.

Wheat thins just don’t quite hit the same way.

elephantium,
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There’s a local company in my city that offers fiber to the home. I’m so happy not to be stuck with Comcast!

elephantium,
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The 1999 cinematic masterpiece starring Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser? Great flick.

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IM-HO-TEP

IM-HO-TEP

IM-HO-TEP

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BLACK. DRINK IT BLACK

Ha!

I like my coffee the same way as Mr. Wolf in Pulp Fiction.

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Ah, Irish coffee

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Funny, I hated that episode when I saw it. Seemed like a betrayal of everything the Federation and Starfleet were supposed to stand for.

Strange to think it’s well-received after having such a strong reaction at the time.

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Excellent breakdown, thanks for your reply.

I suppose I’ll have to re-watch and see how I react now. At the time, I was horrified.

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I’m no super guru – I last put together a PC in 2021 – but this all looks fine to me. You’ll be able to upgrade to a dedicated GPU once you feel constrained by the integrated graphics, and that’s pretty much the only thing I’d worry about.

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I reject your sci-fi and replace it with my own!

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