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i_gvf

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Just a giant rubber duck trying to get a few people to laugh at the absurdities.

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Mrfunkedude, to random
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Dammit.

I turn 55 on the 20th.

Why does this keep happening?

i_gvf,
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@Mrfunkedude Wow, I only turned 55 once.

FantasticalEconomics, to random
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Important question: when have large-scale student movements been on the wrong side of history?

I may be biased by my progressive leanings (no, scratch that, I'm definitely heavily biased by them) but it seems like we can reliably look to the young to see the direction we should be moving.

I don't care where you stand politically or your views on the fucked up situation in Gaza, everyone should be standing up to loudly support the rights of students across the globe to protest.

Full stop.

i_gvf,
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@FantasticalEconomics Iran 1979?

i_gvf,
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@FantasticalEconomics Students invaded the US embassy.

i_gvf,
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@FantasticalEconomics @BernieDoesIt The Iranians transitioned from a brutal secular dictatorship to a religious one, to thunderous applause and plenty of student support.

And the massive brain drain that has occurred since is a testament to the ongoing support from young people and being on the right side of history.

i_gvf,
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@BernieDoesIt @FantasticalEconomics This is true.

But this all started with a claim that student protest is never on the wrong side of history.

futurebird, to random
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Thank the lord for Tish James. If you look at the research she did into this bond it made my head spin and I'm a math teacher. She understands all of these fancy finance games, and I guess you'd need to do her job in NYC. We have the worst/best "banking wizards" sometimes they break the laws of physics, sometimes they just break laws.

This bond is a stinker. I wonder what Trump promised the guy to let his company implode as sacrifice to avoid the full fee?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/letitia-james-says-company-put-162203280.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

i_gvf,
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@futurebird The whole thing is a scam to avoid paying out when he loses the appeal.

mastodonmigration, to random
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So, maybe you heard that Trump got a $175M bond for his NY fraud appeal. Well, it seems his bond deal is falling apart and the NY AG may be about to start seizing his properties.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-bond-new-york-fraud-trial-letitia-james-attorney-general-arthur-engoron-1887833

"An insurance company will not be permitted to post a $175 million bond for Donald Trump while he appeals a fraud judgment, a former federal prosecutor has said... as a result, New York Attorney General Letitia James will be able to begin enforcement proceedings on Donald Trump's properties."

i_gvf,
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@mastodonmigration
Why couldn't $175m have been raised as part of a syndicate before? Suddenly it was easy when the appellate court caved on the amount?

The moment they lowered the bond to $175m, Trump decided they were suckers and was going to try to play them.

thelinuxEXP, to random
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All it would take for AI to completely collapse is a ruling in the US saying these companies have to licence the content they used to train these tools.

They simply would never reach a sustainable business model if they had to fairly compensate all the people who wrote, drew, edited, sang or just created the content they use.

Simply being forced to respect attribution and licenses would kill them. Will that ruling ever happen? Maybe not. Should it? I think so.

i_gvf,
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@thelinuxEXP I have used every one of those words in a previous post.

You will be hearing from my lawyers.

It all depends on how the information is reused.

If whole passages are copied, that is copyright infringement. But using a collected works to learn what is proper is basically how humans do it on a much larger time scale.

i_gvf, to random
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Kneel when the US National Anthem is played: Lose your mind.

Change the lyrics of the US National Anthem for playing at rallies: Cheer wildly

Obvs

davidho, to random
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It's "ocean", not "oceans". Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

i_gvf,
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@davidho Finally our whale brethren are getting some proper perspectives.

ErikUden, to random
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You can't even force someone to donate a kidney using government power; why can you force them to donate their whole body and life to a cause they don't agree with nor care about, like a war?

i_gvf,
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@ErikUden And, as always, it somehow does not apply to the children of those doing the forcing.

Huh.

w7voa, to random
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I did a double take on this headline in a DLCC press release.

i_gvf,
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@w7voa Commas?! We don't need no stinkin' commas!

atomicpoet, to random

Having to depend on my mobile phone for all my Internet actually put things in perspective.

It means no Netflix. No Alexa. No downloading 80GB video games off Steam.

I get it, first world problem. But also, it’s made me realize how important it is that I have books, CDs, DVDs, and cartridges. Or just data stored locally on my hard drive.

I don’t want to live in a world where everything is streamed and we own nothing.

i_gvf,
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@atomicpoet I am rather old school in that regard.

I have a very nice collection of 4K UHD movies. It helps that they still kick streaming's ass.

It is not clear whether the max effort will ever be put into an encoding for streaming, like the directors still do for the physical.

w7voa, to random
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Budget Suites owner Robert Bigelow of Nevada tells Reuters he has sent Donald Trump $1 million for his legal fees and agreed to donate another $20 million to a super PAC for the former president’s 20/4 campaign. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donor-bigelow-gave-trump-1-mln-legal-fees-donate-20-million-more-2024-01-30/

i_gvf,
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@w7voa I sense a lot of empty rooms in someone's future.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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I just asked the A.I. Bard how many songs have the word "dance" in it's tittle and it gave a long worded response that sums up to mean "Fuck if I know, they are too many damn songs out there. I don't have the time nor the patience. Look it up yourself if you're that interested."

https://g.co/bard/share/630be79f12fd

i_gvf,
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@Mrfunkedude Ah yes, the future of AI.

Lazy and uncooperative.

georgetakei, to random

It does feel that way sometimes.

i_gvf,
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@georgetakei Good thing those M&M taxes feed the police, or the kid would likely have the rest stolen.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Who did who in the what now?

i_gvf,
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@Mrfunkedude Can I buy a vowel?

GottaLaff, to random
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Awww. damn. Joyce Randolph, Last of the ‘Honeymooners,’ Is Dead at 99

"Ms. Randolph, who played Trixie Norton in the classic sitcom, was the last survivor of a cast of four that dominated Saturday night TV."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/14/obituaries/joyce-randolph-dead.html?utm_source=press.coop

i_gvf,
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@GottaLaff One season.

A crazy 39 episodes. But only one season.

And yet it dominated.

georgetakei, to random

The Internet of Things just got very real. Perhaps it’s bitcoin… laundering?

i_gvf,
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@georgetakei Why does a washing machine need to be accessing the Internet?

On WiFi to see status would be nice. No need to leave the LAN.

petergleick, to random
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The only thing that keeps Republicans up at night is their fear that government can be shown to work, which is why their every effort is devoted to trying to tear down and cripple working government programs, public education, decent healthcare, libraries, etc.
It's why Trump hopes the economy crashes. It's why the GOP won't actually vote for stronger border policies. It's why they defund the IRS.

i_gvf,
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@petergleick What I can't understand is why people vote for them to do nothing.

TheConversationUS, to history
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Did you watch the show “Good Times”?

50 years ago, Norman Lear brought the first nuclear Black family to prime-time television in 1974. It continues to garner appreciation for the way the show featured strong female characters, and gave Black women agency – on and off the set.

https://theconversation.com/good-times-50-years-ago-norman-lear-changed-tv-with-a-show-about-a-working-class-black-familys-struggles-and-joys-219567
@histodons @blackmastodon

i_gvf,
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@TheConversationUS @histodons @blackmastodon Today Norman Lear would be accused of cultural appropriation.

GottaLaff, (edited ) to China
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“’s businesses received at least $7.8 mil from 20 foreign govts during his presidency, according to new documents released by House Dems that show how much he received from overseas transactions, most of it from .
…offers concrete evidence that Trump engaged in the kind of conduct that House GOP have labored, so far unsuccessfully, to prove that Pres Biden did as they work to build an impeachment case against him” 1/…

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/us/politics/trump-hotels-foreign-business-report.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE0.48G1.JU-e7jGtSDUq&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

i_gvf,
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@GottaLaff Projection.

Accuse the opposition of everything you're guilty of.

inquiline, (edited ) to random
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Too many people on here are smug about blaming people who had Covid/multiple times for their circumstances. Not everyone got it brunching on cruises, ya know

  • Even some people who got it brunching on cruises didn't really understand the risk bc of mass deception. I am just not impressed with anyone taking an individualist lens on this problem, let alone a sanctimonious stance.
i_gvf,
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@inquiline What if they refused to get vaccinated, and to wear a mask in unsafe situations?

Can we be santimonious then?

i_gvf,
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@inquiline There is a certain amount of personal responsibility and responsibility toward society at large.

When someone does pretty much everything to encourage catching and spreading a dangerous disease, I am going to hold them responsible.

i_gvf,
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@inquiline What?

Lied to about what?

The main arguments were that the deep state pushed poison, fought the use of (useless) alternatives, and were only interested in violating person freedom.

The lies were all from the anti-vax, anti-protection nutters who's message was pushed by who no what entities.

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