"I feel the need to explain something to the generation that does not remember, or never saw, a world where one person with a high school education could support a family of 5 comfortably.
"This was real. For millions of US families. It was normal.
If you buy an #HP#printer and sign up for the optional HP Plus #service, you'll get a #firmware#update that will FORCE you to #purchaseonly new HP #ink cartridges — for the life of your printer. And once that firmware update happens, there is no way to undo it.
#As part of my plan to secure the border on Day 1, I will sign an [EO] making clear... that under the correct interpretation of the law, going forward the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic U.S. citizenship."
For those thinking "he can't do that; it's in the Constitution".... did that stop him last time?
"...featured hashtags are displayed prominently on your profile..."
I don't see #FeaturedHashtags on my own #profile page, even though I have about a dozen of them listed in the settings (link). I'm using the web interface on my #desktop and #phone. Is that feature disabled? Maybe those #hashtags only shown to others who see my page but not to me? #MastodonQuestion@feditips, maybe you know? (I looked for it on your site.)
Yes, it'd be awful. But it'd also get people's attention, like "pro-lifers" did when they started holding up graphic pictures of #aborted#fetuses at their demonstrations.
This is from the youtube channel #YouTubeCatEngineer, who made some //hilarious// #cat#videos a few years ago (with his friend TJ and their cats Ginger, and Zoey, and Sweet William). If you saw the original version (or even if you didn't) then you'll enjoy the remake. This is incredibly funny!! 🤣
"Star Wars IV Special Edition. Kind of. With Cats. Remastered in beautiful 480i."
Those who still believe autonomous AI isn't a threat need to reassess their stance.
"Several #governments are lobbying the #UN for a binding resolution restricting the use of AI killer #drones, but the #USA is among a group of nations — which also includes #Russia, #Australia, and #Israel — who are resisting any such move, favoring a non-binding #resolution instead."
** 8 encyclopedias
** 2 #dictionaries
** 2 thesauruses
** 5 editions of The Guinness Book of World Records
** Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl
** The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
** Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile
As a people, we are really dumb. But not dumb enough, apparently.
This is totally neat. A game to #teach how to better spot #FakeNews. I played — had fun and learned!
"#Scientists who worked with us on the development of this #game found that playing Bad News improves people’s ability to spot #manipulation techniques in #SocialMedia posts, increases their #confidence in spotting such techniques, and reduces their willingness to share manipulative content with #people in their #network."
The #CPU that runs some #USB-C wall chargers has more than twice the RAM, and is 563x faster than the #computer that ran the guidance system in #Apollo 11.
To those "my cellphone has more computing power than Apollo 11" guys...