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@paulisci Vaugely remember a quote that some people don't understand certain things because their salary depends on not understanding it.
@paulisci I suspect that he does understand why but is pretending to not understand, because Microsoft.
@paulisci “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
—Upton Sinclair
@paulisci Hi. I dont know who Suleymon Microsoft is talking to but he really needs to get out of the echo chambers of #Apathiistas ; The mainstreet person might use AI as offered but isnt among niche early adopters. They are device adopters (smart phone, Amazon Echo).. I'd more guide the convo to say people dont like pitchmakers who say AI as quickly as " its the fundamentals" to fill in gaps they really dont have mainstreet words for to explain "profiteering> civil utility worth"
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But if Satya likes and uses it then everyone else has to be stupid or ignorant ... don't they?
@paulisci the eyes of Upton Sinclair's corpse just popped open

@paulisci PCGamer normally is a censorship hole, and has made very bad takes before (and censored comments critical of them, even ones that respectfully disagree with them) but in this case, I concur or maybe agree with them.

It's the cycle of Big Tech enshittification. I'm so glad the original release of Windows 11 was so bad it got me off of Windows for good.

@paulisci The fact that the tapestry was woven by nuns might help explain the high penis count.
@paulisci If they start fighting with each other over it, does that make them tally whackers?

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Could have been a girthy debate I suppose.

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And this is why I laugh at the morons who say the LLM bubble isn't about the burst...

it can't even take orders from a drive through consistantly.

@paulisci 18.000 Waters?,he probably needed them for his own #AI server. (wink)

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Well do he pay the 18k waters before he drowned?

That's an important detail. If her payed before he drowned, they only need to sure his estate for damages for the lost income while his car blocked the driver through.

If he didn't pay, that's way more serious.

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A Japanese Florida man?

@darwinwoodka @paulisci I assumed Florida Man was on vacation.
@darwinwoodka @paulisci
Chinese tourist. Altitude sickness, nothing worse, but still, you'd think he could have asked someone to bring it down for him. Hundreds climb it every day during the season.

Returned to get his phone? Sounds like @va2lam

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@futuresprog @paulisci except that I aim to not require rescue!
@paulisci I know this is an unlikely winner but as a council watcher I gotta put in a word for it
@paulisci ngl this is a question I ponder every time my cat sits on me or my pillow... so a special thanks to Kaeden Henry for his findings in this very important field of research! (the answer is yes: there are likely traces of domestic shorthair cat butthole contact on my pillow and bedding)

@earthshine @paulisci

I once looked up at my cat’s derrière through the glass coffee table he was sitting on, and was relieved to see that a cushion of fur was preventing his butthole from directly touching the surface.

Nonetheless, I am resigned to the fact that probably every available surface has, at some point, been in contact with raw cat asshole.

@KydiaMusic @paulisci And even if not, they don't all clean themselves all that well back there... that butt fur is nasty.
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Did this headline comply with Betteridges Law?
@ianbetteridge

@paulisci

Only after reading the headline, did I realize that I had to know…

https://www.upworthy.com/cats-buttholes-on-surfaces-ex1

Do cat buttholes touch every surface the sit on? Science answers.

​A question no one knew they needed answered.

Upworthy

@Nonilex @paulisci

Oh thank heavens the answer is no.

@paulisci Back in '99, I dreamt of hacking Furbies to curse incessantly.

I love this.

@paulisci Another article on the teddy bear was illustrated with this
@paulisci these are great as always! Here's a followup headline to the raccoon's drunken rampage -- a one-raccoon crime-spree!
@paulisci marvel movie post-credits scene
@paulisci "Running away from home," defined.