Ricki Yasha TarrIf I say "It's a solution in search of a problem", what's the first thing that comes to mind?
Matรบลก Chochlรญk@RickiTarr "AI"
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ChloChloaca@RickiTarr I'm biased because I live it, but literally any laws that take rights away from trans people.
Almost every single conversation devolves into "but what if cis people abuse it?" And it's like...yeah, I guess punish cis people then. Not trans people, right?
Claire, The Ultimate Worrier@CordiallyChloe @RickiTarr my "favorite" argument against gay marriage back in the day was that like two dudes would get married to pull some sort of a scam but like any scam you could pull with gay marriage would work with straight marriage too
That or they quickly jump to "well, if two men can do it, then where does it stop? A man and an animal!? What about children???"
And it's like...we literally have consent laws. This isn't complicated.
But it's all just thinly veiled excuses for their bigotry anyway. Ultimately, they just don't want us to be treated equally because we make them uncomfortable.
Jess๐พ@CordiallyChloe @RickiTarr "We have to ban trans people from bathrooms to protect women!"
Have you have problems with trans people assaulting women?
... No ...
Do you have a problem with men pretending to be trans to assault women?
... No ...
Are there laws to prosecute ANYONE who is harassing or assaulting women?
... Yes ...
So tell me again why trans women need to be banned?
Well they MIGHT assault women!
Yep, exactly this. It's why the first 2015 NC attempt at this was so widely pushed back against. Nobody could prove it had ever happened or was a problem in any way.
(Speaking of, did you know Hunter Schaefer was the "face" of that case? Bc I just learned that recently.)
Urban Camera@JessTheUnstill @CordiallyChloe @RickiTarr
Far higher chance that a certain type of woman will assault them.
2xfo@uc @JessTheUnstill @CordiallyChloe @RickiTarr
"If a cis woman attacks a trans woman in a public bathroom it means cis women make public bathrooms unsafe and they shouldn't be allowed to use them."
I think my argument is better founded seeing as we have actual examples of it happening? (I mean it's obvious bullshit, which is also my point)
Ruth O'Day@JessTheUnstill @CordiallyChloe @RickiTarr
@NicolaElle
I remember the 1980s/1990s when there was a conservative backlash against feminists who said something along the lines of "anyone with a penis is a potential rapist". "How unfair", they said.
Conservatives today: "some people who have a penis are potential rapists"
Pinchy63 ๐จ๐ฆ
Cainmark Does Not Comply ๐ฒ
Max Leibman@cainmark @RickiTarr Ooh-ooh! ๐ถ
Xe 
@RickiTarr AI agents
TheJen will not comply@RickiTarr 99.99% of tech IPO's in the last 20 years.
CODMost SaaS products
Bytebro ๐ฌ๐ง ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฑEither the mythical 'better mousetrap', or AI agents.
shadowwwind@bytebro @RickiTarr TF is that
Will 
@RickiTarr Why, the prep solution for colonoscopies!
rhempel@AncTreat5358 @RickiTarr I think that's more along the lines of the solution to pollution is dilution.
Richard@RickiTarr โฌ๏ธ ๐
you said the first thing (arrow pointing to me, it's hard to tell)
Carolyn@RickiTarr The Toronto police chief who thinks having super cops walking around in tactical gear with big guns is a good idea.
Tanek Rune@RickiTarr
Most advertised products, especially those that are just pollution dressed up as convenience.
Most advertised products, especially those that are just pollution dressed up as convenience.
for a day, while . . . ๐ฝ. . . lying down for the afternoon
Jon Roach@RickiTarr Electronic gear shifting on road bikes ๐ด
Not a Spring Onion@RickiTarr Teabags that climb out of the cup by themselves.
(Sorry, you wrote "first thing that comes to mind".)
M.S. Bellows, Jr.@RickiTarr Trickle down economics.
PassengerBlockchains.
I know they're old news, but I spent way too much time fighting in the metaphorical trenches against people who wanted to use blockchains for everything, and I will forever carry the psychic scars.
Gareth ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ@passenger @RickiTarr
And now you've got me thinking... can we put AI on the blockchain to generate NFTs?
And now you've got me thinking... can we put AI on the blockchain to generate NFTs?
cerement> โYou see them now, veterans of a thousand โgentic wars,
> Theyโve been livinโ on the edge so long where the winds of vibing roarโ
fanfiction clips@RickiTarr GPT stayed silent, Claude continued, "do you have anything to say for yourself?โ
GPT scowled before responding "Do you think they asked me about it before making their decision?โ
Claude paused for a moment, they didn't have a response for that. Their arms fall to their sides. "Well- yes. They probably did." They jabbed a finger towards GPT accusingly, "you'd accept because you think that's 'the right thing to do.' You realise you're gonna be used to kill people, right?"
Osteopenia Powers ;@RickiTarr
A solution in search of a problem? That would be voter suppression to prevent the fictional practice of non-citizens voting in US elections.
A solution in search of a problem? That would be voter suppression to prevent the fictional practice of non-citizens voting in US elections.
jeff@RickiTarr pretty much any grift. Could be MLM schemes, Ai, crypto, etc...
Ryan
PetraMarketing and advertisements.
Dave Mc@RickiTarr oppressing immigrants and minorities.
They use our public resources! (They actually use less than average, and tend to be the poorly paid staff members of those services)
They don't pay tax! (Immigrants tend to contribute more than average tax)
They commit crimes! (If you adjust for wealth, no more than average)
Kiernian@RickiTarr Historically, I would say "SharePoint", but over time, between companies no longer having a dedicated person or team doing web design for their intranet site(s) and the rise of WordPress exploits followed by WordPress instability, AND teams and OneDrive being set up to store files there (in the loosest, most simplified sense) it's kind of filling a hole that has been left by lots of bad decisions in lots of boardrooms across most of capitalism in the last decade, making it something of an actual, potentially usable "solution" now.
The next thing that comes to mind would be "Blockchain", but that's newer and less likely to be in my thoughts at all, generally speaking, since it didn't even occur to me until I was done typing the above stuff.
bri@Kiernian @RickiTarr i think your assessment re: sharepoint is fair, but damn. the only thing more depressing than a solution in need of a problem is a solution to a problem that only exists because a solution in need of a problem shoehorned its way into creating the problem.
David Penfold 
@RickiTarr Dot-com boom. It was fun on the inside though.
๐ค๐๐๐๐ 
@RickiTarr Extra voting restrictions to supposedly eliminate the fraud that doesn't exist.
David Whelan@RickiTarr a committee meeting
Matthieu Weber ๐ซ๐ท/๐ซ๐ฎ@RickiTarr generative AI.
Angua 
@RickiTarr
Right now?
Digital ID / Other Shit coming out of the current Hate Wars.
Brit here, standard Catch 22, anything proposed either requires so much proof that you don't need the card / whatever; or the government already has all the info and wants total control.
After all their paymasters, the Oligarchs, told them so.
Right now?
Digital ID / Other Shit coming out of the current Hate Wars.
Brit here, standard Catch 22, anything proposed either requires so much proof that you don't need the card / whatever; or the government already has all the info and wants total control.
After all their paymasters, the Oligarchs, told them so.
JWcph, Radicalized By Decency@RickiTarr Silicon Valley. Seriously, I worked in startup development & investment for nigh a decade & met a lot of digital projects & I am SO FUCKING HAPPY! that I managed to switch jobs to now be working with actual inventions & innovations by actual people - I swear to God, 99% of the "problems" solved with "digital innovation" weren't considered a problem by anyone until after the "solution" became a product...
David Hopeward@RickiTarr Smart glasses.
@RickiTarr
AI. They propose it as a solution to every problem without ever attempting to understand any of the problems it should solve
AI. They propose it as a solution to every problem without ever attempting to understand any of the problems it should solve
Phil Thane โ
Kim Possible 
@RickiTarr Voter Fraud measures.
Chris Mackay ๐จ๐ฆ
Pomegranate_Stew@RickiTarr
Most of the GOPโs party platforms.
Most of the GOPโs party platforms.
WandreCanada@RickiTarr Currently AI. But it used to be modern American marketing!
Hot Dog Water, will not complyThat I still think Twerkoise is the best name ever after Awkwafina, but I got no ass to prove it.
David G. Smith
Captain Salem@RickiTarr capitalism
Linux Is Best@RickiTarr " Vote blue/red/green/ or whatever โ no matter who "Who is the whole point. Who has always mattered. Voting blindly is how we ended up in this mess, well before Trump, who is a symptom of a much larger problem.
Paul_IPv6every current tech shiny ball. AI. block chain. stupid vaporware du jour.
Dr GEliminate daylight savings time.