I read that as a joke - Nixon wasn’t exactly known for his charisma either. Both were known for the other, iirc

Confidence is attractive, and she had plenty of it

…huh. It centers right on the working years, doesn’t it? Plummets when you would enter the workforce, and rebounds right around retirement

Nah, even in fiction, it’s always been a toss-up whether a “rogue” AI was actually following poorly considered instructions. The Golem did this, along with the broomstick spell in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and HAL and all the rest of Clarke’s rogue AIs

To be fair, most things carry that kind of warning nowadays. Ever look at the disclaimers on something like a 401k?

People have been trained to ignore those disclaimers

Not sure if this is what they were talking about, but there are some Costcos that only sell to businesses. Have a bit of an uproar where I live because one downtown is switching to that, and there’s not many other grocery options in the area.

Gotta say, I’m appreciating the comments on this post a lot more this time around - last time this was posted there was a lot of anti-leashing sentiment.

I’m just trying to figure out - did the people on Lemmy change? Is it the time of day? Pretty sure it’s the same community as before!

Seizure, maybe?

The things that need professionalism seem like things that could pay for the non-branded version, though?