Omnipitaph

Going to be honest, I missed the “context” bit with the link earlier. Thank you for replying and filling me in xD

Yeah…? People traditionally have really liked sex. I don’t think this is a new or even a western thing.

Absolutes and sweeping statements are rarely true. I can’t think of a fault for using local AI for scientific pursuits, nor using local AI for recreational pursuits.

Yes, but also that’s what regular programs are for. If it is a repetitive task that does not require any creative input, a program can achieve it, and a programmer can be paid for it. There are few tasks that can’t be automated using logic parameters.

I do agree with you that that is what AI should be used for, but I’d only support it if the AI was run locally. Commercial AI should not be centralized.

Ah! Thank you muchly!

I’m having trouble looking up all those acronyms. I know about roth 401ks, but not the other stuff.

As a futures trader, I can confirm that trading futures is gambling. Like poker, if you know what you’re doing, you can make a living. Most people can’t make a living playing poker, and 95% of traders are not profitable.

Well damn, that’s a really compelling argument. I will say that I’ll probably keep my gas car for most stuff long range, but when my partner and I eventually grab a second car for logistical reasons, maybe I’ll look into EVs? Depending on how easy they are to work on. Honestly we were gonna seek out an old Tacoma since we are gonna need a truck for farm stuff soon. Idk, tough bid.

Thank you for taking the time to reply so thoroughly, genuinely.

I drive out for a day trip with friends or to visit friends like every other week. Maybe I’m the exception, though all of my friends do the same so idk.

Or, ya know, not everyone lives on the east coast in the most densely populated area of the country? How about the 50% of the country where its an hour drive between cities? I live in Oregon and am constantly driving more than 100 miles out of town to have fun with friends. Day trips are a common thing in the US, and I’m not buying a separate car just to drive to Medford from Weed.

Even when I lived in Portland or Seattle, I still drove like 2 hours out a few times a month to hang with friends or visit family. The US is huge dude, the whole country of Ireland is like the size of Oregon. When visiting family in Kansas, Colorado, Texas, or just most of the country, the distances get way WAY bigger for just daily living.

[EDIT: I stand corrected, the state of Oregon is twice the size of Ireland]

This comes up a lot, and as someone living in the US I genuinely can’t understand how anyone would cap themselves to a 100 mile range. I’ve been all over the country, from big cities like LA and Seattle to rural places in Montana, Texas, and Florida. No matter where I’ve been, I’ve always needed a car that could drive at least 200 miles for a day trip.

Currently in southern Oregon. If I want to go with some friends into the nearest city to do fun stuff or go to the mall, its an hour and 45 minute drive at 55 miles and hour. If I had an EV with a range of 100 miles, I’d have like 10 miles of charge once I got into town? That is not enough, and then I’d have to wait for it to charge before going home. That just wouldn’t work.

When I lived in Seattle, a pretty big city, I drove a lot further to visit friends because unless you’re wealthy, living with 6 room mates, or a student in dedicated housing, you can’t afford to actually live IN the city. Redmond, Issaquah, Snoqualmie Pass, Tacoma, are all a distance from the city proper, and often you’d end up driving around in those towns to do stuff after you made the trip. I don’t want to be stressing about having enough charge on the day-to-day.

If you’re buying a car, you’re not going to buy a separate car just to leave the city, right?

Sure, but since we killed off all the predators, if we don’t murder deer for food they’ll destroy the ecosystem with overpopulation. Like us. In fact, it may be ethically more correct to start hunting humans to reduce the population for the sake of the total ecosystem.

[Edit: This comment is a commentary on taking reasonable arguments to an extreme. I do not support human hunting]

Almost missed the /s there. There are people I have seen on this platform that would absolutely reply this way xD

Thanks for the pointers.

Yeah, I am infinitely frustrated by the enshitification of search on all platforms. There are some awesome videos that I can no longer find on Youtube, scientific publications that are super difficult to find now. Oddly, the CIA government site’s search still works great for declassified documents.

Would you mind sourcing a link or giving me some good search keywords? Our tech overlords are making searching for this not a lot of fun.

why not just send vids of yourself jerking off and skip like 3 steps?