Great new voice acting and really cool Chronicle updates (the State of the Realm is awesome) and love that we can still watch the movies from WotL. And so happy for fixed speed/sound alignment on ability effect animations (so annoying on the mobile version). I hope the sequel rumors are true.

You must get tons of shit everyday so it makes sense that you have to be a bit defensive. An example of the difficulty with parasocial relationships. I read and hear your thoughts everyday while you have no idea who I am. I really meant it as a light elbow ribbing.

I didn't mean it like that. Really just trying to joke with you.

It's very funny how for the past several days you've had varying levels of "this movie isn't really that good, but I enjoy it" when just a week ago you were like "rogue one is bad and you should feel bad for liking it."

And because of that, property managers can start raising rents because the demand is still there for downtown units because people want to be close to shops and activities, even while cheaper units in the suburbs are still available.

I don't disagree with everything you've said, but the article you linked to directly contradicts your post. It says new construction starts stalled due to interest rates and rising constructions costs, despite continued demand from young professionals who don't want to commute.

It just hurts so much to look at.

Amanda Seyfried did a great job as Elizabeth Holmes. Kind of a reverse story (starting somewhat sympathetic) but she could definitely do it.

"Just checking your email uses a lot of water" is not a great argument when you're saying someone else is lying when they say LLMs use a lot of water.

That's a small percentage of total yearly water consumption for the US, and if we transitioned to less water-intensive types of power plants in the areas near data centers, that number would go down. But I would guess most people would still describe 21 billion gallons as a lot.

A 2024 Lawrence Berkeley Lab report estimated that data centers in the US indirectly consumed 211 billion gallons of water through electricity usage in 2023. If 10% of that is from AI (Wired reporting from May puts it at nearly 20% globally this year and likely to grow), that's 21 billion gallons.

2). Any large collection of data is a target for hackers. Every week there's a breaking news story about a new data breach (this week in the USA, take your pick between UPenn or Hyundai). So it's not just what would a really nasty goverbment do, it's what could ANYONE nefarious do with this data.

Two thoughts: 1). A government can turn nefarious quickly (look at us over here in the USA). All previously collected data is then easily available to weaponize against political enemies. Evidence of "crimes" can suddenly be driving to a particular medical facility or political meeting.

The hobbiest does not concern themselves with things like "price" and "time." They spend both freely, knowing satisfaction leads to happiness.

This is a fair point, but I think the harmful conspiracy referred to is "the CCP has turned the youths against Israel" as compared to, you know, any of the actions of the Israeli government. The implication is "the youths wouldn't be this way if they just read the REAL news."

UW-Madison is looking at doing the same thing. The School of Computing, Data, & Information Sciences is probably going to be the College of AI and Computing. The dean keeps talking about how we're "in an AI moment." Absurd.

Most states too

That's a world class postal service in 1950, and it's gov-supported internet and telecommunications in 2020. The problem, to me, is people refusing to acknowledge and/or being lied about how government actions benefit them. And, as you alluded to, belittling urbanites in favor of "real Americans."