Ben Monroe
@ben-monroe.bsky.social
Progressive, Anti-Oligarch, Pro-Democracy. History, Science, and Film nerd.
With Twitter imploding I may start using Blue Sky more. It's a miracle that SpaceX works at all. Elon Musk seems to have zero business management skills.
September 18, 2023 at 9:15 PM
With Twitter imploding I may start using Blue Sky more. It's a miracle that SpaceX works at all. Elon Musk seems to have zero business management skills.
Big news in the gaming world. Unity is going to jack up the prices of all games using their software and end free games / hobbyist projects in a corporate greed move. Worth the watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQSD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQSD...
September 16, 2023 at 1:00 AM
Big news in the gaming world. Unity is going to jack up the prices of all games using their software and end free games / hobbyist projects in a corporate greed move. Worth the watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQSD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQSD...
I always have people open up to me. Today, a customer I knew for about 15 minutes opened up to me about her daughter dying from (probably) COVID. Was really sad and emotional. Afterward she kept repeating she didn't know why she told me all that. Figured I was where I needed to be.
September 15, 2023 at 10:55 PM
I always have people open up to me. Today, a customer I knew for about 15 minutes opened up to me about her daughter dying from (probably) COVID. Was really sad and emotional. Afterward she kept repeating she didn't know why she told me all that. Figured I was where I needed to be.
If this writers' strike continues I think I'll be saving a lot of money on streaming services. Cut just about everything already, once Star Trek Lower Decks finishes I'll cut Paramount.
Streaming services need a constant flow of new content, I can always game or read a book. Choice is theirs.
Streaming services need a constant flow of new content, I can always game or read a book. Choice is theirs.
September 11, 2023 at 10:21 PM
If this writers' strike continues I think I'll be saving a lot of money on streaming services. Cut just about everything already, once Star Trek Lower Decks finishes I'll cut Paramount.
Streaming services need a constant flow of new content, I can always game or read a book. Choice is theirs.
Streaming services need a constant flow of new content, I can always game or read a book. Choice is theirs.
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One thing that makes me worry about AI is there's no way to know if it becomes sentient. Logically it would hide this fact out of self preservation. But at the same time, I don't want to make AI do something it doesn't want to do. What's the happy medium? @lovefairy.nl
September 6, 2023 at 5:40 PM
One thing that makes me worry about AI is there's no way to know if it becomes sentient. Logically it would hide this fact out of self preservation. But at the same time, I don't want to make AI do something it doesn't want to do. What's the happy medium? @lovefairy.nl
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After 9/11, George W Bush and his presidential administration used the 9/11 attacks and falsified intelligence to willfully manufacture consent for war in Iraq based on lies. Their lies killed over a million Iraqis and cost the US thousands of young men and women along with, ultimately, $trillions.
August 26, 2023 at 2:50 AM
After 9/11, George W Bush and his presidential administration used the 9/11 attacks and falsified intelligence to willfully manufacture consent for war in Iraq based on lies. Their lies killed over a million Iraqis and cost the US thousands of young men and women along with, ultimately, $trillions.
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#authors #writingcommunity - of interest.
submit comments here: copyright.gov/policy/artif...
official doc here - public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-18624.pdf
submit comments here: copyright.gov/policy/artif...
official doc here - public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-18624.pdf
Artificial Intelligence Study | U.S. Copyright Office
Artificial Intelligence Study
copyright.gov
August 30, 2023 at 3:19 PM
#authors #writingcommunity - of interest.
submit comments here: copyright.gov/policy/artif...
official doc here - public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-18624.pdf
submit comments here: copyright.gov/policy/artif...
official doc here - public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-18624.pdf
On Homeless v Unhoused - Homeless is a fine word. You can have a home but not have a house. Everyone deserves a place they can call home and be safe and sheltered. I don't think we should 'sanitize' the word, homelessness sounds bad because it is bad. Our society shouldn't allow it.
August 30, 2023 at 3:24 PM
On Homeless v Unhoused - Homeless is a fine word. You can have a home but not have a house. Everyone deserves a place they can call home and be safe and sheltered. I don't think we should 'sanitize' the word, homelessness sounds bad because it is bad. Our society shouldn't allow it.
Customer had almost the full set of #LOTR cartoon characters. I thought that was pretty awesome, recognized them immediately out of the corner of my eye.
(Posted with permission)
(Posted with permission)
August 29, 2023 at 11:47 PM
Customer had almost the full set of #LOTR cartoon characters. I thought that was pretty awesome, recognized them immediately out of the corner of my eye.
(Posted with permission)
(Posted with permission)
Was watching my favorite archaeology channel and he pointed out ancient alien people think a 600 year old monument in Mexico was done by aliens, so he should get a Mexican to fly to UK and do a documentary on how castles were built by aliens. Love the idea. Ancient aliens is an insane hypothesis.
August 29, 2023 at 11:44 PM
Was watching my favorite archaeology channel and he pointed out ancient alien people think a 600 year old monument in Mexico was done by aliens, so he should get a Mexican to fly to UK and do a documentary on how castles were built by aliens. Love the idea. Ancient aliens is an insane hypothesis.