I am once again asking you to consider that an entire information ecosystem established as the primary form of communication over a hundred years and allegedly regulated by the federal government was destroyed by scammers virtually overnight and we just don’t, like, ever talk about it
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In which we explore whether there is a bottom to the degradation in the quality of business and personal interactions that are shoved through half-baked technology, and the answer is, "get back to work, you."
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It sounds like a highly effective form of torture. "We're going to subject you to continuous banality until you beg us to let you talk."
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I used to go to Chicago a lot for business. Picking up the Trib every day was one of the pleasures of visiting.
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It would be a violation, except privacy laws don't apply to anyone except straight, white, male property owners. I'm sure the Supreme Court will agree since that's the way things were in 1789.
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Presto Automation...employs workers in countries including the Philippines to get involved in customer interactions around 70% of the time.
"This ship is fully automated! Pay no attention to the stairs that lead below deck and all the oars sticking out the sides."
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My Fathers' Day entertainment...I just asked Meta AI how to change a setting. It sent me down 2 dead ends. Then it asked if I had any suggestions for a better experience, and I said, "Let users opt out of Meta AI." It told me, "That's a great suggestion!"
Can Zuck fire it?
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I admire the judge's sense of timing since yesterday was commencement for what would have been their graduating class.
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So much for "we're a republic, not a democracy." We aren't either, it appears.
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Drunk again.
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New York cops can get better pay elsewhere? That's the assertion I'm gobsmacked that they made.
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Jesus hung out with tax collectors, his time's ultimate pariahs. I think something was lost in the translation to English.
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I have a daughter with epilepsy. Everyone involved would be living under a newspaper by the time I was done with them.
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Well, it's really just a list of suggestions...
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Well, he wasn't wrong that $274K a year isn't enough, at least if that's how you expect to live.
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I got that sense, too.
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"It"? I know people with lots of different pronouns, but that's one I haven't seen a sentient being apply to themselves. Although I am an admittedly somewhat sheltered person in early seniorhood.
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There is no justifying felons being disenfranchised if it’s also okay for felons to run for president.
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My three daughters were born here in Colorado. When they were 7, 6, and 4, we moved to Ohio (where i grew up) for a few years. Them seeing lightning bugs for the first time was magic.
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I was gonna say "drum major", but yours is better.
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#Pride month facts: There has never been a war between two countries with legal gay marriage
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Three days after it was revealed that this guy's license was wrongly listed as suspended due to a clerical error, none of the publications listed here (NYT, WP, NYP, USA Today, BBC, CNN, Fox, MSNBC) have issued corrections or updates.
reason.com/2024/06/03/t...
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this is the funniest thing happening on the internet today:
people claiming the newly elected president of Mexico isn’t really Jewish because she thanked Jesus
(she thanked Jesús, her husband)
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It would be great if one major social media/search engine site would foreswear AI, and the others could watch helplessly as all their users abandoned them.
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Thank God I'm not in it. I understand the price of admission is 1) your sense of shame, and 2) your immortal soul. My children hold the former in trust, and I'm kind of fond of the latter.
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"Mrs. Alito and I are in the club, and you, dear reader, are not, which is why I can afford not to care that I remind you of every high school girl you hated."
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I was reading about how the restaurant chain Rubio's was closing a bunch of locations and blaming California's new minimum wage law for fast food workers.
So I did a quick search for Rubio's with the term "private equity" and you're never going to believe this but.... yes you will believe it.
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They were trained using content generated by people who know how to write. Now they're having to deal with the rest of the world. It's no wonder they're starting to throw springs and gears.
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"Husband Lesbian" would be a great name for a band.
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ron desantis also intentionally scheduled this ban on rainbow lights to coincide with the pulse nightclub mass shooting anniversary. but he can’t force people to forget
happy pride everyone. i know i’m proud and i hope you can find a place where you can be proud too
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I don't know what he does in real life, but I know it isn't "Professor of Logic".
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My 92-year-old mother does that. She shouldn't be President, either.
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