No, but only because I’ve helped run a website recently and you underestimate just how much wasted traffic is from scrapper bots. On our limited bandwidth, it was practically a DDOS attack all the time.

They’re fine. We talk about cooking before class on occasion and my students tend to be pretty on top of that, and baking. This is especially true of women who take care of their siblings. Honestly, it’s on par for the age, but there is one more unique aspect and that’s reliance on Tiktok or IG for recipes.

That means that I’ll sometimes run into people who love cooking but they’re often making what’s popular at the time. But… my cohort, millennials, aren’t too different in using our online recipes. They’re just a little less… creative, compared to what you see on Tiktok. Plus, video format is trash for cooking, but that’s my own opinion.

Oddly, give it a year. They made so much more money off the online part that they practically (and literally on Epic) made GTAV free. Then we both get to try it for cheap.

God I wish pro-mask had the support of anti-AI. COVID would have died out before it got out of control with 90% people taking it seriously.

True enough. There was a spoiler worth about 2% which is a bigger deal. In any case, I learned they don’t even really have a recount procedure so it’ll be interesting to see what happens.

Of all times for this to even happen… I check, and it’s literally still within 10 to 100 votes different between a Dem getting elected senator there.

I hope this gets all the investigations needed. Mississippi Blue fucking turned out and if they won, they deserve to be up there with the likes of Kansas, South Carolina and Texas.

Out of the loop, I checked and yes, you’re right. Fyi for others, it’s the Voter ID law. It’s harder to remove now, basically.

If I had to pick two, you still got something big to celebrate. And if today is any indication, Voter ID laws couldn’t stop this tsunami.

I said to another, it isn’t yet. If someone sues, it might be if it goes the same direction.

I said it’s ironic, I didn’t say I’m taking pleasure. The legal decision on Wyngs ultimately doesn’t help people who get scammed, which is ironic.

I’m not saying it is, I’m saying it will have to be if the lawsuit wins. My comment is in regards to Wyngs, though

Someone did sue them once, iirc, which is why they are often called Wyngs or some such nonsense. I’m not sure about other products but for some reason as long as it’s one letter off it’s fine?

The irony to me is if you think there are wing meat in that or rib in a McRib, you might not be literate enough to even notice it’s spelled wrong.

Quite right! When they email me for advice it’s often AI generated, too. I always come across as the insane person telling them not to trust AI (why even ask me for advice if you’re just going to vibe coded your site anyway…)

My thoughts exactly. I know two folks who are going all in with AI and haven’t even considered any controversy. Feels like they live on another planet. Hell, one of the guys was even showing off his pervert glasses and when I called them pervert glasses he laughed and said he hadn’t heard that before.

I really hope those folks are in the minority.

Agreed. Many Research 1 schools are all standing and have cut costs to accommodate, but there was never a ton of money in academia anyway-- at least, not without strings attached. Tenured faculty usually get classes bought out with research funding, but without it, they can still be retained with teaching a full schedule (that does screw people who normally fill those, though, like graduate students and adjuncts!).

On the upside, at least most researchers I know are used to working on a shoestring budget. That said, I mourn the death of NCES, and other research arms of the department of education, since they made up a big part of the educational research I’ve done before myself. That’s longitudinal work lost that can’t be fixed with a new administration.

He took no time to say he denounces it, too. It’s only “quiet” in the sense that he won the whole room over, tons of clapping, by the end of his conversation with Tommy, lol.

Genuine answers from what I’ve heard regarding laws at least in CA:

1. There is a precedent that you should be going with the flow of traffic, which is technically safer than going the speed limit when everyone else is faster-- but mostly only on freeways; I rarely the flow going that fast on streets, so the rule doesn’t apply to that one jackass going 60 in a 40 zone. And yes, you’ll just get to the red faster (good cities time popular traffic lights to the speed limit so it’s even stupider to speed).

2. I’m pretty sure they also set the limit to what older vehicles can pull off safely (assuming you don’t tailgate, anyway). They have upped the limit in some areas, however, which I found upsetting. Like, 70mph up from 55mph over a few decades, which feels fast.

3. Traffic cameras are used, but there’s an interesting issue on legality. If you don’t acknowledge them, they can’t actually say you got the ticket (they come in the mail). I forget the details, but something about seeing your accuser? LA itself more or less decriminalized them, but your mileage may vary based on local government.

4. Places do, in the form of speed bumps, stop signs and curved roads. Not using those is probably more a mix of old roads and poverty-- new suburbs use windy, wide roads. Wealthy neighborhoods install speed bumps and add tons of stop signs. I don’t see it in my neighborhood because “it’ll hurt business” which feels like code for “you don’t matter enough for safety,” hence I think it’s a wealth inequality issue like most things in this country.

Anyway, that’s the best of my knowledge as a CA resident. Honestly, the bigger danger to me are people who tailgate, road rage, drive on sidewalks, and do stupid things to get to an offramp. That last one? Just last Wednesday I saw a guy, car totaled, who tried to hit an offramp they missed by sharp turning into it, going up a 55 degree slope, and getting t-boned by another guy going up the normal way.

Idiots, I swear…

I have used AI a little for Linux adaptation but I do want to caution overuse since it’ll sometimes give you really bad advice, like regarding important dependencies and such. Sometimes it cites info for a wrong distro or outdated info, so it’s not so much made up BS, just bad search results essentially.

Yes, although it breaks down a bit better when you look by state. Unfortunately, iirc Tesla Y was leading in the West and the other sections are just other trucks, like the Silverado.

I’m half grateful it’s not at all true in Los Angeles*, but my neighbor loves loud muscle cars so I can’t say we’re better. At least in every neighborhood I can spot the asshole pretty easily.

*Edit, should say overall. Plenty of pavement princesses in some locals. Our trucks in my neighborhood are usually older and full of gardening equipment lol

I guess I miss the days when people avoided questions by being vague or redirecting… wasn’t good then, but certainly better than lying, getting angry, then threatening journalists with laws that don’t apply.

That’s about what I remember last time. If I remember right, part of the issue arises when you’re a bit undecided, because there’s not a good reason to lie blatantly to someone who knows what they want (risking AIs reputation) but there is plenty reason to convince you you don’t need Medicare for all if you’re not already considering it.