The best use of AI I’ve seen thus far is reading legislative bills. Those monstrosities are so fucking long and filled with earmarks that it’s next to impossible to understand what is in them.

Having an AI not only read the bill but keep a watch of it as it goes through Congress is probably the best use of AI because it actually helps citizens.

I am on record saying we need an AI that can track prices of various things that can then predict when the best time it is to buy something.

I want an AI bot that saves me money or gets me a good deal or extracts money from the capital class.

They were only decent because the bar was on the floor. As soon as Google Fiber entered a city, entrenched ISPs slashed their prices, improved customer service, and made things better for everyone.

There was a post on Reddit back in the day of a guy who quit his day job to bring fiber to people at roughly half the price of the local ISP and still made enough money to live comfortably.

From what I remember, it’s actually fairly straightforward to start an ISP but just takes someone with the time to do it. Between the grants and small business loans, you effectively can get started with very little risk. It’s just that very few people actually do it.

I sort of get it. If AI was 100% accurate like Google search used to be, then yeah AI might be a net benefit.

But right now, they fucking tell us ”Hey this feature that gobbles up gigawatts of electricity and gallons of water might be wrong so double check it by going to the sources I’ve left here."

What value is that providing exactly?

Jfc…

These laws are not written by the technically literate. They are written by attorneys based on the whims of old legislators who think that Siri is a real woman that they are talking to.

While the people who write the laws are competent, the legislators are not.

At the state level, it’s even worse because they are often given legislation carefully written by lobbyists and special interest groups.

If you have any inkling to run for office, please consider doing so because we need smarter people in every branch of government.

The West Wing

Yes. Conservatives, specifically the alt-right, need ways to identify each other in public so that they can “feel included”.

And the reason they feel safe is that liberals and progressives are largely non-violent.

I know nothing about mobile OS development. How realistic is it at this point for someone to fork Android?

I know that software like Edge and Iron Fox can be forked and worked on by independent people. But Android is developed to integrate tightly with proprietary hardware.

I remember reading a study about speeding in neighborhoods. It’s not unusual to have people driving 50+ in a 25 MPH neighborhood.

Speed bumps actually caused people to drive faster between the bumps.

What worked was more curves and narrow roads. Essentially making it more dangerous.

So you’re not wrong.

You can thank the blue wave. Virginia has a super majority in the House of Delegates and a majority in the Senate.

They still are.

Though MAGA red hats are a really close second.

Oh I definitely have. I usually follow up with “Would you vote for him again?”

100% of the time they say yes.

These people are a cult

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_the_zone

The problem with “age” verification is that politicians are confusing it with identity verification.

I should not have to prove my name and other biometrics to prove age.

Age verification is the fascist way to get people to identify themselves and their online activity. Almost every state that has some sort of age verification law has zero method to actually verify age. No digital ID service, no way to share a credential for verification.

They want people to upload an ID.

This isn’t about keeping children safe and it never is. It’s about identifying critics of the government.

She’s thinking “parliamentary tactics” is what’s going to save the country.

Ma’am: Republicans have shown multiple times they are willing to kill to have their way. How will “breaking quorum” stop them?

Am I the only one questioning why Microslop has a Discord server? Don’t they have a chat product?

The same public libraries that vigorously defend the privacy of our reading lists

The Patriot act allows the feds to get the books you’ve checked out at your local library.

Trump is a symptom. Removing him won’t save anything.

We need to gut the entire ruling class.

I do on my laptop. Mostly so I can present with one user that has a clean browser history.

My main user has access to all my porn.