I don’t know what my most played song currently is but I can tell you what has been the most played for the last 15 years and it’s this one.

Every single time I install a computer this is the soundtrack to test the audio. At first it was annoying, the dog barked, kids screamed and the elderly cursed me. Now, of I don’t play I’m asked if I’m feeling under the weather.

We can shut down 90% of datacenters today, suffer a slight inconvinience to our lives and keep living.

We have a farm failure…

A single ticket sold is already one ticket too much.

That is a very poor equivalence.

Powertools and machinery still require knowledge on how to do the work properly, account for future maintenance, test for leaks, etc.

Which is not what everyone is trying to do with “AI”. The “tool” is supposed to replace all necessity of trained and knowleadgeable workers and at some point the workers themselves.

Brave should not be recommended under any light. Telemetry, their own advertising, crypto, data mining, etc. I used it for some time and I do not recommend it.

So, essentially, the screws are being turned, only slower.

How come? The way you’re explaining it, it seems the situation is being exagerated.

You’re referring to the 24h waiting window.

But what is being stressed is that no unregistered developer will be able to supply software for Android. The people behind NewPipe are adamant on not complying, hence, the program ceasing to function on registered devices.

A slight high-jack to your post: NewPipe will stop working with the Google lockdown in September.

I personally think it will be a plus for me, as I keep YT open too much time but for those who rely on it for entertainment, info and whatnot, what alternatives will remain?

Censorship but it gets renamed as “shame”.

There are musicians that do go to extremes with jargon and swearing but nonetheless those are words. Words convey meaning, which convey ideas and experiences.

Collectivelly, there should be no need to worry if a song is “kid friendly”. Parents, adults, listening to such music should teach children those words are valid in that context but not valid in others.

Education is better than censorship.

Congratulations. Through you, we found the exception to the rule. Thank you.

Meanwhile, in my own country, what I replied is completely true and do I wish it wasn’t.

I had my grandmother in an elderly care facility, unfortunately, and I can tell you with no unease the floor workers are paid the minimum wage; if they work the night shift, they get a small increment, usually around 10%, to the base salary. While the board of directors, most of which have no true in the day to day working of the institution, earn at least double that pay, with the director of the institution earning above €3500, for a six hours day of work.

Meanwhile, on the childcare front, I have three separate institutions preying on the local public daycare, which is completely free, charging a rate based on the income of the couples or parents putting their children there, ranging from €60 to more than €200, not including transportation, which alone can be anywhere from €40 to more than €100. A couple earning both parents minimum wage can end up paying more than €300 per month. And the institution gets a stipend for each children from the state.

Although most of these institutions are non profits on paper, workers are paid minimal wage, by default, while directors get lavish pays and service vehicles, replaced yearly, while the other vehicles are run until the wheels fall off.

So, again, thank you. You showed the exception to the rule. And I am glad it exists. But it should be the rule, not the exception.

And that is why child and elderly care should never leave the public domain.

These are essential services nowadays; the wide family support that once existed is crumbling.

Private companies do not care. The company exists to make money and generate profit, at any cost.

If the accounting of one single entity was made public, it would be horrendous to read. The profit margins are huge, the salary gap between floor personel and executives gargantuan.

What is so esoteric about it?

In the Brazil world cup they forced to government to reverse a piece of legislation that had proved efficient in curbing violent outcomes in games so that a sponsor could be presented the stadiums: Budweiser. After 8 year of alcohol not being allowed in football stadiums, FIFA forced the overturn of it.

Boycot it. Don’t go to the games. Do not watch it on tv.

Animal

A Pavlovian response is an automated reaction triggered by a given event, that regardless of context, the individual can not withhold.

The classical example is about dogs being fed after the ringing of a bell. This created the association that food always followed the bell ringing. At some point, only the bell ringing made the dogs salivate, in expectation of the food.

In the real world, how can this influence people?

Imagine you get exposed to something - sight, sound, feeling - and that stimulus is followed by a reaction, be it voluntary, involuntary or even coerced. Give it enough repetitions or a very strong impression and a very hard to overcome association is made, that can stay for a life time.

I think it is plain stupid.

Autism is a condition, still very much under study, but already well understood enough to teach people what does in fact imply to be autistic.

Other words that started as medical terms - imbecile, idiot, retard, etc - were readily abused and turned into insults because, as I understand it, there was not the same degree of understanding and popularization of the subjects towards the open society in order to avoid basterdizing the scientific knowledge.

What you describe, plainly put, is dehumanizing.

You can control the show, not the audience.

Give them the AI! All of it! And then we just wait.