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    Anime Life Lessons (9 panels)

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  • It looks a lot like it. The text is the biggest giveaway. Then there's the poses repeated between many different characters. On top of that, the "almost identical but slightly different" settings in each image is an obvious tell that someone iterated this prompt through different seeds until they got results they liked.

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    Anime Life Lessons (9 panels)

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  • Artist unknown

    There is no artist. It's slop.

  • Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago

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  • The invention of certain technologies at a certain time had effects that didn’t match the prediction and they don’t know why. Someday somebody will figure it out and the model will be better.

    Also known as "being wrong". Being wrong is fine. It's great even. It means that there's more to discover and improve. Calling it a "paradox" is a pathetic, self-serving attempt to save face when presented with evidence that makes them look bad. Instead of saying "We don't know, but we're working on it," they pass it off as unsolvable.

  • Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago

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  • Economists: "We can't be wrong. The results are obviously a paradox. Yeah, that's the answer."

    I guess it takes years of study and experience to just double down over and over again instead of admitting the "miracle" tech you're hyping accomplishes a fraction of what you're trying to make it do. Very illuminating to us plebs that wouldn't know better.

  • Police find rat poison in baby food amid country-wide recall

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  • Should append the country to the title. As is, it's just fear-mongering clickbait.

  • It's just a matter of time

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  • All good. It's just something I see a lot of people say without sarcasm or irony a lot, and I think it's a dangerous assumption to have about these algorithms. The personification of them has been the biggest boon to the over-hyped adoption and investment they received these past years, so I generally make a point to clarify when I see it, if only to better inform those who might not realize.

  • It's just a matter of time

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  • There was no thinking, "assumptions", addition, or conversions. It saw numbers and generated another number that hit it's "this should go next" filter first.

  • How adventurous are you with music?

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  • I'm not sure I would call myself "adventurous" - I know what I like and generally stick to it - but I've also realized that new, interesting music isn't just going to fall into my lap, so I'll occasionally go seeking for new stuff, and I'll usually check out anything that gets recommended to me. At worst, I wasted a minute or two, but it's usually worth at least a listen, even of it's not something I'll look for more of.

  • How Capitalist Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows

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  • Those things are what make Ron a good person despite his libertarianism. The show goes to great lengths to make it's characters likeable, but the characters are also often wrong about things. Ron is generally wrong when he's clinging to capitalist nonsense like this (among other things), but when it's about duty, friendship, and responsibility, Ron is a great example of how to be a decent person. Tbh, thinking about it, Ron is probably more of an anarchist than a libertarian. He doesn't trust the government or corporations, and is much more comfortable living in the middle of the woods than he is in a "free market".

    In short, just because the character has good traits doesn't mean they're the one intended to be "right" in an episode. Ron is great, but he's wrong a lot. That's just part of the show (which I highly recommend. Start with season 2 if you do. Season 1 isn't terrible, but it's a rough start for the series).

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  • from 11 years ago

  • How Capitalist Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows

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  • I don't think the episode in question really disagrees with Marcus here. He himself points to numerous situations where bailouts were unquestionably bad and only served to bolster capitalists, and those are the situations most people are familiar with on the topic of bailouts. Those are the bailouts that the episode is critiquing. And in the episode, the very community value intended to be saved/preserved is wiped out by capitalist motives. I don't see how that supports the idea that it's "propaganda" for capitalism. If anything, it's pointing out the risks of it.

    Taken in context of the entire show, which returns again and again to how important and unappreciated a good government is, how meaningful community effort is, it's clear that there was no underhanded intention with this one episode. As for Ron being claimed to be the "right" one in the end, I can't think of any other time his outlandish adherence to his "free market" beliefs was portrayed seriously. I don't see why that would change here.

  • Friday night! [Little World of Liz]

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  • Also reading it for the first time. I decided to just go with publication order. Seemed the most straight forward, hah. I'm enjoying it so far. Hope you do, too!

  • Friday night! [Little World of Liz]

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  • Literally me. (I'm reading Discworld)

  • Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Director Says It Did Gay Romance "Right" By Not Going "Woke"

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  • Dave Chappelle Says ‘I Resent the Republican Party’ Because They ‘Weaponized’ Transgender Jokes: ‘That’s Not What I Was Doing’

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  • There's always been self-hating members of the oppressed, ranging from true believers to those that think being "one of the good ones" will save them.

  • Clarence Thomas Just Gave a Speech Blaming Progressivism for Hitler. It Was Mostly Just Sad.

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  • "We're hateful because you want us to not be." is such a dumb, lazy retort. It's not even an argument, just childish "Nu uh, you are" echoing of criticism. It somehow makes their bigotry worse than if they would actually put some effort into defending it.

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • All these concern trolling articles about Valve's "monopoly". We never get this shit about Youtube, Windows, local ISPs and other utilities, etc. Super subtle, guys.

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • If Gaben leaves or dies, Valve is probably fucked.

  • Endgame [LoadingArtist]

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  • Maybe you're already aware, but even digital storage decays over time, both SSD and HDD. Granted, it's a decently long time, but worth keeping in mind for an "In case of Apocalypse" media storage device.