Fuck.

I’m reminded of that early South Park episode where Chef explains that the best way to make a baby cry is to first give it candy.

Then, once the baby is happy, only then do you take it away.

The best way to hurt people is to lift them up first, so the fall back down hurts twice as much…

This, and accidentally legalizing hemp weed are possibly the only positive things to come out of this whole debacle

All of these came on basic airwave stations in my area. (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, UPN, WB, PBS, etc.,).

It wasn’t until later that they were syndicated and played on cable TV.

I don’t use them regularly, but I agree. Actual research involving peer-reviewed journals has nothing to do with AI.

EBSCOhost, PNAS, JStore, etc., all continue to exist outside the realm of AI, and I don’t really consider anything to be “research” outside of this realm.

I’ve had several deep experiences in which platitudes held transformative meaning, but I think you’re right.

I think they are symbolic placeholders for something experiential, and holding onto what gives them meaning is like trying to grasp the wind as it blows.

One of my biggest hang-ups in life, and I’m old enough that wisdom and experience should carry me through it. Hasn’t happened yet.

Lots of platitudes address it, but platitudes are only true when viewed from the other side of things, not within the thick of it.

Even Newman’s Own (a non-profit) is $4. $6-$10 is normal in my area, and it’s one of the least affluent areas of the country.

Well, he inadvertently kept that promise…

The people that are open to exploration and travel are generally not the ones opposed to progressive city planning.

The fear-based mindset opposed to change at any cost is not exactly conducive to exploring other cultures.

They were both 1999. Matrix released in March and Columbine was April 20th (made for a fucked up 4/20 that year…)

I thought the same thing! Maybe there’s something about playing in a mask that affects mannerisms?

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I was not suggesting that the encryption was compromised. I was suggesting that signal is being targeted.

Likely, they are infiltrating Signal groups specifically. Not through breaking encryption, but still joining these groups BECAUSE of the encryption.

The fact that these groups are using private encrypted messages are what piques the interest of the FBI in the first place. Signal is just the most popular and thus the most likely target.

The warning signs are there

Wet Leg’s set was one of my favorites last year!

If I understand it correctly, Microsoft sells discounted keys to organizations as part of their Volume Licensing for businesses.

Some places on the internet take advantage of that, and sell the keys individually.

I honestly like the small, eclectic vibe better.

I don’t know what the number is, but I’ll arbitrarily say, anywhere under a quarter million is perfect.

I know the federation model provides a strength against the cascading list negatives that plague popular platforms, but I don’t doubt that with a large enough user base, exploits would certainly seep in, particularly with ease of AI bot manipulation and astroturfing.

It reminds me of the Linux saying “security through obscurity”.

Same bitrate, file size, and metadata (with my tags still included), along naming schemes and occasional misspellings.

Many of the songs I ripped and shared via Napster in the late 1900’s continued to appear on legitimate platforms years later.

Holy smokes! I see his online persona so often that I forgot he had a pen name!