Papaver somniferum is the species you want and it’s easily available online since the seed don’t contain morphine. In case anyone was curious!

Keep on looking at eBay! If you don’t have to have an exact model, sometimes you can score deals. I outfitted my 486SX with cards from Romania for cheap!

Hate not so much for AI in and of itself, my ire is the resource use for one. We were already draining aquifers that took thousands of years to fill and now we’re burning even more for datacenters (DCs).

To top it off, America’s western deserts are the best place for DCs. No natural disasters, stable and predictable weather, tectonically inactive. Every time I’ve had to pick a primary or backup DC, I’d hit one in Las Vegas or somewhere out west. (This experience was pre-AI.)

These DCs are burning power and causing higher bills to consumers, which is just fucking obscene. States should legislate that DCs have to bring at least some of their own, dedicated renewables, and pay a premium to the power company for the extra stress and maintenance on the grid. These costs should not touch customers, residential or business.

Maybe even worse is the economic aspect. Have a look at the current Buffett Index, the ratio of the total United States stock market to GDP. We topped 200% for the first time, ever. For comparison, the Great Depression and Great Recession were around 120-130%. This “extra” stock market valuation is all due to AI speculation.

So for all the other whining lemmy does about AI, it’s the ecosystem and economic disasters it’s creating that we’ll all remember when the bubble pops.

Sandy out here like: “Who dis new bitch?!”

Been fixing forms since I was in customer service in the 90s. Makes me mad because there’s no excuse! Job before last I was in the sole IT guy, yet I’d take the time to redo entire forms, sometimes even for clients, just so they would work right.

OK, in my IT career I’ve sometimes had an ulterior motive, needed to more easily parse their data. :)

Can’t write worth a shit. My 1.0 is sitting right here.

Watched this a few times yesterday. So simple to nail these fascists to the fucking wall with a simple question, and not let them loose. Why is this man’s questioning so very rare?!

The walker legs work fine at first, but I’m getting a headache staring at them because they’re uncanny. Also, funny that the AI “knows” the rear legs should have tennis balls, so it colored the feet that way.

I actually bought this for a minute because his dementia is causing visible issues with his stride. Watch his swing his right leg in a semi-circle. Doctors say that’s a clear sign.

Audience: No way all those nerds were actually that good looking. Don’t believe it.

Exactly what I’ve been screaming for a few years now. Caught dragging an internet line? Hang the captain and the first mate, on the fucking spot, put the crew ashore at the next beach, take what you want from the ship, make it a new artificial reef.

These filthy fucking Russians are non-stop testing, as are the Chinese in the South China Sea, and now the US in the Caribbean. There are all pirates, treat them as such.

We really don’t want that first part to be law.

Section 230 was enacted as part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 and is a crucial piece of legislation that protects online service providers and users from being held liable for content created by third parties. It is often cited as a foundational law that has allowed the internet to flourish by enabling platforms to host user-generated content without the fear of legal repercussions for that content.

Though I’m not sure if that applies to scraping other server’s content. But I wouldn’t say it’s fair for the scraper to review everything. If we don’t like that take, then we should illegalize scraping altogether, but I’m betting there are unwanted side effects to that.

Rogue One may even beat out Empire for me. Sacrilege!

Crazy is almost always good in bed, that’s why we keep falling for it over and over.

Love Ian!

Cornell Law disagrees.

Property is anything (items or attributes/tangible or intangible) that can be owned by a person or entity. Property is the most complete right to something; the owner can possess, use, transfer or dispose of it.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/property

Mine are. ICE just isn’t in my area yet.

Unless those vibrate, they’re too short to be of use.

I don’t see this as a big deal. We all pretty much know what we’re in for, even if we’re not familiar with the area. You know Texas is hot, California catches fire and the Gulf Coast catches hurricanes.

In any case, I wouldn’t trust a private company’s data on climate risks. If I’m considering such a huge spend, going to do some due diligence. FEMA gave me a flood map in seconds, free.

Kinda funny the realtors backed Zillow up on this. Zillow should have told them to get bent, we need this because our competition has it. What are they gonna do? Not use Zillow? 😆

system incentivizes greedy behavior

Got one that doesn’t? And I don’t mean communism in small tribes. I need something to rule 10’s of millions.

While watching Frankenstein I realized I was seeing what will be a classic movie. Not sure I’ve ever felt that during a show.