I’ve been turning this into a new adventure by reviving all of my old tech. The other night, I installed custom firmware and homebrew stuff on my 3DS XL. I also dug out my Nexus 5 and booted it up. That thing is my permanent backup phone.

There is absolutely zero chance I would allow anyone to theorize what they think I would say using AI. Hell, I don’t like AI in its current state, and that’s the least of my issues with this.

It’s immoral. Regardless of your relation to a person, you shouldn’t be acting like you know what they would say, let alone using that to sway a decision in a courtroom. Unless he specifically wrote something down and it was then recited using the AI, this is absolutely wrong.

It’s selfish. They used his likeness to make an apology they had no possible way of knowing, and they did it to make themselves feel better. They couldve wrote a letter with their own voices instead of turning this into some weird dystopian spectacle.

“It’s just an impact statement.”

Welcome to the slippery slope, folks. We allow use of AI into courtrooms, and not even for something cool (like quickly producing a 3d animation of a car accident for use in explaining—with actual human voices—what happened at the scene). Instead, we use it to sway a judge’s sentencing, while also making an apology on behalf of a dead person (using whatever tech you want because that is not the main problem here) without their consent or even any of their written (you know, like in a will) thoughts.

Pointing to “AI bad” for these arguments is lazy, reductive, and not even remotely the main gripe.

More of this, please. Warrant or not, fuck ICE.

“I didn’t post it!” *

* His marketing team did after he told them to.

There’s also the massive tax breaks rich folks receive for donations.

It’s like clockwork. You give capitalists an opportunity to mask a price hike under the guise of something else, and they’ll take it every single time. Money is the only language they speak.

Now it truly feels like Reddit lol.

We need more silliness like this.

Bart from Springfield.

Yeah, you would think they’d be given the space to make something amazing, but the execs ruin it for everyone with insane deadlines, constant layoffs, and forcing devs to put in questionable moneymaker mechanics.

There’s been a constant squeeze in tech for years now. You’re always expected to be faster and more efficient at each interval and it never eases up. I’d be happy to wait longer for a game if it means the devs aren’t stuck in a grueling loop that burns folks out and drains the end result of its soul.

On top of that, games are insanely hard to make. So many system configurations and variables that can wreak havoc.

It’s usually more like execs needing bonuses. Less people at places like these usually means 1 person is now doing the work of 2. “No, we’re not backfilling these roles.” Queue collective groan from everyone left as they start to prepare their resumes.

Junji Ito has a way with eyes. He’s so good at making them express things that require no additional writing.

I’ve already seen prices go up considerably at basically any grocery store I’ve been at. Capitalists will continue to increase the prices regardless.

When all of the regulations go out the window, affordable or not, food quality is going to slide into the dumpster.

Build a garden box or two if you can afford it. Stupid easy to build and they can be fun.

He is much needed and missed right now.

I love that Rogers supported Clemmons and truly had no issue with his sexual orientation. Rogers could’ve simply said to not be openly gay on his show, but he went as far as advising him for the long haul. If you read this as a single headline, it’s way too easy to misconstrue as homophobia, but the reality was that Rogers had a deep understanding of society and how to traverse it to survive and have a career in such socially chaotic times.

That’s when you know you’re winning.

Context for those wondering.

Mr. Rogers stated that he had no problem with Clemmons being gay, but said he had to keep this secret for the sake of his show. It’s shitty and it doesn’t give context on exactly why Mr. Rogers told him this (except for the show being his dream that he didn’t want to jeopardize), but I think it was possibly related to the social climate of things at the time. The gay community was facing persecution also, so I think this was Mr. Rogers trying to weather a storm so that his show could persist and continue to help people. My theory is that he probably had bigoted folks in upper management that thought bringing a black and gay man onto the show was a bridge too far for them, and Mr. Rogers didn’t want to see his dream disappear.

In the end, it probably saved both of their careers, but it’s really terrible. It was also during times when folks stayed closeted in order to not lose everything they’ve built career and reputation-wise.

I grew up on Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, etc. They’re a big part of what shaped me and made me empathetic. I live a good life but the world around me (the US) is determined to make me bitter and angry, and it’s an everyday struggle to keep my mind above water.

I know if he were around today, he would still manage to always keep a cool head and a grounded spirit, despite knowing where this country is headed.