As suspected, this was a setup. Only a few days before they started the “trans people can’t have guns” baloney.

And they needed an Epstein squashed. Which they got.

They are going after guns, as expected, so that their goons can start disappearing more people.

Proper headline: “Citizens Start Familiarizing Apple With Being a Failed Business”

This was done by someone with skills and discipline.

It was probably deliberate, and ordered by the administration, and will be used for Trump to try to take guns away from citizens so he can start sending goons to our homes

They started this earlier in the week with the trans gun ban speculation. And immediately Trump knew and posted when he was shot. And Fox News already has a script ready.

Article didn’t bother to show the piece, but from the description it isn’t nearly as interesting as many other Rubens paintings.

The fact that another great artist, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, owned this painting once is a bit of art history nerd knowledge that is fun to learn. Bouguereau’s depiction of the human body and skin tones is, in my opinion, the most talented.

Agree 💯

I hope it is a heroic revolutionary, and I hope we have many more.

I suspect it is more sinister.

Almost certainly. They are wanting to send their goons after citizens in their homes- can’t do that if everyone still has guns.

Note that only a few days before came the news about taking away guns from trans people.

The strong suspicion is that this is the trigger for Trump to start banning guns so he can send his goons after citizens in their homes.

I would not be surprised one iota if it was deliberate.

We can hope.

Couldn’t happen to a better guy. He advocated for guns on campus, and got exactly what he wanted.

He stated that the few shootings were worth it. Not a soul should feel sorry for him.

I’m fairly confidant this is a setup for Trump to start taking away guns, though, not some heroic revolutionary.

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There’s no such thing as AI.

It’s just LLMs with behavior coding.

And their performance is awful, errors constant.

It is a bubble, and even though I am working peripherally with it, I can see it’s nothing more than marketing and morons holding the bubble together.

Absolute bullshit. ChatGPT IS an LLM with additional response programming.

It is not AI. It is still just a LLM with coding that prevents or encourages particular responses and tone.

Quit trying to make AI happen.

AI only exists for idiots that don’t understand LLMs. You know, CEOs and morons.

I’ve played every single Civ game well past the time its successor was released, and at some point have always eventually moved on.

Now, after obsessing as Peter on Pangea map with Critical Thinking as my entertainment based religion, I’m realizing I may not update this time. Ever.

The next version sounds absolutely lousy. I may just go back and start regressing - although I’m not sure I could find copies earlier than 4. I still have 5 and 6 on active machines.

You’re missing the point.

Something or someone who agrees with you, rarely challenges you or disagrees with you….is not something or someone that can help improve the situation and minimize recurrence.

It only feels better momentarily.

Like a drug. That costs money. See where this is going?

As it should. Amazon is the absolute worst, snuggled in there with fellow villains Meta, Google, and Palantir.

Why go through the hassle?

Set up Jellyfin and use your VPN to fill it with whatever you’re wanting to pay corporate overlords for.

You’ve paid for the IP already from the years of subscriptions. At this point they’re just draining everyone dry. Stop letting them.

This sounds barbaric.

I was diagnosed with asthma in the 70s because I had frequent asthma attacks that nearly killed me- I can’t imagine why such a test is needed- asthma diagnosis is not difficult and is easily differentiated from other conditions with basic knowledge.

The first season is rough.

Honestly if you kinda skim and get the story points to learn who everyone is and what is generally going on- moving on to the second season without finishing the first is completely reasonable.

Everyone was trying to work around the actor that played the lead during the first season- he had an unfortunate mental breakdown during filming and was replaced by Bruce Boxleinter for the rest of the show after season 1, but this naturally made everything more difficult for everyone, and the quality suffered temporarily.

Once you get about 3-4 episodes deep in season 2, you’ll forget all about season 1.