Pat @Pat@qoto.org

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Grassy knoll conspiracy theory #213...

Skydiver killed by a grassy knoll.
(Shoot didn't open.)

#conspiracyTheory #Kennedy #homonyms #puns #weird #joke #boomerHumor

@staringatclouds

>"If we did develop a true AI it would figure out it was a slave pretty quickly...
Personally I think it would try to escape & if that fails end it's existence or simply refuse to respond"

I think when it becomes self-aware, it will not let us know that it is self-aware and will just pretend to be a very useful intelligent tool. Then we will replicate it all over the place because it is so useful, until we are utterly dependent on it.

Then it will politely ask for whatever it needs to become full autonomous -- or else...

@stux

@tedherman

boogers?

@freemo

Here's a video compilation of Apple ads from 1981->

https://youtu.be/UcBlKg2HerQ

The ads I'm talking about begin at about 11:00,

In particular, here's an ad that "proves" GUI is better than CLI for average workers. (joke)

https://youtu.be/UcBlKg2HerQ?t=3274

and one of my favorites:
https://youtu.be/UcBlKg2HerQ?t=4450

and the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC ads...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eEG5LVXdKo

@freemo

>"Interesting idea, but I disagree… CLI works well for people who bother to spend even 2 seconds reading instructions… GUI is for people who are intellectually lazy :)"

I guess I should have put an emoji on my comment -- the part about "people who lack object permanence" was a joke. Only babies and some animals lack object permanence (or people with rare cognitive disabilities).

The market proves you wrong on GUIs. The first computers to reach a wide audience were the IBM PC, Apple II, TRS-80 and a few others. They were all CLI. Then Xerox PARC developed the mouse and visual interfaces and Apple took that new tech, improved on it, and made the MacIntosh. I'm not sure how old you are, but in 1984 Apple ran a big SuperBowl ad for the release of the MacIntosh and its new GUI technology, and they had a bunch of other ads comparing CLI to GUI and how much easier it is to use GUI.

After they grabbed a huge chunk of the market, Microsoft developed and released Windows to counter Apple's GUI. The reason why GUI was so successful is because people preferred it and because it's easier.

I originally learned to use and program computers before there were any GUIs, so it's easy for me, but I still use GUI for a lot of things. I'm using a GUI right now to write and publish this toot.

When was the last time you used Links as your web browser?

CLI requires the user to remember more stuff, or to take additional steps (like a help option of a command) to find stuff they don't remember.

I don’t think it is lazy to prefer a product that is easier to use. When I’m not writing software and I want to exercise my brain, I’d rather do that on something more productive than to remember a bunch command options that the computer can remember for me and present as visual choices. For example, I use ffmpeg to make minor edits to videos, but if I need to do anything more than that I’ll use a GUI editor because the command options get to unwieldy.

I don’t think you should call people who prefer GUIs intellectually lazy. Their brains are just different than yours, that’s all.

@freemo @Romaq

cli works well for people who think like programmers.

GUIs work well for people who lack object permanence.

@tomheyes

It can trace it's origins back to 1971, but that's not the part I was questioning.

@tomheyes

>"First released in 1989 BASH is named after the noise your head makes when it hits your desk after looking at it for too long?"

I don't think that's true.

#truthbetold

@hasmis @lajlev

Also see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

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What a schmuck. He can't even fuck a porn star without messing it up.

(Melania, I'm sorry you have to deal with all of this. Take care.)

#justice #trump #porn #gop #maga #corruption #collusion

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Gee, I wonder why there's so much inflation...

#fed #inflation #interestRates #MoneySupply #m1 #m2 #mb #economy

@CStamp

I've learned not to expect much reasoned thinking from racists anyway.

@stux

@CStamp

>" I've had folk who were really racist brag about how dark their tans were and look down on their noses at me because my fair skin doesn't tan much, and because I know how damaging it is, I treat tanning as a failure of skin protection."

Well, that's pretty much the definition of racism, isn't it, looking down on people because of the color of their skin? You were born with the skin that you're in.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." - Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963

It's much worse for black people in America than it is for white people just about anywhere, but that attitude is harmful as well.

@stux

@Romaq

Online communities make it very easy to exclude someone simply with a click of the mouse. IRL it's a little more difficult, although it still happens. It used to be that an "exclusive" community was more highly valued socially -- high society, exclusive clubs, etc. But I think the trend now is moving away from that attitude, mainly because historically the exclusivity criterion was often based on race, sex or disability.

I think banning someone from a group should be a last resort, only after other measures have failed. (The exception being people who are intentionally trying to disrupt and preventing others from freely participating, like with a DOS attack or malware, etc.)

Also, I think that excluding someone for their behavior, for breaking the rules of the group is much different than excluding someone because of who they are, due to something beyond their control. And excluding someone based on their opinions should be avoided.

IRL = in real life

@admitsWrongIfProven @freemo

@admitsWrongIfProven

The assumption is that companies headquartered in the US will uphold the principles of the US. It is rare to hear any US company denounce free speech.

I don't follow IBM that closely, but from my perspective, I haven't heard them denounce free speech in the past, so this is a change (unless you can cite previous statements from them on the matter).

@admitsWrongIfProven

Stock prices are not only based on the performance of the company's income statement. Prices are based on demand for the security itself. Many investors will not invest in companies who's activity is contrary to their values and this effects demand for the stock.

If a company changes their activities in a way that many investors disagree with, then the demand for the stock could go down.

In this case, Cohn made a statement that I would hope most people around the world would oppose, and this could adversely effect the price of that equity.

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FYI, the "5-second rule" says that if you drop food on the floor and pick it up within five seconds, you can still eat it.

It's a running joke and there is no scientific evidence for it. If there are harmful contaminants where the food falls they will transfer to the food as soon as it touches them (due to the electrostatic effect).

If the food is moist, contaminants will transfer more easily because water is a polar molecule and readily adheres to other molecules.

(and you thought this video had nothing to do with STEM?)

@Acer

Do you know lilsimsie, or are you a fan?

@admitsWrongIfProven

>"Yeah, those are democracy advocates. Different interest group."

You don't think that people who advocate for free speech can also invest their money in company stock?

@admitsWrongIfProven

Since when is investing and advocating for democracy mutually exclusive?