I would watch that show.

How about when you have to update your machine and it goes through the “setup” which is just disguised ads for services like microsoft 365? That’s pretty annoying.

Well an EV conversion would be the only way to get one of those out of its own way. There’s a reason OJ’s bronco chase was so slow… My ex insisted we get a mid 80’s bronco, and it was so bad. I think it averaged about 6mpg and good god it was laughably anemic. If it was me, I would look for a early 70’s or late 70’s bronco. Totally different styles for each, but still better than the mid 80’s anything.

Just want to say Good Luck and we’re all counting on you!

Other alternate headline: Pawtucket man joins 14 others in U.S. who evidently care about what is being done with their data.

Because that’s a news story I have already read about. This has happened to people. No need to be so sanctimonious.

I was thinking the same thing, or if a lawmakers granddaughter is AI’ed into some porn.

They seem to be getting a pass on using copyrighted materials to feed these programs so I am doubting that we would get legislation protecting our own likenesses, or those of our loved ones. I bet you couldn’t even get lawmakers to understand what they would need to write into law. They (american lawmakers) all seem to be so up to speed on technology. /s

Now that’s an interesting twist that I like. Not sure how it will go over based on the reactions I got with my suggestion. My idea was hatched when I was seeing what felt like bot farms just downvoting certain posts to oblivion. And I know this is going to sound all feel good, hokey shit, but I thought ‘if people had to think twice before downvoting’ maybe it would be a good thing overall. But as we can see, it’s not a very popular idea. It would also be like a captcha, without having to get those stupid things involved.

I guess thinking about this, another thought is, what if we just programmed in an option so that you can just turn off the display of votes. I know for a fact that even some imaginary points can have an effect on your mental health so maybe the solution is to just give people the option to hide them. Or how about just hiding them altogether. Maybe someone with some training in psychology can give some input on a better system that this simple up/down voting that would possibly be better for the population as a whole. Regardless, I like your idea too.

Duly noted.

Ok. I never said it was a great idea. LOL.

I have an idea about downvoting, and it seems like this would be the place to float it. What if when you downvoted something you had to fill out a box with the reason? I know that you can’t hold people to this, but the thought here is to make downvoting more of a conscious decision than just click and move on.