Okay but like, search is really bad now. Beyond just “welp, a bunch of bad actors figured out SEO, nothing we can do about that!” bad. At this point I wouldn’t discredit the idea that it’s something Google’s intentionally doing.

Here’s an actual photograph you can use for this thread, instead of that cgi/ai slop monstrosity

Tariffs have reduced exports, particularly to Canada, which was the largest foreign buyer of American wine.

Uh sure, it was the tariffs, and not the widespread Canadian boycott of American alcohol.

This article is from almost two weeks ago.

I’ve been using “Simple OSM Viewer” (on Android). Is there a reason for me to switch over?

Tbh I’m a bit overwhelmed by how many OpenStreetMap-related apps there are.

Not mentioned in the article: 20- and 30-somethings are broke, and a night out is crazy expensive now. Plus legal weed is waaaay cheaper than alcohol.

MFers read Speaker for the Dead and didn’t get that Jane was an annoying little shit.

(Haha just kidding, AI bros can’t read.)

Why does the girl have a Klingon forehead growing out of the crown of her head?

This is a ridiculous YSK. They recalled a fraction of a percentage of all meat sold in the US, and it was all from a specific supplier.

Corrected!

Actually Star Trek: Lower Decks covers the issue of using AI for nefarious purposes. In the series finale, an enemy Klingon superimposes video of a Starfleet admiral over herself making a message ordering the handover of a Klingon asylum seeker (second-in-command smells something fishy and hides the asylum seeker, until the video is confirmed a fake). Then in the comic Shaxs’ Worst Day, the head security officer, Shaxs, uses the holodeck to recreate the bridge of a ship he just commandeered to pretend to be the captain he just killed while communicating with evil universe Starfleet command.

It should be noted that Lower Decks was made in the last decade, and not only incorporates a lot of contemporary social/technological issues and concerns, but also is a comedic reflection on the Star Trek franchise, and freely calls out things that have made fans go “huh?”

I always enjoy seeing these. Why do they inevitably get so many downvotes?

I will readily admit, I feel a sense of pride cross-posting a meme from a general community to a niche community that fits the content perfectly. Sometimes they end up out-performing the original post!

There’s always the cross-post feature!

Don’t forget the air pollution!

How dare you use my likeness for such filth.

(For the botanically-disinclined, those are fireweed flowers in the photo.)

There’s diversity for sure. Old, rural, traditional Japanese homes are huge, most apartments are tiny, and standard single-family homes are usually somewhere in-between. The layout pictured here is most common in houses and apartments with multiple occupants; single-person apartments (especially cheaper or more modern ones) often have a more western-style “unit” bathroom with everything shoved into one room. But there’s a lot of variety; for instance some places have the sink and tub/shower together while the toilet is separate. Japanese homes (especially apartments) often only have one bathroom, so separating out the bath, toilet, and sink/vanity is actually a space-saving compromise, because one person can be using the toilet, one taking a bath, and another brushing their teeth all at the same time with relative privacy without the need for a second (or third) bathroom.

I wonder what it takes to really piss OP off if they only consider this “mildly” infuriating.

This is the way most Japanese showers are set up, and it works well because the shower/tub, toilet, and sink/storage area are three separate rooms.

Here is a (simplified approximation of a) common layout:

I’m sorry to hear that; I hope you’re doing well.