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  • I’m much more a fan of the PBS/NPR underwriting model. Tell me who deliberately funds the show or video.

    When the advertisement is so divorced from the show, is not relevant to the conversation or is not relevant to me, then the andvertisers are wasting their money.

    If you show me the same ad over and over again, I am actually more likely to NOT buy that branded product or service because I’ve become so annoyed and numb from the ad taking what little time I have on this planet that I will actively boycott it.

    However, I do have a nice space mug from PBS, a plot of land on Mars, the moon and Scotland, and a t-shirt for the Truth podcast to prove that I will spend money when the advertising is relevant to the content I’m consuming. So if you want the ad to work, invest your dollars directly into the content and providers I care about.

    But for the love of everything, do not think for a moment that your contribution gives you license to control their messaging or content.





  • I am not an AI hater, it helps me automate many of the more mundane tasks of my job or the things I don’t ever have time for.

    I also feel that change management is a big factor with any paradigm shifting technology, as is with LLMs. I recall when some people said that both the PC and the internet were going to be just a fad.

    Nonetheless, all the reasons you’ve mentioned are the same ones that give me concern about AI.







  • When I was a teenager in the 90s, I once dated someone whom I thought otherwise to be a smart and collected girl.

    Then I watched her and her friend rummage the side streets for half smoked cigarette butts that people had disposed of out their car windows. The bliss in their eyes when they lit up a half smoked one.

    Looking through the eyes of an adult now, it makes me wonder why I continued to try and strike a habit myself over the next 2 years. Fortunate for me, it never seemed like my drug of choice, though I did find others.

    Being addicted to anything will make you realize just how fragile “giving a shit” really is.



  • Analysis …

    You should eat more fiber. You wipe too hard but somehow also not enough? You sat 23.64 minutes longer than required, you’re at risk for a hemorrhoid. You have a 22.5% chance of acquiring cancer.

    There’s protein in the specimen. I caught a glimpse of the images displayed on your phone. Disregard previous assessment, why did you acquire me when you already provide such thorough analysis?

    You have 4 more Throne™ iCUPs remaining. Ordering more for you now. Rent is due on the 5th and you no longer have the funds available to pay. Stop killing kittens and go get a third job.

    This analysis concluded, brought to you by Bridgefjord smoked beef jerky.