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AI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans
  • The only problem I have with that is the notion that a company gets to consolidate funds that were previously going to an actual real person. Now, if we could rely on big business to pass on those savings to their customers and employees, that would be one thing. But we can't.

  • What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?
  • I had an S8 a couple years back and upgraded to an S10 when it first came out. The notification light went away and it was a huge bummer. I now have a Pixel 7 and it doesn't have it either, so I've learned to live without it.

  • Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free
  • Personally, idgaf what they do with Prime Video. After about a decade of having Prime, the only thing that has ever caught my attention was Rings of Power and that shat the bed so I'm good there.

    I order enough off Amazon that faster delivery is a major draw for me. Ordering from other merchants is a drag because Amazon set the standard forever ago. But is it worth $140/year? Idk, I'll have to do the value calculation on that one. But it's getting closer to not being worth it. Especially if they continue to bundle the cost of video that I don't use onto my shipping subscription.

  • Star Citizen Just Had its Biggest Crowdfunding Day Ever With $3.5 Million in 24 Hours
  • What stage of development is it in? I'd like to play it, but not until it's finished. I find that playing a game that's in alpha or beta ruins the "wow" reaction of playing a fully fleshed out game for the first time.

  • I get what I like because I do what I want 🎶
  • Or maybe proper care for a kid really does cost $20k a year and half the population could not care for one without assistance or a partner to help cover those costs.

    Plenty of children go without in this country.

  • Aboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902
  • What gets me is that yeah that's their excuse, but if someone treated, say, an orangutan or a baboon like this I'd think that was pretty fucked up too. We were so gross. We still are (dog fighting, circus elephants etc) but the cruelty that we're capable of without what is essentially moral peer pressure, is chilling to think about. Even today we fight tooth and nail against moral progress and treating everyone with respect.

  • The US is quietly arming Taiwan to the teeth
  • It would be irksome, sure. But there is no amount of weaponry that China could supply Cuba with that would threaten the USA (short of nukes), so it would be a moot point. Business as usual. Taiwan similarly has no hope of success in attacking China, regardless of how many weapons the USA provides. Meaning: this only works one way, and if China is upset about that then maybe they should keep their eyes (and hands) within their own borders and everything will be fine.

  • The US is quietly arming Taiwan to the teeth
  • There's nothing to understand, it's the same situation. Neither Panama nor Cuba are currently under threat from the USA. The USA does not claim ownership over either, and is not threatening their sovereignty.

    You're the one not understanding the false equivalency.

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