Recent content by officerripley

"...for corporations and venture capitalists, the appeal of AI is not that it is sentient or technologically revolutionary, but that it promises to make the jobs of large swaths of labor redundant and unnecessary. Corporate executives in nearly every industry and mega margin-maximizing...

(I want her dress, lol)

I read an article by an allergist the other day that reminded me of a co-worker. Part of the reason that she had been living in a high desert area before she moved here was because she had found out that she was allergic to mold. But after moving to the desert, her allergy symptoms got even...

He sure can. I guess he got his start in musical theatre so has always been a pretty good dancer. I heard that when he made this video, he told them, "Fellas, because of my knees, I can still do everything except jump *down* from the table, so you'll have to fake that part." but everything else...

At birth, since I don't remember ever believing in Santa.

That's gorgeous but you'd have to wear sunglasses to look at it, lol.

I also visit Blue Sky. Also Mastodon and Instagram.

That happened to me. Against my better judgement, I was persuaded to join a pinochle group. I warned them that I was a beginning player and not very competitive at all, but the gal begged me to join. with the exception of the gal who persuaded me to join, they were these humorless, cut-throat...