Area Man
@jzelten.bsky.social
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Iconoclast. Abyss-starer. Low tolerance for people not acting in good faith. Possible space alien. Unsolicited DMs will result in instant blocking.
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As usual, Luigi gets left out.
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(For whatever it's worth, Godfather 1 and 2 are just about the only gangster movies I have enjoyed, unless you count classic Noir. I'm just glad that they didn't make a third movie.)
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...which, I'm sure you would agree, would be fine if somebody didn't like gangster movies, regardless of their subtext? It would just mean that they wouldn't find many Pacino movies to enjoy, including what many people consider his best. Personally, I'm partial to Dog Day Afternoon.
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And also to clarify: I'm not trying to develop a balanced a sense of her oeuvre or the arc of her career. I'm trying to find movies to enjoy, and lots of people have spoken highly of her work. So I feel like there might be something in there for me.
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To clarify, by "setting aside", I mean I have no opinion. I don't know the facts, and never will. Some of his earlier stuff had moments (Broadway Danny Rose). I can't speak to his later stuff because I haven't seen it. I'd be a fool to.

But back on DK: what should I watch?
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Setting aside Woody Allen the person, other than Hannah and her Sisters, I just don't like Woody Allen movies. Sorry. But thank you for the informed response
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I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to me.
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I'll see if its streaming on any of my channels.
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Wall weasels.

I once convinced my sister-in-law that her house had wall weasels. It was epic.
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Apparently, there is no patron saint of railways.

I would like to nominate Saint Pancras.
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Given the rapacious appetite of GenAI datacenters, I imagine water companies will be next.
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Just remember, the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay liquid
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I have never understood the admiration for Diane Keaton's acting. Given the plaudits, I feel like I'm missing something. What should I watch that might change my mind?

Degree of difficulty: no Woody Allen.
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Thomas Paine played important roles in both the American and French revolutions. This is the origin of the expression "No Paine, no gain".
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WTF is wrong with website designers who don't show you the password rules until after you've broken them?
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Good luck, I'm behind seven proxies

(You have to know the joke).
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Time for Dems to play hardball. They need to find a way to block the swearing in of reps from gerrymandered seats.

Otherwise, no exaggeration, democracy is replaced with a permanent one party system.
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Combine this with refusing to seat Dem representatives, and you've got a quiet coup.
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According to CNN, Democrats could lose 19 seats because of Republican Gerrymandering
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I now feel very dirty.

Not because of the pornbots, but because I used ChatGPT.
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Finally, I pointed it at a press release about the announcement and it admitted "yeah, we're doing that" (paraphrased).

I honestly don't understand how anybody trusts a single word this slop machine produces.
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"If such a claim were true, it would likely spark significant ethical debates, as creating or allowing AI to be used in adult or explicit contexts raises major concerns about consent, safety, and harm."
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"It’s possible that there’s been some confusion or misinterpretation, as Sam Altman and OpenAI have generally been focused on ethical AI development and ensuring that their models are used for positive societal impact."
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I asked ChatGPT about this, and it adamantly and repeatedly denied that OpenAI would ever do such a thing:

"I haven’t seen any press release or public statement from Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, where he explicitly says OpenAI will create porn chatbots."
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I'm just saying...

"A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: 'If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand...'" - Revelation 14:9
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