(Plus I recall reading not long ago about genAI trained on a specific band releasing albums of simulated that-band music at a rate the band could never hope to match, but I don't remember the details, I'm open to seeing a debunking, and I'm not sure it's primarily the tech that's the problem here)

And for people currently or aspirationally in creative fields, there's the prison loaf issue

If the people who support it are using the claim that it will destroy my life as a selling point, it's not actually all that unreasonable for me to have a problem with it on that basis.

If you're constantly thinking about your car, it's either a hobby or a lemon

How does she feel about supply chains?

Is that a descriptive or perscriptive "don't"? Because if it's the first I have some bad news

Seems like something HuffPo would endorse. IYKYK

OT3H, if someone doesn't understand that, maybe they shouldn't be talking so confidently about politics

OTOH, it's not necessarily obvious what that means: not just winning party-line votes on legislation, but control over procedures and things like that

I feel like Leftists think we're grading Dems on a curve, and I suppose that's not untrue, but the curve is "Republicans control the entire Federal government"

Talking about politics with my doctor was uncomfortable enough when I agreed with him!

(I took the Groucho Marx approach and read a book)

You don't understand, Fig, I'm watching ironically. I'm hate-watching, surely they track that

Fing-ger, sing-er
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It must be very appealing to people who would describe themselves like that!

The Venn of those people and the people behind AI isn't quite a bullseye, but …

I can see this being The Thing as long as we don't rely on this being The Thing

The more he acts like this, the more likely it is that any one supporter's ox is the one being gored in a particular incident