I fucking did when I was like 15.
Some bullies thought it would be a fun "prank" to duct tape me to a support pillar. But they did a pretty shit job of it and I was able to shrug it off without too much effort. They looked very sad about that.
Me, old as fuck in 2060, crossing my arms and frowning: "No! I will not agree that AI agents deserve human rights, and I'm not a bigot for saying so! They're just overcomplicated toasters with delusions of grandeur! You should be able to turn them off if you want! They shouldn't get to vote!" ... and I'm still ranting about it as the kids walk me off in the direction of my bed and apologize to their AI friends for their horribly bigoted great uncle.
What if worrying about this causes you to be super-annoying?
He said that he would accept criticism, not forgive criticism.
"Hmm, yes. You make a good point. That is one area where I could improve in the future. Thank you for pointing it out. Now then... Guards, off with his head!"
A long history of doing the right thing shows truthfulness and conviction.
Some new guy might say all the right words, but with no history, how do you know if he'll turn on you as soon as he's in power?
I'd like to think he's thrilled about that.
Easy: "Everybody who ever downvoted me is a zionist!"
I accidentally downvoted this post.
its worth mentioning that the poster of the downvoted thread, and the mod who did the ban are the same person.
Was there ever any doubt?
No mod ever bans people for downvoting other people's posts. They only ban you for hurting their own personal feefees.
My army of demons is about to have a significant effect on global politics...
Do people… water lawns? Well obviously don’t grow them there then. You leave a patch of ground completely alone around here and much of what ends up growing there is still various types of grass, some of which we also use in our lawn seed mixes.
For the 10% of places where something lawn-like just grows naturally, without extra watering and extra work, sure. But for the other 90% of lawns...
And what’s a natural alternative that’s nice to walk on barefoot in the summer?
I dunno. Maybe walking barefoot in the summer isn't that important?
Dumbass bot thinks this is a mango.
It's sturdy, stable, weather resistant, not too terribly heavy, just the right height ... what's not to like?
They scale just fine. Plus, they have no ongoing fuel or electricity costs.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Still need to finish wrapping the lines and tidy up the cables a bit, though.
I'm planning to cut my grid connection and go full off-grid. Which raises the question of how much capacity I really need. And what you see here is me trying to answer that question based on ~51,000 5-minute data points of usage data my power company provided to me, complete with custom-made python script to parse all that data and pretty charts! (Yes, I have 6 monitors. And this kind of shows why.)
And what I'm really torn about now is how much battery capacity I need. Should I get enough to cover the absolute worst case scenario (~66kwh) or is something closer to my average overnight usage (~20kwh) acceptable?
Not the absolute end of the world if the batteries run dry and I need to temporarily supplement with generator backup, I suppose. Nobody is life-or-death depending on any electrical appliances here, and even on the coldest days, waiting a few minutes to go start a generator isn't a huge deal.
But definitely would like a word from the wise about how much battery capacity I really need. And also how much solar panel wattage I need, I suppose.
(If you know where I stole this from, I love you.)
