jpreston2005

I joined when it was the only way to win a pair of tickets to The Colbert show's last taping. I didn't win, I've never opened the site again. My username is like "adifficultpoo" lol

Jesus christ Tim Curry died on the same day as Dolly? What kind of fucked up world are we living in

I hate it here

I'll believe in consequences for american fascists when I start seeing them

Public pressure doesn't seem to mean anything to the people in power anymore. Who cares if you're deeply unpopular if you can ride off into the sunset with millions (or billions) in stolen wealth?

I had a rental car with that lane assist on, and it tried to drive me into oncoming traffic. I don't care how "rarely" it tries to kill me and others, it only needs to happen once before I turn it off and swear it off forever.

I worked at a movie theater for my first ever job. I lied about my age to get it, I was 14. It was a great job, working the concession stand. I got to drink mad slushies, and all the pretzel bites that I could sneak. Got a movie poster, can't even remember which one, and some discounted tickets. Made some friends, it was awesome.

But yeah my manager and the guy doing all the projector work were just, 100% not happy 😅 I guess now I know why

the Federal Trade Commission Act expressly excludes “air carriers and foreign air carriers” from the Commission’s Section 5 authority over unfair or deceptive practices.

And while several states are passing laws on the matter, those are expressly preempted by the Airline Deregulation Act.

Regulations don't apply to them for... reasons

The FTC is warning retailers not to use private consumer data to raise prices, but the Federal Trade Commission Act expressly excludes “air carriers and foreign air carriers” from the Commission’s Section 5 authority over unfair or deceptive practices.

bro, whut?

AI will identify a funeral traveler or stranded passenger and charge more.

The argument here is that AI will improve price discrimination (and therefore total revenue)

There's a whole lot of other words in the article claiming that this "actually can lower ticket costs for some consumers!" and "AI will increase productivity!" but it's all bullshit. Every single person that's been forced to work with AI already knows it doesn't do shit right, and their only example of offering a lower fare is to a "leisure traveler that might otherwise stay home." Oh, OK, so a rich asshole that travels for fun?

FUCK THIS BULLSHIT AND FUCK DELTA

I used to be real hyped about self-driving cars. I thought it would be just the answer we needed to our profound lack of public transportation. But after they took off the LIDAR system, it just became a money grab. And what was I thinking anyway? Self-driving cars? the answer to no public transportation? As if you'd want one of these cheap systems in charge full of a BUS of people?

My ex-wife was right. Shoulda just went with fucking trains. But we can't, because an ego-maniacal billionaire wants to be a trillionaire. Reason #4,506 of why I hate living in the United States

I was working a new role at a brand new site for a company. Working really hard, putting in a lot of effort, really trying to prove myself. I had 5 years of experience in the role, and wanted to move up in the company. Then my supervisor got one of her friends hired in the same role as me, he had zero experience, never done this before.... and they were paying him $10k per year more than me.

I decided right then and there, I was never, ever, going to give a shit about work there again. I got a pay raise to match what he was making, but it took like a year, and my yearly raises since then have been far under inflation. I do not give a shit. I wormed my way like a parasite into the easiest position there, doing as little as possible, entirely remotely. and I still feel like a give too much of a shit. If the job wasn't so easy, and the job market so horrible, I'd probably have left by now but, eh. I'm making more than most, while doing almost nothing. I can't really complain.

but oh boy was I fucking pissed.

If you read the article, he talks specifically about that. The people using AI for real shit, like protein folding, can use it to improve their work, because they're experts at it, and know when the AI is fucking up. The AI helps, but could never, ever, replace them.

The other question Suresh implicitly raises is: "How can you reconcile the failure of AI in the enterprise with the individual claims of skilled technologists who insist that AI is helping them do great work?" The answer is that these AI users are "centaurs" – experienced workers who are assisted by automation on terms that they set for themselves.

Thanks to their skill and experience, these workers possess discernment, the ability to tell good code from bad, and (more importantly) good uses of code-generation tools from bad.

My Samsung S10 has headphone jack and expandable storage 😎 7 year old phone, bought it used for $130