Yup. I go to an office run by Mayo. Introductions from anyone entering the room go like: “How are you? Good? Good. Can I get your last name and date of birth?”

They look down at whatever piece of paper they’re holding and make sure it matches. I figure it helps prevent all kinds of accidents.

I think the idea is that people being conditioned to suck up to a strongman is a part of the system that institutes the hierarchy. Now, whether or not that idea is valid or not can be debated.

I think the idea is that new posts with a picture get better engagement than replies? I don’t know if that makes it better, but at least it’s an explanation.

They still have issues with tire dust, but yeah they’re a lot better.

I’m sorry, 1x11? I’ve never really shopped for a bike more expensive than like $500 and the idea of getting less gear options for more money is wild to me.

I had a dream that I was a commander in the Imperial Ace Hardware Army and I was tasked with a campaign to take over a small mom and pop hardware store in rural Mongolia and assimilate it into the Ace Hardware chain.

there must be some challenge-response type NFC systems on the market

There are. Hotels use them for door key cards so they can’t be cloned.

It keeps people remembering that this is a distraction from the Epstein stuff. A useful reminder, I’d say.

Yes

They’re also good if you are interested in quitting. They give you an accurate measured dose to taper off with.

Not with that attitude

I wonder…

@oatmeal@mastodon.social

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Dang, doesn’t show up

I’m curious if that would match the definition in the legislation. It could kind of be argued both ways.

(M) Artificial Intelligence. “Artificial intelligence” means a machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments. “Artificial intelligence” includes generative artificial intelligence.
(N) Generative Artificial Intelligence. “Generative artificial intelligence” means an automated computing system that, when prompted with human prompts, descriptions, or queries, can produce outputs that simulate human-produced content, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) textual outputs, such as short answers, essays, poetry, or longer compositions or answers; (2) image outputs, such as fine art, photographs, conceptual art, diagrams, and other images; (3) multimedia outputs, such as audio or video in the form of compositions, songs, or short-form or long-form audio or video; and (4) other content that would be otherwise produced by human means.
(Source: P.A. 102-233, eff. 8-2-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1030, eff. 5-27-22; 103-804, eff. 1-1-26.)

My money’s on “poorly”

They should make another one of those

310°? damn, Core One holding me back again

I got a free fridge from work when they were renovating and it was a damn good day. The one provided by the landlord was such trash.

The risk of multiple pairs of pants encountering a problem on the trip is low, but my ability to do something about it is much more hindered than when I’m at home, so better be ready in case it does happen.

Hopefully DoH and DoT take off to help with that. But also are ISPs usually running devices hefty enough to inspect every DNS response going through their network? I thought they mostly run pure routers.

I’m curious about the technical/enforcement side of this. The UK doesn’t really have a great firewall. Would they press ISPs to drop routes for their ASN?