Today, you get to be one of the lucky 10,000.

Once had a friend comment, “have you ever felt like you should apologize to the toilet for what you just did?”

The look on the host’s face was priceless.

No, the algorithms are always there - otherwise, there is no “feed”. It’s just that the algorithms here have no hidden weights to drive engagement towards specific topics/posts. Not that it can’t still be manipulated, but that’s often detectable behind the scenes, too.

Just for you, Jeff, I’m pushing every single walk button I see, especially when I’m not crossing the road.

No

Oh like they care.

No, it’s far more crass: destroying the book makes scanning easier and faster.

Yes

That’s what we hate the most about sites like that though, isn’t it? That they’re occasionally useful?

The original books never go further into it, but essentially yes. There’s a single bit of dialogue when Paul’s son talks about hunter seeker robots exterminating mankind. But in the prequel books, during the Butlerian jihad, just before it’s defeat the enemy ai makes copies of itself and launched them to random distant stars. And mind you, this was before faster then light travel (the discovery of which is what actually helped the humans win). But presumably Omnius returns for a reckoning.

Considering that giving cash to someone under any other circumstances is considered tacky (even gift certificates/cards are more acceptable, and that’s just cash with limits on where/how you can spend it), it is weird that tipping is so ingrained in our culture. And unsettling, to be honest…

Rather, their test of a malware tool powered by an llm went much better than expected? Bullshit, anyhow…

Ribbit. Ribbit all out

Talk to social services, see it you qualify for any aid.

And, perhaps a shrink and/or psychiatrist to explore if they can help with any pervasive negative emotions and thoughts you may be dealing with.

I’ve only discovered one local station where I can’t mute the ads, so naturally I won’t shop there anymore.

That’s the most horrible part, I think: the actual human cost. How does this affect people like you and me?

When, not if, this bubble bursts, we all know who is going to be left holding the bag - the only question is how they stick it to us.

You overestimate the capacity of billionaires to feel empathy, which is actually zero. Somebody who is going to amass that amount of wealth, I don’t believe there’s anything that would stop them so I disagree. A billionaire would hit that button with absolutely no hesitation.

Well, yeah, that’s literally the point of conspicuous consumption.

And the fake lens flare. It took me a while to even realize that’s what it’s supposed to be.

Edit: And the shadows are weird as hell - that’s a very very common tell.

This is one of the less click-baity titles I’ve seen in a while. What are you talking about?

Personally know one of those racist homophobes that wants to get railed by a black dude, so…yeah.