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2024-11-26 05:30:12

#5226

uziq: Member; +517|3794

engaged. got an apartment. resident in tokyo.

ironically for all the AI chat above, i'm pretty sure all the generative AI slop is gonna replace coders and CAD monkeys like dilbert a long time before it replaces me. how long until boston dynamics invent a robot that will superannuate beef patties like jay in the HVAC industry?

Last edited by uziq (2024-11-26 05:31:46)

2024-11-26 10:44:50

#5227

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +652|4062

Just when the world needed him the most he returned.

Congratulations on the engagement

2024-11-27 00:41:56

#5228

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,818|6448|eXtreme to the maX

uziq wrote:
ironically for all the AI chat above, i'm pretty sure all the generative AI slop is gonna replace coders and CAD monkeys like dilbert a long time before it replaces me. how long until boston dynamics invent a robot that will superannuate beef patties like jay in the HVAC industry?

Whats funny is that is literally my life now.

But really, my colossal intellectual thighs straddle multiple complex domains, you inhabit just the one - where all the input, output and reference material is digitised as a given and therefore very easily taken over by AI.
The only task which would be easier would be accounting.

"uziqGPT: Edit this book in the style of Max Hastings and print it double-spaced on 175gsm paper"

Fuck Israel

2024-11-27 19:51:02

#5229

uziq: Member; +517|3794

AI will replace all the rote tasks of copy-writing and reportage for the big associated press-style wire communications. it will replace copy-writing for most corporate uses and basic communicative english, e.g. instruction manuals and promotional material. it won't replace a good book editor, though, because they bring much more to the table than grammarly-esque fixing of semi-colons and dangling participles. it's a collaborative relationship and AI is not going to give good direction on structure or developmental editing.

typesetting and printing aren't done by a publishing house, by the way. even a lot of the more rote production-related tasks were offshored in the beginning of the digital desktop publishing era, nevermind AI. and that is a shame for all those quality typesetting companies and printshops based in the UK. we have tried to maintain a relationship with our norwich-based printer but the future is looking bleak.

the greatest threat to all these industries is simpletons like you who can't tell the difference between a word dump of auto-generative shit 'in the style of ...' (which never strikes anyone who actually reads as impressive or credible in any way), and who actually don't care at all about the quality of typesetting or what gsm their paper is. you'd read those little nazi apologist screeds on toilet paper.

2024-11-28 00:17:12

#5230

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,818|6448|eXtreme to the maX

uziq wrote:
the greatest threat to all these industries is simpletons like you

Thats literally everyone these days

anyone who actually reads

Thats literally no-one now, see above

The future of writing is 3d holographic menus projected into they eyes of indian and chinese hogs so they don't have to interrupt their eating while planning the next course.

Fuck Israel

2025-01-27 14:58:48

#5231

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +652|4062

My dad's girlfriend got hit by a car while on her motorcycle.

https://garmeylaw.com/wp-content/uploads/AdobeStock_391182469-scaled.jpeg

She fucked up her hip. She is a smoker and drinker and the hip was already bad. So her body isn't recovering well. My dad says she walks funny now. The bitch is broken

2025-01-28 10:24:52

#5232

uziq: Member; +517|3794

riding a motorcycle at that age is the nearest thing to a deathwish. taking up heroin would have better outcomes.

Last edited by uziq (2025-01-28 10:25:05)

2025-01-28 11:34:28

#5233

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +652|4062

Yup. This affair has left her maimed. Literally fucking maimed.

https://media.tenor.com/YXaNQagM8NEAAAAe/palpatine-senate.png

I would in ironically write that guy a thank you note who hit her.

https://cdn-useast1.kapwing.com/static/templates/the-office-congratulations-meme-template-full-2b8fc448.webp

2025-01-29 14:32:59

#5234

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,068|7114|PNW

that really sucks though.

there was a short phase where i wanted one (a motorcycle, not a crippling skeleton injury) to save on gas. certainly wouldn't save on medical/funerary if i slid under someone's car. idea went into the bin. leave that stuff for video games, where you can rocket-propel yourself halfway across los santos and still have a decent chance to get back up again.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2025-01-29 14:34:08)

2025-01-30 00:59:34

#5235

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,818|6448|eXtreme to the maX

As a 10 year old I wanted a dirt bike. Obviously I didn't get one, or a BMX even.

You have to be insane to go on the road without a steel shell around you.

Fuck Israel

2025-01-30 03:01:22

#5236

uziq: Member; +517|3794

had a cousin from my side of the family in south africa who was left with a life-changing brain injury from a bike accident. wasn’t his fault - came around a corner on the highway at speed and an articulated lorry was doing a u-turn in the road. this must have been SA in the late 80s or early 90s. nightmare fuel. that cousin ended up jumping off the roof of a high tower in joburg. could probably find an archived news article about if i tried. suffice to say nobody in my family from my grandmother on down would allow me to have a motorcycle. my father still had a few ducatis and motoguzzis (sp?) in his time. the noise they made was enough to scare me away. you could hear the 1100cc sport ones from a village away.

coupled with my brother having his life just about ended in a land rover, and having to sit next to that and around the fallout of countless other mortally wounding and maiming accidents through my 20s.

at least i’ve been cured of the male weakness for obsessing over and wasting huge amounts of money on libidinal purchases/depreciating assets like cars. could not care any less about owning a fancy vehicle or making ownership of one my personality.

Last edited by uziq (2025-01-30 03:02:03)

2025-01-30 05:33:19

#5237

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,818|6448|eXtreme to the maX

Driving is about the most dangerous thing the average person does, much of the safety stuff is a fig leaf - trucks just aren't taken into account for example.

Stay way from trucks.

Fuck Israel

2025-01-30 09:23:15

#5238

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,068|7114|PNW

that's a bit like slamming body armor because it didn't stop a tank shell.

i would rather be in a car that has performed rather well in collision tests, in case of, you know, a collision. obviously, drive like you don't want to be in a collision, and don't trust anyone around you to not put you into one.

i walk to a lot of my errands if they aren't towns over. it's good exercise. knowing i do this, boomer relatives think i'm crazy. "but what if it's raining!" (you don't own raingear in wa?) "that's a really long way" (literally a few blocks distance).

"you could get shot!" huh? i thought living in gun country was a point of perverse pride. comparisons drawn between hot spots and, er, beirut. besides, i could just buy some body armor.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2025-01-30 09:33:40)

2025-01-30 11:52:49

#5239

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,988|6974|949

Sometimes I wish i lived in a walkable area. Californians make cars part of their personality. Its actually really weird. People living in cheap apartments but driving $75k-100k cars is a real thing here.

That reminds me, I really need to sell my Corolla.

2025-01-30 14:36:25

#5240

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,068|7114|PNW

with a few exceptions i can get most of my stuff done within walking distance if i have time for it.

an issue is a lot of stores don't want you bringing outside backpacks or bags in. this is stupid. walking home from the store with pounds of produce cutting off the circulation in your fingers is not fun. i see some humblebrag about how one of those pedestrian-hostile stores is otherwise committed to climate stuff, and roll my eyes.

2025-02-11 20:29:39

#5241

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +652|4062

I saw Louis CK show. Working out new material. A lot of fun.

2025-02-17 17:49:44

#5242

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,068|7114|PNW

bad and good:

bad: bunch of my stuff got stolen from storage. thieves cut their way in. maybe 4k in tools and books collected over the years. probably much less for resale.
good: it's all gone. i don't have to go through any of it. i'm not responsible for hazmat or cleanup. the boxes i had locks on were all busted open and abandoned there, destined for the dumpster. i no longer have to think about having stuff in different spots, or paying for storage, or moving it around. freeing, really. one step closer to digital nomadism.

so, less annoyed than i thought i'd be. some people in my circles were more annoyed, on my behalf. i've been thinking of it in positive terms all day. maybe the stolen stuff bought someone something they needed, or brought someone happiness (i wasn't doing much with it). in addition, it's not like i had everything i own burn away in a big fire or flood.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5cQ_4MGN4uA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-AYACkAGKAgwIABABGEkgSShZMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAWwFnk5ZvFbflzW6Nv_SVZVVXzbg

the books, at least, i'll maybe buy replacements for over time in deep discount digital copy. there might've been a console game or two in there but heck if i can remember.

everything is (mostly) replaceable, with the glaring exception of an heirloom item built by my grandpa. losing that sucked. i really hope it ends or ended up with someone who appreciates it.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2025-02-17 20:58:06)

2025-02-17 19:19:41

#5243

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +652|4062

Really zen way of handling it

What was the heirloom your grandfather built? Did you lose the family dildo?

2025-02-17 20:54:36

#5244

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,068|7114|PNW

no, but that sounds like it would be an interesting plot for a western. wood dong stolen from midwest family ranch sparks blood feud. everyone just ends up with gunshot wounds and awkward splinter placement.

2025-02-18 04:28:03

#5245

uziq: Member; +517|3794

sorry that happened to you, that must have been a shock and a bummer.

i would be most bothered about the time lost in finding and selecting all those books, but i'm assuming they weren't in your primary residence for a reason in the first place.

2025-02-18 08:28:05

#5246

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,988|6974|949

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
bad and good:

bad: bunch of my stuff got stolen from storage. thieves cut their way in. maybe 4k in tools and books collected over the years. probably much less for resale.
good: it's all gone. i don't have to go through any of it. i'm not responsible for hazmat or cleanup. the boxes i had locks on were all busted open and abandoned there, destined for the dumpster. i no longer have to think about having stuff in different spots, or paying for storage, or moving it around. freeing, really. one step closer to digital nomadism.

so, less annoyed than i thought i'd be. some people in my circles were more annoyed, on my behalf. i've been thinking of it in positive terms all day. maybe the stolen stuff bought someone something they needed, or brought someone happiness (i wasn't doing much with it). in addition, it's not like i had everything i own burn away in a big fire or flood.

the books, at least, i'll maybe buy replacements for over time in deep discount digital copy. there might've been a console game or two in there but heck if i can remember.

everything is (mostly) replaceable, with the glaring exception of an heirloom item built by my grandpa. losing that sucked. i really hope it ends or ended up with someone who appreciates it.

That sucks. Really positive mindset though.

You have me stressing about my storage now. I should probably go through it and pull some of my records and books out.

2025-02-18 09:05:29

#5247

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,068|7114|PNW

thx.

it's a mix of some of things. there's ambivalence since they didn't make the cut for my main place, but then, i didn't sell/donate either. my stuff was mostly split due more to space constraints, but it wasn't like i set out to get rid of them? still:

uziq wrote:
but i'm assuming they weren't in your primary residence for a reason in the first place.

…is accurate, more or less.

if someone is desperate enough to haul that much weight in paper through a hole in a building (and there's a mental image, thieves herniating themselves with bags of that stuff; it wasn't lightweight, i can attest), i can only hope that the thieves and maybe wherever it's being fenced have kept that stuff clean and dry. it would suck for years of collecting to just go into the gutter. but i have my doubts that i was robbed by a bibliophile.

@ken, honestly, it could have been my place just as easily broken into. i'm glad that didn't happen and that i wasn't held at gunpoint for a bunch of DVDs or something. but yeah, hindsight, i should have probably went through long before and pulled out some of the good stuff. grr!

[tl;dr content mac'd]

update: suspect caught on camera:

https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdg9a75yWo1roi1a1o1_500.gif

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2025-02-18 11:32:13)

2025-02-18 09:21:07

#5248

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,745|7079|Cinncinatti

Ah memories

2025-02-19 01:12:09

#5249

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,818|6448|eXtreme to the maX

Sorry to hear that.
Do the police care? Its funny how they usually don't, but when you gather a posse and hand out pick axe handles they suddenly get interested.

I'd suggest scouring ebay, craigslist and kink forums to see if any of your stuff turns up.

Turning this around and making it about me the stores guy at my last job stole a load of obscure electronics stuff and sold it on.
The police wouldn't touch the fence who was selling it on ebay "because he didn't know it was stolen"

Fuck Israel

2025-02-19 04:40:48

#5250

uziq: Member; +517|3794

since the pandemic it really feels like petty crime and larceny has been majorly downgraded in the west. the UK seems to be blighted by shoplifting and forms of day-to-day anti-sociality and the police are nowhere to be found. even major chains that deal with regular theft get advised to hire in toothless private security outfits that can't even put their hands on a person committing a crime in progress. it's effectively open day on all forms of theft under 4-figures. toothpaste now has security tags. the check-out in the local co-op now resembles a liquor store in the southside of chicago. you have to shout to the little old lady through a heavy perspex cage to tell her you want your weekly lottery scratch-card. it's all very dispiriting.

i have never been so glad to jump ship from a low-trust to a high-trust society. the difference is night and day. the waves of relief and wellbeing that come with it are not to be understated.

Last edited by uziq (2025-02-19 05:43:04)

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