Same, Karl.
I love a conclave (I am Catholic-adjacent but have never been Ctholic) but, damn, I would have preferred to wait a while.
But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?
Fred ,'Smile Time'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cass - Apr 21, 2025 8:20:33 am PDT #6897 of 6908
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Jessica - Apr 21, 2025 8:28:33 am PDT #6898 of 6908
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
AI needs to be reined in not only for environmental / ethical reasons but because it mostly produces TERRIBLE results (that then require equivalent or more person-hours to correct than it would have cost to just...not use AI in the first place). The limited number of generative AI systems doing actual useful work is absolutely swamped by the number of AI assistants/enrichment tools consuming ridiculous amounts of water and fossil fuels and giving us nothing but garbage in return.
-t - Apr 21, 2025 9:05:49 am PDT #6899 of 6908
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is what burns me up, that we are apparently willing to pour vast resources into getting really poor results
A lot of people are right there with you on both of those, Dana. I will probably watch Conclave sooner now...(have been meaning to but haven't gotten around to it yet). I am having a lot of ex-Catholic feels, for sure
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2025 9:21:46 am PDT #6900 of 6908
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Meeting with JD Vance fucking killed him.
And who among us can blame him?
meara - Apr 21, 2025 10:25:27 am PDT #6901 of 6908
I would not want to meet with JD Vance but I’d probably try to kick the bucket before rather than after, so clearly there is a causal effect. IJS.
I am bummed about the pope though—not perfect but a lot better than the last one and I fear they will go hard-line for the next one.
erikaj - Apr 21, 2025 10:48:52 am PDT #6902 of 6908
Always Anti-fascist!
Feeling that, Tep. Maybe dying after Easter is some sign that Francis is really special, as when RBG died during RH. I've been glad to know, even as a lot of my extended fam were pretty emphatic about being Not-Catholic that somebody at the Vatican seemed to understand the assignment...feels weird to be me and think I'd miss a Pope, but if I can, it's Francis.(There were things I did and said to my Catholic then-stepdad that I feel were a little narrowminded and I wish I could take them back, but he wasn't doing a Christian soldier's duty picking up online skanks on the sly, so maybe by now, it's a wash. ) AI: Was kind of embarrassed for Scott Pelley on 60 minutes talking to one of those CEOs for the second time and being all "Gee, Mr. Wizard," especially about stuff that doesn't seem like it's, well, there yet. Even if it were, let's try to learn something from all the Musk fawning, shall we?(Why do they want machines that can learn from mistakes and people who don't?) That guy straight-up said it "could cure all disease"(one day, I'm assuming, not while the robot's playing chess and all that bullshit) but I, beam of sunshine that I am, was like, "We're gonna have to die, so I think not.) I'd be worried about Nature being like "Fuck all y'all," and coming up with new ones to restore the balance.
-t - Apr 21, 2025 11:39:56 am PDT #6903 of 6908
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'd be worried about Nature being like "Fuck all y'all," and coming up with new ones to restore the balance.
Right? My consistent reaction to just about anything these techbros say is that they have not read enough science fiction because the scenarios they float have been written about and flaws both obvious and not brought up
erikaj - Apr 21, 2025 12:37:14 pm PDT #6904 of 6908
Always Anti-fascist!
yes, even though I haven't read tons of SF, either. Very up on the George Jetson "Stop this crazy thing!" continuum, though.
Jessica - Apr 21, 2025 12:41:41 pm PDT #6905 of 6908
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My consistent reaction to just about anything these techbros say is that they have not read enough science fiction because the scenarios they float have been written about and flaws both obvious and not brought up
At long last we have created the torment nexus ...
DavidS - Apr 21, 2025 1:01:39 pm PDT #6906 of 6908
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
At long last we have created the torment nexus ...
Heh!
My new glasses arrived and I love them: [link]
EM came over this morning and instead of getting Matilda up, she crawled into bed with Matilda and they talked for an hour.
I did finally extract Matilda from bed by noon, though she is yet filled with crabby grievances and probably will be until she gets un-jet-lagged.
Did my Monday morning Pilates and my body is still baby beginner on most of the moves and I'm still learning the names and what they do, but I'm also making improvements in flexibility and strength already.
When I started my legs were too tight to do the high step up to the Wunda chair, and now I can, and my roll-up actually gets me sitting up (with use of a foot strap).