Do they not make cars with Defrost buttons anymore?

YSK Dean has been the OG name trope for American bad boys since Kerouac hit the road in the 50s. Little known fact - the first Dean was named Neal IRL.

Bonus ancient Reddit thread:

Dear god, don’t post this on Reddit. People will die.

Milk²

Toad: “That’s ok Frog, you’re drinking my bathwater…”

Reminds me of an old joke…

Descartes goes down to a hot dog vendor.

“Gimme a hotdog.”

The hotdog vendor asks “you want mustard on that?”

“I think not,” says Descartes, vanishing instantly.

What ever happened to Faye Wray?

I think the overall sentiment is correct given how the current manifestation of AI is built primarily to build a system of control over human information, with the principle players (Oracle, Amazon, Google) attempting to execute the strategic goal of controlling human intelligence for the purposes of political power.

I also agree that the way the supporting network for AI is being built out is an environmental catastrophe, both in terms of data centers physical ecological footprint and the additional power they consume.

But I fully believe that it’s not the technology at fault - rather, its how its being used by the power players that control it.

A data center doesn’t have to be an ecological nightmare, for instance. An underground facility powered by above ground wind and solar could provide both the needed power and temperature control, while containing the impacts from sound and machinery. But it’s more expensive to build underground than it is to buy off the city council in bumfuck Alabamistan.

Let’s look the technology itself. What AI has become is not intelligence or consciousness in any sense of the word. It has become a text based interface with an engine capable of processing large datasets and performing complex operations on the level of a human operator (sometimes).

This in itself is not fascist -but it absolutely has the power to enable fascism in the wrong hands, and all of the principal players in the space have proven themselves amoral (save perhaps Anthropic in certain cases). Conversely, I also believe it has the power to enable democracy in the right hands.

The key word here is power. Power means the power to either disrupt the status quo or build it. AI is a power we’ve only come to live with for about two years now, and its terrifying because its already in the hands of the wrong people.

But it’s not going away, no more than nukes will or guns or anything humanity has found a use for. I think blanket statements like AI = fascism do more harm than good because they give responsibility to a tool, when in fact it should lie with the people who use those tools towards nefarious ends.

In conclusion, I’d like to end with this loving message to any Anonymous who haven’t sold out to the feds:

Get off your lazy asses and hack Grok to fuck Elon and the Epstein class up. Y’all wanna be netrunners? This is your motherfucking time to shine.

Hey, we don’t need no education.

Just picked up this Lenovo Ideapad for $640 for my kid . Nothing amazing, but I’m hoping it matches my previous Thinkpads in durability and longevity.

Basic detail - not great, but will probably suit your needs if you’re not doing game development or high-end data analysis:

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Laptop 2025 15.6” FHD 1920 x 1080 Touchscreen, AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, 8-core, AMD Radeon Graphics, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, 720p HD Camera, Windows 11 Home

Looks like Seagull thinks he’s carrying the world’s tiniest bazooka…

Instructions unclear. Please advise on how to remove bone from apple unharmed - it is imperative that the bone remain undamaged.