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"We printed too much money we need to import cheap labor to control inflation" has sawdust in the bread vibes.

How about just stop printing money?
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Meta is now using AI-generated profiles to drive up “engagement” on Facebook and Instagram.

Now why would they do this?

Well, for one thing, organic engagement on both those platforms is dead—and it’s been dead for awhile. And now they’re stuck in a loop where influencers aren’t talking to people—they’re talking to algorithms.

So what about the 98% of users who aren’t influencers? Well, most of their content gets stuck in a void with no engagement. And this drives down satisfaction. Why post your breakfast to Instagram if no one sees it?

Therefore, Meta needs to build the illusion of engagement to satiate that need for connection. And Zuckerberg assumes most people will be satisfied with bot interaction.

But what I suspect is that this will lead to a diminishment of trust on those platforms.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/meta-ai-users-facebook-instagram-1235221430/

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can we *not* base the cyberpunk future where we have to hack our toasters and ovens and shit on the world's most half-baked computer?

how about a nice PIC microcontroller instead
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The "Ring Lady" of Herculaneum was a Roman woman who died around 45 years of age near the ancient waterfront of Herculaneum during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

She was found surrounded by her gold jewellery and still wearing emerald and ruby rings on her left hand. Her jewellery was in perfect condition.

Apparently, this photo was taken just few hours after the discovery.

#archaeohistories

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@djsumdog @Forestofenchantment @Hyperhidrosis If it takes multiple people to launch a nuke, of course the same amount of security would be used in nuclear reactors, if not more. A nuclear meltdown is actually a lot worse than a nuclear strike.

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At the stroke of midnight on the New Year, the income tax in New Hampshire will be truly and totally dead.

RIP to the Interest and Dividends Tax — as NH leads the way on tax abolition.

bird.makeup/@nhgop/18737636477

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@Dan_Ramos Interesting compromise. Not sure how it would actually pan out though.

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>Incidentally, ideological capitalists do not support government stimulus of the economy either.

Unless you count the Chicago School economists like Milton Friedman.

@cassidyclown Neither of my grandmothers were ever into desserts.

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@Jean_Philippe_Micheaux @Heil_Honkler @Hoss Yeah the welfare system seems designed to trap people in poverty forever
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