
Probably rivers catching on fire again: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444/
I am endlessly fascinated by our culture. Our food is often aggressively bad for you (McDonald's, Twinkies, etc.). We use red Solo cups at parties frequently enough they are associated with America. We put flags on lots of things that normally don't have flags (tshirts, cars, etc.). And our national bird (which I think is a pretty honest representation of our culture) takes shit that isn't theirs.
Edit: The Good Place summarized pretty well.
"In America, everyone does whatever they want, society did break down, it’s terrible, and it’s great! You only look out for number one, scream at whoever disagrees with you, there are no bees because they all died, and if you need surgery you just beg for money on the internet. It's the perfect system!"
It's almost like the internet named it.
You gotta be f*cking kidding me. The stupidity knows no bounds.
That's a car and a pretty good steak dinner in my neck of the woods. Unsure what that would get you in other areas of the world.
There are lots of types of work in the tech space. The layoffs I seen have impacted sales and marketing (probably happens elsewhere too) because AI makes the day to day work efficient enough they don't need as many people.
They are 50% there.
No. This is exactly what they signed up for. WTAF did they think was going to happen?
Haha, probably. Unless you are this guy: https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/12/27/man-sues-bethesda-because-fallout-4-is-too-addictive/
That is very Eternal Sunshine of you...
JFC, that kid is probably traumatized. I hope the parents sue the pants off of the police department.
I have had good luck at H&M for low-end, but stylish clothes. When I want to invest in staple pieces, I use a personal shopper at Nordstrom.
Yes. For example there are many companies in India serving clients in the US. So you would need to know how you differentiate yourself from them. We work with a company who does graphic design, and their big value prop is their ability to snap to US business practices. So, they are more expensive that some, but they create an easy way to work with them. They also work 12 hours difference, which is handy. In contrast, I have worked with people in Columbia, who are roughly in the same time zone. Their big value is price.
A few questions: where are you and where do you want your clients to be? What services do you offer, and how do they differ from competing outsourcing companies?
My first meetings are at 6am, so I usually get up around 4am. I use two alarms because I'm fairly sleepy deprived. And I play on my phone for like 20 min while I wake up.
Their states strategy is to overwhelm the system so it/we cannot cope. I haven't heard of a good strategy to counter this, but we'll need to find one.
It isn't a terrible idea for the state department to control our foreign aid programs and dispersements. But this is a very Machiavellian approach (read: f*cked up).
So there is this feature where you can focus the AI on a specific file when generating responses. If that file contains only your own digital art, is the AI art produced yours? Not saying that's what you found, but maybe there is some nuance to AI art creation.
Dumb question: why are they targeting USAID?
Crews with multiple utilities are dealing with tens of thousands of power outages after a major storm hit Washington Tuesday.

I am newly diagnosed with CD. Wanted to connect with others to see if you have any helpful tips or information for newbies. CD wasn't previously on my radar - getting tested was part of several tests ordered - so I know very little on how to navigate this.
My son (10 yo) has a few very strong interests that he talks about pretty much nonstop. We haven't discouraged any kind of talking because he was quite delayed. However it has come to my attention that his narrow focus on these topics can annoy his peers at school. I don't want him to feel ashamed about his interests, but I also don't want him to be ostracized at school. I'd really appreciate any thoughts this group may have on how to handle (or not) this situation. TIA!