This may be a common human thing to do. The difference is the buffer zone that someone has before things become unbearable. Not an excuse, the right thing to do in a society that’s interconnected and educated is not to wait until that point to take action. But… we could probably argue how interconnected and educated people are with echo chambers and propaganda designed to keep them in control.

At some point things do break, regardless. Hopefully sooner than later.

Deep Thought: “LOL”

Not at all equal time measures.

I was there, Gandalf. 3000 years ago… (well, it feels like it)

The ones that followed his order? Apparently not.

Fan of Overgrowth/Lugaru

Exactly. Meat-lover pizza was usually the one where people would want to pile on the stuff, and rather than waste everyone’s time, we just explained exactly what would happen, and people would understand. Could such a thing be cooked, probably, but it would be a far different process than typical pizza, and not something you’d get from a brand store. The same goes for some others, like no sauce, extra cheese, or extra crispy orders. Got to be very careful when straying outside the formula of usual pizza.

I like black olives as a garnish, like with other toppings on a pizza. As a texture and part of the whole taste. By themselves, nope.

I accept that some people like those rancid things. Such is the glory of pizza, where we can all share in what we prefer. And no, I’m not pushing for pineapple, not because of the taste, which is fine, but it tends to make it soggy. Too many toppings can ruin a pizza, too (past professional opinion, I’ve seen requests that don’t work well).

A tank pre-steam power. The force of steam was known about long before, but not utilized. Maybe because the metals weren’t good enough yet to hold pressure? Imagine a steampunk Rome.

This is the least of the reasons why he should be removed from his position by the people who can do it. But it’s a reason. They won’t because they’re benefiting (or hoping to benefit) from the shitshow.

It’s not about money at that point. That will take care of itself. It’s about power and control, and feeding the ego.

I have heard the idea that we already have AGI (and all the dangers that come with it) in the form of corporations. And corporation that has a billionaire in complete control of the goal and direction of a company would be very similar, expressing one public side goal but actually having a different one in mind.

Isn’t there already a luxury tax, which would be the only fair tax. Aside from a top bracket tax of say, 90%, like it used to be. Plus there is the problem of income taxes not touching much of the actual “worth” of a billionaire.

That is an issue, one that is being discussed and can be turned off currently. Meanwhile Microsoft is head deep in AI so much they’re renaming known trademarks into their AI brand. So… I don’t think Mozilla is the bigger problem.

I think most people using them know that there’s not something there, and yet when using it they’ll still act as there is. Even giving it that benefit of doubt in what it outputs as valid, as if it’s from another person, maybe even one who knows more than they do. So it’s a gray area of “not believing”.

I don’t like “favorite” or even top ten, as there are so many things out there that classify as good in a category. But two recent ones I reheard that came to mind were “Empty Garden” by Elton John and “It Must Have Been Love” by Roxette

Don’t treat a gun like Tony Stark treats particle beams from an accelerator.

Words are fun. A related word would be lieutenant. There was some scifi detective series about a time traveler who came from the Revolutionary period into modern times and helped a woman cop. Mid 2000s? Anyway, they tried to be somewhat accurate and used the word as it’s pronounced for centuries before being Americanized, “leftenent”. And in looking it up, the history and arguments over when and why are themselves interesting.

So, canon.

Realistic C-64 users: “It’s a misspelling in an early Commodore document that just carried over.”

Rabid C-64 users: “It’s not a word, it’s an ACRONYM!”

Me: I didn’t even realize it was wrong or knew it was a thing, then or now. TIL I think I saw “kernel” in my mind.