CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@jerry

I feel like 16% of that is in my fleet of towers

@CaringKinderSociety

Always listen when Ken talks

Always thought this guy was a twat.

@MsDropbear42

It's in his DNA. I couldn't stand him from day one. After George Fungus, he was instantly intolerable.

Where Have I Seen That Before Dept
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#USPol

@Susan60

The Iranians have his measure on that score

@newsguyusa

Your president is just the funniest guy. A laugh a minute.

@MsDropbear42

If they fell for Brexit and enjoyed the pain, then anything's possible for that sad little island.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116539538783876277

lolz...

It's been at the "Newcastle depot" approaching 55 hours. My inner-city address can only be 30 minutes from said facility.

FFS

#Freight

The Overlords Are Coming
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"[T]here’s a likely chance (60%+) that no-human-involved AI R&D - an AI system powerful enough that it could plausibly autonomously build its own successor - happens by the end of 2028.

"This is a big deal. I don’t know how to wrap my head around it. It’s a reluctant view because the implications are so large that I feel dwarfed by them, and I’m not sure society is ready for the kinds of changes implied by achieving automated AI R&D.

"I now believe we are living in the time that AI research will be end-to-end automated. If that happens, we will cross a Rubicon into a nearly-impossible-to-forecast future."

~ Jack Clark, #AI Import newsletter.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-196354615

@lemonlolita

@MsDropbear42

Just rewatched the 1976 vid of her live, and then found this. Bit of a shock to suddenly jump 50 years through the same person's life...
https://youtu.be/00ggHY9tWd8

@MsDropbear42

She was great to watch 'live' singing that signature song too, in such a unaffected way and playing the guitar, with lyrics that resonated with all the 'ugly ducklings' and outsiders.

What do you mean 'us'?

#Oligarchs

@MarkAsser

Well, it is fitting that the world's worst rogue state has a mug shot of its felon leader on coins, bank notes, national parks... and passports.

@randahl

It depends on the sound system, or the TV set. Some might watch on a phone or laptop, and they have their own problems with frequency peaks from tiny speakers.

My TV (LG) has a dozen sound modes and on most your music was distracting. When Trump speaks he's clear because his audio is probably compressed. But your audio has dynamic range so is more affected by the music.

One solution to cover all these viewer variables is to use less distracting music. Soft and continuous, almost subliminal. Some movies and TV shows get it just right. Others indeed make the speech almost impossible to hear - one of my gripes.

PS: I've a 5/1 amp and speaker system hanging off the LG TV, which is my VDU for the PC, which also feeds movies and TV shows to it. When the 'mood' music gets too much, the only cure is to use high quality headphones rather than the speakers.

@cheryanne

Not badly. But still got an earful from nurse

@VWDasher

Was going to watch because Charlize. But made mistake of watching trailer first and the evil dude managed to get on my nerves in just 60 seconds of his overacting and heavy reliance on Strine

Ok, that's it. No more social media for now.
And (since my stitches tore yesterday while doing it) no more concreting for a while either

How will I possibly cope??
Easy-peasy. Back to playing trains...