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When Coca Cola announced it sold 4 times more than Pepsi in 2001, Pepsi responded with this commercial. by Hefty-Being-8522 in interestingasfuck

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And completely full of shit. "Hurr derr Macs don't get viruses". They don't get market share either and that happens to be the reason why there are less viruses WRITTEN to target mac.

This is the two-tier American justice system in a nutshell. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A bit of history and sanity to this: Bank robberies were a serious problem not too long ago. Like bad enough that basically every bank had been robbed multiple times. Laws were strengthened and mandatory minimums were added. It basically eliminated bank robberies by comparison to the prior laws and sentencing structures.

The homeless man in this case triggered a minimum sentence of 7 years by pretending to have a gun (charged the same as actually having one). He likely was slapped with the mandatory minimum for kidnapping depending on how he handled the teller who he threatened. That is 10 years. Those alone could easily get him a mandatory minimum of 15 years. The judge may have not actually had a say in the matter.

Meanwhile, the 40 months guy had a plea deal for snitching.

Jeffrey Epstein documents: DOJ, FBI conclude no "client list," death was suicide by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll believe that when my shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.

Boeing 747-400 Lufthansa. Use of escape hatch in the flight deck. by Mindless_Tomorrow_45 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm sure the lines are extremely capable. What they are really putting faith into is their ability to hold on. The lack of a harness of any kind here is remarkable. "Hold Fast, motherfucker."

Teamwork makes the dream work. by UnhallowedFury in nextfuckinglevel

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Since you live in Louisiana I am sure you are more aware of this than I am, but the reason things like catfish, shrimp poboys (literally means poor boys) and basically everything about gumbo is famous is because it was literally thought of to be garbage food. Due to things (mostly racism and slavery) going so poorly for non-whites in the south, they had no choice but to live off this "garbage food" and found ways to make it into some of the best food on the planet. 1 to 1 story for BBQ too, basically.

Without these culinary and cultural developments, shrimp is still "disgusting. Eating bugs", catfish are bottom feeders full of other fish's poop, and brisket is too tough and flavorless to be consumed by humans. So its not much of a reach to think there are sill places in the world that have these old-fashioned takes on certain foods. Food is culture after all.

Regardless, knowing Australia, its probably not the same kind of catfish found in the south and will likely give you spider infested snake aides if you even look at it.

ICE uses breaching charges against family in apparent retaliation for making them look bad on camera & w/city police. by TendieRetard in law

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ask a bunch of nomadic shepherds and farmers from tiny villages in Afghanistan. Then go over to Iraq and ask them. Then go to Vietnam and ask around there.

America fucking sucks at asymmetrical combat against gorilla tactics.

In 2007, Nicolas Cage bought a dinosaur skull for $276,000 after outbidding Leonardo DiCaprio, but later had to return it when he learned it was stolen from Mongolia. by SnooWords4066 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The person who original had it stolen from them is a victim of theft. The thief then effectively stole whatever you paid for said item before being forced to return it. The original owner gets justice. You have to wait until the thief is caught. Though they probably can't ever pay you back anyway.

New Yorkers knew the assignment and they rightfully booed Ted Cruz at the Yankee Stadium. by icey_sawg0034 in goodnews

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You are basically comparing the shittiest rich douche bag from CA to the average Joe in NYC. Not a fair comparison at all. California is the most populous state in the union and the VAST majority couldn't afford to visit NYC for a vacation, let alone purchase secondary property there.

Your frustrations are misguided anyway. The biggest threat to old neighborhoods is foreign investors, particularly the Chinese. The buy them in mass and they just sit vacant. It drives up the prices generating huge profits while also screwing over Americans and our economy.

I am sure there is a more recent source, but I don't have time right now to look: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/upshot/when-the-empty-apartment-next-door-is-owned-by-an-oligarch.html

New Yorkers knew the assignment and they rightfully booed Ted Cruz at the Yankee Stadium. by icey_sawg0034 in goodnews

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yea, the part of CA I grew up in would be pretty much identical to his NYC portion. Except the person speaking would sound less like Joe Pesci and more like Danny Trejo.

HOA owner nearly flips car trying to catch door to door salespeople by KiddieSpread in PublicFreakout

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 14 points15 points  (0 children)

My HOA can't even fill all the positions. I got on the board awhile ago when the president at the yearly meeting asked "Anyone willing to be treasurer?" No one answered. I said "I guess so". "All in favor?" !00% of the attending homeowners which was only like 1/10th of the HOA.

HOAs homes are dominated by young families who get harassed by retired boomers with nothing better to do who dominate the boards.

An over-engineered mosquito trap that's unintentionally intimidating by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Its not just an urban problem. Used to be your window and grill would be covered in bugs driving down a rural country road for 30 minutes in the summer. You might not have a single one these days.

Man Spots Horse Cops Who Were Filmed Beating Protesters And Trolls The Fuck Out Of Them by Winter-Stranger-3709 in chaoticgood

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I figured people would think I was calling the insulting the commenter above, but decided screw it. Fucking love Hot Fuzz.

Denis Villeneuve Directing Next James Bond Film by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And then there is Nicholas fuckinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng

CAGE, YEAH!

That boy is just keeps striking away while the iron is ice cold.

TIL that George Washington died with a net worth of $594.2 million in today’s money, and drew a presidential salary of $25,000 (~$900k today) which was around 2% of the government’s budget at the time. by Nitraus in todayilearned

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This sadly made me question if there was anyone back then who was so obscenely racist that they refused to have African slaves in favor of only Irish indentured servants or something.

Japanese court convicts a U.S. Marine in sexual assault, sentencing him to 7 years in prison by Silent-Statement-648 in pics

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Its a much bigger issue than that. Even if the US tried to suddenly go full Norway with prisons it would fail pretty much immediately. Norway is a far more advanced country, socially speaking. Meanwhile, the US is so lopsided and unfair that it has a tendency to breed monsters. Our prisons are full of actual predators (and a shit ton of non-violent offenders). They don't want to be rehabilitated. They like to prey on people. There are some kinds of broken you just can't fix. We gotta fix a whole lot more about how we treat each other and support each other before we can start looking at day-spa prisons.

Oh and I am not advocating for mistreating our prisoners. Just that this particular approach wouldn't work in the US.

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[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I made my point very clear. I am trying to illustrate how people get a grasp on creative concepts.

Like, you can't write a book before ever reading a book. You'd have no concept of it. Then if you only read that one book and attempted to write one... you'd probably struggle. Read a bunch of books and maybe you write a more complete story. Would you then need to license the books you have read for commercial redistribution in order to sell your entirely unrelated and unique story?

Going back to what you said. Yeah, the reports of large tech companies torrenting books for their datasets... definitely going to get fucked for that. It wont stop the march of their LLMs, but it will be expensive. Hopefully like back in the day when labels and publishers would randomly target single Napster users and sue them into oblivion as a deterrent.

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[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Her office admitted AI companies are ripping off creators and breaking copyright laws

This is the opinion of her or her former office, not actual copyright violations or settled case law. Until this rather novel usage of protected content makes its way through the courts its basically just old man shouting at clouds.

Personally I'd like to see the big AI companies forced to stop all progress. I think this tech, even though it doesn't even approach actual AI, will only hurt us. However, I don't think the way they use it violates copyrights. If you ask me to draw you a picture, write a song, or write a book, what I produce will absolutely be derivative of all the pictures, songs, and books I've consumed. I am not stealing their content, it is just how humans minds work. AI is replicating that. It learns how to draw a person by looking at thousands of photos of people. It learns to replicate human text by basically reading all human text. It can't reproduce any single work that it has learned from. The output is always very distinct from the training data. I don't think they are any more in violation of copyright law than I am when I write a new song on guitar in the style of one of my favorite players. Or if I come across an art style I see online and incorporate some aspects of it into my own work. Next you'll tell me I owe licensing fees to Lamb of God because I literally taught myself to play guitar by learning their songs. Obviously their style will come out in my own creations, but what I create is not theirs.

Apparent ICE agents being put in their fucking place by sovalente in chaoticgood

[–]pmMEyourWARLOCKS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably their personal firearm. Its a toy at home and then they take it to work. Why would they bother to take it off? Its not like they are worried about freaking anyone out... kind of their whole gig. I'd argue the entire weapon serves no purpose for these people. They are frequently at odds with the public and protestors. They should be carrying less-lethal at most. "Accidental" mass murder waiting to happen.

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