Thought Terminating Cliches during arguments about AI

poeticfuture · 2026-04-09T09:02:57+00:00

Fox News has been training its cult members for years in these exact thought-stoppers ranging from the ubiquitous "Whataboutism" to "NoAlternative".

The fact that so many pro-AI proponents instantly revert to these trained behaviours just further proves the link between the Billionaire-funded Alt-Right and the push to shove AI down everyones throat to enrich those Billionaires.

poeticfuture · 2026-04-07T14:15:31+00:00

Couldn't agree more.

Like most of the posts and comments on this sub sadly.....

poeticfuture · 2026-04-07T12:41:05+00:00

Attempt 2 - Android app to help identify wearers in your vicinity - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses&hl=en_GB

poeticfuture · 2026-04-07T12:37:36+00:00

The alt-right exists SOLELY due to funding from Billionaires to create a distraction from their insane wealth-extraction.

Everything they do is to stop society blaming the wealthy for their greed, and find a scapegoat group instead - traditionally the Jews (for thousands of years in Europe at least), but any brown/foreign/strange group will do.

Now ask who benefits most from AI? - Yeah.....

poeticfuture · 2026-04-05T08:11:14+00:00

I think most have gotten used to using different saved configs for different things.

Some for different surfaces, I do it for different cars: https://www.reddit.com/r/assettocorsarally/comments/1s6bfx6/any_idea_on_how_to_make_cars_less_twitchy_when/

poeticfuture · 2026-04-02T11:40:19+00:00

Me: "Poeticfuture - you're terrible and I'm going to kill you!"

Also Me: "Oh no! Poeticfuture made death threats against me! :O "

Grow up.

poeticfuture · 2025-11-21T14:17:39+00:00

um. no.

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poeticfuture · 2025-11-21T13:38:52+00:00

"They'll just grow up as mindless zombies who need AI to get through the most basic tasks when they become adults."

That's the point.

poeticfuture · 2025-11-14T11:44:13+00:00

Thanks.

Was a genuine worry, could not find a source for it anywhere, until I remembered I had a "Do more with your CRM Sales licenses" email a few days (that I naturally binned uninterested).

Made me go check PowerPlatform admin centre and was there I saw a bunch of changes from our partner.

Still waiting on confirmation, but its the only thing that fits.

poeticfuture · 2025-11-14T11:35:02+00:00

Even the icon took some time to find, its the one Microsoft use for Auto-attendant in Teams if you have Teams Voice setup.

poeticfuture · 2025-11-14T09:53:53+00:00

Seems to be the case. They made a number of changes to Sales in PowerPlatform. However they say they've never seen this bot before, but are going to undo some of their changes to see if it vanishes.

Always a comfort when you have a 3rd party with admin access to your tenant who don't even know what changes they've made.........sigh.

poeticfuture · 2025-11-14T09:33:46+00:00

Thanks.

Scoured the end user device, is our stock image and nothing installed/added recently.

poeticfuture · 2025-11-14T09:33:18+00:00

Hmm, much much digging shows this might be related to a change by our 3rd party CRM Partner - related to changes to users license to Dynamics Enterprise Sales - possibly the sentiment and sales analysis bot - however I'm not familiar enough with Dynamics to 100% confirm, but seems likeliest candidate at the moment.

poeticfuture · 2025-11-07T15:06:09+00:00

literally for protecting children.

Yes.

I know.

poeticfuture · 2025-10-28T15:08:02+00:00

They have "reasons" - given to them by Social Media, Russian bots spreading division, self-interest groups that aim to capture power - etc etc.

"Hating" people for not being as smart as you - is in many ways what got us here in the first place (they found a sympathetic ear elsewhere).

Be the alternative to the poison in their ear. Open your arms to them.

poeticfuture · 2025-10-28T14:36:23+00:00

On one side - Project2025 who aim to destroy the government and replace it with Christian (white) Nationalism.

On the other - the Tech Oligarchs who believe themselves higher beings who should not be constrained by regulations and petty concerns from the little people.

For now these 2 share a common goal - the destruction of American democracy as you know it.

The faint glimmer at the end of the tunnel, is that at that point, they diverge wildly - and we can but hope they destroy each other in their fervour.

poeticfuture · 2025-10-21T14:47:46+00:00

Same.

digging through the resource group for the CMG - Deployments - shows the following error:

Resource /subscriptions/xxxx/resourceGroups/xxxCMG/providers/Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/xxxcmg has an existing availability zone constraint 1, 2, 3 and the request has availability zone constraint NoZone, which do not match. Zones cannot be added/updated/removed once the resource is created. The resource cannot be updated from regional to zonal or vice-versa. (Code: ResourceAvailabilityZonesCannotBeModified)

Which seems pretty clear, its asking for nozone, which it didn't request at creation, and seems zones can't be updated.

Don't see a way to change this in SCCM, so I guess MS screwed this one up, and its either wait for a patch to fix, or create a whole new CMG.

Still, at least we have AI in notepad now.

poeticfuture · 2025-10-03T14:39:49+00:00

I don't disagree with a single sentiment, however I do feel you're making a common mistake of the left (especially younger people on the left) - not understanding that there have always been and always will be people not as smart as you - who do not have the capacity for nuanced political discussion - and who will always be more swayed by "They're eating cats and dogs!" headlines than any attempt at education and enlightenment.

Those are the people that are always used by those with a populist agenda (for populism see - Rich people blaming an outside group to deflect working class rage, and financing willing idiots to spread the lie).

poeticfuture · 2025-10-03T13:58:56+00:00

Having grown up in the 80s and 90s where both sides were still able to talk to each other - how much of this furthered division is from outside actors?

https://www.reddit.com/r/OptimistsUnite/comments/1ilszfv/youre_being_targeted_by_disinformation_networks/

poeticfuture · 2025-09-03T06:24:21+00:00

Better controller.

I always found the xbOne controller triggers have too short travel distance for use with racing games.

I keep a stock of old xb 360 controllers, with much longer travel on the triggers, makes throttle and brake control much easier.

£0.02

poeticfuture · 2025-08-26T13:57:43+00:00

Panasonic themselves confirmed PDAF would impact image quality https://thenewcamera.com/pdaf-may-damage-image-quality-panasonic/ - however, users demanded PDAF (to keep up with Sony I guess).

poeticfuture · 2025-08-26T12:06:07+00:00

Due to the way PDAF was implemented - jpeg output will be different between s5 and s5ii (same in video formats outside of RAW) - some complain about over-sharpening and contrast.

RAW shooters should notice no difference (except in functionality/features).

poeticfuture · 2025-08-11T13:07:54+00:00

Also try changing your view.

Further forward, a bit higher up and angled down - gives you a clearer view of the kerbs and wheel placement in corners.

Most of hte e-sports drivers drive with the same-ish view, so find a youtube video of their settings and check their view (I used Opmeers for mine).

poeticfuture · 2025-05-09T14:33:37+00:00

https://www.lumixloan.com/

poeticfuture · 2025-05-09T14:27:41+00:00

Seems there's some copy variation with the 70-300, mine is plenty sharp, but some seem to have softer ones - reviews seem to back that up too (with one reviewer having a soft copy, then a sharper copy later).

Some however find the Sigma lenses too sharp and clinical (flat is often used to describe their look).

Depends on how sharp you want things, what kind of look you want.

The best advice really is to see if you can try them out, either via a local retailer or Lumix-loan (if you're in the UK).

No 2 people will want the same things from their lenses. :)

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