The title says "hundred" but then the article itself is giving examples that are the median salary in the US. These people are paying tens of thousands for match makers to "sift" through the 5% of men who meet their metrics
This fell a little flat for me. This seems like a case of someone having accidentally guided their algorithm to the most common denominator which typically leads to rage bait or sensationalism. I've seen just as much positive content about Korea as I have critical content. Furthermore neither seems extremely out of balance with similar content regarding other countries. But again maybe I interact with YouTube in a away the hasn't pigeonholed me into some echo chamber or sensationalist algorithm. With the exception of maybe content regarding the US which skews more negative.
Thanks for the clarification. I originally tried to access the piefed post but it wouldn't load so I worked off the assumption this was a natural lake.
I'll edit my original post with a note to clarify my misunderstanding.
He was weak of faith... Should have stood his ground with true faith, only then would it have parted but the devil prayed on his lack of conviction and made him run /s
Note the text below was based on the assumption this was a natural lake. Please see the reply comments below providing further clarification. The homeowner cleaning up his shorelines is a drop in the bucket compared to the fact that an entire swamp was replaced with an artificial lake. Leaving my original comment intact for posterity inspire of it being incorrect in this context.
I think the problem is that this is NOT the natural state of this specific shoreline. If being left alone resulted in trees and grass growing then a sandy "beach" shoreline is not in balance with the local ecosystem. Trimming the grass and clearing a small path for access would have been okay but nuking that span of shoreline has now introduced significant erosion risk. Grasses, shurbs, and roots play an important role in preventing erosion.
Maybe the 50-100m stretch won't be a big deal in the long run but if all the homes in the area follow suit then long term large scale problems will arise. Even still at a small scale, I can already see how close this shoreline is to their home. They have eliminated a decent bit of erosion preventing vegetation that served as a buffer from the back yard of their homes. A few seasons of high and low tide cycles will, at best wash away their "pretty walking area", and at worst undermine the stability of the soil near the building foundation. There is no easy "undo" for the damage they have done, the closest thing is artificial erosion preventative measures which will be concrete, metal, or some other manufactured system that will be much more of an eye soar then the original condition they apparently hated so much.
$1861 dollars for just the specs above. Probably another $1k for case, PSU, and everything else. This game will be for streamers only, the rest of us pleabs can just watch them play I guess. Bold business strategy omitting 95% of the potential market....
It would be nice to get a ballpark idea of the hardware requirements. Is this something that could be done at a small community scale? Or are the server requirements so high that it's only within reach of super wealthy/company levels of financing? The article's "cost of a car" reference point doesn't really narrow it down much.
Some personal insight having spoke to many people in the country. The article is really underplaying the bad condition of Addis Ababa's electric grid. Many people that live near the heart of the city still face multi-day blackouts. Anything outside of a few special tourist, hotel, and government office areas is constantly dealing with power issues.
A lot of it stems from the current administration's policies and priorities where a large swath of the citizen suffer for the sake of tourism and marketing Addis as the "Dubai of Africa". I fear this means that even the new dam coming into operation will not solve it's problems. The wage gap there is even more extreme and I fear this electric car push will further divide that gap.
In a nation with countless local chains and small coffee shops I'm still amazed that Starbucks survives there. Erican marketing really did do a number... I guess it also helps that the Chung who fired the CEO seems to be a MAGA aficionado
Maybe a slight misunderstanding.... If everyone in the WORLD lived the way people do in the US then we need 5.1 earths. If everyone in the WORLD lived the way people do in India then we would need less. Makes sense to me.
I really don't have much sympathy for anyone that is continuing to use "AI" agents in their production environment. "AI" at every level has continued to show it is still predictive text on steroids.
Fun maybe, easy not so much. I would say I have intermediate level knowledge but it was significant effort to setup a home server and then germinification to work reliably. I would still recommend it but would caveat it by said it's a small challenge even just to setup locally. I would NOT recommend it for beginners trying to have remote access.
However the new rules set by the current administration is also significantly devaluing those credits. Furthermore other EV manufacturers and traditional auto maker who now also sell EVs are chipping away at the value AND demand for those credits. Relevant article
I should have clarified, guilt and location matter. If it's in public space then all bodycam footage should be free game. That's no different than if someone recorded it from the side of the street. If it's in private space then it should be based on guilt. But again, I don't like where that can go as well because the inverse is cops come into your home shoot you and that footage is locked away because it was recorded on private property and you are no longer around to consent release of that footage.
It's up to the public how they respond. The point here is not setting a precedent for police withholding bodycam footage regardless of who request. We can't open any doors for police to try and withhold footage more than they already do. This time it just an embarrased celebrity but next time it might be copes wrongfully arresting, killing, etc. I do tngicr a shit about JT but I do care that body cam footage stays public information.
Friendly rebuttal. I don't like this version either because of two reasons.
First is that it is still using stolen material to do any of this "creative work".
Second: the knob twiddling, mixing colors, and all versions of that are integral to the creation process. Happy accidents are why we have a lot of what we have in the creative world. Somone chasing a specific sound might discover their own sound while twiddling away for hours. They will be able to do that in a much more replicable and modifyable way than the black box that is "AI".
But that's just my opinion as an amature creative.
The title says "hundred" but then the article itself is giving examples that are the median salary in the US. These people are paying tens of thousands for match makers to "sift" through the 5% of men who meet their metrics
This fell a little flat for me. This seems like a case of someone having accidentally guided their algorithm to the most common denominator which typically leads to rage bait or sensationalism. I've seen just as much positive content about Korea as I have critical content. Furthermore neither seems extremely out of balance with similar content regarding other countries. But again maybe I interact with YouTube in a away the hasn't pigeonholed me into some echo chamber or sensationalist algorithm. With the exception of maybe content regarding the US which skews more negative.
Slipping faster and faster towards full blown dystopia
Thanks for the clarification. I originally tried to access the piefed post but it wouldn't load so I worked off the assumption this was a natural lake.
I'll edit my original post with a note to clarify my misunderstanding.
He was weak of faith... Should have stood his ground with true faith, only then would it have parted but the devil prayed on his lack of conviction and made him run /s
Note the text below was based on the assumption this was a natural lake. Please see the reply comments below providing further clarification. The homeowner cleaning up his shorelines is a drop in the bucket compared to the fact that an entire swamp was replaced with an artificial lake. Leaving my original comment intact for posterity inspire of it being incorrect in this context.
I think the problem is that this is NOT the natural state of this specific shoreline. If being left alone resulted in trees and grass growing then a sandy "beach" shoreline is not in balance with the local ecosystem. Trimming the grass and clearing a small path for access would have been okay but nuking that span of shoreline has now introduced significant erosion risk. Grasses, shurbs, and roots play an important role in preventing erosion. Maybe the 50-100m stretch won't be a big deal in the long run but if all the homes in the area follow suit then long term large scale problems will arise. Even still at a small scale, I can already see how close this shoreline is to their home. They have eliminated a decent bit of erosion preventing vegetation that served as a buffer from the back yard of their homes. A few seasons of high and low tide cycles will, at best wash away their "pretty walking area", and at worst undermine the stability of the soil near the building foundation. There is no easy "undo" for the damage they have done, the closest thing is artificial erosion preventative measures which will be concrete, metal, or some other manufactured system that will be much more of an eye soar then the original condition they apparently hated so much.
$1861 dollars for just the specs above. Probably another $1k for case, PSU, and everything else. This game will be for streamers only, the rest of us pleabs can just watch them play I guess. Bold business strategy omitting 95% of the potential market....
It would be nice to get a ballpark idea of the hardware requirements. Is this something that could be done at a small community scale? Or are the server requirements so high that it's only within reach of super wealthy/company levels of financing? The article's "cost of a car" reference point doesn't really narrow it down much.
Some personal insight having spoke to many people in the country. The article is really underplaying the bad condition of Addis Ababa's electric grid. Many people that live near the heart of the city still face multi-day blackouts. Anything outside of a few special tourist, hotel, and government office areas is constantly dealing with power issues.
A lot of it stems from the current administration's policies and priorities where a large swath of the citizen suffer for the sake of tourism and marketing Addis as the "Dubai of Africa". I fear this means that even the new dam coming into operation will not solve it's problems. The wage gap there is even more extreme and I fear this electric car push will further divide that gap.
In a nation with countless local chains and small coffee shops I'm still amazed that Starbucks survives there. Erican marketing really did do a number... I guess it also helps that the Chung who fired the CEO seems to be a MAGA aficionado
Maybe a slight misunderstanding.... If everyone in the WORLD lived the way people do in the US then we need 5.1 earths. If everyone in the WORLD lived the way people do in India then we would need less. Makes sense to me.
I really don't have much sympathy for anyone that is continuing to use "AI" agents in their production environment. "AI" at every level has continued to show it is still predictive text on steroids.
Fun maybe, easy not so much. I would say I have intermediate level knowledge but it was significant effort to setup a home server and then germinification to work reliably. I would still recommend it but would caveat it by said it's a small challenge even just to setup locally. I would NOT recommend it for beginners trying to have remote access.
However the new rules set by the current administration is also significantly devaluing those credits. Furthermore other EV manufacturers and traditional auto maker who now also sell EVs are chipping away at the value AND demand for those credits. Relevant article
We are witnessing the decline of reading comprehension and critical thinking
And this time throw in a dash of potential disaster... https://idlewords.com/2026/03/artemis_ii_is_not_safe_to_fly.htm
Tldr: NASA does not seem to have fully addressed the heat shielding issues from Artemis I mission
I should have clarified, guilt and location matter. If it's in public space then all bodycam footage should be free game. That's no different than if someone recorded it from the side of the street. If it's in private space then it should be based on guilt. But again, I don't like where that can go as well because the inverse is cops come into your home shoot you and that footage is locked away because it was recorded on private property and you are no longer around to consent release of that footage.
It's up to the public how they respond. The point here is not setting a precedent for police withholding bodycam footage regardless of who request. We can't open any doors for police to try and withhold footage more than they already do. This time it just an embarrased celebrity but next time it might be copes wrongfully arresting, killing, etc. I do tngicr a shit about JT but I do care that body cam footage stays public information.
Friendly rebuttal. I don't like this version either because of two reasons. First is that it is still using stolen material to do any of this "creative work". Second: the knob twiddling, mixing colors, and all versions of that are integral to the creation process. Happy accidents are why we have a lot of what we have in the creative world. Somone chasing a specific sound might discover their own sound while twiddling away for hours. They will be able to do that in a much more replicable and modifyable way than the black box that is "AI". But that's just my opinion as an amature creative.