yum_burnt_toast

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You're definitely correct about the response to AI, but I think there is more to it than that, just that AI seems to be the tech that is most talked about. While the left-leaning have been more open to tech in the past, the way, for example, Air BnB causes more harm to the housing market than anticipated, Uber has lost its financial benefit to drivers while still being profitable to the owners, or Amazon wildly mistreating employees to provide their benefits to users has soured the pot for a lot of people. Also, the extent that tech has harmful effects on users, especially young people, or is used as a means of surveillance is well-known, and most new tech from the outside can be seen as falling into either of those categories. There are also numerous examples of companies having security breaches and exposing the data of their users to hackers by skimping on security or not having effective protocols. Not to mention things like ads on televisions and refrigerators, subscription fees for faster acceleration in your car, and Amazon revoking and modifying digital purchases from users, while maybe not being universal experiences, have broadly affected perception of how far these companies will worsen experiences in order to get more money put of users. "If you're not paying for the product, you are the product" is a saying the majority of people know by now, but even paying doesn't protect you from becoming the product.

on GODDAMMIT · c/adhd · 18 pts · 102d

people recommend i listen to audiobooks to avoid that but it takes way longer to find the place i started drifting off on an audio file than in a book, plus i catch myself quicker for some reason

ive cooked from both of these and definitely second them as recommendations. the vegan chinese kitchen is my favorite by far, probably because it had a larger variety of ingredients that were new to me and easily accessed at two high quality asian markets nearby.

ive been reading a collection of locked room mysteries called miraculous mysteries: locked room mysteries and impossible crimes. i recently finished after the people lights have gone off by stephen graham jones and realized short stories fit more into the pace of life for me at the moment, and murder mysteries get me in just the right way. plus i dont have to agonize over my guess for quite as long

i found this right around 2000, impossible to find a digital copy or in store so i had to mail order it. it felt special, having to seek it out, but it was worth it. extra rewarding for a teen expanding out of the punk/hardcore scene, i had not heard anything like it up to that point.

i dont think that comment is in reference to leftists turning on an antigun stance but right wing media turning on their hardline 2nd amendment stance to vilify them for it

i have made a couple of short playlists in the past with a snow or winter theme, including one more nature themed and one with songs that remind me of snowy days in new york city. i might not agree with them all anymore, but i got that vibe at some point, so heres some that i remember:

bark psychosis - blue

isotope 217 - la jetée

joshua redman - as this moment slips away

brokeback - names winston, friends call me james

sam prekop - dot eye

josé james - the dreamer

wire - the 15th

dabrye - the lish

märz - bars 1, 2, 3, 4

sensorama - where the rabbit sleeps

nobukazu takemura - icefall

most of yesterday was dramatic, today is ok by múm, but in particular 'im 9 today'