I explore a lot and have been to and lived in a lot of places and prefer it that way. Might be from all the moving around growing up. There’s towns that feel familiar with me, but not what I think people mean when they say “hometown”.

I get something with a handful of little locations though, like certain bars, mountains, surf spots, etc. When I get to see one again, it has the same emotion as seeing a dear old friend after a long time. Lots of peace and good memories rush in.

About 1,500 km. Nope, there is places I grew up and places I’ve been. There’s no “hometown”.

Segal responds by saying that she, alongside similar government representatives from around the world, have met with platforms like X that are “very keen to ensure that hate is not associated with their platform”.

The antisemitism envoy then said that “AI is the answer” to stopping hate on social media platforms.

“They are very focused on how they can construct their algorithms to root out hate or make sure it is swept from the platform without impeding proper free speech,” she said.

Just old, out of touch, sill caught and susceptible to the AI train. I imagine meeting tech illiterate politicians is a dream day for Silicon Valley marketing.

Paying my military well above any other profession is how I keep my authoritarian regime secured in Tropico as well.

In Mass Effect, it’s VI (Virtual Intelligence), while actual AI is banned in the galaxy.

The information kiosk VIs on The Citadel are literally LLMs and explain themselves as such. Unlike AI/AGI they aren’t able to plan, make decisions, or self-improve, they’re just a simple protocol on a large foundational model. They just algorithmic.

Simulated Intelligence is okay, but virtual implies it mimics intelligence, while simulated implies it is a substitute and actually does intelligence.

In referring to AI Mania and the disdain people got discovering genAI is still disappointingly a long way off. It wasn’t a leaps and bounds thing, just LLMs bringing the attention back on like there was a breakthrough, though the pace of the tech has not changed.

Expect a resurgence in a few more years once the world is done with betas and thing improve at the same old rate. I think the best we got coming up is genAI assisting the increase of speed toward actual AI as a whole. Reliable generative iterations would be really helpful, but we’re obviously not there yet and likely not for a little while more.

In the meantime, the global open betas not advertised as such have done their job, but have left a foul taste in mouths.

making a dramatic pivot, creating a bizarre pricing situation and leaving recent buyers with a serious case of regret.

Don’t worry, it gets worse.

I feel like that one’s expected and therefore not the biggest threat. Everyone knows what the biggest threat is but only that it’s spineless and makes no sense, so good luck planning ahead for it. Numbers should help, but have seem meaningless in the past.

It feels like AI Mania has come to an end. Kind of like Facebook, the only ones still on it are your parents.

Too late. Globalisation has just sized up the US.

A new leader and government will help, but what a monumental pit to come out of. The first term will be mostly spent plugging holes and repairing.

Barely six months in and American citizens are on their knees—literally if ICE are there with an unmarked van—and no one’s doing a thing. It’s like every part of the American Constitution was just for show all this time.

How’s making America great again going?

Look; they’re either pro-pedo or they’ve got nothing to worry about. What’s it gonna be?

But at the moment they seem to be very against “,nothing to worry about,”.

They could do it if they pull the ol’ Uno reverse on NATO’s superhighway infrastructure, and like…just get away with that.

Ah, I can see that.

Mine are usually a similar L-loop, standard C-loop, or flat nylon ribbon loops for having many clip points in a strip. But not exactly what’s In this pic. Usually they’re a bit higher to the waist or near the knee. The higher quality ones have the same synthetic guarding to stop wear from rubbing.

And when they’re loaded, belt eyelets are next!

I have these on a lot of my pants. They’re accessory loops for clipping gear onto with a carabiner. Helmets, gloves, climbing anchors, lights, etc. Stuff that doesn’t fit in a pocket but is used too frequently to keep stored in a pack.

If they’ve entered the fashion world, I assume they’re just to give off the vibe that you’re an adventurer. Outdoor adventuring has certainly become trendy last few years. Kind of replaced everyone wearing fitness clothes for no particular reason.

Always wondered which came first; the Dunce hat or the KKK hood.

No, there’s been quite a few now. Racist, mocking, socially damaging. It’s clear the company is led by a clueless board.

No.

The topic is about Barbie.

If they’re going to continue trying to be relevent to combat declining sales “inclusive”, they can’t be making unrealistic dolls, especially when their whole mantra is a source of women’s weight issues in society.

And this ain’t their first rodeo of making insulting versions of people in an effort to market themselves as inclusive. There are so, so, so many Barbies that show a company has no idea what they’re doing but will sell anything out to flog a buck.

They pump insulin.

They’re inconvenient, but much better than a few years ago. Having an app for the monitor now is a game-changer to avoid people hearing a self-destruct countdown beep under your shirt. But one of my friends actually still prefers shots three times a day, You just kind of get used to that if it’s all you’ve ever known, so for some people it’s not as big a deal as others make it out to be.

So with that out of the way, you may have replied to a comment mentioning insulin pumps, but what do they have to do with the post, anymore than the doll’s hair colour?

Geez. I wonder why they didn’t include all the other ones…

Computer Engineer Barbie of 2010 was great. It included a backstory of accidentally getting a virus on her sister’s computer as Barbie admits she knows nothing about computers, is just a designer, and relies on boys at her school to help. Of course the laptop was pink.

There’s so, so, so many of these all the way up to now… Oreo Barbie, the Doll’s of the World collection, the sleepover ones that have apparel that says “Don’t Eat” on it.

If it’s not clear now, Mattel relies on making Barbies that will make money at the time. So girls can be happy other girls manufactured dolls for them in factories in a country known as “Oriental”. This is the point of the post.

All you’ve done is link their public-facing marketing material which implies it works.