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Jan 28, 2026, 07:49 #520
Can anyone believe in a positive endgame for A.I.?

Even if A.I. were to painlessly adapt to society and even come in physical form, how sustainable is it? As soon as we run out of resources to power A.I., the concept of "The Matrix" feels like a blueprint for the future.

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Feb 10, 2026, 04:09 #521
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Feb 10, 2026, 11:15 #522
I can't even fathom the repercussions of all this. 

The sad part is, the pedophilia aspect of this will deservedly get a lot of attention, but the degradation of trust, morality, and complete systemic failure might be irreparable. It feels like the world is heading to the wrong place fast.
Feb 10, 2026, 15:14 #523
I fear that public interest may fade over...7+ years, and people will eventually just shrug and say "yeah the world is a shithole..."
https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/2021006832844652922

Is this a fair comment about the FBI overall (not just under Kash/Trump)? I genuinely don't know.
https://x.com/EmeraldRobinson/status/2020938090798514335

This does seem to be a fair comment:
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/2020980154844201322

Meanwhile, perhaps the conspiracy theorists deserve an apology...
https://x.com/DMichaelTripi/status/2020938455640101148
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Feb 18, 2026, 03:19 #524
Despite it looking click bait-y, this was pretty good in summarizing current atmosphere of the Epstein situation. A bit American minded and rather presumptuous that the audience knows all the players involved. Overall a worthy watch if you got a little extra time:



May 12, 2026, 13:18 #525
Hey America, can you do a "January 6th" if your leader turns out to be completely bonkers?


https://x.com/harryjsisson/status/2054129873593999597
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May 29, 2026, 03:59 #526





(was told everyone was accounted for)
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Jul 25, 2026, 08:00 #527
Jul 25, 2026, 08:39 #528
I interpret this as smugness because he knows he got away with it.
Jul 25, 2026, 10:11 #529
I'm not sure he's gotten away with it (Epstein stuff), but as you said, definitely smug and knows he's immune from any prosecution for the foreseeable future. He'll continue to derail the attention of the American people as long as he can. Not just for his own interest, but for the interest of all the powerful people who are complicit and have vulnerability to any kind of substantial blackmail that's connected with Epstein.
Jul 31, 2026, 23:11 #530
The earth isn't fucked


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Aug 01, 2026, 03:23 #531
So basically George Carlin's finale from 1992....:

(jump to 7:40 for Earth is fine bit. The whole clip/special is very much worth watching if you can handle his unwavering cynicism!)
Yesterday at 11:24 #532
Quote from: Csar on Dec 07, 2023, 19:31
It's 237!  That's also the best number because it would make you the Turbo Nutter of the deluxe owners
Today at 12:16 #533
Must really satisfying to your inner monk to read that :D
Funny that we had sort of the same discussion a while back, isn't it? Including what @Stefan mentioned recently about the IAM edit :)
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In Raye's case, the singer tried to offer a positive spin, joking to Zane Lowe that the almost-finished vinyl could become a collectible. But cash-strapped fans aren't seeing the funny side.

But what I do not get is this
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Another reason is that vinyl plants need to receive audio masters and artwork at least six weeks before a planned release date, with elaborate packaging or multiple variants requiring extra. "The more complicated the package, the more time it'll take to manufacture," explains Ben Savage, manager of Birkenhead-based retailer and indie label Skeleton Records, "especially if there are box sets involved". Spotify, by contrast, needs just five business days to process digital files.

That's all nice and all, but why not just finish the record first and then have the audio distributed in its final form? I understand that there are contracts to be complied with, logistics are complex and all. But that doesn't explain why you would have big differences in your album. Sure, vinyl has physical constraints and perhaps you need different transitions/mixing due to space issues. But other than that, there should be no reason to present a wholly different album than it's digital "counterpart". And if you must for some odd reason, give customers of your vinyls the opportunity to download the missing/ altered tracks free of charge - unless flooding the market with variants is your business model, wink wink, nod nod.
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Today at 12:55 #534
This fascinates me as a collector and as someone who thinks about the artistic process a lot.

I think the issue is the entire album promotional machine, with coordinated campaigns and deadlines, is really hard to delay or slow down when your artist "isn't done" with the album that's 90% finished. You can't kick it down the road a month because the tour is planned / it overlaps with the next artist's cycle. It reminds me of Star Wars a bit, which released in a state that genuinely wasn't finished because there was no delaying its release any further, hence all of Lucas's tinkering with it. The ability in the digital world to release updated versions in the time between vinyl and CD pressing, or after it releases digitally (see Tomora) is also a Pandora's box. It makes that earliest deadline (the vinyl mastering stage) no longer a "real" deadline. You can actually blow past it now and people do.

You also have the phenomenon of people buying vinyl as a piece of art or collectors item and not actually listening to it. The digital version is widely available on streaming, so why bother making sure the audio on the vinyl is accurate when many will just keep it on the shelf? Admittedly I've done that with a few albums but that's mostly because I haven't finished setting my turntable up since moving it to my office.  :-X

Olivia Rodrigo's album (which is honestly quite good, give it a shot, have fun trainspotting all the 80s alternative influences) is a different case. It seems they deliberately cut down the album to fit it on a single LP rather than split it across a 2xLP as a pretty cynical money saving measure. It's an album in two halves that are themed red and blue, that's just crying out for a colored 2xLP treatment.
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