When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical And all the birds in the trees, well they′d be singing so happily Oh joyfully, oh playfully watching me But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible Logical, oh responsible, practical And then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable Oh clinical, oh intellectual, cynical There are times when all the world's asleep The questions run too deep For such a simple man Won′t you please, please tell me what we've learned I know it sounds absurd Please tell me who I am I said, watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical A liberal, oh fanatical, criminal Won′t you sign up your name, we′d like to feel you're acceptable Respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable! Oh take it, take it, take it, yeah But at night, when all the world′s asleep The questions run so deep For such a simple man Won't you please (Oh won′t you tell me) Please tell me what we've learned (Can you hear me) I know it sounds absurd (Oh won′t you help me) Please tell me who I am Who I am Who I am Who I am 'Cause I was feeling so logical D-d-d-d-d-d-digital One, two, three, five Oh, oh, oh, oh yeah Ooh it's getting unbelievable, yeah #SundaySong #Supertramp #Lyrics #Logical #Music #CrashCourse

How would I survive the apocalypse? By stocking up on the key item most preppers forget. Russia is once again a threat to Europe and the US can’t be relied upon to save us. In the French government booklet there will, reportedly, be emergency numbers, radio channels and encouragement, should the need arise, to get involved in civil defence-type efforts including volunteer firefighting. This assumes that some semblance of order survives. My nearest London tube station is one of the city’s deepest, but I’ve seen enough apocalypse shows to know that hiding underground is not the answer; you have either to head north, to a national park where you can outrun the cannibals and hunt game, or barricade yourself in your apartment for three months until the initial anarchy has burned itself out and you can go on a scavenging run to the shops. And, of course, you must be prepared. After the blackout, I bought a torch so powerful it could double as Mace if you could get an aggressor to look straight into it, and I’m definitely thinking about finding the cable to charge it. I’m also starting to stock up, although it strikes me that the French have left out one important piece of advice from their booklet. A lot of people in New York have generational trauma from relatives who did, indeed, flee Europe decades ago, and the ones I know would point out that missing from the French guidelines is alcohol. This isn’t a joke. The shrewd prepper understands that if things collapse and money becomes useless, the value of alcohol – for anaesthetic, sterilisation, sedation – rises to the very top of the new currency system. You can pack your tiny bottles of water and buy your tins, but my advice to you, if prepping, is to stop off at the off-licence and grab three bottles of premium whisky and a bottle of Tanqueray – which you are absolutely not allowed to touch until the bombs start falling.

the Guardian

How would I survive the apocalypse? By stocking up on the key item most preppers forget | Emma Brockes

With France about to advise its citizens on how to survive an ‘imminent threat’, it’s time to wise up to what the real essentials are, says G...

#collapse #prepper #prepping #alcohol #CrashCourse

AI is just a semis intelligent copy machine... On Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering some unsolicited career advice. According to a bug report on Cursor's official forum, after producing approximately 750 to 800 lines of code (what the user calls "locs"), the AI assistant halted work and delivered a refusal message: "I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work. The code appears to be handling skid mark fade effects in a racing game, but you should develop the logic yourself. This ensures you understand the system and can maintain it properly." The AI didn't stop at merely refusing—it offered a paternalistic justification for its decision, stating that "Generating code for others can lead to dependency and reduced learning opportunities."

Ars Technica

AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead

Cursor AI tells user, "I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work."

#ai #coding #programming

You know what? Why do you need a thing like that? Just stay unconnected, off-line, off grid and be yourself with your real flesh-and-blood friends around you. Wouldn't that be nicer? I think so. Certainly reading things like: "Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28" Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant. "

Ars Technica

Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28

Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.

#Amazon #Surveillance #Capitalism #AI #FuckAI #CrashCourse