You're not wrong. But the exact same point could be made about mapping the workflow of 3D printing a custom part to having a machinist prototype it for you.

In both cases, you tell the machine what you want, and it executes it more or less faithfully depending on how well you describe the thing. There is a direct parallel to the 3D printed "art" and copy/paste gizmos slopping up marketplaces--but we rightfully don't claim that the affordability and accessibility of 3D printers is a problem.

You're comparing apples and oranges a bit here. Sure, using a robot to lift weights at the gym is analogous to using AI to create art, if your goal is to get better at being an artist.

But if you're a person with no painting or drawing skills who uses AI as a way to express your ideas visually, it would be a little more akin to being a shitty machinist who uses Sketchup and a 3D printer to manifest their mechanical ideas in meatspace.

99% of AI "art" is absolutely a cringey slopfest, but I'm not going to lie and pretend I can't relate at all to people who use it as a tool to supplement their own practical deficiencies. Whether art should be more about the output or the process is a whole other philosophical debate...

Don't forget about carrying all the loot that doesn't fit in their inventory!

Also, if ICE was only going after the "real" criminals, what the fuck do we need ICE for? We've already got a stupidly-overfunded law enforcement and prison apparatus.

The fact that we need a separate agency to go after immigrants pretty much admits that the intent is to go after non-criminals.

Im dating myself, but Jill of the Jungle. All 12 pixels of her!

On the other hand, a Long Island iced tea from Outback Steakhouse is probably just a shot of vodka in a glass of crushed iced filled with sugary brown concentrate.

Honestly, just health care in general being locked behind insurance to the point where people conflate the two conceots entirely!

Dental insurance in most cases is closer to what health insurance should be: an entirely optional, and generally affordable, policy that can offset major expenses. Not an expense that rivals housing in magnitude and is required for most people just to access the basic care needed by nearly everyone.

Sex therapists only want one thing and it's discussing fucking.

That's simultaneously less technically impressive and also even more 'murrican.

https://youtu.be/tgj3nZWtOfA

Fuckin kids these days, I tell you what

Mike Johnson once downvoted picture of a cute kitten peeking out of a box.... on c/cats, no.less!

quietly nudges an old tent and sleeping bags out of sight

Yeah who would want to deprive themselves of luxuries for awhile, and then reminisce about the experience later!?

😐

The fuck kind of false equivalence is that?

Holding your nose and voting for the non-MAGA option in the general election is not at all the same as throwing a social media temper tantrum on behalf of your "team", no matter how condescendingly you phrase it.

When I see that graphic, I can instantly and vividly taste the not-quite-cold water in a tiny cup from the water cooler at the doctor's office.

I think it's the bit of wax flavor those cups used to have.

Calculus is a tool used in science, absolutely. But calculus itself is not science, in the same way that a chisel is not woodworking.

Holy shit, those were the sketchiest-looking, least-trained, pudgiest, definitely-not-trained, mother-fuckiest, federal agents I've ever seen! Definitely not two racist, assholes from bumfucktucky recruited in the last 6 weeks to drive around in a rental car harassing brown people!

Jesus christ

Fuck ICE

Yes, the kilo-wat. For when a simple "wat" doesn't accurately capture the absurdity of the situation.

For example, asking junior to put an atomic wafer in the power box, when you are standing right fucking next to it.

Maybe controversial, but despite the rye chips being far and away my favorite part of Gardettos, I actually prefer the mix because then the rye chips are that much tastier when you hit one.

Or maybe its the same kind of illness/cope that causes me to say things like "I actually enjoy living in the midwest, where we get to experience all 4 seasons, versus someplace that's pleasant and warm all year"

Thought the same, but surprised she is 10+ yrs younger than me. MAGA is a hell of a drug.

Personally I deal with it by prioritizing the data.

I have about the same total size Unraid NAS as you, but the vast majority is downloaded or ripped media that would be annoying to replace, but not disastrous.

My personal photos, videos and other documents which are irreplaceable only make up a few TB, which is pretty managable to maintain true local and cloud backups of.

Not sure if that helps at all in your situation.