Nice! I’m going to have a look at my old HS yearbook and see who’s opposite page…

“Future Farmers of America”

What a relief, I’d hate to think those files ended up in the wrong paws hands.

You’re not wrong, but people also die of behaviors that stem from loneliness. I’d suggest it’s not a complete waste to examine.

Apparently they solved the issue of how to keep the waste salt from clogging up the system.

All the things the cops would want this bot to do are prohibited by rules or by the potential for public outrage; no facial recognition, no offensive capabilities, it’s basically just a camera drone. But that will change when the rules change, or when people stop paying attention… if this thing can avoid being trashed for more then ten minutes after it’s deployed.

“Whoa, this thing is trashed, it’s basically useless now.”

Condition: Untested

Partly it’s convenience, but I think the main reason is you can get cheddar and bacon flavored spray cheese.

“Dammit kid, take the deal – we really need that cream cheese back here.”

“All right fellow rebels… now that we’ve all infiltrated the Empire by joining as Storm Troopers, it’s time to enact our plan.”

“Aim to miss, sir?”

“You’re goddamn right.”

In the grimdark future there can be no grass roots, only astroturf.

Silicon Valley is where all the VCs are. They make a lot of their funding decisions based on whether they like hanging around with a founder or not. You’re more likely to get money out of them if you’re fun to drink beers with than if you have a great business plan.

Feel free to correct me if I’ve misunderstood your point, but are you saying that “Greece” in a historical context is not a unitary entity? But how can that be so when the very thing that creates this “unbroken line of Greekdom” you refer to is the the entire concept of a “History of Greece” that reaches back thousands of years in the first place?

If there is no unitary Greek identity that reaches back from the present to the Greeks of the past, then a history of Greece that includes the Roman conquest, the Ottomans, Byzantium, would be absurd (and shame on the Wikizens for including it in one conceptual lump as well, I guess).

You could say the same of Britain after 1066, or France after Henry VI. Or of Egypt after the merging of the kingdoms, or after the Ptolomys, etc; and yet most Egyptians would push back at the suggestion that there is no direct line from the age of pharaohs to the present day.

Being a nation with the same name, occupying at least a portion of its original geography, populated by many of the decedents of the same people – well, that grants a country some pretty big ontological leeway. Who gets to decide whether the Greeks of today share the history and are of a piece with their ancient predecessors? Well the Greeks do, presumably. I mean, that’s just the way I see it, I might be off on a wild tangent for all I know.

I’ll bet she does that weirdo commie science where they DON’T start with their conclusion, only collect evidence that supports their gut feelings, and then disregards everything else! Everybody knows the best hypotheses are unfalsifiable!

No it’s cool, they’ll just vape alcohol while they’re pregnant, it’ll be fine.

I guess this means I’ll need yet another, different colored wastebin just for coffee now. I mean I’ll do it if it helps, but I can only fit so many receptacles in my kitchen. Meh, I’ll just put the rest in the twins’ room.

fire everyone + break everything = the everything app

At last, bird-kind gets its revenge.

“I’ve had one of my trademark changes of heart.”

Internet-ready

“Skynet was developed to be the command and control system for the military food delivery robots.”