Yes. Available on YT in decent quality.

Yeah this. Imagine Brenda hovering over you, pointedly checking the time.

This reads like someone collecting momentum to fire OOP anyhow.

The fact that he’s communicating his misfortune openly to a stranger kinda speaks against him being an asshole. I’ll give him the benefit and take that ride.

“I think with February, it really starts with heightened time awareness around that reduced execution bandwidth.”

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Services too

This field?

Haha, I was looking for a mention of this guy.

What We Do in the Shadows | Colin Robinson: Energy Vampire

Oh, I remember the times when there was all sorts of weird calendars in book stores!

Sadly I decided to go paperless a long time ago, but I think even then choices started being more limited and boring.

Kinda. Robota means hard work, often with a feudal undertone. Which probably sometimes isn’t too far from slavery, but Czech has a separate word for that.

Bless your heart.

But I’ve long wondered how the at least somewhat more sane people following him manage it. Something like confirmation bias would only work up to a point that Trump has long since gone beyond.

Yeah this exactly.

Something else that might play into it: so many conspiracy nuts refer to movies as if they were history, or prophecy, or scientific research. As if they were valid in a way they clearly aren’t, because they’re fiction. Maybe they really do live in a world where these things are interchangeable.

I just replied to the other guy, it’s not confirmation bias I’m talking about although that certainly plays into it.

Have you ever wondered how (not why) MAGAts believe ever more obvious and blatant lies, and why the admin doesn’t even bother to make better lies? MAGAts are pushing aside what a child can perceive because they’re so hungry to see that narrative continue and stay in it.

I’m not looking for a word.

Confirmation bias is about people choosing information that suits their world view. That’s not what I mean. I expanded my OP to hopefully make it clearer.

I mean, the Trump admin lying to us is one thing, but they’re doing it so, so badly and yet people can’t let go of it.

I guess confirmation bias could be a reason why they are driven to such extreme suspension of disbelief, but I’m talking about the How here, the development maybe.

And I love Lem’s work! Esp. Eden.

I think even a small jailtime would be pretty serious. Provided he can’t buy himself out. A fine would be a slap on the wrist*. A scolding is just that - something certain people have learned very early to ignore.

* depends on the amount of course

Yeah exactly. It’s a scolding. Something certain types have learned to ignore in their teens.

Ah, 2016. Those were the days. It was all new and fresh and we never thought the USA would get to this point. The troll of yore is a dicktater now.

You know, I think they actually said that. The Expanse is one of the few near-future solar-system-only SciFi I really like. I should have gone with Iain M Banks I guess.

My point: it’s fiction. It can be as fast as you need it to be.

a bunch of firms compete to sell you a good or service, you pick the best one for your situation and buy it, then the firm that produces the best good or service gets more resources (money) to grow, rewarding the best product maker.

Advertising breaks this.

TBF, the original meaning of advertising was just that: spread the word about your product. Sure, praise it, add nice pictures, but that’s about it. People need to know that your product is out there, and what it’s like.

The systematic psychological manipulation only started in the 20th century, particularly when a relative of Sigmund Freud came to the USA (there’s an interesting documentary about it called The Century of the Self).

I largely agree with you though; algorithmic engagement is the worst incarnation so far. To put it simple: “Angry People Click More”, see more ads, and are therefore to be targeted.