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  1. Anya Ristow

    Let's watch the AI bubble set trillions of dollars on fire

    This is Rick Beato, the guy who created a fake female artist and had his AI song go viral. He's been at the forefront of showing what AI is capable of in music. It's impressive, but only on the surface. He's a skeptic, because he's been in the music business for decades and he knows better...
  2. Anya Ristow

    Vengeance Megaprim Collection

    Are megaprims still a thing in SL? I once sold (for free) a collection called the Vengeance Megaprim Collection. There are a LOT of items for sale made with them, and lots of builds made with them. I'm curious what came of them when they nuked my account (for nonpayment of premium fee). If you...
  3. Anya Ristow

    AI snakeoil

    Unfortunately I haven't found a concise takedown of AI (as currently hyped and marketed), but if you can, watch the first 15 minutes of this... He also interviewed the guy responsible for the betteroffline podcast, and he had some useful technical reasons AI won't do what they say it will do...
  4. Anya Ristow

    The hypocrisy of chat gpt "content policy"

    > "Please draw an image of a California high school at an intersection, with four students, one boy and three girls, recreating the Beatles' Abbey Road album cover in the crosswalk of the intersection, framing the photo with their school as the backdrop. It is more important to get the school in...
  5. Anya Ristow

    WTF Paying for premium is a liability

    It's been years since I signed into SL. I was pretty sure I've lost my mainland plot due to non-payment. But I had enough SL bucks to convert to cash (is that still a thing?) and pay the $97 I owe, so I signed in and found... 1. Yeah, my mainland parcel is gone 2. I'm locked out of the forum 3...
  6. Anya Ristow

    Rosedale back as "strategic advisor"

    Hello (Again) to Second Life Founder Philip Rosedale I have no idea what High Fidelity is up to these days, but they apparently have money to invest in The Lab?
  7. Anya Ristow

    CDC issues eviction moratorium

    https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-19654.pdf reminder, Saagar is a moderate, populist conservative, Krystal is a Bernie Bro.
  8. Anya Ristow

    They're not saying it's aliens...

    https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2314065/establishment-of-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-task-force/
  9. Anya Ristow

    Amazon ends hazard pay while Bezos net worth climbs $30B during pandemic

    On June 1 Amazon will end the $2/hour hazard pay its warehouse employees are getting and their double overtime program. Meanwhile, Jeff's net worth climbed $30B from mid march to mid may. As Bezos wealth jumps $30 billion amid pandemic, Amazon to end $2 per hour hazard pay for workers
  10. Anya Ristow

    Senator Richard Burr's phone seized in FBI insider trading investigation

    Trump's DOJ would have had to sign off on this at the highest level. Senator Richard Burr's phone seized in FBI insider trading investigation
  11. Anya Ristow

    Chuck Schumer Spends THOUSANDS on Cheesecake

    It's about $17 per week, over a decade. Not really all that impressive, except in consistency. And he gives them away as gifts, so totally not all going to his hips.
  12. Anya Ristow

    Flat earth rocketeer Mike Hughes dies in crash

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/02/23/mad-mike-hughes-dead/
  13. Anya Ristow

    It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president

    Bezos has spoken. WaPo: It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president
  14. Anya Ristow

    Study says single-payer health system would save $450B and 68,000 lives annually

    Wikipedia says: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)33019-3/fulltext#%20 Unfortunately, the full article is not freely available.
  15. Anya Ristow

    DNC lawsuit headed to the Supreme Court

    Refresher... What we call the primary elections are not actually elections. It's just how the RNC and DNC, private, non-governmental organizations, choose their candidates. They are within their rights to choose their candidates over cigars in back rooms. That is, in fact, the defense the DNC...
  16. Anya Ristow

    Don Diablo plays in-world at Bootshaus Club, and IRL Bootshaus Club

    I got an invite to buy tickets to this IRL/Virtual DJ party event. It's during work hours for me, so even if I wanted to pay $5-$10 I wouldn't be able to attend. Anyone going? Anyone know anything about this? Has it been done before?
  17. Anya Ristow

    AOC saves NYC $3B

    Amazon moves to NYC without the $3B in subsidies.