Because dish and cable still operate in the same way they have for 70 years and a lot of people like it that way. They like that their favorite show comes on at 6pm every Thursday and dish/cable see no reason to offer anything different. It does cost money to create and maintain a system for you to do that and the people who still use dish/cable would most likely not use it.

Unless there have been some changes, dish technology hasn’t changed a lot in 30 years because it costs a lot of money to send up new satellites. For the most part the business for cable hasn’t changed a lot because cable just provides the service not the content.

Streaming on the other hand could do this easily and I think Amazon or Netflix experimented with it but no one really used it.

Not really any different than just leaving the TV on if that’s what you mean.

It’s AI rot. Simply put, it’s a lot like any software tool, if AI is doing the work and is doing the thinking then you are conforming to the tool instead of using the tool.

I deal with it a lot, even now when AI is just starting to poke it’s nose into our toolset. The person uses the tool without thinking but at the end of the day they don’t have a clue why they did any of it. So now our tools are being redesigned with that in mind so that the operator doesn’t have to think and can intentionally operate on autopilot. It’s the difference between an operator and an engineer, but it’s hard for most people to see the difference, they see it as gained efficiency or getting the operator to produce the same level of work. I foresee AI replacing the operators and the experts being lost due to attrition, then the experts that put the work in will become super valuable and scarce.

Fear is what’s going to make them stop acting like thugs, they don’t fear the consequences of their actions. The person giving them orders don’t fear the consequences. Learning hip toss or judo chop isn’t going to stop a group of fearless thugs.

But you’re right. If reason is lost and the people that are sworn to protect do nothing then logically that is the next step, it’s sort of written into the Constitution and Amendments because our founders dealt with this sort of thing and the abuse of power.

It’s not really that hard with my son 13, I monitor what he’s doing discreetly using apps and just listening to what he’s doing. I make sure to explain to him what I find acceptable and I give him space and freedom to make mistakes but I’m also clear about the consequences. I don’t let him out of sight or ear shot.

My daughter 5 on the other hand is much tougher, she likes to watch slop and I have to limit it block shows or apps that have “free streaming” because the garbage is everywhere. She doesn’t understand or know the difference, she doesn’t see the overt government or corporate propaganda and low effort quality, she just sees bright colors and happy cartoons and signing. Here’s hoping my efforts aren’t for not.

Otherwise, just keep them off the black hole that is social media (Facebook/Instagram/tweeter and their clones) because there’s nothing good or redeemable there, limit YouTube and similar sites, take part in their lives while also giving the space to make decisions, don’t completely cut out AI but encourage creativeness using all of the tools available to them, encourage quality over quantity, instill healthy values, be flexible, and treat them like young humans. Treating them like young humans also means setting boundaries, being firm, standing your ground and being consistent. They’re humans not flowers. The values part is probably the hardest part to impart because what everyone themselves value doesn’t necessarily mean the same thing to everyone else and life is full of contradictions so they need to be able to decide who/what/when/where is the right choice and completely denying everything will blow up in your or their faces.

The values we teach them as parents is what will allow them to decide when is the right time to allow AI content as something acceptable and give them the knowledge for how to use it to their advantage. AI isn’t going away so don’t run away from it, but that doesn’t mean we have to accept the shit corporations are cramming down our throats or allow it to run our lives and raise our kids.

It’s a long war and a lot of people give up or declare victory too soon. Never give up, never surrender, because one day you will be old and AI will be running your life support machines and I hope someone’s lazy kid didn’t half ass train it because they grew up watching Cocomelon.

You say self defense like you’re fighting off a mugger. Your facing government backed thugs not street thugs (they wouldn’t need to cover their faces if they weren’t doing something wrong) physically resisting isn’t going to do you any good. Maybe you make their jobs a little tougher for a little while, but they will go back to work tomorrow and you will spend a few days, maybe weeks in jail or get shipped off somewhere if you survived.

You are out numbered and out matched, self defense classes aren’t going to do you any good, no half measure is going to do anything. It’s entirely up to you if feel the need to resist and/or feel the urge to become a martyr if they come for you, it’s your choice.

If you feel the need to act, your best options are to join an activist group and/or support government leaders that you feel could help. Because in the end you’re either going to be standing in front of God or a judge, you won’t be physically fighting back in any meaningful way.

That cat ate like a king for a day

You don’t, you have no direct control over world events.

You have a choice, you can either join an activist group and maybe get some comfort that you’re doing something or take a break and focus on getting the most out of life.

Don’t forget Epstein distraction

Act too late and you’re lined up to be shot, act too soon and you’re just a nut job

I don’t think so, I believe Biden is the real reason Harris lost. She had too much ground to make up for Biden’s stubbornness to realize he was a weak candidate. Trump’s entire strategy was based on how weak Biden was and the party turning against him in the 11th hour only reinforced Trump’s claims. Kamala was doomed from the start, I believe she could have won if she had taken the lead from the start of the race. She wouldn’t have been my first or even my second but I still think she could have won if Trump didn’t have a head start and Dems taking so long to pull their heads out of their asses.

It’s 2 factors, FOMO and the hope to replace the labor force with software.

Our IT tech support has already been replaced by AI and now they are experimenting with replacing HR live support, estimators, and legal tech writers. The company is selling it to employees as a tool to make us more efficient, but it’s pretty obvious that if one person can now do the job of 5 then 4 lose their jobs and the company saves hundreds of thousands of dollars, it’s simple math. The one person now doing the job of 4 won’t see a dime. The first jobs that will go will be anything related to collating data and setting up work for more experienced workers will start to disappear. Then as the more experienced workers move on and don’t pass on the experience, the companies will be forced to face AI rot.

Eventually the workforce will balance and this will become the new normal but for the next 10 years or so a lot of people are going to lose their jobs and the rich will widden the gap.

History and normal market cycles. I’ll remind you of the great GPU shortage caused by Bitcoin miners.

The “shortage” is temporary and artificial, so that’s a hard NO. The ram shortage doesn’t present any incentive to make apps more efficient because the hardware and software that is already in people’s homes won’t be effected by the shortage and people who currently use the software won’t be affected by the shortage. The very small percentage of people that will be affected by the temporary shortage wouldn’t justify making changes to software that is currently in development.

There’s no incentive for software companies to make their code more efficient until people stop using their software so stop using it and it will get better. Just as an example Adobe reader is crap, just straight up garbage, but people still use it so the app stopped getting improvements many years ago. Then Adobe moved to a subscription based system, and cloud service for selling your data but guess what, it’s still the same app that it was 10 years ago, just more expensive.

As cheesey as it was, I actually loved MD Geist, I bought the VHS taps.

I whole heartedly believe my company would have replaced everyone in my department with remote workers from India if government regulations didn’t require US citizenship or qualified people. What I mean by qualified I don’t necessarily mean their quality of work but government regulations that require certificates and licenses to do the work.

So I guess AI will be after my job very soon

Well they probably had record earnings for a few quarters then their backlog caught up to their inability to deliver.

We would go to Folk’s or TGIF or O’charlys or a local tavern, as long as you weren’t ordering beer or steaks, it was do able.

This makes me sad. About 15 years ago we could go out as a family of 4 to a nice-ish restaurant for just entrees for just under $50 before tip.

The only way I see this sort of working is getting people together similar to Abandonware and either making emulators or someone figuring out how to fake the server authentication on a local PC for a console to ping. It would probably send the console manufacturers into a frenzy, especially Nintendo.

I can see the hardware part being easy enough, a miniPC for $200-$300 or an older junker PC running Linux from storage and a CAT6 from the console to the miniPC. The hard part would be figuring out what every single game needed to authenticate itself.

But where it really falls apart are systems that only partially run on the local console or require lots of online players to even function. So anything after Gen 7 or 8 probably wouldn’t work or would be very limited.

I’m hoping that by installing all of my game discs and updating everything before putting it away that it will remain somewhat functional if I pull it out of storage. I will give is a little more time then try it, so fingers crossed.