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[–] ponfriend 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think you responded to the wrong comment. I said nothing about the quality of the film industry's output, only that it is going to be replaced.

[–] ponfriend 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

No, generative AI is. Why get props, lighting, actors, etc. when you can just not and say you did at a language model connected to a video generation model?

[–] ponfriend 1 points 10 months ago

You forgot Bernie. He was a Trump favorite.

[–] ponfriend 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Moissanite is a nonporous stone, so it doesn't get cloudy. It can get dirty on the surface like a diamond, but you can just rinse it off. On the other hand, a diamond will turn cloudy if it is in a house fire, while moissanite will not.

Naturally occurring moissanite is extremely rare, while naturally occurring diamond not so much. A geologist might judge you for wearing something that isn't real moissanite but a knockoff with a lower refractive index.

[–] ponfriend 1 points 11 months ago

The argument against student loan forgiveness is that there are better ways to spend the money, like on universal childcare, than on people with college degrees. Basically any social program you can think of will give a higher return to society. The only reason to support student loan forgiveness over these other programs is for votes.

[–] ponfriend 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If Trump wins, pardoning these people will be his first order of business. That signals to his supporters that he wants them to do it again but in greater numbers to keep him in power indefinitely.

[–] ponfriend 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The difference is most liberals don't want dumb people to have guns. This person might be a liberal, but if other liberals had their way, the girl would still be alive.

[–] ponfriend 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This article isn't in The New York Times.

[–] ponfriend 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If the pole is entering the portal at the rate of 60 miles per hour, it must exit the portal at the same rate. After a minute, 1 mile of pole has entered the portal, and 1 mile has exited it. If it exits more slowly than it enters, where is the missing part of the pole?

[–] ponfriend 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

No, we wouldn't be, Mr. Negative Karma Throwaway. A recession is two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. The US had exactly two in Q1 2022 and Q2 2022 before going back to positive growth. The US had a much larger recession in Q1 and Q2 2020 before a big recovery in Q3 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/

[–] ponfriend 2 points 1 year ago

This is already about to pass in California. https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/SB478/2023

The FTC is going to write a rule similar to what local governments have given themselves power to regulate. The article gave some examples, but it is not exhaustive.

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