[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 46 points 4 days ago

Oh there’ll be elections. Just like Russia has elections, and Cuba.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 39 points 5 days ago

We knew this in 2016 too.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

“Wellness” is a word they invented so they didn’t have to admit they weren’t health practitioners.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago

Then California splits into 20 states.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 73 points 1 week ago

You forgot "It didn't happen when Bush stole the 2000 election."

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 88 points 1 week ago

4 more years? Nah. 6 months before they turf him.

This'll be a Vance presidency.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 69 points 1 month ago

Those corporations are about to find out the fun way that these algorithms, in their current and near-future states, cannot replace human beings.

Well, except for maybe lazy copywriters who pump out pointless listicles and executives who do - whatever it is they do - but any non-trivial task requiring creativity and understanding is beyond these tools.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 85 points 3 months ago

Let’s not forget he stole an election with the help of a corrupt Republican governor and the Supreme Court, either.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 79 points 3 months ago

“On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.” - Charles Babbage

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 148 points 11 months ago

The whole point is to 'normalise' all the issues with Trump's presidency so that the public just sees impeachment etc as a normal political process rather than a sign of something being seriously wrong.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 147 points 1 year ago

Worse. It’s “attempting to understand this might cause me to question my faith, so I’m not going to even try.”

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 97 points 1 year ago

I like “Executive Function Disorder” as it actually describes the underlying issue and not just the symptoms that other people can see.

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