At what point does Tony Stark feed ChatGPT the Boston D manual and let FPS fans operate live action figures?
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Head in the Clouds
Is it just me or is the world starting to resemble a day in the life of Aeon Flux? Especially, now, with all the subscription fee jabbing going on. Are those OUR archives floating overhead? Are we paying to operate digital versions of ourselves (avatars) so our analog counterparts can continue plugging the machine with quarters? Have humans developed an innate ability to digest glass overnight and I just didn't get the memo? Or, maybe the fees are simply for paid security? "Oops, sorry, all your information was scraped." Again? Guess not.
It's hard to keep track of every harebrained scheme AI is going to: solve, invoke, evoke, emote. You know? Try to find an "expert" on the matter and ask them, "Where do you see this going, exactly?" A utopian world where everyone gets along and nobody has to work, everything takes care of itself; eternal bliss. "At this stage it's hard to know." -Brad Smith (60 Minutes) Groovy.
Twitter and Meta (Instagram/Facebook) are on their own. They have yet to declare state sponsorship, candid photos meant to rouse suspicion not withstanding. Google, Microsoft and Amazon have all been awarded contracts by an ominously named geometric shape, as did a specially blended cup of Joe, to keep the lights aglow. (PBS) And, if you think about it, a portion is being funneled to the not so silent public/private partner that is (OpenAI) too.
What about TikTok though?
No, no, no, no, no, no. Don't be so judgmental. Just because its operations are based in another country with a completely different set of rules governing their society doesn't automatically spell trouble. Let's put a new frame on "History & Evolution" and give it a touch-up, shall we?
There's nothing wrong with a billion+ people playing with facial recognition filters attached to whatever personally identifiable information the app extracts. Every man, woman and child should have the opportunity to become a viral, overnight sensation, no?
BOOM! Stop sucking up all our brain goo, dude! But, not until making it across the entire country so we can get way in deep with all that goo you got. Mmmmmm. What about the other three? That's four objects that went down, including big daddy, right? (ABC NEWS) Has anyone stepped up and said, "Hey, man, that was my thingy you shot down. WTF!?" I know I'd have something to say if somebody shot down my thingy. Wouldn't you?
If you want to stay friends with your pen pals then maybe it's time to tell them to tell their Lady or Lord they're no longer the one calling the shots. Level up or leave.
Who do you want calling the shots? Anyone? No one? Say it's you, calling your own shots, how are you getting there? What's your ISP? Who you gonna call? Don't cross the streams. What goes up must come down, at some point, or what's the point? Planet hopping? Really?
Might as well give everyone hammers to knock themselves out then, because, I don't see that ride being any fun. Mobile, desktop, centralized, fedi, unless you plan on building your own Starlink equivalent, your subscription count is one.
What time is Matlock on? Huh? WHAT? Just press play.
Friday, September 1, 2017
Trying to catch a FOX
Bringing Foxconn to Wisconsin
Here's the bill summary if you'd actually like to read it for yourself instead of getting sound bites from various news sources focused on the minutiae they think will sell more advertising...
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lfb/bill_summaries/2017_19/0001_2017_wisconsin_act_58_foxconn_fiserv_10_4_17.pdf
Do poke around, inform yourself...
http://www.wisconsin.gov/Pages/SearchResults.aspx?q=foxconn%20legislation
Interesting things to note: Foxconn is the trade name for Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd. and here's a list of its subsidiaries. Of course, many of them have subsidiaries of their own too.
And let's not forget that our very own Fiserv, which just bought out Monitise as well as PCLender, is poised to get $10 million if they stay anchored in Wisconsin.
So, that means Amazon, Uline and Foxconn will be huddled together; warehousing/fulfillment, packaging and manufacturing all in one place. They'll have access to not only land and air but sea via the Saint Lawrence Seaway and then there's Fiserv nestled to the north, capable of providing software development, not to mention a newly acquired product line that can expedite the lending process with the whirlwind of real estate that will be changing hands all around the city and beyond.
Now, if the Post Office would just figure out their build out plan and move...
*hint: Oak Creek may not be the one and only option for the USPS anymore, possibly a major facility tucked between the giants in Kenosha would be in order?
Maybe Fiserv will buy into the old Post Office complex or other software developers will start competing for the cheap land downtown. Can't exactly afford anything on the west coast anymore.
Where is all this money coming from for such a push? There's certainly been no shortage of deals going down. In fact, it's hard to keep track of them with so much emphasis placed on Americans not getting along with one another.
https://www.ibtimes.co.in/saudi-arabia-infuses-27-billion-into-sovereign-wealth-fund-706452
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2017/04/05/masayoshi-sons-new-universe-softbank-vision-fund-apple-trump/
https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2017/05/us-president-signs-deal-with-saudi-arabias-sovereign-wealth-fund-for-93-billion-boosting-us-tech-sector.html
In short, we have two competing parties in this country bilking its citizens out of rational discourse while a third quietly moves the ball around, endlessly building the largest pyramid on earth no one can physically see.
The opportunity is there for all to have a share, you just have to know which way to move.
Good luck everyone.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lfb/bill_summaries/2017_19/0001_2017_wisconsin_act_58_foxconn_fiserv_10_4_17.pdf
Do poke around, inform yourself...
http://www.wisconsin.gov/Pages/SearchResults.aspx?q=foxconn%20legislation
Interesting things to note: Foxconn is the trade name for Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd. and here's a list of its subsidiaries. Of course, many of them have subsidiaries of their own too.
And let's not forget that our very own Fiserv, which just bought out Monitise as well as PCLender, is poised to get $10 million if they stay anchored in Wisconsin.
So, that means Amazon, Uline and Foxconn will be huddled together; warehousing/fulfillment, packaging and manufacturing all in one place. They'll have access to not only land and air but sea via the Saint Lawrence Seaway and then there's Fiserv nestled to the north, capable of providing software development, not to mention a newly acquired product line that can expedite the lending process with the whirlwind of real estate that will be changing hands all around the city and beyond.
Now, if the Post Office would just figure out their build out plan and move...
https://biztimes.com/grand-plans-unveiled-for-redevelopment-of-downtown-postal-center/
*hint: Oak Creek may not be the one and only option for the USPS anymore, possibly a major facility tucked between the giants in Kenosha would be in order?
Maybe Fiserv will buy into the old Post Office complex or other software developers will start competing for the cheap land downtown. Can't exactly afford anything on the west coast anymore.
Where is all this money coming from for such a push? There's certainly been no shortage of deals going down. In fact, it's hard to keep track of them with so much emphasis placed on Americans not getting along with one another.
https://www.ibtimes.co.in/saudi-arabia-infuses-27-billion-into-sovereign-wealth-fund-706452
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2017/04/05/masayoshi-sons-new-universe-softbank-vision-fund-apple-trump/
https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2017/05/us-president-signs-deal-with-saudi-arabias-sovereign-wealth-fund-for-93-billion-boosting-us-tech-sector.html
In short, we have two competing parties in this country bilking its citizens out of rational discourse while a third quietly moves the ball around, endlessly building the largest pyramid on earth no one can physically see.
The opportunity is there for all to have a share, you just have to know which way to move.
Good luck everyone.
- Added content from 6/28/2018
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