Brave Little Hitachi Wand

Called it, huge omissions likely remain

The Iron Giant, Wall-E, Her, Blade Runner, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Metropolis (2001), Astro Boy. Probably forgetting some really good examples though

I liked it, but I’m a sucker for “robot wanna be a real boy” type stories

I sent three faxes today 😎

“No, we don’t like that. We insist that you do not.”

“Art of ze deal, non?”

I’ve tried and failed. I forget the particulars but I wasn’t able to get it to accept the change.

Oh I know what he wants. He wants me to put games on it. If I do it’ll wreck his sleep habits for life

I super hate Chromebooks. My mom gave my kid one and it’s ruining my life. I should have just binned it and gotten him a real laptop with mint or ubermix.

He has a computer now with ubermix, but it’s an uphill battle.

A quick word to anyone seeing this and thinking “oh that’s fine”, look into the Snowtown Massacres". That’s what it looks like when this kind of thing actually happens. Life isn’t a Tarantino film, those who accomplish their aims violently are generally very dumb.

Aaahaha heh hmm ahem err yes

I don’t particularly

Stupid or not, that’s the playbook to watch for. Don’t give Russia an inch on article 5, or they’ll use it to undermine the whole alliance.

People who follow this subject have been talking about it as a crisis before the invasion even began. Now it’s being described as “demographic collapse”. They have remarkably low birth rates, an ageing population, xenophobia issues, and few friendly nations from which to borrow workers. I saw one headline that they’ve begun trying to bribe young ladies to have children. I believe I’ve seen Putin on record saying he sees demographics as one of his biggest issues, but his policies belie a more cynical stance. It is likely that Russia will continue to decline throughout the century, and in geopolitical terms they are positioned to eventually become a client state of some sort, likelier than not beholden to China.

If Russia gets ambiguously belligerent with a small NATO ally (someplace like Lithuania) and everyone’s suddenly saying “we have to go to war over THAT?” and American corporate media starts framing the use of article 5 as escalatory, that’s your cue that phase 1 is complete.

Trump’s holding all the cards? Must be a game of Uno.

Ah, yes. Made in The Land of 1000 Electrodes

We agree on that

It literally says why up in the blurb. Do you want it to be normal for any state to have covert access to security cameras you own?

If I had to own a car right now I would be extremely annoyed. Seemingly every major production car right now is a data nightmare.

Remember when republicans were super intense about Russia and didn’t want to give them an inch?

… Does that date me? I’m pretty sure I just admitted I’m old.

Oh good god, here we go