I agree with you. We seem to have found one of the village idiots out there, but because there are so many villages, we see just how many idiots there are.

Trump is incapable of coming up with a good deal, which is why he is the reason for businesses to go bankrupt.

There is a level of BLATANT corruption in almost everything Trump does, where he does things just to push people so they give him a "donation" in exchange for government contracts, or to avoid vindictive lawsuits. That is why it is questionable about everything that involves the Trump administration. SpaceX has a lot going for it, but Tesla....how much or little are they paying in federal income taxes in exchange for getting government contracts? Oh yea, not paying much in corporate taxes, getting a government deal, so the potential for there being yet more corruption at play is VERY high.

It's not about if you like or do not like this administration, Trump is VERY VERY obvious about "rewarding" donations made to him or to things that will directly result in more money going to Trump personally. If you want an "in" with Trump, just buy a bunch of his crypto, which is another form of corruption while he is in office.

So, should betting on the final number of little girls that Trump has raped be allowed? How about betting on how long someone actually survives(down to the second) that a specific person lives after being pushed out of an airlock from the ISS? Betting on things that by themselves are seen as disgusting behaviors is something that shouldn't be legal. Putting regulations on things that can be manipulated as well, just to help certain people profit while others get hurt makes a lot of sense, but the Trump administration and friends support any sort of corruption and illegal activity as long as they can personally profit from it.

Anyone who even calls other people "a commie" are generally poorly educated and have zero clue about ANYTHING involving politics. That's not a defense of rsilvergun, just an observation based on what the least educated people use as an insult. You probably support that pedophile in the White House as well as his pedophile friends.

You can not look purely at income without looking at the cost of living. If income goes up by 5% but the cost of living has gone up by 20%, sure, people are earning more money, but effectively are less wealthy. No numbers are required to understand that concept, and for those who live in places with a higher population density, that trend of "wage increases go up MUCH more slowly than the cost of living increases".

That is why people say the economy is doing poorly right now, because the cost of living really has gone up by over 7%, but wages have gone up by what, 3% in the past year? Pay attention to the NET income, not gross, and you would see that the vast majority of people have had our net income go down.

One thing to remember is the idea of self correction. When a user starts using those words/phrases, that indicates that the AI has done something wrong in many cases, so this will "flag" the interactions, either to see why the user wasn't happy with what the AI did, or, the AI could use it itself to spend extra effort to correct whatever mistake was made that has frustrated the user.

It's similar to dealing with people, they make mistakes, but there are SOME people who almost need to be cursed at before they will actually pay attention.

Bernie wasn't running out there to pay a 0-5% income tax rate and advocating for lower tax rates on the wealthy. Responsible people who have money SUPPORT the idea of higher tax rates on those who make over $4 million per year.

The big problem with Tesla and SpaceX at this point is Elon Musk. Seriously, many people who were looking to buy a Tesla immediately became anti-Tesla with Musk and that abortion known as DOGE, as well as the obvious conflicts of interest and how it cost more money than was saved(because Musk only did it for his own profits and as a way to steal information from things like Social Security). SpaceX I wouldn't bet against right now, but all second guessing about Tesla and SpaceX would be gone if Musk were removed from the picture.

There is a difference between sea water and water we can drink. Now, if they would do something, like building desalinization plants and then pump the water around the country to places that need it, we could actually even reclaim the desert over time if done the right way. The problem is that we have very short-sighted politicians who only think in terms of 1-6 years, instead of thinking 20+ years out. It's like all the idiot executives out there that will go out of their way to save $0.10 cents per hour per employee, not realizing that it will cost the company $1000 extra per year per employee from the side effects. When short term profits are more important than long profits, that is when you know the company is going to crash as soon as a decent competitor shows up.

I was thinking the same thing, The Island really is what they are promoting here, without saying that the clones are actually alive and not "brainless".

It is a lot easier to make things stable when you only make two or three models, compared to the thousands of combinations of components in the "PC" arena.

There is a basic concept at play, if a single innocent person gets abused by government because of a broken procedure or process, that is far far worse than if a few people who are guilty are released(as long as those incorrectly released are not dangerous criminals themselves). You would rather see one bad person cause 20 innocent people to go to jail though, as long as it's not YOU or someone from your family who are incorrectly or unfairly thrown in jail.

This also applies to what is going on with ICE in the USA, you don't care that innocent CITIZENS are being killed by ICE, because you are a racist and you have no problem when ICE assaults "brown" people.

I support the police(generally), because the police in most places are not above the law themselves, and if a police officer deprives others of their rights, they will potentially lose their job. ICE isn't held to the standards of the police though, and as a result, needs to be shut down until the fascists currently in control in Washington are out of power and tried for their violations of the US Constitution and protecting criminals.

How about we starve the makers of golf ball so Trump won't be able to play golf every weekend once the supply runs out?

Truth Social is a refuge for uneducated MAGA where they can't even tell the difference between the truth and an outright lie.