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39 minutes ago, troph said:

Happened to us at a concert in Vail. Stood up by a soulless corporation after a 90 mins drive. Said fuck it and followed the band to Red Rocks a day later. Saw CAAMP in the rain. Son was gruntled. I was cold and wet. Core memory. We won. 

Thanks for getting me to search for wth  is CAAMP. Pleasant surprise.😁

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1 hour ago, AnTiM said:

Thanks for getting me to search for wth  is CAAMP. Pleasant surprise.😁

they are a STELLAR band. if you like them check out Andrew Duhon and Daniel Rodriguez, all three have that Colorado folksy, rock, blusey sounds in various forms. Duhon is from New Orleans, plays in texas often. Daniel Rodriguez is Colorado and plays in the mountains mostly. My wife and I are kinda fan girls of them. Both of are in bands but they are singer forward for sure. All three are part of the backbone of our daily rotation and have been for a few years. CAAMP is so effing good though, no weaknesses other than some substance abuse.

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I guess this is the best active thread for this. Using AI to monitor kids’ online text/speech is being abused. Of course, I understand concern on the other side of the argument, but the big, bolded last sentence quoted below (there's more at the link) is a broad societal problem, imo. Normalizing Big Brother shit. Let's train the next generation to "watch what they say."

Yeah, that's not an original sentiment or statement, but I don't get why we're putting up with all of this stuff, as it's increasingly being spread throughout all aspects of our lives and disturbs my libertarian nature, in the free speech and civil liberties sense.

It's not really an AI issue per se, except for how the tech can be abused, which I guess you could argue is the whole AI problem thing.

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https://apnews.com/article/ai-school-surveillance-gaggle-goguardian-bark-8c531cde8f9aee0b1ef06cfce109724a

Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it.

The teenage girl made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates, triggering the school’s surveillance software.

Before the morning was even over, the Tennessee eighth grader was under arrest. She was interrogated, strip-searched and spent the night in a jail cell, her mother says.

Earlier in the day, her friends had teased the teen about her tanned complexion and called her “Mexican,” even though she’s not. When a friend asked what she was planning for Thursday, she wrote: “on Thursday we kill all the Mexico’s.”

Mathis said the comments were “wrong” and “stupid,” but context showed they were not a threat.

“It made me feel like, is this the America we live in?” Mathis said of her daughter’s arrest. “And it was this stupid, stupid technology that is just going through picking up random words and not looking at context.”

Surveillance systems in American schools increasingly monitor everything students write on school accounts and devices. Thousands of school districts across the country use software like Gaggle and Lightspeed Alert to track kids’ online activities, looking for signs they might hurt themselves or others. With the help of artificial intelligence, technology can dip into online conversations and immediately notify both school officials and law enforcement.

Educators say the technology has saved lives. But critics warn it can criminalize children for careless words.

“It has routinized law enforcement access and presence in students’ lives, including in their home,” said Elizabeth Laird, a director at the Center for Democracy and Technology.

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1 minute ago, bolverk said:

I guess this is the best active thread for this. Using AI to monitor kids’ online text/speech is being abused. Of course, I understand concern on the other side of the argument, but the big, bolded last sentence quoted below (there's more at the link) is a broad societal problem, imo. Normalizing Big Brother shit. Let's train the next generation to "watch what they say."

Yeah, that's not an original sentiment or statement, but I don't get why we're putting up with all of this stuff, as it's increasingly being spread throughout all aspects of our lives and disturbs my libertarian nature, in the free speech and civil liberties sense.

image.png.fbd93ee2c22355f7501a3a695e67d441.png
https://apnews.com/article/ai-school-surveillance-gaggle-goguardian-bark-8c531cde8f9aee0b1ef06cfce109724a

Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it.

The teenage girl made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates, triggering the school’s surveillance software.

Before the morning was even over, the Tennessee eighth grader was under arrest. She was interrogated, strip-searched and spent the night in a jail cell, her mother says.

Earlier in the day, her friends had teased the teen about her tanned complexion and called her “Mexican,” even though she’s not. When a friend asked what she was planning for Thursday, she wrote: “on Thursday we kill all the Mexico’s.”

Mathis said the comments were “wrong” and “stupid,” but context showed they were not a threat.

“It made me feel like, is this the America we live in?” Mathis said of her daughter’s arrest. “And it was this stupid, stupid technology that is just going through picking up random words and not looking at context.”

Surveillance systems in American schools increasingly monitor everything students write on school accounts and devices. Thousands of school districts across the country use software like Gaggle and Lightspeed Alert to track kids’ online activities, looking for signs they might hurt themselves or others. With the help of artificial intelligence, technology can dip into online conversations and immediately notify both school officials and law enforcement.

Educators say the technology has saved lives. But critics warn it can criminalize children for careless words.

“It has routinized law enforcement access and presence in students’ lives, including in their home,” said Elizabeth Laird, a director at the Center for Democracy and Technology.

Guess we better hope no students ever quote Shakespeare's Henry VI about "let's kill all the lawyers."

Scratch that.  In this era, AI finding that post would result in the student getting a college scholarship and an immediate job offer from law enforcement.

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On 8/7/2025 at 11:46 AM, bolverk said:

I guess this is the best active thread for this. Using AI to monitor kids’ online text/speech is being abused. Of course, I understand concern on the other side of the argument, but the big, bolded last sentence quoted below (there's more at the link) is a broad societal problem, imo. Normalizing Big Brother shit. Let's train the next generation to "watch what they say."

Yeah, that's not an original sentiment or statement, but I don't get why we're putting up with all of this stuff, as it's increasingly being spread throughout all aspects of our lives and disturbs my libertarian nature, in the free speech and civil liberties sense.

It's not really an AI issue per se, except for how the tech can be abused, which I guess you could argue is the whole AI problem thing.

image.png.fbd93ee2c22355f7501a3a695e67d441.png
https://apnews.com/article/ai-school-surveillance-gaggle-goguardian-bark-8c531cde8f9aee0b1ef06cfce109724a

Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it.

The teenage girl made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates, triggering the school’s surveillance software.

Before the morning was even over, the Tennessee eighth grader was under arrest. She was interrogated, strip-searched and spent the night in a jail cell, her mother says.

Earlier in the day, her friends had teased the teen about her tanned complexion and called her “Mexican,” even though she’s not. When a friend asked what she was planning for Thursday, she wrote: “on Thursday we kill all the Mexico’s.”

Mathis said the comments were “wrong” and “stupid,” but context showed they were not a threat.

“It made me feel like, is this the America we live in?” Mathis said of her daughter’s arrest. “And it was this stupid, stupid technology that is just going through picking up random words and not looking at context.”

Surveillance systems in American schools increasingly monitor everything students write on school accounts and devices. Thousands of school districts across the country use software like Gaggle and Lightspeed Alert to track kids’ online activities, looking for signs they might hurt themselves or others. With the help of artificial intelligence, technology can dip into online conversations and immediately notify both school officials and law enforcement.

Educators say the technology has saved lives. But critics warn it can criminalize children for careless words.

“It has routinized law enforcement access and presence in students’ lives, including in their home,” said Elizabeth Laird, a director at the Center for Democracy and Technology.

You would think the government and law enforcement would have spent the resources rounding up said "Mexican". 

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Twice, here is an article from 2022 and another more recent. Also the FDA review. would love to hear your critique of the FDA memo, it’s not really my area. 
 

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/04/07/business/cultivated-salmon-wildtype-climate-scn-hnk-spc-intl

https://agfundernews.com/fda-clears-wildtypes-cell-cultivated-salmon-for-us-debut
 

https://www.fda.gov/media/186753/download
 

 

 

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Cracker Barrel is enshittening its logo. I also understand they are changing from the “old timey” decor to something called “modern farmhouse.” 
 

Likely to end up an enshittening project on par with Pizza Hut going from its stained glass lamps and checkerboard table coverings to the bland and depressing “The Hut.”

I had hoped we left these terrible rebrands in the 2010s. 

 

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It was back in '95 or '96, I worked at the Black Eyed Pea on South Lamar when it was rebranded as Black Eyed Pea Market Grill. Some changes I remember were we started having to wear white long sleeve dress shirts and black pants rather than the polos and khakis, smaller portions, smaller glasses for iced tea and water, and the introduction of this chicken pasta marinara dish that was pretty horrible. It became Pluckers not long after that. 

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2 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Cracker Barrel is enshittening its logo. I also understand they are changing from the “old timey” decor to something called “modern farmhouse.” 
 

Likely to end up an enshittening project on par with Pizza Hut going from its stained glass lamps and checkerboard table coverings to the bland and depressing “The Hut.”

I had hoped we left these terrible rebrands in the 2010s. 

 

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Talk about moving away from your core base.  I’m pretty sure most people that frequent Cracker Barrel prefer it the way it is vs a modern version. This is a shoot for a new crowd and fail with old and new change to me. 

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3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Cracker Barrel is enshittening its logo. I also understand they are changing from the “old timey” decor to something called “modern farmhouse.” 
 

Likely to end up an enshittening project on par with Pizza Hut going from its stained glass lamps and checkerboard table coverings to the bland and depressing “The Hut.”

I had hoped we left these terrible rebrands in the 2010s. 

 

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Have you heard that "The Station" is "Lit"? 

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3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Cracker Barrel is enshittening its logo. I also understand they are changing from the “old timey” decor to something called “modern farmhouse.” 
 

Likely to end up an enshittening project on par with Pizza Hut going from its stained glass lamps and checkerboard table coverings to the bland and depressing “The Hut.”

I had hoped we left these terrible rebrands in the 2010s. 

 

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not sure cracker barrel can really be further enshittified

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58 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

Talk about moving away from your core base.  I’m pretty sure most people that frequent Cracker Barrel prefer it the way it is vs a modern version. This is a shoot for a new crowd and fail with old and new change to me. 

Yep. The kids these days are going to Chili’s and Olive Garden. CB doesn’t need just a rebrand, they need to go viral like those 2 did on social media 

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7 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Yep. The kids these days are going to Chili’s and Olive Garden. CB doesn’t need just a rebrand, they need to go viral like those 2 did on social media 

Chilis also has some good food and kept prices reasonable. A Chili’s cheeseburger for nine bucks is about as good a deal as you can find.  It’s a legitimately good burger. 

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Just now, 956 Worldwide said:

Chilis also has some good food and kept prices reasonable. A Chili’s cheeseburger for nine bucks is about as good a deal as you can find.  It’s a legitimately good burger. 

Chips and salsa, burger, fries and a drink for under $15 beats everywhere

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On 8/4/2025 at 8:57 AM, Brian Fantana said:

The US Military Is Raking in Millions From On-Base Slot Machines | WIRED

Didn't know where to put this and didn't think it deserved a new thread

At the US Military Compound in downtown Taipei during the late 1950s, the Officers’ Club had a windowless room about 25’x25’ with slot machines lined up on all four walls. 
Minor dependents were not permitted, but I peeked in to see if my Mom was winning anything. The place was packed and the cigarette smoke was almost too thick to see across the room from the door. 
It was like that every Friday & Saturday evening.

At that time Taipei had no television stations, no American movie theaters, and only one US Armed Forces Radio station for entertainment. Most of the US military wives drank heavily.

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Volkswagen is charging a subscription to get more horsepower from an electric model in Britain.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62weyp4qqgo.amp
 

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German car making giant Volkswagen (VW) has introduced a subscription for UK customers wanting to increase the power of some of its electric cars.

Those who buy an eligible car in its ID.3 range can choose to pay extra if they want to unlock the full power of the engine inside the vehicle.

VW says the "optional power upgrade" will cost £16.50 per month or £165 annually - or people can choose to pay £649 for a lifetime subscription. 

The firm said it was "offering customers choice" with the feature.

“Upgrade” here is a misnomer. Everything is already in the car, non-subscribers just have a computer limiter. 

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On 8/8/2025 at 9:24 PM, Anastasis said:

Twice, here is an article from 2022 and another more recent. Also the FDA review. would love to hear your critique of the FDA memo, it’s not really my area. 
 

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/04/07/business/cultivated-salmon-wildtype-climate-scn-hnk-spc-intl

https://agfundernews.com/fda-clears-wildtypes-cell-cultivated-salmon-for-us-debut
 

https://www.fda.gov/media/186753/download
 

 

 

I'm not lifey-sciency enough to evaluate hardly anything the FDA does from the science standpoint.

I do sabe some of the exclusivity provisions and how it interfaces with the USPTO, but that's about it, other than some general knowledge of bureaucracy in technical areas.

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On 8/20/2025 at 4:12 PM, 956 Worldwide said:

Likely to end up an enshittening project on par with Pizza Hut going from its stained glass lamps and checkerboard table coverings to the bland and depressing “The Hut.”

 

Thank GIF

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On 8/20/2025 at 8:02 PM, Js1 said:

Yep. The kids these days are going to Chili’s and Olive Garden. CB doesn’t need just a rebrand, they need to go viral like those 2 did on social media 

What "kids" are going to CB of their own volition that aren't in the store because they are almost always off the HWY and make for a decent place to stop on a road trip with their parents.  

On 8/20/2025 at 9:30 PM, Parliament said:

Their chicken-fried steak is passable.

Cant' remember a time I didn't get breakfast there at all hours of the day.  Every time I'm there....

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Been to a CB a coupla times, because it's near the highway.  Chicken and Dumplings are good, as is the breakfast menu, IIRC (it's been a few years).  The fact that there is a cultural dustup of offended MAGAs because they literally just streamlined the logo....yeah, add it to the pile of reasons this country is not worth saving.  It's a fucking logo for a roadside home cooking type restaurant.  Nobody, not a single living human, should give .000001% of a shit about it, but here we are.  

I make better chicken and dumplings myself, though, for the record.

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7 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Been to a CB a coupla times, because it's near the highway.  Chicken and Dumplings are good, as is the breakfast menu, IIRC (it's been a few years).  The fact that there is a cultural dustup of offended MAGAs because they literally just streamlined the logo....yeah, add it to the pile of reasons this country is not worth saving.  It's a fucking logo for a roadside home cooking type restaurant.  Nobody, not a single living human, should give .000001% of a shit about it, but here we are.  

I make better chicken and dumplings myself, though, for the record.

Nobody gives two shits about a logo change - it's change for the sake of some CEO mouth breather coming and and pointing to "see, look what I did" shit. 

See earlier example of Pizza Hut.  The premise that it's "about staying relevant across digital platforms" is just stupid.  It's fucking Cracker Barrel.  You only go there because it has a cool gift shop, it's right off the highway, and it's not fast food in a gas station.  

There - the three legs of the your marketing stool of genius.  

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On 8/20/2025 at 9:07 PM, 956 Worldwide said:

Volkswagen is charging a subscription to get more horsepower from an electric model in Britain.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62weyp4qqgo.amp
 

“Upgrade” here is a misnomer. Everything is already in the car, non-subscribers just have a computer limiter. 

Listening to a podcast about the early air marshals post-9/11.  They had a provision in their contract that they could "shoot" their way to a larger salary, ie., timed shots on the range.

EX.  Shoot a 2.4, maybe your base is $50K. but lower the time to a 2.2, maybe now you make $56K, etc.  Drop below 2.0, you make even more.  

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