Marty_d
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Let's talk about Artificial Intelligence
Marty_d replied to old man emu's topic in Science and Technology
Yeah - data centre proponents keep saying that AI will increase productivity. That's great for shareholders. They never mention that this will come at the expense of jobs. What's the point of great productivity if the population is unemployed? -
Saw my first snake of the summer today - just avoided running over him on the bike, which could have been nasty for both of us.
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They bottle it now?? I could make a fortune.
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Which needs to be ditched. Independent review (because the government wouldn't do it) has absolutely slammed it. We need some courage from Albo and the cabinet now.
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I think she's stopped now.
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Where's that groan emoji...
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Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)
Marty_d replied to onetrack's topic in General Discussion
Probably because Star Trek: the next generation had 178 episodes spanning 1987 - 1994. Plus 4 movies with the same cast, with the latest in 2002. For us Gen X's that's a big chunk of our teens and early adulthood. -
Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)
Marty_d replied to onetrack's topic in General Discussion
Another great actor gone - Patrick Stewart, best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek. -
Sounds a bit suicidal, a Republican wishing for hellfire on the wicked and perverse
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If you dive into the citations in Wikipedia, it's apparent that his mother took his father's surname, he grew up with it, and has had the nickname "Albo" since childhood.
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Going the full Michael Jackson you reckon? (Turning white, not the thing with the kids)
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You seem to have missed the bit where I actually agreed with you about it being a stupid thing that he did. But if you're going to simply pound on him without putting the incident into perspective alongside other political leaders in Australia, you're simply having a free kick yourself.
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You'd hate it worse if you were the bloke nearest Hopoate in the scrum.
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Yeah - a success by Trump's measure, not by anyone else's. Mind you Trump would claim he's the most successful (insert category here) against all evidence to the contrary.
