Yes, that’s pretty much where I’m at.

So in order for data to be useful to AIs, AI-generated content will have to be flagged as such. Sounds good to me.

Palm Pilots seemed so futuristic back then.

That's just privacy protection. I own a few domains, and none of the whois information points to me personally.

I agree with your points about ease of use, but even back when ISPs provided Usenet access, it was still pretty niche. Most people weren't even aware that it existed. It was covered in the old "Internet for Dummies" sorts of books back in the 90s, but I've never met anyone IRL who used it, not even back when I worked at a university.

I remember Damien Chazelle saying that they had considered an intermission for Babylon but that there was no natural break point in the story. Having seen it, I can state with perfect confidence that it does contain an appropriate point for an intermission at just the right time. I suspect that Chazelle just couldn’t bear the thought of the audience not watching his opus straight through.

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8EKtLHTfDiM/XA3JXIv9naI/AAAAAAAAZDA/K_A17p8Uj_cvVI6xpwujsLvYXcbZ75HywCLcBGAs/s1600/Kong.jpg

An early production still.

They should go with Kubrick’s original idea of having the same actor portray Major Kong as well. Sellers hurt his leg toward the start of filming and claimed he couldn’t move around the B-52 interior set easily, but he was also having trouble with the character’s accent and was glad to bow out. He had an easier time with the president’s accent because he just imitated Kubrick himself.

Also, they've really doubled down on the interconnectivity. You used to be able to follow the main arc without difficulty if you saw most of the movies, but now you have to watch absolutely everything including the TV shows or you have no idea what's going on.

Boy, Twitter’s UI is hot garbage. The replies to the original poster made his series of tweets about the bar impossible to read.

Jeez, I remember when Instagram was a fun photo editing app that you could use without even creating an account.

Each state gets a number of electors equal to its congressional representation (senators plus representatives). If the number of representatives weren’t capped it would go a long way towards making the Electoral College more representative of the population.