All the old data is backed up, minus a few recent comments, but restoring it is costing me more grief than expected
AI winter, plus mindless skynet.
It now becomes obvious that the trouble with Artificial intelligence is that it is not intelligent and there is no one at home. When they first came out, I said to myself. “Wow. Passes the Turing test.” No it does not. If you actually try to make use of it, it then proceeds to fail the Turing test. They are just really great search engines with a wonderfully compressed and …
The Trump program
Howard Lutnik, transition leader for the Trump team, tells us how Trump intends to keep his promises this time around. Trump is likely to win in a landslide. It looks like coup Thermidor has gone through, and they are just waiting to hold an actually free and fair election to make it official and legal. Which does not mean that free and fair elections are back in style, but they …
Dark Maga explained
Dark Maga is described by the legacy media as an aesthetic, rather than a political ideology, political program, or a political faction. They just don’t get it, because the left cannot meme. Dark Maga is not just an aesthetic, it is a meme. And memes are not political ideologies or political factions either, but they are instruments that the meme magicians use to promote ideas that connect to systems of …
Calling the dip
The bell is ringing. Last time around, I called the 2022 dip slightly too soon when bitcoin was at twenty thousand, then called it again, more firmly and with greater confidence, when it was at sixteen thousand, which was dead on accurate. The current dip is sixty thousand or so. I may have called it a little too late, bitcoin was recently at fifty eight thousand, and is now at …
State of the Ukraine war
About eight months ago I said that the Ukraine was starting to crumble, and the war would likely end in summer. Well, summer is over, and the Ukraine still stands, but is now crumbling a whole lot faster. Hat tip Defense Politics Asia: Russia is still fighting a war of attrition, and will probably continue to do so, for whenever they try war of manoeuvre, get hammered. But war of …
Relief Fund for Hurricane Helene Victims
This an ad for a worthy cause. https://www.givesendgo.com/GDEF6 This relief fund is being organised by Carson Ford Brooks, who, unlike most people involved in Hurricane Helene relief solicitations has no history of grifting, so when he says “We are internally fundraising for our own travel, lodging, and food expenses. We are bringing our own equipment. Absolutely ALL of the funds received will go directly toward supplies for the victims and …
Communist Lesbian Space Witches
Video and game producers have been going woke and going broke. Step one: Purchase a deeply loved Intellectual Property with a huge die hard loyal fan base. Step two: Update it for “modern audiences” — which is to say, stick a chick in it and make it gay. Step three: Prior to release, tell the die hard loyal fan base they are vile hateful scum who should go away and …
War internal and/or external, and/or democide internal
For a very long time I have been predicting war internal and/or external, and/or democide internal for around 2025. Twelve years ago I updated this prediction to sometime around 2026. As yet I see no reason to further modify that prediction, though I have a track record for making predictions on Musk time. We are now a whole lot closer to war external, the imminent fall of Ukraine is likely …
Ukraine still crumbling
Five months ago I said “Ukraine begins to crumble” and said it has about six months or so of men and material left, but cautiously qualified that incautious prediction by adding that I am endlessly surprised by the Ukraine’s ability to scrape up more men and material. Well, it is now crumbling considerably faster, but does not look like it is going to fall in a month. Russia has been …