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In Topic: The USA Politics Thread
19 December 2025 - 06:44 PM
Cause, on 19 December 2025 - 06:23 PM, said:This stuff seems like a distraction but it isn't. It shows that the president has no interest in doing his actual job. There is only 24 hours in a day, between his tweeting, personally overseeing his ballroom, hosting the Kennedy awards and working on getting it renamed in his honor, cashing in on bitcoins and pardoning drug dealers there is very little time for the important things. He personally wrote the plaques on the presidential walk of fame. Who has the time for such petty shit?
One analysis which i think may be spot on is that he really does feel his end coming hence the obsession with leaving a mark on everything. He thinks it will be his legacy to have permanently altered the White House, have the Kennedy center renamed for himself. Build an arch in DC. It's also why we are screwed because he seems tariffs as part of that legacy.
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The White House ballroom will never be built
Trump can't focus long enough
[...] the ballroom's construction is waving every red flag possible, signaling endless delays that will stretch for months — and, in all likelihood, for years. [...] On Tuesday, the Washington Post published an update on the project, and the overall takeaway is that no one seems to know what's going on. There's no final design and no specifics about location. There's not even an agreement on whether it will seat 650 or 1,000 people or more, since those details seem to depend on Trump's mood.
[...] in true Trump style, even existential yearnings are no match for his inherent laziness. While talking up the ballroom project, his actual renovations of the White House have only been destructive, like demolishing the East Wing. Others are so flimsy and gaudy that they will be gone by the end of the first day of the next president. On top of the cheap-looking "gold" decorations that keep piling up in the Oval Office and the tacky Motel 6-level signs, Trump installed a "presidential walk of fame" along the West Wing portico. It's trash, of course: Pictures of presidents — both good and bad, but all more worthy of the title than Trump — with plaques that are really commentary on the demented obsessions of the petty man squatting in the Oval Office. Joe Biden is represented with a photo of an autopen — which Trump also uses to sign bills — with the caption "Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History." Barack Obama is also the subject of humorless insults.
[...] This attempt by Trump to leave his mark is destined for the trash heap, probably before 3 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2029.
The White House ballroom will never be built - Salon.com
Will he try to leave his mark by creating an AI clone of himself... to become our post-Democratic immortal Go*-Emperor? Probably not the last part, but I do think he'll have AI clones of himself made, in addition to the numerous AI generated videos of himself he's been posting. Some of these clones will eventually be able to manifest as approximately real-time video. Or as holograms. And in augmented or virtual reality.
And inhabit robots... not necessarily strictly humanoid. Tentacles, wings... RoboTrumpCthulhus roaming the skies. -
In Topic: Mark Lawrence thread for all things Mark Lawrence'y'ish
19 December 2025 - 04:55 PM
Learned from Mark Lawrence's blog post today that their cat Wobble died suddenly.
Behold the fluffy glory of that cat:
https://blogger.goog...16/wobble2.jfif
Mark Lawrence: A Year In Numbers ... 15
Partial inspiration forSpoiler?
Reading the news, I wept on the toilet... -
In Topic: Algorithms and automation
19 December 2025 - 03:29 PM
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Rapid advances in AI and robotics are set to become both powerful tools for police and potent weapons for criminals, a 48-page report from pan-European police agency Europol argues.
https://www.theverge...lice-prediction
From the report:
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By 2035, the convergence of robotics and technological breakthroughs, especially AI, has led to a seamless integration of intelligent machines into every facet of daily life and industry. Robots, equipped with advanced language and vision models, intuitively understand and anticipate human needs, learning new tasks from observation or simple verbal instructions. In homes, personal assistant robots manage chores, provide companionship, and support elderly care, while in hospitals, AI-powered machines handle everything from surgery and diagnostics, to patient mobility and sanitation with unmatched precision and empathy.
[...] Human-robot interaction have become natural and emotionally intelligent, with machines recognising and responding to social cues, personalising experiences, and supporting education and entertainment. Meanwhile, drone swarms have moved from the battlefield to the internal security domain, as open-source AI models allow criminals and terrorists to control hundreds of drones simultaneously.
[...] Police officers investigate crimes by robots—such as drones used as tools in theft or automated vehicles causing pedestrian injuries—and against them, including sabotage, tampering, or hate-driven destruction. As AI and robotics replace routine policing tasks like patrolling or traffic management, some departments face internal pushback from officers who fear obsolescence or diminished purpose. At the same time, the rise in economic dislocation caused by automation has contributed to an uptick in cybercrime, vandalism, and organised theft, often targeted at robotic infrastructure.
The-Unmanned-Future-Report.pdf -
In Topic: Mark Lawrence thread for all things Mark Lawrence'y'ish
19 December 2025 - 01:06 PM
QuickTidal, on 19 December 2025 - 12:32 PM, said:champ, on 19 December 2025 - 12:13 PM, said:Cause, on 19 December 2025 - 05:21 AM, said:Will the book of the ancestor get a sequel? I feel like that story wasn't quite finished? I tried some quick googles but can't seem to find if anything has been said on the subject.
Have you read all of Mark's books?
This.
Particularly The Book of the Ice... theSpoilerbook. -
In Topic: Music
18 December 2025 - 01:50 PM
Free until December 31st:
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Temperance Lite represents the next step for reverb technology, offering a new approach to shape ambiance. It responds to the language of music, encouraging you to explore reverb in a new way. Unlike a traditional algorithmic or convolution reverb, Temperance Lite lets you control reverb resonances using the familiar 12-note chromatic scale. This allows you to choose which notes bloom or wither within your chosen space, creating musical ambiances that were previously unattainable.
https://www.eventide...temperance-lite
And Devil-Loc is free until sometime tomorrow (the key to using this is to mix in just a little, either with a mix knob or as a parallel send):
12 Days of Soundtoys - Soundtoys
It's great on drums (as the video demonstrates) but it can also be great on other sources---it was used on Charlie XCX's vocals for the choruses of Von Dutch last year.
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