Poayjay

Using violence to influence politics. I thought there was a word for that.

I asked Chat GPT to write six lines of square-enix dialogue. This is what it came up with:

Character 1: “In the shadow of destiny, our paths converge, my friend.”

Character 2: “The echoes of our past resonate in the silence of this moment.”

Character 1: “The crystal’s light dims, and darkness whispers its name.”

Character 2: “Yet, within the chaos, a glimmer of hope remains untarnished.”

Character 1: “Fate may weave its threads, but our choices carve the tale.”

Character 2: “In the dance of blades, we’ll find the symphony of our destinies.”

Pretty much nailed any kingdom hearts game

Unless I’m interpreting it wrong, are they purposely putting together flimsy unwinable lawsuits so that they can say, “well the courts already decided?”

But we do though. Maybe not exactly test every possible scenario. Typically when we make a design decision we plan for the worst theoretical condition the part will be exposed to. Then we plan for 5-10 times that. Think about the cost and effort added to everything with that level scrutiny. We design for fringe cases. That’s the point I’m trying to make. It’s insane to me that because it’s software, companies get a free pass on that level of scrutiny. As software takes over more car functions that becomes more concerning. It’s bullshit that I’m part of their beta test.

I understand this but still think it’s bullshit. A car isn’t like some shitty little app. They cost tens of thousands of dollars, weigh tons, move at insane speeds inches away from one another, and are expected to last decades with daily use and minimal maintenance. I’m a mechanical engineer in product development. Pushing broken shit to production will destroy a company. Just because software updates are easier and cheaper than mechanical recalls shouldn’t excuse releasing broken shit out into the world.

The thing that kills me about this sort of thing is the complete lack of accountability. Working class people at assembly plants, dealers, suppliers will all feel the sting from the drop in sales. There’s some dipshit MBA at GM who made and pushed this decision. Any rational person could see that GM is not is a position to push their own infotainment system. Car play and android auto are beloved. Not having one or both is a deal breaker for new car purchasers. We will never know who this person is. Making such an outrageously bad business decision should result thing this person being blackballed from any kind of business role. But that will never happen.

Are they serious? The quickest way to turn me from a supporter to an enemy is to spam me with an AI bot.

They also quickly devolve from “I like to wear wet socks” to “some people don’t deserve human rights.”

The society of automotive engineers doesn’t have that authority. Now if the DOT or another government agency was to say that, it would be a different story.

Missing a huge piece of information in the title and article: were they at least halfway across? Uniformed military members cannot cross the boarder conducting operations. As fucked as this situation is, Texas conducting military operations on Mexican soil is a whole lot worse. Given the tone of the article and the fact that they didn’t say, leads me to believe they were not on US soil and the guardsman could not do anything.

I’m an engineer for the US federal government. We will get 1000+ applications for a super stable fully remote engineering positions that pay less that 70% of the market rate for entry level positions.