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Have you see the JollyRoger Telco - they've started using ChatGPT to help have longer conversations with telemarketing scammers. I might actually re-subscribe to the jolly roger (used them previously) if the new updated bots perform as well enough.

Lol, Chat has it's pros and cons. For helping me write or refine content, it's extremely helpful.

However I did try to use it to write code for me. I design 3D models using a programming language (OpenSCAD) and the results are hilarious. Literally it knows the syntax (kinda) and if I ask it to do something simple, it will essentially write the code for a general module (declaring key variables for the design), and then it calls a random module that doesn't exist (like it once called a module "lerp()" which is absolutely not a module) - this magical module mysteriously does 99% of the design..... but ChatGPT won't give it to me. When I ask it to write the code for lerp(), it gives me something random like this

module lerp() { splice(); }

Where it simply calls up a new module that absolutely does not exist. The results are hilarious, the code totally does not compile or work as intended. It is completely wrong.

But I think people are working it out of their system - some found novelty in it that wore off fast. Others like myself use it to help embellish product descriptions for ebay listings and such.

For one brief moment, stocks were at an all-time high......... What else could matter?

/s for anyone who can't grasp sarcasm

Sigh, I have been an Evernote subscriber since 2008 - this sucks

I used The Jolly Roger Telco for years back when it was a bunch of pre-recorded messages. The fact that they now use ChatGPT really interests me, I think I might sign up again haha

I put on headphones (ANC transparency mode enabled) and jam out while bicycling for an hour daily. I put over 3,000 miles on my Trek Verve2 annually

I've been on facebook since it was still limited by domain names and it was a big deal when my campus was finally added to the list of approved email domains. I've watched it's evolution over the years. Facebook is a shell of a website these days - almost nobody uses it compared to what it was ten years ago. I use it to keep in touch with some older family members and old friends, but for the most part nobody uses it or posts often. It's all junk from different FB groups and an excessive amount of ads.

It really depends on what you define as a luxury. How much is a pineapple in your local supermarket?

Back in the 1800's they were a luxury item reserved for only the wealthy because they were hard to transport from where they grow natively. They were so exotic that the middle and upper class would literally RENT pineapples for parties as a sign of wealth/prosperity.

These days thanks to modern refrigeration and distribution networks, the average commoner in many parts of the world can enjoy this delicious fruit (which I'll admit still tastes better when ripened on the plant before harvesting lol)

Yes, other "luxury" things like home ownership, travel, etc are becoming an unobtainable dream for many people in first-world countries around the globe.

But to the OP's point, look at other technology like satellite phones - once a mythical device mentioned only in fantasy novels a few decades ago and now many newer iPhones can send an SOS signal to overhead satellites and one can buy a bluetooth device so any phone can communicate with satellites (assuming you have a subscription).

Although if you look at things a different way, 100 years ago it wasn't uncommon for a horse to be one's primary means of transportation and an automobile was reserved for the wealthy. Now many people (in America) own a car (albeit often in rough condition, but still running somehow lol), but owning a horse is a sign of wealth haha.

Yeah, someone else said that the other day on another discussion - we're seeing the bubble bursting for social media. The VC money is drying up, so these websites with massive bloat and overhead suddenly need to come up with new ways to generate cash. So they turn to what they "think" works - charge the visitors for the privilege to use their website without ever considering that maybe people will simply migrate and go elsewhere, as they always have.

Just like when most people left Myspace, then left digg, then left twitter, and left facebook, and left reddit. There's always stragglers that will keep the sites afloat. But they are a shell of the sites they once were.

Look at Facebook - back in 2005 it was an amazing site where all your friends were socially active and engaged. Now it's a ghost town - out of hundreds of friends and family, I only see a few posts from friends/family and a ton of ads and posts from groups I follow.

Wow! That's insane. Yeah I had a back injury last month and it's taken me weeks to feel better - I'm finally back on a bike but not back in the gym yet - still taking it easy lol.

For sure I love the thought of E-bikes! I've been watching the technology evolve quite a bit over the past few years. My goal is to add one to the collection eventually so I can extend my "range" to get into town without being drenched in sweat in the summer time haha

I have been an RSS user for the past 20 years. I use it for all sorts of stuff including current news, keeping up with technology, health, classified listings (craigslist), site updates, forums, etc.

I used GoogleReader for a long time (RIP), now I use Feedly which is amazing. I hit the ALL button so I get a firehose of news feeds which are sorted by timestamp, NOT some dumb algorithm choosing when and what I see.

As I tell everyone, whenever a current event happens in the world, I see 20+ different headlines from different sites spinning the same story. This lets me cut through the BS and see the real story about what's happening.

I subscribe to a few hundred RSS feeds including a bunch of random useless ones. But here's a few I picked that might be beneficial - note that some of these sites have multiple rss feeds depending on specific topics - be sure not to subscribe just to the main "top stories" feeds.

ABCNews , InvestorPlace, Associated Press, Ars Technica, The Nation, BBC News, CNN, Fox News, The Hill, LA Times, New York Times, MSNBC, Mother Jones, NBC News, NPR, Newsweek, Politico, Time, Scientific America, Slashdot, Techcrunch, TechRadar, The Atlantic, Boston Globe, The Independant, Motley Fool, Google News Top Stories, USA Today, Vox, Wired, Yahoo News, Cnet, Men's Health, TechRepublic, WallStreetJournal, TheStreet

I'd also love to hear some other news sources I can add to my subscriptions, because I know I'm missing a bunch of good ones

Give it 10 years when the battery range dips below 100 miles on a full charge. Then you'll see a bunch of them flood the market hahaha