I feel like calling this task-specific, tailored machine learning algorithm an “AI agent” is misleading. But hey maybe some AI-pilled lost soul will click on it and be surprised it’s not just shoving an LLM where it has no right to be shoved and learn about this other type of AI, a VAE.

also its fork Tubular if you enjoy SponsorBlock

I LOVE IT fingers crossed for Techno Mage crossover someday

it’s becoming damn near impossible to buy reasonably sized cars here anymore

excellent

i still see people help others with heavy/unwieldy loads up the subway stairs though. especially if they’re in the way lol

About 2 years’ worth of rent (I live in NYC, to give an idea) in credit cards and a similarly large chunk in student loans

I was someone who paid off my balance in full at the end of every month for about 10 years, then bam, COVID, more fuck shit, rent needing to be paid via credit card several months (even more expensive as they take a usually 5% or more fee), and here we are

Spending money. Thorough a combination of a lot of bad luck and a few bad choices, I’m stuck playing credit card musical chairs to keep enough cash for rent and bills. “Ability to buy groceries/toiletries/medical copays/etc.” is functionally a subscription for me. Few years of rice and beans in my future until I can dig myself out… good thing I like beans I guess

The worst I can imagine (aside from housing…) would be the others in Maslow’s pyramid base: air, water, food, clothing.

• Air would be some straight up cyberpunk shit.
• Water/food would also be horrifying. We currently see meal subscriptions as a luxury, but for those without access to a kitchen and/or with disabilities that prevent them from reliably using one… ah fuck that’s dismal.
• Clothing would be fuckin weird. Because such a ridiculous volume of it exists due to fast fashion, I can’t see this happening on Earth in the near future, thankfully.

you can be the mouse fixer of the friend group. trade fixed mice for casseroles and rides to the airport

DELCO MENTIONED

(haha fuck i am so glad i left that shithole)

oh man anyone that concerned with not being filmed or recorded probably fled years ago. the amount of public and private security cameras and prevalence of people filming here gives the UK a run for its money

Midtown Manhattan absolutely still gets this crowded, especially near Times Square and K-Town. Like other commentors are saying, it really depends on the location in NYC, time of year, and time of day.

Also, if a shot in a film doesn’t feature an actor interacting with the set significantly (having conversation, looking in store window, etc.) there’s a decent chance it’s stock footage of the actual street conditions.

There’s a reason New Yorkers hate going to Times Square :]

as a new yorker i support nyc secession lol

Not a perfect solution but when I needed specific obscure and/or new editions for coursework, I’d go check out my university library’s copy and photograph all the pages I needed

it’s common for universities to keep a reserve copy (or a few) of any books required by courses. access may be limited (e.g. at my school you could check them out only 2 hours at a time). If your library has a book scanning station your life will be easier so ask if they have one.

One time after class I ran into a classmate trying to do the exact same thing, so we ended up taking turns sharing scan photos to save ourselves time the rest of the semester. Be sure to share the love with any fellow ultra-broke classmates

happy sailing 🏴‍☠️

me every time i try to cook/bake

or do a fresh Debian install

my (uneducated) guess is some combination of catering to degraded attention spans, intentional manipulation of that degraded attention by malicious actors, and somehow it’s more profitable for the media companies to do news like this

that’s about as graven as an image can be lol

i like superheated steam treated (Silk, Westsoy, Trader Joe’s) and freshly made Asian style

but if it’s not treated nor fresh, lipoxygenase wreaks havoc on the oils and makes it godawful yeah

half of the things i want to say (if I’m lucky) because my brain produces an endless torrent of meaningless overshare-y bullshit that I just have to desperately try to keep out of my painstakingly curated conveyor belt of approved remarks that will hopefully not get me in trouble and/or bore people to death