Scott Adams Thread (Garfield Cartoonist)

[freebeard]

As it happened, today I listened to the last ten minutes, then went back to listen from the beginning.

At the front end he says he dumped all his Apple stock but owns Microsoft stock.

At the end he says it's a battle to the death with Bing.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

As it happened, today I listened to the last ten minutes, then went back to listen from the beginning.

At the front end he says he dumped all his Apple stock but owns Microsoft stock.

At the end he says it's a battle to the death with Bing.

He said he sold the Apple stock and his reason was how terrible Siri is compared to anything else. His hunch is that AI is where the money and future is at, and if someone isn't getting that right, they are getting left behind. After selling Apple, he put it into an index fund, which he recommends as an investment strategy over picking individual stocks.

His attack on MS was prompted by Bing defaming Scott. An AI that lies is dangerous, especially when it incorrectly describes someone as belonging to a category that society is violently opposed to.

I still haven't tried ChatGBT

[freebeard]

He's trying to get in front of the parade.

If Apple can't come up with a car or AI or something what can they do? Clone Steve Jobs of course.

Apparently the damage Gates did in the 70s and 80s (or to the girls in India) didn't affect Mr. Adams.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

He's trying to get in front of the parade.

If Apple can't come up with a car or AI or something what can they do? Clone Steve Jobs of course.

Apparently the damage Gates did in the 70s and 80s (or to the girls in India) didn't affect Mr. Adams.

He's absurdly prideful; a deadly sin which has hold of me more than any of the other sins. Pride is associated with confidence though, which correlates to success. That's not an excuse, because confidence can carefully be curated without pride, but it's uncommon.

Jobs is a jerk, but sometimes that's effective.

What distinguishes Adams (and I identify with) is the pride and confidence, minus the authoritarian bent. He'd rather persuade than impose. He'll only impose when unjustly imposed upon.

He's annoying like Trump and Musk, but endearing like Musk and Trump.

[freebeard]

https://youtu.be/5FXQFFqNLII?t=3029

The Cheshire Cat* cartoonist addresses the idea that empires only last 250 years.

I'm unconcerned. The United States has only been an empire since November of 1962.

Then he proceeds to estimate that thermal chimneys only need to be as tall as a skyscraper.

*Curiously, cats-kingdom.org/entertainment/famous-cartoon-cats/ list 30 famous cats. Guess who isn't on the list.

[freebeard]

youtu.be/j_OHHJF4lrk?t=1555

Why can't I get a transcript to quote? Anyways, he says "Nobody has died from breathing Oxygen".

My first thought was the three martyred Mercury astronauts.

edit:
Is this the setup for a joke I'm not getting? Twice he used the term 'dis-morph-ia'.


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[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Why can't I get a transcript to quote? Anyways, he says "Nobody has died from breathing Oxygen".

My first thought was the three martyred Mercury astronauts.

edit:
Is this the setup for a joke I'm not getting? Twice he used the term 'dis-morph-ia'.

a. he usually speaks hyperbolically
b. astronauts died of burning, not breathing oxygen
c. exceptions don't disprove a rule

His point remains that a plethora of anecdotes in which there are no counter-examples is compelling evidence.

His biggest gaff today wasn't mispronouncing dysphoria, it was saying "against Democrats" when he meant to say "against Republicans".

He's an older guy who does a lot of talking, so gaffs are to be expected. We still understand the meaning. I wasn't confused by his point even though he accidentally said the exact opposite of what he meant to say.

[freebeard]

My point was more that I haven't forgotten all the astronauts and cosmonauts that rolled the dice and came up checkmate.

DDG calls it aphasia.
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Elon Musk's NEW UPDATE on SpaceX Stage 0 after blowing up by 33 Engines...

Title is bonkers, but he says they can launch again as planned, prolly with a deluge system.

[redpoint5]

As I've commented elsewhere, it seemed odd there was no acoustic abatement despite being twice as powerful as the next most powerful rocket.

The video still doesn't describe what the failures were, and if they were a cascade, or independent.

[freebeard]

It 'wasn't ready in time'. The best explainer I've seen is this one:

SpaceX's Plan To Change & Prevent Future Pad Damage

The decision to breathe pure oxygen was not made by the astronauts.