The Doom Thread: Gloom, Despair, Agony

BITD I went into the shed to mow the lawn. Every time I use the mower I wash it with the hose and put the bag back on. So I pull it out, pull the string and it kind of stutters. Was weird because it started fine all summer. So I yank it extra hard and it kicks on for a few seconds then shuts off. Somethings not right. So I flip the mower over and see...little chopped off possum hands. Guessing the poor bugger was trying to escape from the bag and walked into the blades.

 

I used Chilton manuals for repairs in the pre intertubes era. One memorable repair was when my 1980 Celica motor blew before Christmas and I bought a used motor at a junkyard. It was super cold that January working in an unheated, detached garage. But I was able to get the old one out and used one in before the spring semester started. Everything looked good to go but when I turned the key it was running rough. Couldn't figure out WTF was going on. Took it to the mechanic in town and there was some kind of little cage covering fuses on the firewall causing a short. It was fixed and was able to finish college with that Celica.

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5572490-usda-snap-funding-impasse/

The largest famine since China's is on the horizon.

 

To respond to the last few posts....I would think that most posters in this forum have an IQ more than 50. If wandering in some of the others it's noticeably on the low side!

 

Trump orders US nuclear weapons testing to resume immediately after pause | Fox News

These fvckos are going to blow us all up.

 

It's the rain.

 

Isn’t their software that can detect AI videos? If so, one solution would be for news organizations to just adopt a standard of putting videos to the test before commenting on them.

Once ABC, CBS, and NBC and the big newspapers adopt the standard, it’ll spread to at least some of the right wing news ecosystem. Like, not Shapiro or Candace or Alex, but Fox and WSJ.

 

I know AI generated images have a hidden watermark, but I can't find evidence that videos do. There is a visible watermark placed there on the cheap tier of Sora 2, but that's easily removed. You can probably get rid of hidden watermarks by re-encode videos.

There are lots of products that detect AI videos, but they do so by using AI to look for patterns and defects that AI video has, so it's prone to mistakes and getting beat by the next generation of AI video.

 

The same orga that were taken over by rightwing nut jobs? Yeah not likely.

And sure as heck no way Fox et al take up that practice. Their whole mantra is driving up rage and anger.

 

It’s not real.

 

Now that the Dems have caved on the shutdown and protecting health care -- literally snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- we probably need to set a new DOOMCON level.

 

Creep-tastic!

 

Some people aren't happy unless they're miserable.