Why gasoline-powered leaf blowers are still legal in this crunchy granola town I’ll never know.
I’m basically a peaceable guy, but it’s hard to remember that when the back neighbors are using a gasoline-powered leaf blower to clear the fir needles off their deck. A broom would be just as fast, much quieter, and not put exhaust fumes in the air.
People worry about the paperclip problem - what if an AI takes an innocuous directive as an excuse to destroy humanity? Personally, I worry more about the depressed teenager problem - what if an angsty 15-year-old just straight out tells the AI to destroy humanity? (Or a megalomaniac wannabe king of the USA does the same thing out of spite).
A rose after the rain.
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“Fish”
TIL that the old Eugene Steam Plant has a Suspish Fish inside. If you know, you know.
Drizzly day in Eugene (no photographers were harmed in the making of this image).
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“Count to Ten”
Piglets at the Oregon State Fair
AI Data Center Spending to Reach $32 Trillion by 2050, PwC Says
Or roughly $150 per year for every man, woman, and child on earth. Personally, I’d rather have the $150. Oh, and a non-destroyed climate, an end to the rapacious billionaire class, and a functioning society.
“Screened”
Tramway at the Oregon State Fair, seen through the eating area fabric roof on a cloudy day.
Empty horse barn at the Oregon State Fair
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