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Figured out how to get the Bing AI to talk about itself. And a frightening response from Microsoft. by RobVG May 17, 2023 10:49 am

Thinking out loud. by ER 2023-05-17 12:02:27
- Also out loud by podrock 2023-05-17 19:49:08
  - Slipstick memories by ER 2023-05-17 20:51:52
    - Tables by podrock 2023-05-18 09:16:06
      - What are the tables for? by ER 2023-05-18 13:27:27
        
        Topographic calculations by podrock 2023-05-18 15:32:54
        
        It's a great compass, by podrock 2023-05-18 17:53:06
        
        That's a beauty, all right. by ER 2023-05-18 20:25:08
        
        The compass underground by podrock 2023-05-18 20:30:04
        
        I added another img while you were typing. by ER 2023-05-18 20:34:44
        
        30 years ago by podrock 2023-05-18 20:46:20
        
        BTW by ER 2023-05-18 20:37:56
        
        Yup by podrock 2023-05-18 20:48:22

Thinking outside the bubble--confessions of a reluctant liberal. (Edited) by ER May 10, 2023 6:34 pm

As for the other big liberal sob story...immigration... by ER 2023-05-11 19:54:37

Woke Western? by ER April 30, 2023 7:23 pm

Earthsea by podrock 2023-05-01 11:27:39

Meet the ‘elite’ couples breeding to save mankind by ER April 17, 2023 8:48 am

Bad link - Fixed by BuckGalaxy 2023-04-17 15:00:19
- Bad couple- should get them 'fixed' as well by RL 2023-04-25 11:20:36

War Comix by ER March 22, 2023 4:31 pm

Was never a comic book kid myself. by podrock 2023-03-23 11:09:29
- I wasn't either, bu tI occasionally indulged. by ER 2023-03-23 12:35:04
  - Mostly, I didn't have access. by podrock 2023-03-23 13:15:50

Phenomenal video and animation by ER March 18, 2023 1:38 pm

stunning work by podrock 2023-03-18 14:36:55
- Remember, by ER 2023-03-18 16:31:35
  - Yes by podrock 2023-03-18 16:59:00

Top Gun - Maverick by podrock March 8, 2023 2:21 pm

I think you'll find what your missing in "Devotion". by RobVG 2023-03-09 11:53:38
- I'll look into that by podrock 2023-03-09 12:14:39
  - Hard pass on The Whale then. by RobVG 2023-03-10 10:21:50

Also 50 years old, "Gravity's Rainbow." by podrock March 2, 2023 10:14 am

Never read it. by ER 2023-03-02 10:48:09
- You have to be able to get through by podrock 2023-03-02 11:04:37

Emotional response to recent events in Ukraine. by RobVG January 17, 2023 1:32 pm

That's not what I'd do, but... by ER 2023-01-17 17:31:41
- I would imagine you're right about Washington and Kiev preparing for war. That's probably why it's gone on for almost a year. n/t by RobVG 2023-01-17 23:14:09

What's the big deal about rate hikes? by RobVG December 14, 2022 4:29 pm

Contrary to popular belief... by ER 2022-12-14 20:02:04
- Wow by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 16:40:34
  - podinium by podrock 2022-12-21 20:34:12
    - podinium is basically worthless by podrock 2022-12-21 20:49:10
      - Your point? by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 21:09:08
        
        My point. by podrock 2022-12-21 21:22:48
        
        If something has no value it's demand is zero, according to the Law of S&D. by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 21:39:02
        
        Value is often an illusion. by podrock 2022-12-22 13:01:00
        
        One man's treasure is another man's trash by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 14:58:20
        
        Demand can be created, is what I am saying. by podrock 2022-12-22 17:31:42
        
        and what I'm saying is that doesn't matter by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 17:56:26
        
        Only it does matter by podrock 2022-12-23 20:59:49
        
        Where you are right by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 23:51:29
        
        Name ANY variable and I'll explain how it fits into eIther supply or demand by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 23:19:38
        
        Greed. Morality. Ponzi schemes. Tax free church collection plates. by podrock 2022-12-24 12:32:26
        
        epipen cost, etc by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-24 16:08:32
        
        Here's the thing about the epipen by podrock 2022-12-24 17:28:52
        
        It's a simplification BUT by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 22:54:21
        
        If value is assigned it exists. by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 21:32:04
        
        Assigned? By whom? by podrock 2022-12-22 13:03:21
        
        by whoever wants it by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 15:00:37
  - Economics is not physics by ER 2022-12-21 19:19:56
  - In your defense by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 19:05:57
    - We've covered this before, but you refused to accept it. by ER 2022-12-21 19:36:54
      - As for ice cream... by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 21:48:05
        
        You get it right? by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 22:20:07
        
        Sorry if I'm coming across as a dick by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 09:10:14
        
        No offense taken. I'm having fun. by ER 2022-12-22 09:36:01
        
        Free market fundamentalists... by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 09:50:49
        
        Now you're making sense. by ER 2022-12-22 09:52:39
        
        No by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 10:02:47
        
        "Naturally move to where demand wants them" by podrock 2022-12-22 12:45:39
        
        Please research this by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 15:10:09
        
        Example: Pet Rocks. by podrock 2022-12-22 18:45:35
        
        The reason they want it is irrelevant. by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 17:45:43
        
        Goods do not naturally flow to demand. by podrock 2022-12-22 17:30:49
        
        That's like saying water doesn't flow downhill by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 17:39:29
        
        Have you ever read "Cryptonomicon" by Stephenson? by podrock 2022-12-24 13:47:12
        
        The biggest disruption by ER 2022-12-22 10:10:14
        
        Human desires are part of natural law by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 10:17:05
        
        Smith also recognized the need for regulation. by podrock 2022-12-22 13:06:35
        
        And because by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 15:00:02
        
        Devolve? by podrock 2022-12-22 17:34:22
        
        A true free market fundamentalist... by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 17:55:16
        
        PS: We don't have money. We have currency. by podrock 2022-12-24 14:24:27
        
        I did read a college economic textbook once. by ER 2022-12-22 09:40:41
        
        Marxism is a system to change outcomes by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 09:56:07
        
        Your idea of what Marxism is by ER 2022-12-22 10:05:35
        
        I took political economy in my Senior year from a marxist by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 11:58:23
        
        Look around you by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 12:06:23
        
        Don't get misty on us, Buck. by ER 2022-12-22 13:16:51
        
        Any sensible person believes Capitalism needs rules by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 14:54:36
        
        Did your Marxist professor tell you about the Anarchists? by ER 2022-12-22 13:58:44
        
        Once again. by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 14:50:50
        
        100% by podrock 2022-12-22 13:24:05
      - OMFG this is frustrating by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 21:28:46
        
        Yes, it is. by podrock 2022-12-22 13:21:38
        
        sigh by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 15:15:23
        
        Its frustrating because we're talking about two different things. by ER 2022-12-22 09:30:21
        
        We're getting somewhere by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 15:27:27
        
        No, what I'm saying is... by ER 2022-12-22 17:48:51
        
        Honestly by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 22:28:44
        
        I withdraw my emoji. by ER 2022-12-24 05:25:51
        
        S&D and Human Behavior by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-24 11:55:55
        
        And a happy season to you too. by podrock 2022-12-24 14:03:24
        
        Likewise brother! by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-24 16:16:53
        
        Business ethics is an oxymoron. by ER 2022-12-24 12:16:09
        
        Corporate Philanthropy by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-24 15:33:35
        
        Its all about public relations and misdirection. by ER 2022-12-24 16:31:50
        
        (nicely played, by the way, given the day.) by podrock 2022-12-24 18:09:20
        
        And tax breaks. by podrock 2022-12-24 17:41:45
        
        "you are terrified I might be right" by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 18:07:54
        
        Star's burning hydrogen by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 22:02:04
1980 by podrock 2022-12-14 17:16:29

Have you noticed how no one's into astrology any more? by ER December 15, 2022 5:43 pm

Talk to my neighbor. by podrock 2022-12-15 22:24:45
How can astrology compete with this? by ER 2022-12-15 19:32:25
- "SDP" by podrock 2022-12-15 22:30:55
  - What is "SDP"/ by ER 2022-12-18 11:42:18
    - My garage band: by podrock 2022-12-19 07:19:32
      - I knew that. by ER 2022-12-19 08:35:47

Some thoughts about writing. by ER November 26, 2022 6:35 pm

An invocation by podrock 2022-12-05 15:48:32
Other thoughts: by podrock 2022-12-01 17:44:37
- "like" n/t by RobVG 2022-12-02 10:24:48
- Had to laugh by podrock 2022-12-02 08:53:29
Wow. "Reading aloud" by RobVG 2022-12-01 12:05:42
- Example by RobVG 2022-12-02 10:21:29
I'm glad you chimed in on the subject. by RobVG 2022-11-30 11:01:00
- Chime chime by ER 2022-11-30 18:00:46
  - "Who needs a book when we have ER" by RobVG 2022-11-30 20:16:23
I have a great SF story I would like to write... by RL 2022-11-29 16:13:32

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