Just start talking about how the IRS needs to look into using AI to review every single tax return, fairly, evenly, dispassionately, against an expert system that encodes current tax law and a knowledge of popular techniques for tax fraud, and that the AI will flag and rank questionable returns, which will be reviewed in rank order. [See also: Mano Singham]
Frankie Boyle gets some good digs in.
I love when seedlings are at that point where you can still see how the seed was constructed. Monocot or dicot, and all that.
… It’s The Grim Reaper!!! (fight ensues)
On my recent posting about adhesives, deep state covert operative flex commented, kindly. [stderr] And it reminded me of an actual thing that happened.
I’ve gotten familiar with the gestation time for a variety of seeds, and can practically set my clock by genovese basil.
A meme-god friend of mine sent me this:
This is not a great revelation for anyone, but making things, to say nothing of growing things, is an act of believing in a better future. In this case, it’s a better future, by definition, since it includes cilantro and holy basil.
I think this one is actually pretty good.
[Content warning: violent death]