Re: anti-ai
I think some leftists want a post scarcity society, but have cognitive dissonance that this necessarily means at some point we need to make certain things that were scarce (i.e. intellectual work), not scarce.
I think some leftists want a post scarcity society, but have cognitive dissonance that this necessarily means at some point we need to make certain things that were scarce (i.e. intellectual work), not scarce.
October 31, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Re: anti-ai
I think some leftists want a post scarcity society, but have cognitive dissonance that this necessarily means at some point we need to make certain things that were scarce (i.e. intellectual work), not scarce.
I think some leftists want a post scarcity society, but have cognitive dissonance that this necessarily means at some point we need to make certain things that were scarce (i.e. intellectual work), not scarce.
"RAM is a scarce resource, it's bad to have it underutilized in personal computers"
WOWIW ZOWIE I WONDER WHO MADE IT SCARCE IN THE FIRST PLACE
WOWIW ZOWIE I WONDER WHO MADE IT SCARCE IN THE FIRST PLACE
October 30, 2026 at 7:36 PM
"RAM is a scarce resource, it's bad to have it underutilized in personal computers"
WOWIW ZOWIE I WONDER WHO MADE IT SCARCE IN THE FIRST PLACE
WOWIW ZOWIE I WONDER WHO MADE IT SCARCE IN THE FIRST PLACE
Capital is a scarce resource, too, as it (finally) turns out.
November 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Capital is a scarce resource, too, as it (finally) turns out.
WATCH - @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : "Politics isn't about culture wars, politics is about the allocation of scarce resources... a lot of us don't take corporate money because we believe our responsibility is to fight for working people. And you can't serve two masters."
November 2, 2026 at 10:59 PM
WATCH - @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : "Politics isn't about culture wars, politics is about the allocation of scarce resources... a lot of us don't take corporate money because we believe our responsibility is to fight for working people. And you can't serve two masters."
Floofs are a bit scarce here at the moment and mums doesn’t have any in the house either 😳. It’ll have to be a #BoopFriday instead today 😉😊💙🐾
October 30, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Floofs are a bit scarce here at the moment and mums doesn’t have any in the house either 😳. It’ll have to be a #BoopFriday instead today 😉😊💙🐾
Here's the question I would ask if I were a reporter or editor: how many us service members were killed or wounded because scarce air defenses needed to shoot down Iranian missiles and drones headed for US bases were diverted to protect Israel, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and gulf shipping instead?
Iran has done more damage to US military bases in the Middle East than commonly understood. A @wsj.com examination finds 274 structures at 24 installations in seven countries were damaged during the first six months of the war. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
How Iran Battered U.S. Bases and Caused Billions in Damage
Satellite imagery shows damage at more than two dozen installations, in the fullest accounting of the destruction yet.
www.wsj.com
November 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Here's the question I would ask if I were a reporter or editor: how many us service members were killed or wounded because scarce air defenses needed to shoot down Iranian missiles and drones headed for US bases were diverted to protect Israel, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and gulf shipping instead?
But how can profits go up if wars are making availability scarce? Ah, yes. I see. Silly Jason.
These criminals are laughing their heads off as the world roasts and governments - including the UK's - do absolutely nothing to rein them in
They should be in jail, but instead they are popping the champagne corks
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
They should be in jail, but instead they are popping the champagne corks
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nine big oil firms on track to share more than $95bn profit two quarters in a row
Windfall for oil corporations such Saudi Aramco and BP comes on back of soaring fuel prices driven by Iran war
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2026 at 11:11 AM
But how can profits go up if wars are making availability scarce? Ah, yes. I see. Silly Jason.
I finally found a mildly scarce migrant today in the form of this Ring Ouzel at Brean Down.
November 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I finally found a mildly scarce migrant today in the form of this Ring Ouzel at Brean Down.
Orange-crowned Warbler (scarce) at the #HarlemMeer 10/30/26 #centralparknyc #birdcpp #birdphotography #bird #wildbirdphotography #birdsSeenIn2026 #biodiversity #conservationphotography #warblers #orangecrownedwarbler #wildbirdphotography markscheflen.com
October 31, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Orange-crowned Warbler (scarce) at the #HarlemMeer 10/30/26 #centralparknyc #birdcpp #birdphotography #bird #wildbirdphotography #birdsSeenIn2026 #biodiversity #conservationphotography #warblers #orangecrownedwarbler #wildbirdphotography markscheflen.com
November 2, 2026 at 10:40 PM
this is ram rent seeking. they created an artificial demand and made the product scarce and now they want to sell what they hoarded back to us at an extreme markup.
BREAKING: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says having RAM in personal computers is an inefficient use of the world’s limited DRAM supply, arguing it would be better allocated to data centers, per Tom’s Hardware
October 30, 2026 at 9:57 PM
this is ram rent seeking. they created an artificial demand and made the product scarce and now they want to sell what they hoarded back to us at an extreme markup.
I have purchased
the RAM
that was in
the supply chain
and which
you were probably
saving
for inference
Forgive me
it was gratuitous
so idle
and so scarce
the RAM
that was in
the supply chain
and which
you were probably
saving
for inference
Forgive me
it was gratuitous
so idle
and so scarce
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says having RAM in personal computers is a ‘terrible’ use of limited resources and that it would be better utilized in data centers
"From a global perspective it’s quite terrible to have everyone have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAM sitting in their computer"
"From a global perspective it’s quite terrible to have everyone have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAM sitting in their computer"
October 31, 2026 at 8:13 AM
I have purchased
the RAM
that was in
the supply chain
and which
you were probably
saving
for inference
Forgive me
it was gratuitous
so idle
and so scarce
the RAM
that was in
the supply chain
and which
you were probably
saving
for inference
Forgive me
it was gratuitous
so idle
and so scarce
October 30, 2026 at 2:35 PM
White-naped Woodpecker.
A woodpecker which is a widespread but a scarce breeder in the Indian Subcontinent. It is associated with open forest and scrub with some trees. It nests in a tree hole, laying one or two white eggs.
a large species at 29 cm (11 in).
📸: @basheernidhin
A woodpecker which is a widespread but a scarce breeder in the Indian Subcontinent. It is associated with open forest and scrub with some trees. It nests in a tree hole, laying one or two white eggs.
a large species at 29 cm (11 in).
📸: @basheernidhin
November 1, 2026 at 10:29 PM
White-naped Woodpecker.
A woodpecker which is a widespread but a scarce breeder in the Indian Subcontinent. It is associated with open forest and scrub with some trees. It nests in a tree hole, laying one or two white eggs.
a large species at 29 cm (11 in).
📸: @basheernidhin
A woodpecker which is a widespread but a scarce breeder in the Indian Subcontinent. It is associated with open forest and scrub with some trees. It nests in a tree hole, laying one or two white eggs.
a large species at 29 cm (11 in).
📸: @basheernidhin
Makes sense. After all, you wouldn't want those scarce patriots wasted on something frivolous like protecting Ukrainian school children.
November 2, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Makes sense. After all, you wouldn't want those scarce patriots wasted on something frivolous like protecting Ukrainian school children.
And I have been talking to older actors. And jobs are scarce. Good paying jobs are scarce. What are we doing if we are not nourishing talent? Not developing talent? Not allowing opportunities to flop and to grow?
November 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
And I have been talking to older actors. And jobs are scarce. Good paying jobs are scarce. What are we doing if we are not nourishing talent? Not developing talent? Not allowing opportunities to flop and to grow?
Turns out GPUs are still the scarce asset. Who could have guessed
October 31, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Turns out GPUs are still the scarce asset. Who could have guessed
Scarce a neep tae be seen n’a! Save thon tumshie in the White Hoose.
October 31, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Scarce a neep tae be seen n’a! Save thon tumshie in the White Hoose.
#Flyday #CrittersthatFly
#bugsky #Insects #beetles
#Macro #macrophotography
"An extremely rare glimpse of Nationally Scarce Four-spotted #CarrionBeetle (Dendroxena quadrimaculata) Hopwas Wood Staffs.."
📸 Rambling Ray
@rayrambling.bsky.social
#bugsky #Insects #beetles
#Macro #macrophotography
"An extremely rare glimpse of Nationally Scarce Four-spotted #CarrionBeetle (Dendroxena quadrimaculata) Hopwas Wood Staffs.."
📸 Rambling Ray
@rayrambling.bsky.social
October 30, 2026 at 3:11 PM
#Flyday #CrittersthatFly
#bugsky #Insects #beetles
#Macro #macrophotography
"An extremely rare glimpse of Nationally Scarce Four-spotted #CarrionBeetle (Dendroxena quadrimaculata) Hopwas Wood Staffs.."
📸 Rambling Ray
@rayrambling.bsky.social
#bugsky #Insects #beetles
#Macro #macrophotography
"An extremely rare glimpse of Nationally Scarce Four-spotted #CarrionBeetle (Dendroxena quadrimaculata) Hopwas Wood Staffs.."
📸 Rambling Ray
@rayrambling.bsky.social
it's that exactly. and then suddenly jobs are scarce, and that's not not something you can complain to the manager or consumer boycott your way out of bsky.app/profile/thec...
"I earned my raise, they priced gouged me" thought stays winning as an explanation
October 29, 2026 at 5:54 PM
it's that exactly. and then suddenly jobs are scarce, and that's not not something you can complain to the manager or consumer boycott your way out of bsky.app/profile/thec...
Me when I create resource scarcity so I can claim it's better for only me to use this resource now that it's scarce:
October 31, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Me when I create resource scarcity so I can claim it's better for only me to use this resource now that it's scarce:
U.S. Approves Sale of Scarce Patriot Missiles to Ukraine
https://politicalwire.com/2026/10/30/u-s-approves-sale-of-scarce-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine/?ap=b
https://politicalwire.com/2026/10/30/u-s-approves-sale-of-scarce-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine/?ap=b
U.S. Approves Sale of Scarce Patriot Missiles to Ukraine
politicalwire.com
October 30, 2026 at 11:18 PM
U.S. Approves Sale of Scarce Patriot Missiles to Ukraine
https://politicalwire.com/2026/10/30/u-s-approves-sale-of-scarce-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine/?ap=b
https://politicalwire.com/2026/10/30/u-s-approves-sale-of-scarce-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine/?ap=b
it's also just silly to imply that there's anything unusual about an upper-class family's nanny making themselves scarce when company comes over, or to not consider that the nanny simply didn't want to be in the movie.
October 31, 2026 at 5:55 PM
it's also just silly to imply that there's anything unusual about an upper-class family's nanny making themselves scarce when company comes over, or to not consider that the nanny simply didn't want to be in the movie.
The days may be getting colder and darker, but there's still a chance to spot beautiful butterflies and moths in your gardens and green spaces 🦋🍂
November 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The days may be getting colder and darker, but there's still a chance to spot beautiful butterflies and moths in your gardens and green spaces 🦋🍂