Granny Danger Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago Residents in Taylor County in Florida have been told to evacuate due to the incoming Hurricane Helene; it’s suspected that about half the 20,000 who live there will ignore this. The Sheriff has advised them to write their names and social security numbers on their arms using black magic marker so they can be easily identified if anything goes wrong! https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/hurricane-helene-landfall-florida-taylor-rcna172953 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago 7 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: The Sheriff has advised them to write their names and social security numbers on their arms using black magic marker so they can be easily identified if anything goes wrong! He presumes that they are literate and numerate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 4 hours ago, Granny Danger said: Residents in Taylor County in Florida have been told to evacuate due to the incoming Hurricane Helene; it’s suspected that about half the 20,000 who live there will ignore this. The Sheriff has advised them to write their names and social security numbers on their arms using black magic marker so they can be easily identified if anything goes wrong! https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/hurricane-helene-landfall-florida-taylor-rcna172953 Is this Sheriff a Nigerian Prince? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 4 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: He presumes that they are literate and numerate. ....and not black. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago 57 minutes ago, hk blues said: ....and not black. Tippex. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 2 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Tippex. It's called White-out in the States. If you're black and ask for that in a shop in rural Florida you're probably getting shot at that point and not having to worry about the hurricane. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 2 hours ago, carpetmonster said: It's called White-out in the States. If you're black and ask for that in a shop in rural Florida you're probably getting shot at that point and not having to worry about the hurricane. I think it's compulsory for somebody to point out that it was invented by Mike Nesmith's mum. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 14 minutes ago, GordonD said: I think it's compulsory for somebody to point out that it was invented by Mike Nesmith's mum. Better idea than mine, which was to have his bass player and Steve Irwin's daughter star in a sitcom called Tork and Bindi. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago I'm pretty much a tech Luddite but saw this in today's paper. I'm sure our more tech-savvy brethren can advise to it's merits .........or not. Data Scraping Opt-Out Tips :- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/27/gmail-meta-x-ai-data-privacy "Welcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. If you’d like to skip to a section about a particular site or social network, click the “Jump to” menu at the top of this article. The competition to make the latest, greatest, most advanced artificial intelligence thing has turned an already data-hungry tech industry ravenous. Companies looking to build out their AI-powered search engines, smart email composers or chatbots are scraping your posts and personal data and using them to train those systems, which need ever-increasing amounts of text and images." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted 33 minutes ago Share Posted 33 minutes ago 1 hour ago, GordonD said: I think it's compulsory for somebody to point out that it was invented by Mike Nesmith's mum. She was just monkeying around 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted 22 minutes ago Share Posted 22 minutes ago 50 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: I'm pretty much a tech Luddite but saw this in today's paper. I'm sure our more tech-savvy brethren can advise to it's merits .........or not. Data Scraping Opt-Out Tips :- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/27/gmail-meta-x-ai-data-privacy "Welcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. If you’d like to skip to a section about a particular site or social network, click the “Jump to” menu at the top of this article. The competition to make the latest, greatest, most advanced artificial intelligence thing has turned an already data-hungry tech industry ravenous. Companies looking to build out their AI-powered search engines, smart email composers or chatbots are scraping your posts and personal data and using them to train those systems, which need ever-increasing amounts of text and images." Christ, imagine an AI bot based on the pun club on here. Never mind imagine, there could be dozens of them right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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