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All Modern Digital Infrastucture.

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I've seen some beautiful visual metaphors in my time (including the original), but this immediately made my personal top-ten. Well done.
At least that one guy from Nebraska doesn't have to deal with AI.
Life goals.
- Unfortunately, if it’s the variant where the Nebraska guy is replaced with Curl, then that’s the case.
  https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/01/02/the-i-in-llm-stands-for-intelligence/
  
  maybe it's ffmpreg instead of curl then
Ironic that one of the biggest complaints about AI these days is that it's stealing from artists, and the OP couldn't even follow the CC-BY-NC license that xkcd is released under...
- Me? This isn't an xkcd iirc. It's an edited one.
  
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
  You are free to edit this work but you must give attribution.
  
  It is an edited xkcd. Here's what the license has to say about that
  You are free to: adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material
  [...]
  Under the following terms: Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
  I wouldn't expect somebody reposting a meme to follow the licensing requirements, but it is technically in violation.
We just need another guy from Nebraska to set up another project to put on the other side now
- The ol' 3 ring binder trick
Source: https://xkcd.com/2347/
That guy from Nebraska has been replaced by AI now, which somehow made the situation even worse.
This is so brilliant, I'm actually jealous that I didn't think of it.
Eh - I kind of want to see something that isn’t a perfectly shaped wedge that easily slipped in.
- ...easily slipped in.
  I dont know, tech companies have been pretty hamfisted about getting AI in everyone's face
  Edit: Ah wait, now that I think about this longer despite my migraine, I think you're right. Should be like a wedge that transitions to a giant butt plug.
- You seem to be missing how the whole thing is now precariously off-balance.
  
  It's off center, but still balanced because it hasn't fallen. I think the point was a more accurate metaphor would be a wedge with a curve, so as it gets shoved in more (and clearly we're not done shoving it in yet), things get far more tilted, until...
Well, at least the people down on the stack absolutely don't want anything to do with it.

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