Ah... Old school culture jamming :-)

See also, billboard hacking and Adbusters.

Regardless, in Blighty, such sarcasm is by no means twisted and indirect. It is as plain as the nose on ones face. As I said earlier, many Americans simply don't get such sarcasm, leading to comic clashes of culture.

Claude isn't a legal entity. It is software.

OP is entirely responsible for the software they choose to use. Nobody else. If they misused that software, a court will not be sympathetic!

If you authorised an agent to act on your behalf, you are entirely responsible for their actions providing they acted within the bounds of authority you gave them.

Regardless, OPs software (his AI agent) isn't a legal entity and OP is entirely responsible for the software he chooses to use. Clamming the software is responsible for his actions (a software bug) isn't going to stand up in court. Whilst OP could claim damages for being provided with faulty software I suspect this will be very difficult to say the least; the authors of the AI agent will make the (very good) defence that their software was used incorrectly.

The latter (with its twisted mix of Australian, Cockney and Kings English) carries a calm sarcastic tone which indicates ones displeasure far more than the former, more vulgar statement, could ever hope to achieve.

One is however, reminded that Americans simply don't get our sarcasm, frequently leading to some amusing cultural clashes.

You mean 'influencers'?

Nothing of value has been lost.

> Worse these companies ingrain themselves into a lot of physical locations and data collection from other sources so your not free of them

Please can you provide an example. I can't say I've ever experienced such a thing (and would never GDPR opt-in to such data sharing even if the opportunity was there).

Though presumably you would prefer the alternative; that such companies are unrestrained in what they may do and the population at large must simply bend over and grab their ankles with both hands?

Ahem...

In the UK/EU Let me introduce you to article 22 of the GDPR

The data subject shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her.

i.e. If subjected to an algorithm making decisions, you have an automatic right of appeal to a _human_.

https://gdpr-info.eu/art-22-gdpr/

You need to adopt a sensible data protection law if you don't want to be exploited.

Oil prices will rise in the USA just as much as they will in the EU.

And why might that be? Presumably because the USA decided to start a pointless war in the middle east?

Good God! If there has been a "lack of conversation", it is simply because not sporting Ukraine would be utterly unthinkable to us. The UK support for Ukraine has been, and continues to be, one of the largest.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-support-to-ukr...

Indeed, under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, UK private citizens allowed 234,000 Ukrainian refugees to come and live with us in our homes and spare rooms. Ukraine flags are flying everywhere in Blighty. Slava Ukraini!

The USA does not live in a vacuum.

I think you will find global events 5000 miles away ARE your problem, and mine, whether you like it or not.

Surely you ordinarily cook up at least once nice meal a week; eat it using the nice dinner service and bring a little elegance to your life (and who cares if you break a plate or two, it died doing what it was made for).

Good god! Why on earth would you make it difficult to dispose of hazardous waste safely?

Here in Blighty, the local tip (sorry 'recycling centre') is open throughout the week and accepts everything from used engine oil and battery acid to asbestos. Granted some of the smaller tips might not have such facilities, but they will direct you to one that will.

All free of charge for non-commercial users. (Business will have their own regulated arrangements for hazardous goods).

Is the right answer.

For all the jingoism being spouted, it would be nice if somebody had a whisper in Mango Mussolinis ear as to why NATO and the post 1945 order was formed, and who benefits from it (hint: all our democracies).

Right.

Splitting fresh water (salt water is a non-starter) for hydrogen is a rather energy inefficient and expensive process.

> People still use miles?

In maritime world, yes we do; nautical and statute.

> do blather on in that condescending tone.

I do appear to have touched a nerve old sport.

Currently made from crude oil in a CO2 emitting process from a finite fossil fuel resource.

And yes, whilst methanol can be distilled from wood/crops (a more expensive process), this simply cannot scale, especially if humanity wishes to eat...... You do realise a large container ship is 1/4 mile long and carries north of 18,000 TEU containers; that's 9000 lorries worth. They are big.

You do realise that in the (admittedly unlikely) event that needs to be cut off in the Emergency Department, they wont have a chance?