People nowadays are so friggin' gullible, they believe almost anything they're told, so the old saying doesn't mean much any more...
The first flight of a pig took place at Leysdown, Kent, England. Lord Brabazon of Tara took the pig for a flight of about 3.7 miles from Shellbeach airfield on the Isle of Sheppey in 1909.
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“You’re from Joisey? Is that how you say it? Joisey?”
“No, that’s how you said it.”
- Chris Christie—Newark, N.J.
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Amazon unveiled a new feature in the works for its virtual assistant Alexa that can read aloud in a deceased loved one's voice based on a short recording of the person.
"While AI can't eliminate that pain of loss, it can definitely make their memories last," said Rohit Prasad, senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa, on Wednesday at Amazon's re:MARS conference in Las Vegas.
In a video played at the event, an Amazon Echo Dot is asked: "Alexa, can Grandma finish reading me 'The Wizard of Oz'?" "OK," Alexa's voice responded. "Instead of Alexa's voice reading the book, it's the kid's grandma's voice," Prasad said. "We had to learn to produce a high quality voice with less than a minute of recording." He added: "We are unquestionably living in the golden era of AI, where our dreams and science fiction are becoming a reality."
Indeed, the feature immediately drew comparisons to fictional depictions of technology, but ones more bleak than what Prasad was likely referencing, like Black Mirror, the dystopian television series that featured an episode in which comparable technology was deployed.
The feature is still in development, and Amazon would not say when it might publicly launch, but its preview comes at a moment when the cutting-edge capabilities of artificial intelligence are under close scrutiny.
In particular, debate among researchers has sharpened about what is known as deepfakes — video or audio that is rendered with AI to make it appear as if someone did or said something that never happened.
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You're going to see this happening more and more going forward. You'll have fewer and fewer options.
United Airlines will slash 50 domestic departures a day from its schedule at Newark Liberty International Airport starting next month in an attempt to minimize delays caused by a combination of airport construction and a shortage of air traffic controllers.
While United says it has enough pilots, crews and support staff, “ongoing congestion challenges” led it to ask for and receive a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration that allows the carrier to trim its schedule for the rest of the summer.
Other airlines’ 'more robust schedules' out of Newark are also a factor, United said. The 50 flights represent about 12% of United’s daily domestic departures at Newark. United will not discontinue service to any city, but reduce the frequency of departures to some markets.
“This schedule action will help minimize excessive delays and improve on-time performance – not only for our customers, but for everyone flying through Newark,” United Airlines spokeswoman Leslie Scott said Thursday.
Separately, Roitman said customers can expect fares to remain high due to the high cost of fuel. United Airlines is spending about $1 billion more a month on fuel than it did in 2019.
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“Is your family in the mob?”
“Do you really want me to answer that?”
-James Gandolfini—Park Ridge, N.J.
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You know how it is - you normally don't splurge all that often on something like this just to have dinner at home, right? I mean - fuck, these things went for like $14.00 a year and a half or so ago, and that ain't exactly chicken feed. Anyway, they kinda disappeared from the meat section for about a year and a half because, I guess, of all the Covid and supply chain bullshit we were going through.
Anyway, I was there yesterday, and they're back. At more than double the price. This same rack will now cost you about 32 fuckin' dollars.
Honey, pass me the spaghetti, will ya?
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They are virtually impossible to get, and the permitting process - I know for a fact - can take as long as three fuckin' years. I swear they stretch the process out hoping you'll die before they have to issue the permit.
It will be interesting to see how these states respond to the SCOTUS New York ruling, and I'm sure there'll be a clusterfuck of lawsuits and bullshit to follow anything they do get done.
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Fourth of July is just two weeks away...
If you're looking for a unique gift item for the special lady in your life,
maybe you should take a look at the jewelry my wife makes.
Click on either picture to go to her online store:
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“Why does everyone curse so much in Jersey?”
“Because we like to fucking express ourselves.”
-Danny DeVito—Asbury Park, N.J.
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It's hard for us to know where the facts stop and the bullshit starts
in so many stories like this.
The coronavirus pandemic could have been much worse without vaccines, according to a new study that claims the number of deaths recorded worldwide from the coronavirus would be more than triple than it is today.
In the year after the vaccine was first introduced in December 2020, more than 4.3 billion people received an inoculation, saving 20 million lives, according to research published Thursday in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases.
If the World Health Organization’s goal of 40% vaccination coverage by the end of 2021 in low-income countries had been met, an additional 600,000 lives would be spared, the study said.
The findings “quantify just how much worse the pandemic could have been if we did not have these vaccines,” said lead Imperial College London researcher Oliver Watson.
You tell 'em, Paulie...
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“What’s pork roll?”
“May god have mercy on your poor soul.”
-Frank Sinatra—Hoboken, N.J.
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