John Drake

So you think the impact is relatively few people being displaced? I don't know. I am just asking a question. I sincerely would like to get an idea of what impact this has on people. I've used ChatGPT and, yes, for what I need it's near useless. Gemini was another issue. It actually worked quite well--aside from the DEI image fiasco they experienced. But Gemini has been getting worse. Both Gemini and Chat GPT suffered from an inability to "learn." I could correct their mistakes--and they would admit to it--but the next session they were back to the same starting point. That and the fact they write off sites they can't access without paying. That was a lack in my view, because sites such as JSTOR supply public access to abstracts and no need of payment. But I would need to provide a link to each separate abstract for the AI to add to a particular session's discussion. Then, next session another tabula rasa.

"If you seek his monument, look around."

The international response to this story likely has embarrassed this man so much that he'll be in hiding for months hoping it disappears.

How many will soon lose all their work to AI?

I doubt that the vast majority of them even know about the tax law changes.

They steal them in order to acquire benefits and work.

Oddly enough, it would have helped some people who didn't get to login today. I hold many oil and gas stocks. They rebounded somewhat after the initial selloff. I hold most of them, because they also pay good dividends. Might have bought more today had I been able to login. So I'll just wait now and how much more there is to come and buy some time this week or next.

Just a note: I too had a TD Ameritrade account. And Datek before Ameritrade bought that company. Now, I'm stuck with Schwab. For the second time on a big market crash, Schwab was down and you could not login tonight. I just got into my account, after continuing to try over and over again for 50 minutes. Phones were down too. I hate Schwab and I wish I had TD Ameritrade back. I NEVER had a problem with them or Datek.

Police are the politicized enforcement arm of radical ideologies. No policeman is your friend. He's only loyal to his paycheck and pension. In the US, the only still (barely) reliable law enforcement official is your county sheriff, who is directly responsible to the people for his actions.

So this response is only against one side. Now, I know what all these posts mean that talk about Two Tier policing. Starmer is guarding mosques, which apparently now operate like military barracks with an arsenal. This is an occupying force, protected by a colonial governor masquerading as a prime minister, who is enforcing alien ideologies on the natives through the use of force and terror.

It doesn't.

As well as stopping the ping pong bombs, pipe bombs, arson, assassinations, occupation of roads and parks, and attack on students that killed four at Rajamangala Stadium.

How do you figure these British are immigrants? If they're here on a non-Immigrant visa, as just about most are, then they specifically are not immigrants. I see this sort of sloppy comparison made all the time. Damn few foreigners in Thailand are getting any benefits whatsoever. Those on non-Immigrant visas have limited rights and can be sent home almost immediately.

Prices did not shoot up under Prayuth, except during the beginning of the lockdown, when I saw people going into places like Foodland and panic buying all the chicken, beef, and pork. Fact is, Prayuth regulated and subsidized something like electricity that benefitted especially the poor and was even "sustainable" with the sub 300 kwh usage discount. Then there was the half and half program, about which there was a post today in an unfortunately neglected topic https://www.thaipbsworld.com/half-half-resurfaces-in-yet-another-month-when-no-one-can-blink/ It was superior to the digital wallet in just about every category, including but especially its use wherever participants lived and in the requirement that people contribute their own fair share of money before getting benefits. It's something Prayuth did well during covid. In fact, his record during covid continues to be unjustly smeared. Thailand was better off than most--far better off. Fewer people died, and people had more measurable freedom to move around than in places such as the US. I've already listed above additional areas in which he was not only better than the current government but in practical terms successful. Prayuth was a status quo politician. That was what was needed in Thailand and may still be needed, instead of radical chaos.

I would say that's good news. But ever since the election, every PTP maneuver has been bad for expatriates anyway. I don't think Anutin could have dreamed up as much trouble for expats as Srettha has imposed.

Looking at my two useless tickets from two days ago. I never win. My wife never wins. In 26 years of playing, my wife hasn't won a single baht.

So all you people still criticizing Prayuth. Happy to be taxed on your remittances and global income now? Enjoying the skyrocketing rent and cost for housing. How about those sky high electric bills. You didn't know when you had it good. And you still don't realize it.

I've been saying this would happen since before the election. I miss Prayuth. Oh, for the days with cheaper electricity, food, and rent. And the better controlled freeways. And don't underestimate Prayuth's foreign policy. Sure, he leaned toward China. But he walked the line between China and the West much better than the outright surrender to China now taking place. And most of all for expats, he had a policy of stability at immigration. And he didn't tax us on remittances or our global income. Prayuth was better.

Christopher Moore wrote a Thailand novel with his character, Vincent Calvino, who was uncovering a Russian scam involving Thai currency called Golden Bullets. The novel is 9 Gold Bullets. Anyway, they're rare and so are other Bullet coin presentation cases. Go to the bottom of this link and see: https://www.pattayamail.com/pattayamail/coins-of-the-realm-rare-thai-notes-and-historic-bullet-coins-to-headline-hong-kong-auction-445627

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Maduro just detained Jackson Hinkle. The man can't be all bad.

Nothing there I care about. A couple of things I dislike. But not one of them will influence my vote.

So the controversy was actually good for US ratings. Is the US doing well or poorly? That usually has an effect as well.

I will vote against Trump because of his declared intention to weaken the dollar and, as a result, leave me with less money from my SSA benefit transferred to Thailand. I tend to think that Harris policies will also drive inflation higher, and, since I get an inflation adjustment on SSA every year that tends to outperform the Thai baht, that's good for me, too. I don't care about anything else.

I don't understand, with all the Chinese, Indians, and Russians coming in for 60 days visa free, those restaurants should be packed.