This is hardly surprising. It’s immediately noticeable in images, but we’ll have to be very careful with other forms of output as the decline could be subtle enough to go unnoticed at first. There’s a very real risk of poisoning our sources of data by allowing AI to write back to them without oversight. And given that the sources of data seem to be things like Reddit and twitter this is a real concern.

I work in marketing and only recently realised how closed the internet has become. I’ve always held that social media can come and go, people can use messenger and Twitter and Snapchat and insta all they like but email is a always a leveller that always works - then I found out about sending reputation. There’s a reason no one uses their own mail servers anymore, if you set up an email server on your own hardware then there’s a good chance that your emails won’t make it to the recipients behind spam filters. Basically, if you want to send emails now then you need to do it through an established service.

Threads has not launched in Europe because it breaks European laws. Yet 100M people jumped straight on it.

I don’t really get what the hate was for Google+, it was better than the alternative/competitor at the time (Facebook)

They are performance bikes, so there’s a trade off between performance and longevity of parts. But, most of the problems I’ve had have been because of aftermarket parts or changes that previous owners made.

I have a 2008 690 (650cc) Duke. It’s had countless owners and god knowns which parts on it are actually original. It has about 70k km on the odometer (assuming it’s the original one and it was always fitted and connected). I’ve had it for about 6 or 7 years now I think.

Things which have been a problem:

• Clutches are consumables. They seem to last about 20k km for me. They’re not expensive or difficult to replace yourself. The feel on them is fantastic though so I’ll happily replace the plates if that’s the trade off. I don’t want to go back to a bike with a cable clutch.
• The cam chain tensioner. I replaced the hydraulic one with a manual one a while back.
• The muffler. This is not a KTM fault, a previous owner replaced the OEM with a cheap aftermarket can and it’s shit and constantly needs repacking and rivets replaced.
• The single front disc on the front is prone to “warping” where it builds up material in one spot and pulses at slow speed. I replaced it once and the new one started doing the same thing after a short time so now I just deal with it. The same thing happened on my previous bike with a single front disc.
• The fuel mapping has been played with, and in combination with the supermarket exhaust is not perfect. I’ve put a standard map on but it’s still just ok.

Overall I’m pretty happy with it. I often look at upgrading but all I really want is the same thing but maybe a bit faster.

He’s Australian, we’re used to getting screwed on pricing for everything.

I use a Motorcross helmet and goggles as I find them more convenient and comfortable. I have a GoPro style action camera that I mount underneath the brim of the helmet. It’s pretty much only there as a dashcam; when the card fills I format it.

Social media is literally nothing without its users. Do you think it’s technically challenging to create a forum, or a feed of brain farts? A few rich people seem to have forgotten that recently.

I’d prefer if Elmo had to be the first one to take his rocket to Mars.

They already had Instagram. Just take Instagram and replaced pictures and video with text. Job done. Tbh I’m not even sure why it needs a separate app instead of just adding it to insta.

Sounds like you’re doing all the right things 👍

It’s a great feeling isn’t it! Just be careful, middle aged riders who are either new or returning after a long break are very over represented in accident stats. Consider taking a safety course or even just doing regular training exercises in a safe environment.

I know more than I ever need to about American drip coffee machines, and yet I don’t want one and wouldn’t know where to buy one here in Australia eveb if I did want one.

Really? It’s not uncommon for me to have a service through one company and have that company be sold to another. I can think of at least two banks that I was a customer of when this happened. Similarly I’m sure it’s happened with some utilities, and maybe a telco.

There’s a reason he’s the ex pm. He was the poster boy of falling upwards but the people finally realised how inept he was.