I was thinking this morning about the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The place in which Eddie Murphey and Dan Ackroyd outwitted the Duke Brothers' attempt to corner the market on frozen concentrated orange juice futures in the movie Trading Places.


Winter Wheat would make a good stripper name.



https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...51aca2f11a.png

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...efe9598b90.png

I always wondered how far off they are. sketched this up in blender.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...c923cdcea4.png

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...b6d59256ac.png

Cold side?

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...497860db2e.png

Here's a link to a story about Google's AI Image Generator.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/...image-searches

And yet, when I give it the prompt "A group of people attending an outdoor party," it produces these:

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d4033b57a9.png https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...607663ed8b.png

Looks pretty white.



Ok, how about "A group of people breakdancing." That's an activity which is historically associated with non-whiteness.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...7dd7d0e7ba.png https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ff96f3c615.png

Hmmm.....




Let's try various prompts about rioting, smashing store windows and stealing merchandise, etc...

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...246f833328.png https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...c26089f118.png




Aaaaah, that did it on the first try.



The lesson here is not to believe every clickbait article which you read.

Well that's a weird titty. maybe it's like "I'm transitioning into a girl at my own pace".

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d150774393.png

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...bdd227a4aa.png

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...884a4e72ee.png

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5bd5c5850a.png

Sunset from the balcony outside my Pit Lane room at VIR. Not AI generated...


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...84cfa9fc32.jpg

Sigh! This is what my driveway looks like after winter returned this afternoon, with a vengeance:

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...cd2ed1a6a7.png

Temps dropped from above freezing this morning to -8C currently, heading towards a low of -17C tonight. It was nice enough during the last two weeks that I brought my Miata out of hibernation. Probably only have myself to blame, I suppose.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d25dce88d5.png

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...0ffa7b7daf.jpg

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...56a27aab99.png

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f9002745b5.jpg

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...956ac17ab0.png
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...0bac4129fe.png