Punatang - Wow, half of the island has no electricity, Folks on our island are devastated. I'm out all day helping neighbors and you're ranting about 6 year old national politics, on Punaweb. Sheesh...
Demands that a post from last week be explained to them, then complains that the explanation is provided - shucks, guess I fell for the "gotcha". And here I was thinking I was helping a Puna neighbor, during a meal break and taking randomq's signature line to heart, and doing it all without calling anyone a "tard" of any sort.
I did find a perfect example, here on Punaweb, of the type of online radicalization folks here seem to be referring to: "every major social movement tends to have a radical wing that makes the moderate calls for reform more palatable" ... John Brown, Wilcox Rebellion, Emma Goldman, Malcolm X
Well there's plenty of evidence for the existence of slavery, government overthrow, labor violations and forced conscription, and systemic racism. Not so much for satanists drinking the blood of children in pizza parlor basements and widespread election fraud. There are real challenges and injustices in the world, but the lives of the people in Puna aren't going to be improved by trying to get them to battle made-up boogeymen and fairy tales (such as "Lala is a result of weather modification technology by Bill Gates" currently making the rounds online, with AI images to boot, much like immediately after the Lahaina fire. Bunch of free thinkers out there spreading state-sponsored AI-enhanced propaganda).
MyManao - I imagine the Ohias you're looking at are likewise rooted ... all sorts of variable to dictate how well that can help support them.. or not.
(Welcome back :) I didn't get any pictures this time (not sure the phone would have survived the wind and rain power washing going on), but when one of these large ohia comes down (the Kona lows have been particularly impactful) it usually has a flat root structure that is 6 - 10 feet across, but maybe 4 - 6 inches inches deep at best, and leaves a bare patch of pahoehoe behind. If the tree hasn't damaged anything, I tend to leave it, as some will sprout new vertical growth from its now horizontal trunk, but most will die off and the carbon cycle will do its thing, jungle style.
Mostly I was just noting that much of Puna life, in my experience at least, requires living and interacting with some immediacy in the real world, in which AI has very little of value to contribute. Such as...
Edge - What happens when “Mount Kīlauea” collides with Hurricane Lala? Or vice versa. Does it matter? Probably less of a disaster than when Fox “News” “Weather” meets AI.
"If an eruption were to occur during Hurricane Lala, it could lead to catastrophic events such as deadly flooding from rain and strong winds." Well as an eruption didn't occur during Lala, clearly we did not have deadly flooding or strong winds. Thanks "AI" - how could anyone ever question your insights and contributions to Puna affairs!
Demands that a post from last week be explained to them, then complains that the explanation is provided - shucks, guess I fell for the "gotcha". And here I was thinking I was helping a Puna neighbor, during a meal break and taking randomq's signature line to heart, and doing it all without calling anyone a "tard" of any sort.
I did find a perfect example, here on Punaweb, of the type of online radicalization folks here seem to be referring to: "every major social movement tends to have a radical wing that makes the moderate calls for reform more palatable" ... John Brown, Wilcox Rebellion, Emma Goldman, Malcolm X
Well there's plenty of evidence for the existence of slavery, government overthrow, labor violations and forced conscription, and systemic racism. Not so much for satanists drinking the blood of children in pizza parlor basements and widespread election fraud. There are real challenges and injustices in the world, but the lives of the people in Puna aren't going to be improved by trying to get them to battle made-up boogeymen and fairy tales (such as "Lala is a result of weather modification technology by Bill Gates" currently making the rounds online, with AI images to boot, much like immediately after the Lahaina fire. Bunch of free thinkers out there spreading state-sponsored AI-enhanced propaganda).
MyManao - I imagine the Ohias you're looking at are likewise rooted ... all sorts of variable to dictate how well that can help support them.. or not.
(Welcome back :) I didn't get any pictures this time (not sure the phone would have survived the wind and rain power washing going on), but when one of these large ohia comes down (the Kona lows have been particularly impactful) it usually has a flat root structure that is 6 - 10 feet across, but maybe 4 - 6 inches inches deep at best, and leaves a bare patch of pahoehoe behind. If the tree hasn't damaged anything, I tend to leave it, as some will sprout new vertical growth from its now horizontal trunk, but most will die off and the carbon cycle will do its thing, jungle style.
Mostly I was just noting that much of Puna life, in my experience at least, requires living and interacting with some immediacy in the real world, in which AI has very little of value to contribute. Such as...
Edge - What happens when “Mount Kīlauea” collides with Hurricane Lala? Or vice versa. Does it matter? Probably less of a disaster than when Fox “News” “Weather” meets AI.
"If an eruption were to occur during Hurricane Lala, it could lead to catastrophic events such as deadly flooding from rain and strong winds." Well as an eruption didn't occur during Lala, clearly we did not have deadly flooding or strong winds. Thanks "AI" - how could anyone ever question your insights and contributions to Puna affairs!