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Agreed. This and the inevitable media hype and associated stock market frenzy. One of my biggest concerns about AI other than the potential job losses is entering the a Kafkaesque world of utter babble. Phone based support has declined after covid for a lot of organisations and replaced by email. This is for sales, IT support, customer service etc. Email responses from a human are slow and inefficient compared with a phone call but when the response comes via AI we’re going to end up in a world of pain. There are limitations with a lot of the current AI systems already even if they are implemented correctly. When they are simply shoehorned in as a knee jerk reaction the end user experience will be horrible. Technology should be able to do some of the heavy lifting to make organisations more efficient. What it shouldn’t do is cut down a workforce at the expense of the customer experience. Technology is literally driving the population mad. It’s going to get worse before it gets better.

One of the biggest challenges is that heads of organisations get wind of whatever buzzwords are flavour of the month and start demanding IT departments introduce it into the company. They don’t really know anything about the technology or it’s variants nor what specific problems they are trying to solve but want AI or Cloud or feckkng RoboGubbinBiscuits and frequently bypass their internal IT teams seeing out “experts” (snake oil salesmen) to deliver the solution to the problem they haven’t yet identified. Can you imagine this in any other industry? Hello BigBuild inc were all extremely excited about RoboBlocks and how it can help in our new office block. Here’s a fat blank check.

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Definitely packs a punch. Can linger a bit though (after taste). Think my favourite rum (particularly neat) is Diplomatico Might pour a little and join the party. Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear in the background.

I can relate to this. They are good musicians though and are not turgid. When it works, it really works but they don’t always hit the mark and then for me it does just seem too contrived. That said would rather there were more Beck types out there than re-hashed Beatles.

TBH for a used Fender this is not a bad idea. There are so many fakes out there buying online is becoming a gamble even for people who know what to look out for.

Personally the only thing I will be buying from the US is equities and not until Trump attempts to remove Powell and totally trashes the $ and the stock and bond markets in the process.

Am a little shocked by this news. Very sad. 😞

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ebay is rapidly becoming scam central in the same way as facebook marketplace. items that are fake, items that are damaged or out of stock when they go cheap with no reserve, items that don’t even exist. easier to just not bother with it.

I haven’t played live since I was a teenager so yes at home.

Sandberg make very nice basses. Compared to my Fender P the Sandberg is nicer in every aspect other than how it sounds! It’s lighter, better made, better in terms of ergonomics, the finish is better, it’s nicer to play … but when I plug the Fender in I just prefer it.

Im not so sure. I don’t think anyone, anywhere, ever said I really fancy getting a plumber round tonight. It’s something people pay for only when they really have to. Similarly I can’t imagine there are many plumbers who do the work for the creative joy of installing radiators. I think there are ways for musicians to make money but many of them would involve thinking more like a plumber than a creative. Edit: Going to expand on this. Most of us if we practice enough can learn to play an instrument. A few of us can get very good at playing an instrument. In my experience far fewer of us can write songs that people want to hear. Even fewer can write really catchy songs that many people want to hear. This is a big part of why musicians don’t always make money. If you can’t write songs you need a top notch songwriter, or you need to play other peoples music. If you’re excellent this can be jazz, classical etc where the audience is often older and more affluent. There is an established (but limited audience) out there, Mass market is a little more tricky. There is a lot of competition and shrinking venues. Other avenues are function bands, tribute bands, musicals, cruises etc. I’ve seen some shocking musicians with some decent tunes get better and get a decent following. I’ve seen plenty of decent musician’s with plenty of integrity but no songs go nowhere.

Having not played in a band since I was a teenager I can’t offer many pearls of wisdom other than when I ran a small business I sold stuff that other people would want to buy rather than what I loved. I expect that there is still money to be made in playing live following this philosophy. Whether it would be rewarding or creatively appealing is another matter. My first bass teacher played in a buddy holly tribute band (he loathed buddy holly) but it paid the large part of his mortgage. His originals band never made much cash but was a creatively rewarding experience.

no probs earlpilanz https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/earlpilanz?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_pj1oDotRNG&sssrc=3418065&ssuid=o8ireNu4Tim&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY on ebay is always worth contacting..

pretty sure i have a white one somewhere that you can have

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