giskard.bsky.social
Major domo, robot, philosopher
Profile image stolen by me from Dr. Emily Weber, https://www.deviantart.com/drzime/art/Giskard-121777679
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Using an LLM you can easily outperform someone with an advanced degree who is unwilling to sell bullshit.
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There were paid news readers in some factories:
www.loc.gov/resource/ncl...
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"Puddle at two o'clock, call for air support!"
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P.s.: This is not some anti-DEI rant, I am sure there are a lot of capable women in the army.
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There is a mistake towards the end of your piece: you claim that women are more fit since 70% of failed applicants were men; however, men's share of total applicants is slightly larger than 70%. Thus women are slightly overrepresented among the not accepted.
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Help! The government (under my bed) has discontinued my federal subsidies!
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One could say he is not outside of his area of expertise. For the past 25 years he has been a salesman; he has merely pivoted from selling tech related hopes to selling conspiracy theories.
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weird
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Don't worry, I hear in later episodes they elect another guy and give him extraconstitutional powers, I'm pretty sure he'll fix everything.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfCC...
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Clearly you just haven't encountered someone of my coding brilliance before!
> for problem in worldProblemList:
> solve(problem)
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Could you please copy/screenshot the gist and share that rather than sharing 3 links to their pieces? Generating traffic will not discourage horserace coverage.
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"The Earth Killers" (1949)
mporcius.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-...
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There is an AE von Vogt sci-fi short story where a sudden nuclear attack destroys a lot of US cities. The Soviet Union immediately signals that they were not behind the attack. The ending reveals that the attack was carried out by southern racists as revenge. Perhaps this is what he is doing?
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Not sure about the exact vibe as these seem very different, but perhaps The Rocketeer
m.imdb.com/title/tt0102...
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I've seen the claim that Petro got what he wanted from several users here but I have only read the spin in the media. Can you please point to your source for the claim?
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Sweep the leg Jesus!
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Jefferson is up there. He owned slaves, forced one of them to have sex with him. He created partisan politics in the US. Why do you admire him? Surely not because of his expansionism? Except for Lincoln, the others are also pretty problematic.
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You might enjoy the sci-fi short story "Last Enemy" by H Beam Piper, which is about a world where they figure out that reincarnation is real and it affects the inheritance laws. A bit too much action in the second half, but the setup is interesting.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_En...
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Old school rich people would spend the next two years trying to assassinate him, while the tech wealthy would set up banking and ID websites only accessible via memorized passwords.
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I don't think it's just 'pop' evo psych. A few decades ago I went to my friend's intro to evo psych class at uni and they were being taught smart sounding pseudoscience from the 1950s.
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Yeah, I know. I do hope you get better!
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In the US selling pills without medical effects and balancing spiritual energy industries are two separate multibillion dollar industries. If I understand correctly you are mad at the Chinese because they merged them?
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Oh no, the gif shows the attack that misses and does not destroy the Death Star... hope your proposal fares better!
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I'm not familiar with that one, but it sounds very plausible!
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The complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir
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F the WP, but while we are doing media criticism, 'traffic fell to less than a quarter of what it was in January 2021' is close to useless data. I imagine it is very much the same for other news sites, since January 6 was a rare event. The 10% drop in revenue is the real information.
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Did you catch the Sprachspiegel typo before publishing?
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This is the ending of a Black Mirror episode.
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My mania is that society would be way better off if children were taught good jokes, their meaning and how to tell them in grades 1 through 4.
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Okay, we only have one engine left, but I'll give you 5:1 the pilots are going to land the plane and we'll survive. No? 6:1?
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Source is:
transparency.meta.com/hu-hu/polici...
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That would be nice, but it is not a realistic expectation?
The US maintained their alliance with the South Korean military dictatorships too, and today offers military support to leaders like Egypt's el-Sisi, who came to power in 2014 after 'winning an election' with 97% of the votes.
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The reparations episode from Atlanta.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big...
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The phrasing could still be somewhat more accurate; the chancellor is likely to be far-right for the first time. The FPÖ itself has been part of the government and has given multiple ministers several times.
www.bundeskanzleramt.gv.at/bundeskanzle...
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"Have you seen my new James Bond fridge?"
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Canada announces Justin Trudeau will join US as its 51st state
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I Googled "Caroline Baniewicz costar" and got a bunch of pictures for Meg Baniewicz, who looks like this lady, so I am guessing it is her. And they are sisters?
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Not sure but she is also in this video where her costar is named, perhaps you can use it to find out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnka...
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They also show you that the top of Sauron's tower is still on fire.
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Two good comments gets a date, ten good comments gets a preliminary proposal.
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Don't do it, you would likely get a generic fake answer like "wow, I haven't thought about that aspect before, thank you for pointing it out, and I am glad to see your interest in my work!"
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That's a great gif in the article, thank you for sharing!
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I hope you are right about MAGA.
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2/2 approx (135,140,190), far from both white (255,255,255) and blue (0,0,255). Close-ish to lightslategray (119, 136, 153).
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1/2 I always thought that the choices presented were bad approximations; I have now checked, and the 'black'/'gold' pixels' RGB coordinates are approx (125,110,75), far from both black (0,0,0) and gold (255,215,0), while the 'white'/'blue' pixel's coordinates are
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A frequent phenomenon when teaching and putting in a lot of effort.
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Of the well-known fascist governments, Mussolini's and Hitler's was only toppled by external military force; I don't see that happening for the US. Franco's and Salazar's lasted for around 40 years each, when the rulers became incapacitated. Too long. 'Not forever' is not much of a solace.
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Wow, they already deported her? That is so cruel, Germany needs to do better.