Most likely, the tools are manufactured by a third party and just dumped into the mix, so it’s not as direct a problem as it seems.

This may be a common human thing to do. The difference is the buffer zone that someone has before things become unbearable. Not an excuse, the right thing to do in a society that’s interconnected and educated is not to wait until that point to take action. But… we could probably argue how interconnected and educated people are with echo chambers and propaganda designed to keep them in control.

At some point things do break, regardless. Hopefully sooner than later.

“AI slop” or just “slop” has already broadened its definition to mean anything you don’t like or agree with. Think of it as the modern “r/thathappened” or “photoshopped”.

Still pretty remarkable, just that they were so much bigger before. The wild thing is learning that most of the land east of them to the coast is sediment from their erosion. It makes sense once you think about it, but imagine the amount of time to do that.

It’s not directly a con. It’s actual returns, and god damn they get a lot. Whether it’s worth it to try and get a net profit of anything is another thing. It can happen, but it’s probably low.

Also, a great Climate Town on the very subject.

“Table salt?”

“No.” Drops dead of poisoning.

Is this one of those things Lucas had put in the script but someone wiser changed and didn’t tell him?

One of my favorite Red Letter Media quotes referring to the opening of Star Wars:

“We know everything we need to know just by the visuals. Rebels. Empire. We got a sense of how small and ill-equipped the rebels are and how large and powerful the Empire is. The low angle implies dominance, and the length of the Star Destroyer implies the Long Reach of the Empire. This shot says everything we need to know without saying one word. In fact, this is so genius, I have a feeling that George Lucas had nothing to do with it and probably fought against putting it in the movie.”

I love how people fight over what’s the better editor. I just use whatever makes sense for the time, and it’s not always the same one. But if you’re happy with just one of them and can make it work for you in any situation, then you do you. That’s the point of Linux, or so I thought.

So the same strategy they’re trying with ICE at home. Do little actions to get a reaction that gives an excuse to hit back harder. Sounds fascist. Because it is.

The plants will die long before that. Is there a plant abuse hotline?

FWIW, using a shell function is preferred (according to Bash docs) and probably a lot more flexible, and less dangerous. No, actually, anything in Linux can be dangerous.

And while I’m also in the camp of trying to make the Basilisk happy, I doubt it’s going to work.

Remember that he is but a symptom of a bigger problem that will still remain.

That is an issue, one that is being discussed and can be turned off currently. Meanwhile Microsoft is head deep in AI so much they’re renaming known trademarks into their AI brand. So… I don’t think Mozilla is the bigger problem.

I think most people using them know that there’s not something there, and yet when using it they’ll still act as there is. Even giving it that benefit of doubt in what it outputs as valid, as if it’s from another person, maybe even one who knows more than they do. So it’s a gray area of “not believing”.

What’s going on?

Urine is already diluted by water, so you’re most of the way there.

Sam Harris had a video on free will, and in it, he asked the audience to think of something (a color, or something simple but spontaneous). Then he asked them to try and think when in their thought process did that choice make itself known and get picked? I don’t think it’s as simple as there being free will or not, but I think what we experience is a bit of both coming together to give a sense of choice and self, when actually some things are deterministic by who we are or have become through life and experience. The wiring in the brain and its software. We’re not so hard wired that we can be perfectly predicted every time, but we do have preferred pathways created over time that influence any actual choice that’s made at the core.

So in answer to the title, it’s yes and no. There are some things that are far more fixed in our personalities that we understand at least partially why we do what we do. Then there are others that we don’t or can’t, or take years of therapy to figure out. But it’s a mix.

It definitely is. But you know what’s worse? Returning a used lawnmower at the end of summer, expecting a refund. Regularly.

Speaking as a guy, not always true. I’ve lost some of the skill, but there was a time when I worked with paints mixing colors, and I was very good at finding the right shades for people who were lost (men and women). I understand that there are subtleties within every color.

My sarcasm would always come out though, when someone would bring in a piece of wood and ask to color match it. I’d ask “which brown”… but then would give them excellent service and figure out what worked for them. Hated and enjoyed that job.

The origin of the word meme, as well as the concepts before the coining of the term by Richard Dawkins, are all neutral to the subject or purpose. A meme can easily be hate speech if it’s spread as any meme is. It’s true that its use in popular culture now mainly means something that has spread on the internet (not just an image), but that’s only because the internet is the fastest way for anything to travel through large populations.