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- Sat Dec 09, 2023 9:25 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: ChatGPT and AIs
- Replies: 26
- Views: 48030
Re: ChatGPT and AIs
About AI, it's a little disturbing that Youtube's automated closed captioning has helped me understand what people were saying on numerous occasions. Only because it has me questioning whether I'm particularly bad at it. I think I was particularly bad at understanding people with accents as a kid. ...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:41 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Little Rants
- Replies: 378
- Views: 273857
Re: Little Rants
Have you ever had a problem with microorganisms in your water tank? I never have and I keep it set to 130F. Seems like a waste of energy (and therefor money) to keep it higher.
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:25 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Bachelor Chow
- Replies: 31
- Views: 79616
Re: Bachelor Chow
Easier said than done though, isn't it? As I understand it, places where cocoa beans are grown have high levels of lead and cadmium in the soils (not sure if this is just natural to the geography or due to lax environmental standards in banana republics in which they are grown). These get taken up b...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:26 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: A challenging communication thing that happened to me, or, why I avoid speaking to people
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11268
Re: A challenging communication thing that happened to me, or, why I avoid speaking to people
Not knowing what radon is could be acceptable (although it's pretty common knowledge by now). Not knowing what a detector is, if that was what she meant, would be rather head shaking.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:16 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12529
Re: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?
OK. But I was thinking more along the 'child labor versus' point. Child labor would be a worse option for a child who could be effectively educated. But yes, if you interpret as a child for whom education is almost certain to fail, I see what you are getting at.
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:28 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12529
Re: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?
You mean ineffective education right? Within reason, some students are not academically inclined. But I think everybody can learn to read, write and do basic arithmetic (although the latter may not really be needed in the computer/calculator age). After say, junior high, the non academic types would...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:15 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Ship of Theseus Paradox
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14160
Re: Ship of Theseus Paradox
I'd still vote for the ship Theseus owns. And keep in mind Theseus replaced those planks for a reason. Weathered, cracked, barnacled, what have you. Some of those planks replaced in the later years were probably on their last legs. The copy ship from recycled planks is probably pretty rickety. I wou...
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:21 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: Run-up to WW3
- Replies: 423
- Views: 278585
Re: Run-up to WW3
Once Israel gets organized for a counter attack, there is going to be hell to pay in the Gaza strip. And if that incites Hezbolla and other pro-Palestine groups to stick their nose in, who knows where it will end?
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:23 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: Seen on the internet
- Replies: 118
- Views: 226964
Re: Seen on the internet
The thing is, with ultra stupid people (i.e. the types that fall for conspiracy craziness), is they never follow up on their own nonsense. So that fact that millions (many millions) of people who have been vaccinated and don't turn their phones off, will suffer zero effects, will not be mentioned. O...
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:28 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: What's going on in your city/country/region?
- Replies: 285
- Views: 295907
Re: What's going on in your city/country/region?
She should sue the shit out of him, regardless of the legal outcome.
Although this guy seem cracked enough that he might try to kill her. It has that severe domestic (or toxic relationship) abuse vibe to it.
Although this guy seem cracked enough that he might try to kill her. It has that severe domestic (or toxic relationship) abuse vibe to it.