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- Comment on I cannot imagine what lawsuit led to this 5 days ago:
Requiem for a Dream, you mean that movie!
- Comment on Longing, Rusted, Seventeen, Daybreak, Furnace, Nine, Benign, Homecoming, One, Boxcar 1 week ago:
I did this at climbing recently.
It was really hot and everyone was sweating; someone said “I better have some electrolytes”; without thought:
it’s what plants crave!
- Comment on Longing, Rusted, Seventeen, Daybreak, Furnace, Nine, Benign, Homecoming, One, Boxcar 1 week ago:
Well…a single mitocondrion is not really a powerhouse of anything except really simple single celled organisms.
The number of mitochondria in a cell vary widely by organism, tissue, and cell type. A mature red blood cell has no mitochondria, whereas a liver cell can have more than 2000.
It would be more correct to say “are the powerhouse of the cell”.
- Comment on THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short 1 week ago:
5 makes no sense outside of USA
20 What is phone bo? book?19, 20 if NZ equivalent of AOL
- Comment on It Only Takes A Handful Of Samples To Poison Any Size LLM, Anthropic Finds 1 week ago:
So if someone was to hypothetically label an image in a blog or a article; as something other than what it is?
Or maybe label an image that appears twice as two similar but different things, such as a screwdriver and an awl.
Do they have a specific labeling schema that they use; or is it any text associated with the image?
- Comment on Have YOU ever done this? 1 week ago:
Of course I do, sometimes I need expert advice!
- Comment on Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100 2 weeks ago:
Maybe profit isn’t the only motive…
- Comment on same shit every day, on god 3 weeks ago:
What is the peak efficiency of steam turbines?
- Comment on Are they still underpants if you aren't wearing pants? 4 weeks ago:
Layer -(-1) privledged layer, accessible only through permission system
- Comment on Are they still underpants if you aren't wearing pants? 4 weeks ago:
Layer-0 pants are the ones touching your arse.
Layer-1 pants cover Layer-0 (tights, stockings, trousers). Layer-2 pants (optional) cover Layer-1 (shorts over tights, trousers, etc…)Simple
- Comment on Are they still underpants if you aren't wearing pants? 4 weeks ago:
What about the waterproof overpants that keep your regular pants dry???
- Comment on Are they still underpants if you aren't wearing pants? 4 weeks ago:
Well they are not overpants
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- Comment on Have you noticed this? 4 weeks ago:
Because the soul is corrupted in the process.
- Comment on Have you noticed this? 4 weeks ago:
It is a bit silly.
But the reason is; the faithful are the prize. The unfaithful are already damned; why would the demons bother with those already going to hell?
I’m a lifelong atheist; it is all just superstition; but the logic is not flawed in this case.
- Comment on Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth 4 weeks ago:
Well he looks like a guy that can get things done!
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 4 weeks ago:
I call this the curtain; when I imagine something, like a tree, I can’t see the tree. But it is still there; just like it is behind a black curtain, no images from the tree can be seen.
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 4 weeks ago:
Yep…me for 40 years; that is just a metaphor to help think about things. Then one day reading about aphantasia…WTF!!!people can actually see, it’s not just a metaphor.
But then I had a conversation with my partner; she can combine flavors in her mind and know, pretty accurately, what stuff will taste like; it is one reason she loves cooking.
People can actually get a song stuck in their heads…again, not a metaphor.
Mind blown!!!
My 7yo can project images from his mind into the world; what the hell. He can “watch” movie when looking at the wall when he is in bed going to sleep; with the sounds and everything.
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 4 weeks ago:
I am a 5 on this scale, and for all other senses. No smell, sound, touch or taste either.
So yea; it when I say my inner monologue is pretty much my whole thought process.
It totally blew my mind; when I realized others could see actual images in their heads.
The no inner monologue thing still boggles me. Considering my point of view; where it is all of my inner self.
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 4 weeks ago:
This one I find difficult to comprehend.
My inner monologue is petty much my entire thought process. How does one think and rationalise without one?
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 4 weeks ago:
I play DnD with a lot of theatre or the mind. I’m a 5 (also 5 with all other mental sensors).
It isn’t to hard, you just remember the description, the detail and context.
If the story is engaging, it is easy.
I’m a big fan of story, some writers rely too much on imagery, great writers story transcends the imagery.
E.g. I can’t stand Tolkien, too much time describing (for me) pointless visual detail. Love Pratchett’s work, the story and subtext are amazing.
- Comment on Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull' 4 weeks ago:
Got nothing to do with being humanoid.
Bipedal predators are a rounding error, probably the most effective hunter/killer robot would be dog shaped and medium dog sized, with a back mounted turret.
Give it pack tactics, with radio comms…
- Comment on Ahead of her time 5 weeks ago:
I don’t believe you, that sounds irrational!
- Comment on Interesting looking ring. Wonder what it means? 1 month ago:
Teal’c is that you.
- Comment on Let a 10 year old boy make a shirt 1 month ago:
Miss, your shirt has a slur on it.
Which one is it? Um, it’s all of them.“Oh I know, I’m satirizing the propensity of westerners wearing clothes with words on them they don’t understand”
“But, but, they are all terrible slurs, doesn’t that make you a bad person? You could have picked any random shit!”
“Yes, but then you wouldn’t have said anything, I get much more of a reaction this way” (thinking smugly, I am so smart)
- Comment on A hypothesis 1 month ago:
Nice…I meant, I gave my 7yo (at the time) a computer we put Mint on it. He is 9 now, so by 19 I think we will see how it has changed his skill level vs the gen pop
- Comment on A hypothesis 1 month ago:
I’ll let you know in 10 years.
- Comment on Lasagnaius 2 months ago:
Kinchius
- Comment on Mr. Pope 2 months ago:
I bet he didn’t see that coming.
- Comment on FlatEarthers will work around it 2 months ago:
It is the west island of the mythical land of New Zealand