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"The human mind is generally far more eager to praise and dispraise than to describe and define." - C.S. Lewis

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@Tyler_A_Harper I like Ted Chiang and don't think LLMs are conscious, but that screenshot is a terrible argument.

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@Niflheimm155983 @amiguello1 I mean, you don't see any wrinkles or skin blemishes in the picture on the left because it's a headshot with heavy makeup.

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@Politics_Reply @ChrisExpTheNews Last time I was in Phoenix I went on a pretty good walking trail. Lots of neat cacti.

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@UsingLyft And isn't being "manipulative" a stereotypically bitchy feminine trait?

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@UsingLyft Being "an easy slut" "for the right guy" means being selective about who you sleep with, which means... not being "an easy slut"?

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@TPCarney It works for my Sims.

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I'm beginning to have trouble keeping track of politicians in the same way I have trouble keeping track of pop stars and influencers.

So that person you're referring to by last name is a... candidate... for senator... of Texas?

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Precautionary-principle yourself into opposing this if you must, but asking what "interest" Google has in utopian technological solutions to big problems shows a fundamental failure to understand the tech bro mind.

[Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck]

I want everyone to stop and ask what interest Google has in releasing mosquitoes. They’re a tech company. Not an environmental group. Not a non-profit. Not a government. A tech company. Just like Bill Gates, I don’t want them anywhere near our wildlife or nature. CC: @LeeMZeldin

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@BelugaJames The idea is that a world where people have a "right" to ask out people they like is a better world, because everyone is more likely to end up with someone they like.

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The most uncomfortable I've been when asked out by a stranger was my Uber driver, during the ride, and honestly it wasn't *that* uncomfortable. However, after I turned him down I'm pretty sure he gave me a bad rating.

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@selentelechia I always assumed people don't shave above the knee because the hair is lighter so why not not bother?

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@sympatheticopp Once, in the stands watching me play soccer, my Dad said out loud "That child must be the worst soccer player in the state of Mississippi" and the lady sitting near him was clearly shocked and offended.

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Anyway, one of my professors took the flag on its post and claimed he was gonna wait a couple years and then put it back.

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My college campus had a memorial room with couches and a big flag and plaques with the names of students killed in the armed services. The student government declared they were gonna rename it the "reflection room"... to not remind students of war, or something?

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@tracewoodgrains @tom_swiss So I may be biased, I'm saying.

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@tracewoodgrains @tom_swiss Tbh my experience is all math, and writing down equations doesn't take that much time. Also typing math is harder and more annoying than writing it by hand anyway. No one types their personal notes in math class

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@tom_swiss @tracewoodgrains Yes. Similar reasoning behind allowing "one sheet of notes front and back" (or similar). That's saying that they should, at some point, *think* about what should be on the sheet.

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@cremieuxrecueil Not actually evidence that it's true, of course, but the defense would be that it's a reasonable guess.

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@cremieuxrecueil I have assumed that the logic is:

- women get a boost from aa

- half of everybody is women + the majority are white

- white women probably in the best position among women to take advantage

- therefore, probably more white women have gotten benefit than some smaller group

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@ChrisExpTheNews To be honest, sometimes it was a skim.