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The people who blindly support corruption and incompetence because they are emotionally invested are the real enemy.

[Invictus @DerenUnder]

@marycary67 @RobSchneider only retards would vote for a globalist net zero zealot who wrote a book titled "Values" outlining his plans to use totalitarianism to achieve his goals of a carbon credit economy and society. 60+% of Canadians are complete morons.

[Jota @jota_snchez]

En 1979, un presentador de TV le preguntó a Milton Friedman si no le daba vergüenza defender un sistema basado en la codicia.

La respuesta se estudia hasta hoy:

«—Cuando ves la mala distribución de la riqueza, tan pocos que tienen tanto y tantos que no tienen nada… ¿nunca has dudado del capitalismo, de si la codicia es una buena idea?

—Primero dime: ¿conoces alguna sociedad que NO funcione con codicia? ¿Crees que Rusia no funciona con codicia? ¿Que China no?

¿Y qué es la codicia? Ninguno de nosotros es codicioso, claro. El codicioso siempre es el otro.

Los grandes logros de la civilización no salieron de despachos del gobierno. Einstein no construyó su teoría por orden de un burócrata. Ford no revolucionó el automóvil así.

Los únicos casos en la historia en los que las masas escaparon de la pobreza son aquellos donde hubo capitalismo y libre comercio.

—Pero parece premiar la habilidad de manipular el sistema, no la virtud.

—¿Y qué premia la virtud? ¿Crees que un comisario comunista premia la virtud? ¿Un Hitler? ¿Crees que los presidentes americanos eligen sus cargos por virtud… o por peso político?

Dime: ¿dónde están esos ángeles que van a organizar la sociedad por nosotros?

Yo ni siquiera confío en ti para hacerlo.»

[rodeojuly @rodeojuly]

A philosopher stood in a TV Studio in 1984 and disproved artificial consciousness with a single locked room thought experiment.

the interview captures John Searle presenting his famous Chinese Room argument, explaining why a computer passing the Turing test still understands nothing.

he asked the host to imagine a man locked inside a room with a massive rulebook. the man speaks zero Chinese. people slide Chinese "squiggle" symbols under the door, he matches them using the rules, and slides the correct response back out.

to anyone outside, the room appears to speak fluent Chinese. but neither the man nor the rulebook actually understands a single word.

he proved the fundamental difference between syntax and semantics. manipulating uninterpreted formal symbols is not the same as understanding meaning.

40 years later, AI labs claim their trillion-parameter models are developing inner thoughts and reasoning.

the models are just gigantic Chinese Rooms, running trillions of matrix multiplications to slide the next token under the door.

founders sell sentient machines to investors. a philosopher exposed the trick 40 years ago.

[Jim Weed @JimBobW49]

When a white person is talking to a black person, is it possible for the black person to know if the white person is Liberal or Conservative? Listen and find out.

[Invictus @DerenUnder]

@JimboPopowich @Dallas_Brodie check out China to see how well it's working there; veritable utopia with digital id, digital currency, social credit score, mandatory vaccination or you're imprisoned, family members ratting each other out for govt perks, jaywalk and your subway pass is revoked. Perfect for you.

[Invictus @DerenUnder]

@DaleLindhorst67 @NgocThach74 Because liking SuperTramp is the gateway to having good taste in Music?
LoL!
Tons of bands that are superior musically, sonically, vocally and lyrically than Supertramp. I am all for personal preference, but don’t tout your favorite as great when they’re clearly mediocre.

[Invictus @DerenUnder]

@rjakobson @NgocThach74

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@NgocThach74 attack me if you want, but no one disputed the facts:
Rodger Hodgson has a terrible whiny voice.
The cheesy repetitive keyboards always dominate the mix, no doubt because Davies was a keyboardist.
I like Prince, Ministry, Faith no More, keyboards can be ok, but ST’s are bad.

[Invictus @DerenUnder]

@NgocThach74 I despise supertramp, terrible whiny voice, horrible pop keyboards, one of the worst bands ever.

[Invictus @DerenUnder]

@joeroganhq She still received 75M votes. People were so brainwashed or hated Trump so much they were willing to vote for an obviously incompetent, unqualified stooge. People still believe she would be a better president than Trump. I argue she was never going to be president, just a puppet.

[Invictus @DerenUnder]

@joeroganhq If you think Biden & Kamala were viable candidates for the US presidency you're completely brainwashed or stupid or both. The evidence is obvious & everywhere; she couldn't explain policies or do unscripted interviews, he couldn't find the podium or form sentences. Ridiculous.

[Invictus @DerenUnder]

@SilentSnow89 @sisuvanhell You’re a fcking moron if you believe that: convicted criminals belong in prison, that is the basis of a legitimate criminal penal system. People shouldn’t be imprisoned for their beliefs, but for their actions, if you don’t know the difference you belong in China.

[Invictus @DerenUnder]

@FrancesWiddows1 @Tkemlups So strange that they know how to use Ground Penetrating Radar but still haven’t figured out how to use a shovel.

[The New Westminster Times @NewWestTimes]

News: Abuse of Power in Royal City?

FOI docs reveal NDP-backed City Councillors in New Westminster worked with City Officials to undermine & discredit the New Westminster Times.

Full investigative report in reply.

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@shawntcuff @mattlabelle Glyphosate

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@TheCharlesDowns The US wildfire smoke from Washington state routinely comes up to BC. Washington won't raise the banks of the Nooksack river and won't manage the spill areas or build dykes: when the river overflows into the Fraser valley it causes 100s of millions of dollars in damage. go cry YB

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@camp64588 @Rich_Cooper

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@jrsimon831 @SomeRndmGuyUT @rushtheband to each their own, sounds off to me, happy for you if you enjoy it.