Leo Trottier

Crowdsourcing interspecies communication at Cogsci and A.I. @UofT, @UCSanDiego.

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Every two weeks for the last few years, on Sundays at noon, I've had the chance to speak with everyday people who are doing something extraordinary: "talking" to their dogs and cats. During these conversations I've gotten to hear countless stories that have thoroughly defied any skepticism I might have had about whether button use is "real".

So today I'm excited to be able to share a small sample of what I and others at FluentPet have been privileged to bear witness to.

I hope you're as taken by it as we've been.

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@fire_starter457 @DC_Draino Election fraud requires a conspiracy. Why not rely on generous whistleblower rewards?

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A reminder, apropos of nothing in particular, that the concept of "voter fraud" essentially didn't exist before passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

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@Jason I'm in

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@TaxAct so this isn't great. when will your system be back up?

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Do you believe you were born Q4, Q6, Q8 or BF16?

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@ouraring Not seeing a response here.

I want to register that, in the age of AI coding, it's absurd and frankly shady business behavior to prioritize planned obsolescence by failing to implement charging limits in software.

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@ouraring How many days does the latest Gen 4 ring last?

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@ouraring For how many years can we expect this performance with daily use ?

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@S_R_Anders

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Do the proponents of the SAVE America Act actually care about people voting fraudulently?

Let's try some logical argument:

1/9 The claim is that a voter fraud conspiracy exists that's large enough to swing national elections exists.

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9/9 Parsimony favors the latter. The simplest explanation that requires no special exceptions is that the policy tools serve the function they actually perform.
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Do the proponents of the SAVE America Act actually care about people voting fraudulently?

Let's try some logical argument:

1/9 The claim is that a voter fraud conspiracy exists that's large enough to swing national elections exists.

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8/9 Therefore, one of two things is true. Either the GOP believes the conspiracy is real but has inexplicably abandoned its own favorite anti-fraud strategy in this one case alone—or the conspiracy claim is not sincere, and the friction is the point.

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@Plinz @AnamarijaML @garrytan There are significant pragmatic issues with the implementation of wealth/asset taxes, but these should not obscure their in-principle fairness and efficiency.

Eg If the US existed only to protect the assets of its denizens, what would be the equitable basis for allocating fees?

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@bhargreaves @MichaelKianmahd I think @MichaelKianmahd was asking a rhetorical question.