CanadaPlus

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CanadaPlus, (edited )

Does anyone really know what a guitar is, completely? Like, I don’t know how they’re made, in detail, or what makes them sound good. I know saws and wide-bandwidth harmonics are respectively involved, but ChatGPT does too.

When it comes to AI, bold philosophical claims about knowledge stated as fact are kind of a pet peeve of mine.

CanadaPlus,

Yeah, when Google starts trying to manipulate the meaning of results in it’s favour, instead of just traffic, things will be at a whole other level of scary.

CanadaPlus,

I don’t know about unique, but you’re right, it’s not universal. In some cultures it’s not seen as a bad thing, either, because there’s recent memory of famine being a regular thing.

CanadaPlus,

I legitimately wonder if he has early dementia. The filter seems to be MIA sometimes.

CanadaPlus,

Hah! Is that how it works?

Buddhism solved, take your robes home guys. /s

CanadaPlus,

Oh shit, really? Well, it does portray the Lama negatively.

CanadaPlus,

Gripens?

CanadaPlus, (edited )

“Terrorists” itself is a bit of a sneaky choice of words, because it’s very vague but sounds very bad.

If they had to talk about deterrence, proportionality and the actual demands and interests of the various factions involved it wouldn’t sound so good for them anymore. Instead, it’s them vs. “terrorists”, being against them is being for “terrorists”, and any attempt to argue with that is doomed to scuttle in the semantic molasses of WTF it even means.

You can still not like Hamas for being brutal theocrats that don’t care about human rights.

CanadaPlus,

0% surprised. This itself would be a fallback if they can’t get the C4 in place in time, I’d expect. Unless it literally is just a small amount of C4 that’s built in.

CanadaPlus, (edited )

Yeah. Nothing lasts all that long when put next to 400,000 degree plasma. The bigger risk is just know-how that the Chinese could take advantage of, either by employing former staff or copying what they find.

CanadaPlus, (edited )

You don’t want to leave anything copyable in the wreckage either, though.

CanadaPlus,

It could be, that would certainly be safer. I don’t think that sounds easier to set up than an explosive charge, though.

If it’s not based on physical destruction, I’d guess it’s some variant of a killer poke (so the thing is set to burn itself out or actuate parts into damaging configurations), combined with a thorough wipe of all software.

CanadaPlus,

In this specific case, a spook from the US government would be in the room with them when they discussed it, so procurement isn’t a problem. Safety would be a real concern, though, you’re right.

CanadaPlus,

This is a pretty old meme now. It’s a bit late for that.

CanadaPlus,

Oh, well it’s totally okay then. /s

He’s might be technically right so far, since most of the population is still standing, but depending on where things go next this line could be remembered along with “peace in our time”.

CanadaPlus, (edited )

They have done their best to minimize Palestinian civilian causalities.

Where does denying entry of food and water to the whole strip factor in to that?

Also, mandatory comment that terrorist is a meaningless word, since I don’t want it being used as a rhetorical crutch. I don’t like Hamas because they are brutal theocrats who care nothing for human rights.

CanadaPlus,

For now.

CanadaPlus,

Depends on what they do next, right? Technically they still haven’t, but that’s a bit of a minor detail since we all know guys like Smotrich want Palestine and/or Palesinians gone, and they’re doing things that would eventually lead to that outcome if continued.

CanadaPlus,

Technically is doing a lot of work here, that was the point.

That being said, requirement for success varies by crime (murder charges are only used if it works), and success usually has to be reasonably forseeable in the cases where it isn’t. Genocide would definitely be in the latter category, and as it is it will be very hard for ZA’s lawyers to prove to the ICJ that Israel has attempted to kill all Palestinians in Gaza, given that only a fraction are actually dead, and Israel could do it very easily if they committed to it.

IANAL

CanadaPlus,

Yeah, being able to ignore legal proceedings is about as close to the opposite of civilisation as you can get.

CanadaPlus,

Doing training, maybe. How hard is it to do in Eastern Poland instead, though? I just don’t see the problem this solves.

CanadaPlus, (edited )

It depends on what they study. I know of some that come for agriculture-related degrees which are just worthless in a totally different climate. “Canada educated” comes with a lot of prestige back home, though, and they have the money, so they come anyway.

CanadaPlus,

Actually, the ones the government has cracked down on most are business degrees. They’re the cheapest to deliver so they’ve been used as an (often needed) cash cow by educational institutions. That’s probably more useful than learning the frost tolerance of a crop you don’t even grow at home, or treatment of temperate pests, but it’s not engineering.

CanadaPlus,

Yep. That’s the situation here I think.

This is the first anti-immigrant policy of any kind Canada’s put in place for a long time, and people are rightfully worried because of that. The thing is, we just have an absolutely insane housing shortage, and so the government has to be seen shoring up immigration somehow, or it will be vulnerable in the upcoming election.

CanadaPlus,

That’s fair. Thanks for the intelligent conversation.

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