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mayaisloading, 7 months ago to random

One man's trash is another man's "l should keep it at the bottom of the basement for 20 years because I might need it one day".

evacide, 7 months ago to random

Major VC writes manifesto: "Building the Torment Nexus is Good, Actually."

jesse, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Finally had someone give me shit for wearing a mask. “When I wear a mask, it feels like I have a jail on my face.”

She's had COVID 3 times.

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grammargirl, 7 months ago to random

PAT: I have so many tabs open. I'm probably rivaling you.

ME: I have 47 tabs open.

PAT: 👀

SecurityWriter, 7 months ago to random

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shoq, 7 months ago to random

HOW OFTEN must governments make the same fucking mistake? We made it Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. Carpet bombing style warfare never does much besides destroy shit that just has to be rebuilt eventually. All it does is lose the hearts and minds of the locals. Who then just want to kill you.

futurebird, 7 months ago to random

I lived in NYC on 9/11. It was bad. Scary watching the way the country changed, and was shaped to change. But, in the days after the attack I remember thinking. "Well, at lest the people who did this won't go unpunished. They will be found." I thought it was a silver lining on all the vengeance in the air.

Heh.

Boy was I wrong about that. American pain & anger was shaped to serve all manner of purposes. The one person most people agreed was "responsible" roamed free for years.

gay_ornithischians, 8 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

@futurebird @llewelly if vertebrates went extinct do you think invertebrates would eventually grow to large sizes? like could there be insects the size of dogs and beyond? if it did happen, what features would you expect to evolve that would allow such a thing?

#specevo #SpeculativeEvolution #arthropod

lowqualityfacts, 8 months ago to random

Trying to find people I relate to on Mastodon. Please boost if you:

-want to say y'all but do not because you are not a southerner and it would feel inauthentic.

-once saw a psychic who told you that you will die in a Jimmy Fallon-related incident.

-think that cops should give you a chance to get out of a speeding ticket if you can make them laugh.

-poke the ground in front of you with a stick before each step to make sure it is not quicksand.

futurebird, 8 months ago to random

Listen I know we need a lot of variables in math. A single alphabet won’t due. So capital and lower case letters can be different variables. I can even roll with the idea that letters of the same case in different typefaces can be distinct— but, I still find the abusive use of C in Hoggs Mathematical Statistics a little extreme… we couldn’t get more distinct typefaces? How many students have cried because you did this, Hogg? (i otherwise love this textbook it’s so much fun) /math rant

lowqualityfacts, 8 months ago to random

Did you know that you're allowed to be sad about children being killed? You don't even need to explain your political beliefs to justify why you are sad about children being killed. Some people on the internet may try to tell you otherwise, but they are what we call "not worth listening to".

areino, 8 months ago to random

El escenario “grey goo” pero no con nanotech y materia, sino con LLMs e información.

fbpsy, 8 months ago to random Spanish

"Siempre puedes negociar la hipoteca con el banco. Si tus condiciones son malas, será que negociaste mal".

La negociación con el banco:

• Oiga que yo solo quiero que me preste dinero.
• Ya, pero para eso me tiene que comprar tres seguros, una alarma anti okupas, una enciclopedia y una bicicleta estática, todo financiado a plazos y pagando interés.
• Bueno, necesito el dinero. Vale. Al menos se lo devolveré anticipadamente para saldar la deuda cuanto antes.
• Jaja NO.

ZachWeinersmith, 8 months ago to random

A while back I had this comic script I didn't end up using where politicians create AI duplicates so they can communicate personally with every single constituent. I wonder how long before a campaign tries an LLM version of this?

fbpsy, 8 months ago to random Spanish

Reflexión al hilo de alguna conversación que estoy teniendo.
Ahora mismo estoy en las tres redes sociales: Twitter/X, Mastodon y Bluesky. Posteo poco, a veces copiopego lo mismo de una a otra, pero a menudo pongo cosas diferentes. Supongo que tengo algo de desgana para participar en tres sitios a la vez. Por otro lado, el ambiente de cada una me parece superdiferente...

ehproque, 8 months ago to random

Does anyone know of a way to delete all your tweets? (Something that still works, obviously)

lowqualityfacts, 1 year ago to random

For the sake of empathy, I ask you all to take a second to consider things from the perspective of Conservatives:

Inflation is out of control. Housing is unaffordable. The healthcare system is broken. Everyone is drowning in student debt. Ecosystems are collapsing. We're constantly on the brink of war.

So naturally, one would ask, how can we even hope to solve these daunting and complex issues if we do not have detailed information on the genitals of every American citizen?