SketchySeaBeast

This feels like a construction company demanding that everyone, from drywaller to admin assistant, go out and buy a drill.

I'm not a huge fan of conspiracy theories, but starting a 240 hours closure, ending it after 4, and claiming it was a test? What sort of testing are they doing that they were off by two orders of magnitude about the duration?

The medevac is scary. This could cost lives. Hopefully there's a reason but, given how clumsy this admin is, who can say?

I guess it depends on your definition of "fluid" intelligence, though I was bad with both of them in my 20s.

> There are exceedingly few things we can claim to apply everywhere, and even fewer we can "prove" to each other.

Yes, this is why hard and fast rules don't make sense, and why they should have "generally", "normally", or "mostly" attached to them.

If you have two categories of birds, one with those that fly and one that doesn't, having that second list doesn't make the first stronger. At some point that second list dilutes that first one so much that it doesn't make sense anymore.

If my rule is that "white guys are named Dave" does my building a list of every example of a Dave and non-Dave make my rule stronger? When does the "strong" nature of the rule get watered down sufficiently? Honestly, a list of hundreds of birds tells me that it's a weak rule and that the "birds fly" rule is wrong.

But that's not following the saying - it's still not proving, it's modifying the rule. It shifts the rule from "birds can fly" to "most birds can fly". Pointing out that penguins can't fly doesn't make the case that birds can fly stronger in any way.

Seems to be a bad use of "racist".

> And, if so, is Gates likely to be investigated by the police?

What a bizarre turn of events that would be if THIS was the thing that got investigated.

The man has nothing nice to say about Bigfoot.

The export itself is also sloppy, with characters like equal signs being added in weird places. Seems like they have it set to cast a wide and poorly set up net.

It's hilariously revealing that it keeps redacting "Don't".

What's your plan, be present at all major events?

This administration doesn't seem to see value in soft power.

That's a lot of assumptions, and really only make sense if you're trying to put your own beliefs as the "correct" choice. Somehow, all these other cultures got it wrong, but the ones who believe one single god, they got it right.

> This I believe is relevant to the post, as these societies have not gone from one god to another, but to none.

I don't know what you mean by this. Particular God's importance rose and fell out of fashion in ancient societies.

But that framing only really works if we assume a Abrahamic world view.

Other cultures don't and didn't relate to their deities in the same way. Do we then have to assume they all suffered lower life satisfaction than a 11th century German peasant because of their detachment from a singular god the creator? Why didn't they strive for the relationship you're describing?

Trying to put God with a capital G at the center of our lives as some innate need doesn't make sense from a historical context.

That's immaterial to the discussion. The comment I replied to simply stated: "Displacing God as the center of life." They aren't arguing that god matters, it's our displacement of them.

So, on the existence of god, we have two possiblities: God does exist, god doesn't exist.

1. If god doesn't exist, then we're unhappy because we're displacing a false god as the center of life.

2. If god does exist, then we're unhappy because we're displacing a real god as the center of life.

In that discussion, god's existence in fact doesn't matter, it leads to the same outcome.

Yeah, that seems to be a better conclusion - that we're not built with enough sophistication to deal with everything we're currently dealing with. But I think that's also due to the fact that the things we're dealing with are intentionally built to take advantage of our weaknesses. You can't out evolve technology.

"Midwit"? Rude.

Does it matter? Based upon the poster I responded to, it appears to be only the belief that's important, not the being.

Man, what does that say about the human race if we're only able to be happy under the dubious eye of a supranatural daddy?

That article appears to be stuck behind a paywall, so I can't speak to it.

That's good for now, but considering the federal push to prevent states from creating AI regulations, and the overall technological oligopoly we have going on, I wonder if, in the near future, their energy requirements might get prioritized. Again, cynical. Possibly making up scenarios. I'm just concerned when more and more centers pop up in communities with less protections.

Why would that be the case if we assume the grid prioritizes the data centers?

Every time I hear stuff like this I think of Tim Curry just barely keeping it together during that one cut scene in Red Alert 3, except this time it's the ultra capitalists trying to corrupt space with capitalism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM

My cynical take is that it'll works out just fine for the data centers, but the neighbouring communities won't care for the constant rolling blackouts.

> invoking “illegal in some states” -- without naming conduct and statute -- is just noise.

Ok, sure[1]. I don't know why I am, but I'm surprised people are going to bat for this. Where is your line, exactly? Is it legality? Is it further along?

[1] https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/01/california...

I would say it's probably less "US healthcare bad" and more "US healthcare is bimodal".

You're right, we must be accurate in our terms, but that misclassifcation isn't worse than the act itself. The generation of deepfake non-consensual sexual images isn't revenge porn, because the woman in the image didn't even given initial consent. It being used to harass women is still a problem and is the sort of thing that requires moderation. It's not "sophomoric", it's exploitative and, in some states, illegal.

I would be very surprised if most people get vitamin d levels measured annually.

On one side, sure, there's "overly paternalistic" moderation, but, on the other, there's AI powered revenge porn running rampant, so I'd argue there should be at least some moderation.

Regardless, it was weird to try to convert that into a "I paid" check-mark.