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PopeBeanie replied to the topic It's Joe Biden's Fault in the forum Politics 10 months ago
[BUMP! perhaps in the spirit of overwhelming people with media content…
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PopeBeanie posted an update in the group
Artificial Intelligence 10 months agoI once asked ChatGPT to tell me about the history of the rhythm “Oom, Pah Oom-Pah, Oom, Pah Oom-Pah”, and it actually knew immediately and exactly what I was asking about! And it jumped right into citing a bunch of musical history on that pop Latin rhythm.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Fairly Random Tidbits in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 10 months agoClear evidence, in only 18 seconds, that free will does not exist.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months agojakelafort wrote:
The very same who will obssess over Trump for crimes he has committed are the very same who will obssess over Israel for crimes it has not committed. And those same people will disregard the crimes of other nations and fight to preserve the right of 1 billion male Muslims to commit crimes.For what it’s worth, your…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic It happened. A day that will go down in infamy in the forum Politics 10 months ago
Unseen wrote:
A message is being sent here, but to whom?…What you said, plus “everyone”. The world is The King’s stage. And his people still abide.
Unseen wrote:
BONUS: The first of the Epstein files is being delivered to Congress today and the raid is a great distraction.Of course the identities of innocent people will be redacted. Maybe e…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic AI will be our end. Here's my reasoning. in the forum Science 10 months, 1 week ago
I’ve been mentioning this for at least a year, except that I don’t see AI as having “agency” for a while. It will start with “bad actors” in control of AI, like authoritarian governments, theocracies, and maybe some other kinds of people or orgs wanting to take control and profit in some way. It will take AI to detect bad actor controlled AI and…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Canada is the new United States in the forum Politics 10 months, 1 week ago
I’m just guessing, but there might be something odd about that youtube channel, as the same failure also happens with a different video from that channel. It does have only three subscribers, which is odd in itself. [Edit: Now it says 6.5k subscribers. I don’t know what the heck I was looking at.] But I learned that when we post these links,…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Gain of Function research in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 10 months, 1 week agoTheEncogitationer wrote:
Another thought on this: If they’re killed off fast enough, the bacteria aren’t around to evolve.Yes, absolutely. Just a side-note, elsewhere in that video they were also discussing how to terminate pathogens with a “cocktail” approach, which is applying more than one treatment at once in order to kill faster, lea…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic Gain of Function research in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 10 months, 1 week agoI just watched a Matters Microbial episode on MicrobeTV, which for me, added an enlightening perspective on gain of function research.
Antibiotic over-prescriptions are already proven to be a dangerous way to cause pathogenic bacteria to evolve resistance to treatments. Some doctors still prescribe them for “just in case” scenarios, and patients…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk 10 months, 2 weeks ago
confident, and into it
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic I give up. I'm leaving. in the forum Small Talk 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Unseen wrote:
This video lays out the scenarios in which a Chromebook won’t work for you, though you may still want a Chromebook as a second machine.Did you mean to start that vid halfway in? If not, I can fix it. Either way I’ll delete this post of mine, and your response to it if that’s ok.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Canada is the new United States in the forum Politics 10 months, 2 weeks ago
6 minutes
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum
Politics 10 months, 2 weeks agoPromoting Incompetence
Wannabee authoritarians can “take over” institutions by corrupting them first, then claim it’s proof that they need to eliminate or rebuild them. It’s a wrecking ball approach.
E.g. usurping the authority of well trained and dedicated experts in the field of medicine. Obviously there are a lot more examples of this in…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic I give up. I'm leaving. in the forum Small Talk 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Looks like a good choice. I have an old chromebook that’s too slow for big software, but it’s still useful for small stuff. I might get another and run both Chrome OS and Linux (Crostini), so I’d get it with 12gb or 16gb ram.
I don’t know if I’ll ever get a Win 11 pc, but may keep a Win 10 pc or two going, secured behind a good firewall. I got a…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School July 27th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months, 2 weeks agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Translated: “Speedrunning democracy%” = self-sabotage for clout. “Jesus co-signed the tax fraud” = mixing religion with political delusion. “Bible thumping with zero patch notes” = outdated beliefs, no updates. “NPC behavior” = mindless repetition of slogans. “Revelations didn’t cover indictments” = karm… -
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School July 27th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months, 2 weeks agoThanks, I appreciate those examples of radio history. Even that recently, I was in a stage of ignoring most radio shows. Even as an atheist back then, I didn’t like Dawkins or Hitchens because I thought they were too strident or disrespectful. It took a while for me to mature enough to appreciate them. I was more in awe of Dennett at the time.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School July 27th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months, 3 weeks agoTheEncogitationer wrote:
However he stands on the shoulder of a giant from the not too distant past.omg omg lol lolrotfl [sic?]
That is hilarious! (I actually did laugh out loud, but didn’t rotfl.)
Almost halfway through, I switched to the youtube original and turned on captions, which helped a little, but not enough. That was good, especially…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School August 3rd 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months, 3 weeks agoTheEncogitationer wrote:
Once again, AI has miles to go before we can sleep with ease about it.And those miles will be on fundamentally different kinds of roads. Currently, I liken AI to Reddit, in that there is some really great, useful stuff there, written by humans. I think if AI now as amplifier to whatever’s available on the internet, just…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School July 27th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months, 3 weeks agojakelafort wrote:
AI has been so many things. Some positive. Some negative. As things stand they are accelerating our path to destruction, causing our worst impulses and behavioral glitches to a place beyond snitches get stitches.TheEncogitationer wrote:
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School July 27th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months, 3 weeks agoThis accidental find is for @jakelafort
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