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I don’t think I did Jake, but I did rattle their echo chamber with external inputs. She was willing to listen. My comments would sound forthright and assured rather than combative because I generally only talk about things I have a understanding of. I don’t have “isms” that I believe in. Rather, I have “considered opinions on topics I have made…[Read more]

Reg:

The goal should not be the absence of disagreement, but the presence of robust dialogue.

And preferably over a cup of robust Nescafé:

Of course, Goya’s Warning System has broken down when people get shot over their spoken thought or have their broadcast licenses pulled in the name of…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
The goal should not be the absence of disagreement, but the presence of robust dialogue.

Likewise, it’s unproductive to seek to silence people we disagree with, in good faith.  It’s more productive to engage with them and debate.

Reg,

Getting them to backflip, pirouette, dip, or lift one another in the air will be a real show-stopper!

Unseen, i have no intention of going gently into that good nite or knight. On the other hand, the night is where i shall point my light.

Quick perusal and it seems night is derived of norse and night (nicht) saxon germanic.

Leo Fender, the inventor of the Stratocaster guitar that still looks futuristic after 70 or so years, never learned to play guitar.

Ernest Vincent Wright’s Gadsby is a 50,000 word novel which is notable for one thing primarily: nowhere in the text does the most common letter in the English language, “e,” ever appear.

Sample: As Gadsby sat…[Read more]

@Jake

“Nite” and “night” are the same word except in spelling and the fact that one spelling is informal.

Unseen, yeah i have heard exhaust manifold, although no clue other than auto part. Yet manifold is not used in everyday parlance the way it is in literature.

Providence RI sure. But i never hear providence used in the religious sense. Perhaps there are a few religious freaks who use it.

I assumed you were referring to a game with fortnight. I…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Eternity are a new K-pop band that will be around for a while. Virtual characters, like this one from Eternity, can be ‘more human than humans,’ says tech businesswoman Park Jieun. No, they can’t you Muppet but I am sure plenty of people will believe you. 23.4 million subscribers?? Warning – listening to it may ind…

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No personality problems, no greed, no need to provide health benefits, no sick time or personal days or mental health days.

AI “people” are ideal employees!

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Eternity are a new K-pop band that will be around for a while. Virtual characters, like this one from Eternity, can be ‘more human than humans,’ says tech businesswoman Park Jieun. No, they can’t you Muppet but I am sure plenty of people will believe you. 23.4 million subscribers?? Warning – listening to it may ind…

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Eternity are a new K-pop band that will be around for a while.

Virtual characters, like this one from Eternity, can be ‘more human than humans,’ says tech businesswoman Park Jieun.

No, they can’t you Muppet but I am sure plenty of people will believe you. 23.4 million subscribers?? Warning – listening to it may induce an emetic event so have a…[Read more]

@Reg

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Life is a journey, a winding road
Full of twists and turns, highs and lows
A chance to learn, to grow, to change
To seek the truth, to find our range

It’s up to us to make the most
Of every moment, every boast
To find our purpose, our place in time
And make our mark, with heart and mind

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Tumble, tumble little world
How Belle wondered what you were
Gleaning meaning
neb by neb
glancing, dreaming

Facacta computa may finish it.