PopeBeanie
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic AI will be our end. Here's my reasoning. in the forum Science 1 year, 2 months 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 1 year, 2 months 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. 1 year, 2 months 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. 1 year, 2 months 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 1 year, 2 months 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 1 year, 2 months 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 1 year, 2 months ago
6 minutes
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum
Politics 1 year, 2 months 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 1 year, 2 months 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 1 year, 2 months 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 1 year, 2 months 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 1 year, 2 months 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 posted a new activity comment 1 year, 2 months ago
So I learned (duh!) that I can’t log into that directory via ftp. However, just accidentally discovered I could use rtmedia access (already forgot how!) to upload a graphic successfully. However, I have a bigger, unrelated question now for all of us that I’ll start a new thread for…
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School August 3rd 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 2 months 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 1 year, 2 months 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 1 year, 2 months agoThis accidental find is for @jakelafort
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PopeBeanie posted an update 1 year, 2 months ago
Simon and I can’t add a graphic to a post, and yet other AZ members can. Does anyone else have this problem?
With me, at least, I also cannot look at graphics that I’ve uploaded in the past… I get a wordpress error.-
I have no oversight to the coding or folder permissions but check to ensure the site’s wp-content/uploads/ folder is writable.-
So I learned (duh!) that I can’t log into that directory via ftp. However, just accidentally discovered I could use rtmedia access (already forgot how!) to upload a graphic successfully. However, I have a bigger, unrelated question now for all of us that I’ll start a new thread for…
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School July 27th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 2 months agojakelafort wrote:
I would be in favor of AI taking the fuck over. Just go with it however it evolves cuz we are on a highway to hello.I’ve been saying for at least a year, but it bears repeating, although it is just my opinion. The danger of AI won’t be the fault of AI, but bad actors. How Putin wants to influence it with misinformation is just…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Your Personal Scratch Zones in the forum
Tips 1 year, 2 months agothe following is iframe code for embedding a youtube short”
i think this can’t be done with regular user rights, so i’ll do more tests -
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School July 27th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year, 2 months ago_Robert_ wrote:
Oh yeah, the extra trillions of national debt to support that horny billionaire class.Hey to be fair, we’ve always needed more billionaires and corporations to fund political campaigns. Luxurious vacations for SCOTUS. More dynamic gerrymandering. Protection for our pets from rapists, murderers, and other Lefties.
This is my new,…[Read more]
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