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TheEncogitationer wrote:
an oppressed class in need of coddling and reparation

What coddling? What reparations?

@jakelafort…… But the point is as much as we may dread the unknowns associated with AI there is also reason for optimism. 

Speedy pattern recognition is a trait of high intelligence. It is seeing the patterns and associations in large data sets that make A.I. what it is. Improved underlying algorithms  and more processing power will make it e…[Read more]

I now have “a mind-bending virus” if I don’t agree that Israel should “defend” itself by a program of eradicating and ethnically cleansing Palestinians(?).

I don’t disagree that Israel is entitled to respond to Hamas, but their response seems only vaguely aimed at just Hamas.

Anyway, Israel now finds itself in service to Trump’s agenda of…[Read more]

That A.I. medical story is going to be the first of many. This kind of drug repurposing will be a game-changer for rare diseases with limited treatment options.

Orange Man isn’t the only bad thing in the world and might occasionally do the right thing despite himself.

I agree, accidents happen, but let’s chew on this latest pronouncement for a while.

Trump announces “Anti-Christian Bias Task Force” during the National Prayer Breakfast to “eradicate anti-Christian bias” within the federal government and e…

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Jake, don’t know what you are going on about, LOL because it has nothing to do with my post. That’s what happens when you skim carelessly.

Yeah, you can look at foreign aid through a small scope of things, but if we are not there, China and Russia will be. And then, of course, then they have a pro-China dictator installed. An ounce of prevention. And if resistant TB runs rampant and jumps the pond, who is sorry now?

If we can’t see three moves ahead, as the previous American leaders…[Read more]

Some USAID programs might be viewed as a waste of American tax dollars and a poke in the eye to people with socially conservative values. They ask how do programs such as these benefit the United States?

USAID’s Transgender ProgramsTransgender Opera in Colombia: USAID allocated $47,000 for a transgender opera in Colombia, aimed at promoting…[Read more]

PopeBeanie wrote:

Unseen wrote:
The strategy is one of overloading the defenses along the lines drone swarm attacks.

You guys beat me to post this insightful video. I’ll just add, Scientology cult creator L Ron Hubbard taught “The best defense is an offense”.

Hubbard may have taught it, but the concept goes back at least as far as Sun Tzu’s…[Read more]

I must admit that I am unaware about much of the details of the workings of the Federal government, but besides funding some religious activities, USAID also serves as a relief valve, purchasing excess bumper crops from US farmers for export to needy nations. Midwest farmers are kinda upset. Where is that tiny violin. I’m kinda surprised they…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
What a real-life ‘trolley problem’ reveals about morality.

This is very interesting, and shows what I always said: there is usually no single right or wrong answer to a moral question, but a number of right or wrong answers, one for each value that comes into play.  So, something can be right in *this* way but wron…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
The strategy is one of overloading the defenses along the lines drone swarm attacks.

You guys beat me to post this insightful video. I’ll just add, Scientology cult creator L Ron Hubbard taught “The best defense is an offense”.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Sorry, my bad. I thought I had shared that link to State Capture above. Please try it again here.

That works. I have a lot of time on my hands and look at many sources of information and viewpoints. However, at the same time I have a small budget that is not keeping up with inflation. As a result, I simply don’t have…[Read more]

Sorry, my bad. I thought I had shared that link to State Capture above. Please try it again here.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Some commentary on “State Capture“.

Paywall. I think they used to let you have a certain number of free articles per month. No more.

Summarize, perhaps?

Some commentary on “State Capture“.

Yeah, a two-state solution, as traditionally envisioned, is no longer a realistic outcome. A lot of Western leaders are still calling for one, in response to Trump’s “Riviera” idea. Palestinian political disunity is a major problem as their leadership is split between the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza. The PA is…[Read more]

A poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) between November 22 and December 2, 2023, found that 72% of Palestinians believed Hamas’s decision to launch the October 7 attack on Israel was correct. support was higher in the West Bank (82%) compared to the Gaza Strip (57%). (source)

However, subsequent surveys…[Read more]