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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School February 16th 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 4 months ago

Thank you, Reg!

I’m in a 24 hour snowstorm in a cabin in the woods. What could possibly go wrong? 😑

(I’m actually caretaking this property, so technically I’m more like Jack Nicholson in The Shining)
Strega replied to the topic Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 4 months ago

If we are talking democratic elections, then no, the USA does not have them, due to the existence of the electoral college system.
Strega replied to the topic Sunday School February 9th 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 4 months ago

Thanks x 3!! Reg you spoil us 🙂
Strega replied to the topic Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 4 months ago

Re the ‘starting point’ comment. This seems absurd to me, having been born and brought up in Europe, in a country that has thousands of years of history both good and bad. History moves in waves, each ‘starting point’ having been triggered by earlier event crescendoes. You can’t just pick a reference point in history and call it the ‘starting…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 4 months ago

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”.
Strega replied to the topic Sunday School February 2nd 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 4 months ago

Hey Reg, thank you. Happy Groundhog Day!
PopeBeanie replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum Politics 1 year, 4 months ago

2-1/2 minutes, I think from 1996:
PopeBeanie replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum Politics 1 year, 4 months ago

Is Thom Hartmann wrong? I keep thinking an oligarchy is in the making. It’s Trump U postdoc time.
PopeBeanie replied to the topic China just won the AI wars. Wall Street panics! in the forum Science 1 year, 5 months ago

This is a good time to mention a kind of “pollution of AI” that’s been said to be possible. That is, when one AI gets all its data from other AI, errors and hallucinations can compound.

I wish I had the time to get into these stories (and add to the AI group), but I’m in the middle of big life change.
PopeBeanie replied to the topic China just won the AI wars. Wall Street panics! in the forum Science 1 year, 5 months ago

Here’s a new, potential twist.
Thanks to Reg for telling me about this website. I signed up for their newsletter.
Please let me know if the link doesn’t work for you.

From article:
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data
OpenAI Stole From Us

The narrative that OpenAI, Microsoft, and freshly minted White House “AI czar” David Sac…

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PopeBeanie replied to the topic China just won the AI wars. Wall Street panics! in the forum Science 1 year, 5 months ago

I’m not so sure the “AI war” is over so soon. DeepSeek being open source, i.e. not proprietary code, competitors can learn from its design. The story, other than about stock market realignment is about a realignment of how LLMs can be developed and marketed because of the sudden drop in development prices. So in my opinion, the lower costs of…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Did the movie Annihilation get it right? in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 5 months ago

I’ll bet you’ve seen this one before. In case you’re feeling down recently, this might help? (I did a search to see if it’s been linked to here before, but I didn’t see one.)

Turn on captions, and set translation to Auto, English.

And then from a mature therapist’s perspective…
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Did the movie Annihilation get it right? in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 5 months ago

I think I watched the trailer before because of Natalie being in it, but didn’t follow through. The audio effects alone were “manipulative”, and I mean it sets people up for dread. Very effectively, IMO. I’m just not into that. But I do generally like dark movies, especially dark comedies.

So “no” to your question again. This movie is obvious…[Read more]
Strega replied to the topic Sunday School January 26th 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 5 months ago

That was a powerful poem, Reg. The last three lines contrasting the fluffy precedent ones is quite dramatic. Thanks!
Strega replied to the topic Sunday School January 26th 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 5 months ago

Thanks, Reg!
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Did the movie Annihilation get it right? in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 5 months ago

Not for me. But maybe people who often suffer from panic attacks? Many people’s normal condition is to never feel like they’re in control. Plus loss of control can be kinda contagious at times, contributing to mass hysteria. I think people like Trump know how to trigger it.

Can we count people prone to psychosis?

If the answer to your question…[Read more]
PopeBeanie replied to the topic The Mathematical proof for Dracula, The ONE! in the forum Random Posts 1 year, 5 months ago

Your work on this research is appreciated!
PopeBeanie replied to the topic Sunday School January 19th 2025. in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 5 months ago

Unseen wrote:
We’re all women whether we like it or don’t.

That is good.

Sidenote, and revealing my geeky side, the mechanism they’re talking about whereby a fertilized egg (aka zygote) eventually becomes male or female is governed by epigenetics.

Genes determine the basic design of the organism and are inherited in the next generation, but epi…[Read more]
Strega replied to the topic Sunday School January 19th 2025. in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 5 months ago

@unseen that was perfect 😂
Strega replied to the topic Sunday School January 19th 2025. in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 5 months ago

If I meet someone who informs me of their preferred pronouns, I’m going to use those pronouns. It’s really easy.

My ex-wife had this exasperating attitude where she was convinced trans people are just playing games for self recognition and yet a massive danger in public restrooms.

The funny thing is, a trans woman is not safe in a male only res…[Read more]
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