silasmariner

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

You're doing the lord's work

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Handwriting of a child; broke. Handwriting of a doctor; bespoke

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Some of them, sometimes. But some are adulated and free and contribute vast swathes to our culture and understanding.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, I think this a more compelling take

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

It's not the same joke because, it's a more honest attempt to imagine a plausible scenario in which unconscious prejudice may manifest. Apache attack helicopter is obviously absurd. AI sentience is just ~~very unlikely~~ something that is not currently a prejudice we find ourselves exposed to and may speculate we'd end up being adverse to

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, jeez, that sort of mechanophic language should be illegal

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I like that song. Perhaps a perfect encapsulation of some specific part of the 60s mythos. I can only speculate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

As the father of a recently-diagnosed ADHD daughter... Stay strong 😅 it's still rewarding but there may be times where you're tempted to question your resolve

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

A new London bus costs around £300k, so whilst is plausible that the watch cost more than my 'car', it's a pretty stupid way of spending that amount of money...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Ignoring capitalisation you can add as many buffalos as you like and still be parsable. I've only ever heard buffalo used as a verb in this one context, though, so seems a bit forced to me

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