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[–] zout@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago

Isn't it because Benjamin Franklin (I think) started naming his fellow country men "Americans", in order to create cohesion?

[–] zout@fedia.io 6 points 10 hours ago

Nope, no questions, not sorry!

[–] zout@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

Wouldn't that hurt, like getting blisters and napalm-like cheese stuff?

[–] zout@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

If you'd want to see something great by the same artist, look up a painting called something like "the origin of alien probing". That painting cracks me up every time.

[–] zout@fedia.io 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He's been around longer than AI fuckery. He also builds elaborate story lines around these animals, especially the raccoon.

[–] zout@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yup. It helps that I'm a chemical engineer, guestimates and winging it is part of the job description.

[–] zout@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago

When I was a kid in the early 80's, we would go ice skating on the canals almost every year. since the 90's this has hardly ever been possible.

[–] zout@fedia.io 5 points 3 days ago

Over here there's plenty who believe in climate change, but they think it's neat that we now have the climate in the Netherlands that Paris used to have in the eighties. There's also plenty who insist that the climate has always changed while ignoring that we see changes occuring thousands of times faster than before. And there's a group who'll say sure, but it's not something we can change, so no use trying.

[–] zout@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Other engineer, and when I don't have Excel handy, I just use 3 because it's 5% accurate.

[–] zout@fedia.io 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Growing up in a town can be rough if you're considered smart, and I've seen plenty posing as a lot dumber than they really are just so they fit in. The people that will not dumb themselves down tend to stand out more because of this.

[–] zout@fedia.io 11 points 5 days ago

It's Ukraine, without "the". "The Ukraine" is the soviet name, which Putin likes to use.

 

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, Philip Anthony Campbell, who passed away peacefully last night following a long and courageous battle in intensive care after a complex major operation. Phil was a devoted husband, a wonderful father, and a proud and loving grandfather, known affectionately as “Bampi.” He was deeply loved by all who knew him and will be missed immensely. His legacy, music and the memories he created with so many will live on forever. We kindly ask that our family’s privacy is respected during this incredibly difficult time.

 

So, in the last ten days I've been reading the "dumb luck and dead heroes" series by Skyler Ramirez. I stumbled onto this series on Goodreads, probably in the "also enjoyed" section for another book.

Initially, I tought the books were ok, but reading them, I found the storyline going in some strange directions. I also find it strange that there is hardly any character development in the books. I dug into it a little deeper, and found that all of these books have been published in the last two and a half years, together with some other books 14 in total.

So, digging a bit further into his profile on Goodreads; He's currently reading his own books, books by an author named A.B. Franklin who just published his first book, and an author named Jack Bodett who has published six books this year. A.B. Franklin is returning the favor and reading Skyler Ramirez' books.

All in all, this makes me guess that these writers make extensive use of LLM's while writing these books. I googled Ramirez' name, and found his website. Visiting the website only confirms the feeling that it's all LLM and AI imaging.

Any toughts on the subject?

 

The toilet seat in the bathroom upstairs has two part hinges, where you mount two pins on the toilet and snap the seat and lid on. Something broke in the snapping part this week. Fixed it by removing some plastic from the clamping mechanism, put some epoxy putty in there and around the pins, then placed the seat back. It's still on there today, so it worked I guess.

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