Random thoughts.

Audiophile said:
I wonder if the laws of physics appear to switch / break down at the very small scale -- not being coherent with things at the larger scale -- because that's the point at which the math on the simulation was deemed accurate enough and it's all just random noise down there. If you look at AI now, it's not perfectly accurate by design, very high accuracy is eschewed in favour of maximising speed on specialised hardware blocks and we simply say "that's good enough".

We may not be in a rendered simulation, but an inferred one based on the same AI principals used in what we're building now.

We may be looking below the noise floor and it's all nonsense down there, in turn we may never be able to reconcile the big with the small and this is it.

At the quantum level things can appear to go backwards or even as if they're in two places, perhaps explained by aliasing (think the wheel going the opposite way on camera) or a misalignment of sampling.

Surely if a simulation has a limit in either it's sample rate or precision, then our inherent ability to sample that retains that same limit; and any attempts to push numbers further would result in noise.

*disclaimer: I know nothing of physics, lol
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I like your aliasing analogy. I too fear we may be reaching our limit.
 
ForAcademicPurposes said:
It's a day and night occurence in the city. The noise pollution starts early in the morning with the transport industry. Let's say around four in the morning.

Then people wake up and the chaos ensues. You open a window and it's a full on assault on the human senses.

I encourage everyone to move out of the city.
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Sound Polutions Kills. Literaly leads to multiple heart attacks each year in major cities.
 
Celcius said:
I'm sitting in a corporate meeting and the presenter is an A.I. person and management thinks it's so cool. ICANT
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ok... you have to clarify... an AI person as in a guy promoting AI... or an AI person as in an MML talking with an Avatar as a presenter?
 
kevboard said:
ok... you have to clarify... an AI person as in a guy promoting AI... or an AI person as in an MML talking with an Avatar as a presenter?
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yeah the person you see giving the presentation in the video isn't a real person... it's an AI person. They keep making the same hand gesture over and over too.
 
I was rewatching Nobody's Boy Remi after 40 years and it's even more depressing than what I remembered. Man it's savage.
 
99 times out of 100 when someone stands weirdly on the sidewalk it ends up being someone walking their dog. The rest of the time it's a tweaker.
 
kevboard said:
(wrong thread lol)
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Really not looking forward to the mass exodus of New Yorkers that are once again about to flood fucking Florida. Rent and housing $$ about to skyrocket just like it did during COVID when all of those fuckers bounced out to live here.
 
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I bought myself loads of anime last Christmas and I haven't unwrapped any of them. Akira, Paprika, and Boogiepop Phantom among the titles. I should watch them soon.
 
The only time people pronounce "the" as "thee" is when they order food. No one says "hey can you grab thee pencil for me?" or "I bet on thee Yankees in tonight's game." But virtually everyone at a restaurant says "Yes, I'd like thee cheese ravioli, please."
 
DragoonKain said:
The only time people pronounce "the" as "thee" is when they order food. No one says "hey can you grab thee pencil for me?" or "I bet on thee Yankees in tonight's game." But virtually everyone at a restaurant says "Yes, I'd like thee cheese ravioli, please."
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Good observation. I think I do it to draw out the vowel sound to allow my brain to buffer reading/pronouncing the name of the dish. Since I don't have it memorized.

"Can I get theeeeee" (eyes scan the menu) "Deluxe McDouble Burger Combo Meal?"
 
Been randomly watching some old wrestling on YouTube. Sat here watching WrestleFest '93. Shawn Michaels vs Virgil. God, I used to love wrestling. Makes me want to check out the modern product.
 
I fucking hate the use of the term "partner" in regards a significant other. If I meet someone for the first time and they introduce a spouse as their "partner" my respect level immediately drops by a full point. Partner sounds so soulless and lacking intimacy. Call them husband, wife, spouse, significant other, date, my love. Anything but fucking partner. Starsky and Hutch are partners. Not your fucking spouse.
 
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EerieArcade said:
Been randomly watching some old wrestling on YouTube. Sat here watching WrestleFest '93. Shawn Michaels vs Virgil. God, I used to love wrestling. Makes me want to check out the modern product.
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I used to also be a fan during the 80's, 90's and the Attitude era.
Now that WWE is on Netflix I tried to get into the current era and I can't.

Their current Superstars lack the charisma of their past counterparts.
I like CM Punk but he's an old guy on the way out.
Roman Reigns has the personality of a box of rocks.
The "stories" are weak.

The women however are outworking the men and are worth checking out.
 
John Marston said:
I used to also be a fan during the 80's, 90's and the Attitude era.
Now that WWE is on Netflix I tried to get into the current era and I can't.

Their current Superstars lack the charisma of their past counterparts.
I like CM Punk but he's an old guy on the way out.
Roman Reigns has the personality of a box of rocks.
The "stories" are weak.

The women however are outworking the men and are worth checking out.
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I'm just going to stick to the older stuff. Cheers, John. Might watch one of my faves later: Summerslam '92!
 
DragoonKain said:
The only time people pronounce "the" as "thee" is when they order food. No one says "hey can you grab thee pencil for me?" or "I bet on thee Yankees in tonight's game." But virtually everyone at a restaurant says "Yes, I'd like thee cheese ravioli, please."
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Grildon Tundy said:
Good observation. I think I do it to draw out the vowel sound to allow my brain to buffer reading/pronouncing the name of the dish. Since I don't have it memorized.

"Can I get theeeeee" (eyes scan the menu) "Deluxe McDouble Burger Combo Meal?"
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technically you're supposed to pronounce it "thee" before a vowel sound. similar to a and an, but with the difference that it's only a spoken difference and is spelled the same.

so The Apple, The Orange, The Hour etc. is supposed to be pronounced with the long e vowel, because that way you can more seamlessly"glide" into the next word by almost making the end of The and the beginning of the next word into a diphthong.
so instead of The | Apple, it will turn into Theapple. no hard stop, just one flowing word combo.
 
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Just signed up to a website and the confirmation email said, for convenience I can use my Google+ account to sign in quicker.

What year is it? Maybe I'll add this site to one of my circles.
 
Grildon Tundy said:
Good observation. I think I do it to draw out the vowel sound to allow my brain to buffer reading/pronouncing the name of the dish. Since I don't have it memorized.

"Can I get theeeeee" (eyes scan the menu) "Deluxe McDouble Burger Combo Meal?"
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Each order requires a highly specific incantation to manifest. If you forget a prefix or suffix you'll likely end up with something completely wrong.
 
At 57 years old I'm proud to say I've got zero regrets and happy with my journey so far including the obstacles we all face.

Ok besides that one time I met that crazy bitch Susan back in 2008 when she pretended to be pregnant to keep me around.

Guys never let your dick get control of your brain 😊
 
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