“the bug does not cause any significant usability issues” …obvious clickbait is obvious. For funsies try googling “Linux bugs this month” 🤣

You’re right. I should have said “because that’s unknowable in a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, big universe” but I thought “infinite” wouldn’t take up as much (drumroll) space! 🤭

That’s such an interesting point. I believe that historically any intelligence that was much higher than the norm has tended to be perceived as “Godlike”. That means this misconception potentially applies to us today as well (he walked on water therefore he is God etc.) or that the “God” that people believe in today is somehow above relativistic misconception. Personally I lean towards the former.

“I’m intellgent, and I’m high.”

No disrespect, but the irony of misspelling that word is chef’s kiss 🤣

When my religious friends get a little too intense I tell em to go visit a terminal children’s hospital ward. Don’t give me any of that “works in mysterious ways” rubbish either. I’m not saying there isn’t a higher intelligence than us somewhere, because that’s unknowable in an infinite universe, but to then somehow pivot to thinking that intelligence would care about every little thing we do is beyond insane.

Oh my goodness, THIS, a million percent!! Also, you have to be ok with the event you plan being the reward in itself for you, because if you expect people to thank you… you’re going to have a bad time. On top of that, you have to be ok with people expecting you to do it forever from that moment on. Basically, you’re going to have to be quite emotionally and mentally robust to enjoy the experience 🤣

“She’s your mother! Show some respect” <- friends and family after every toxic, manipulative, narcissistic thing that woman did. The eternal free pass.

“I’m seeing a bunch of posts insinuating” - I think we’re well past insinuating. Straight out declaring would be more accurate now. The man has no credibility left. No one trusts him with the truth, their money or their daughters. If I was a betting man I’d say his foreign handlers are already lining up the next candidate for the world stage. You can also tell, by the way, that none of the big media channels are buying it either. All you need to do is compare their coverage now with at the coverage of the assassination attempts of previous presidents. When Reagan got shot the whole world stopped to look. It was literally everywhere. This, so called, “attempt” was a small front page story that will be gone in a couple of days. The mid terms are coming. I expect more and more panicked moves between now and November.

Being a good lover takes years of practice, not just physically but mentally and emotionally. So, by all means let’s have zero practice and just assume everything will go well 🤣

So, correct me if I’m wrong by all means, but Google News is just the channel isn’t it? Right now I’m seeing content on there from a dozen different news organisations (BBC, Reuters, Sky News, The Guardian, The Telegraph etc.)

What’s the negative with it being conveyed via Google News?

This site needs more people to know about it (and it was only one guy called Iain MacDonald maintaining it. I think one other person joined him recently).

It’s called NewsMap. It’s a wall of headlines that updates over time. No distractions, no images and you can choose your region and the topics you want to see. The dude revived it after the original site went down for some reason a few years ago. Pretty cool, specially for my ADHD brain.

This is NSFW so I’ll cover it in spoiler text…

Oh thank God.

Without looking I’m going to imagine he’ll say Jimmy Savile. (Edit: Just checked and bingo… Savile was an utter scumbag pedophile who was said to have abused over 450 children. Evil living in plain sight.)

I felt the same way my whole life and then two years ago I discovered I just had ADHD. It explained everything and I found community with others who had a similar experience. I’ve never been happier. Last night, for example, I had a meal with a bunch of people who also have ADHD. We hired a private, quiet, comfortably lit dining room in a countryside Inn, took all our masks off, broke out a bunch of fidget toys and chatted. It was amazing, it always is. Find your community 😁

I know what you mean. I always go for this one - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07V43JNZ7

It’s got a hard but velvety finish and the hinges are quiet. I also find that using it one handed means I can have it out of sight by my hip which makes it less obvious and noisy too.

Infinity cube. I’ve got loads of them. It really helps me listen when people are talking to me.

I don’t think we’re on opposite sides of any argument here mr argumentativemonotheist (great username btw 🤣). The only slight difference is that I’m saying that almost no one, in my experience, survives that test.

If you want a great example of how instantly otherwise good people become the worst versions of themselves almost overnight watch what happens when a rich person with a large family dies. I did a couple of years in the will writing sector. I’m telling ya… zero to Golem in no time at all. I’ve also watched good people I knew extremely well turn bad too many times to remember. It all starts with “I couldn’t possibly have servants. How embarrassing!” and before you know it it’s “Eduardo! I’ve told you a hundred times I need my watermelon juice chilled! One more mistake and it’s back to Caracas!”. People should have to undergo intense psychological training to be able to be rich and stay human.

I’ve got a few that I can’t really separate:

Dental hygienists are greedy charlatans who convince us we need an expensive hygiene appointment every six months when we really don’t. That used to be true before the invention of the electric toothbrush but not now. I stopped going 7 years ago and I make sure I brush properly daily for two minutes with my electric toothbrush. I occasionally use inter-dental brushes for a deeper clean and my teeth are perfect. No soreness, gum bleeding and certainly no cavities. It’s lies I tell ya.

AI is the most incredible development in human evolution since the invention of the wheel. I think it is the beginning of our next evolutionary step. It may even save us from destroying ourselves. It has brought me personally incredible results that have enriched my life in countless ways. I can’t wait to see where it takes us. People who are angry about it are dumb (you did say “controversial opinion” lol).

Money is basically the ring from Lord of the rings. You can’t have it without it changing you. I’ve had the dubious pleasure of knowing a great many millionaires and they’re all miserable bastards pretending that they’re not. Their families hate them, most of them are alcoholics and drug addicts. They hate themselves even more and their money doesn’t mean anything to them so they use it to impress others or hurt them, just so they can feel something. It’s all a disgustingly wasteful, tragic act.