rustydrd @ rustydrd @sh.itjust.works

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The left side is the position that definitions of intelligence are all arbitrary, and that psychologists just make up tests and call what it measures "intelligence."

The middle is the position that there is a real thing that can be called "intelligence," which can be defined in different (meaningful) ways, and that intelligence tests are objective ways to measure it.

The right side is the position that intelligence is probably still real and can probably still be defined in different (meaningful) ways, but that we can never directly measure intelligence and instead observe it indirectly through observable indicators like someone's performance on an intelligence test. This means that any practical statement about intelligence, while probably real and definable, are contingent on the specific test used to measure it.

not sure WHAT the Roman one is holding, but it doesn't look like any recognizable weapon.

In this case, it may just be AI generated garbage. But historically, the Roman eagle was sometimes stylized holding bolts of lightning (as a reference to Jupiter).

Like a glove.

Especially this part, which he apparently intended as a "joke":

(...) if American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg scolding, you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk

Thunberg is an activist from Sweden who owns a social media account. Musk is a billionaire from Apartheid South Africa who owns a social media company and actively interferes in German elections.

Needless to say, the joke didn't land.

And the same era as Musk, the current era's Caligula.

T470 here (the anniversary model). I'll part with it when someone takes it from my cold, dead body.

"The firings will continue until morale improves."

Don't even need to bring probability into this. Death is certain, and correlation requires variance.

I mean, there's a chance someone knows, right? We don't all have to.

Happy Pal-entines Day, everyone ♥️

I think Lemmy needs a higher-level sign-up procedure that hides the complexity of the fediverse. This could be a webpage with a simple, clutter-free interface that handles picking and registering on an instance from a curated list semi-automatically, for example, by asking you 3-4 questions before giving you a suggested server that fits your responses (which you can change) and a button to register there. The procedure could also handle the occasional additional sign-up requirements that some instances have.

IMHO, 90% of users will never interact with the "federation" aspects of Lemmy after that, and they also don't need to. I personally don't feel like Lemmy being federated has much of an impact on my user experience day to day.

More like Sauron and his Mouth.

What should those people do?

Back then, it was already extremely clear that the Cybertruck was a stupid vanity project intended for people who wanted to feel futuristic but wouldn't have bought a regular EV, because it wasn't cool and mean enough. So my potentially hot take is: Those people got what they deserve.

What can they do now? Take it as a learning opportunity. Be better.

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Oh lawd he contemplating!

She only became his wife because she's a woman.

Civ games at launch are often a bit of a mixed bag, and the games improve over time with patches and expansions. That being said, the game isn't even fully out yet, and early Steam reviews are notoriously unreliable and undifferentiated. For your first civ game, maybe look at earlier titles like Civ 5 or 6. They have aged very well, I still play 6 all the time.

Ah yes, the famed document <-> JSON converter.

Yeah, you tell 'em... uh... checks notes... Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?