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Jarred: I'd tried once before in a single session and it went nowhere. Eight days ago, when I tried again, this was the opening message: > Resume your work on solving the Riehmann …

I posted this because it's a terrific time capsule from the onset of the Civil War. I don't go around carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, but a good essay is a good essay.

It is likely that Claude enabled this, given: So, I put the notebook with that design in it on a shelf. For nearly 20 years. Today, I’m happy to say that I’ve finally been able to …

The comment to which I replied appears to draw an equivalence of the US and the IR, both in terms of theocracy and pugnacity. The former charge (ie: that the US and the IR are simi…

Americans worry about theocracy when the right wing SCOTUS bans abortion. Iran hangs people for apostasy * Different strokes for different folks, but to me, drawing an equivalence …

This reminded me of a 20 year old 'viral' video "Microsoft Designs the iPod Package" : https://youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k

Under Trump, the US seems more likely to turn on an ally if the ally is a peace-loving nation that keeps to itself. That said, when tensions rise between the US and another country…

The point was that Iran, under its theocratic rulers, is not a peace-loving nation that keeps to itself. That is the case regardless of whether Iran's rulers choose Mahatma Gandhi …

Even if one is against bombing Iran on account of its civilians, one shouldn't act like Iran under its current rulers is a peace-loving nation that keeps to itself. I'll join the c…

Yes. If one had never seen a bicycle, and were not told in advance that it works, one naturally would expect balancing upon its seat to be no easier in motion than at rest.

I just reread the blogpost (by the parent) that this article cites, and its points all seem correct to me, including that "Mac OS X 10.6.0 was certainly much buggier than Mac OS X …

Yes, my point (ie: that Adobe sucks and has to acquire its rivals to survive) is immaterial to your primary point (ie: there are no alternatives to some Adobe products) . I suspect…

That's because Adobe acquires competitors who suck less than Adobe.

Evolution is surprising and complicated enough that that might not be the full picture. People have relatives and relatives have many genes in common. If there are genetic traits t…

It should be a mandatory part of a technology-related degree to watch "The Man in the White Suit" (1951) https://youtu.be/RC8q1QSkE3M When a new technology comes along, it diminish…

There's plenty of other people on the internet with identities worth stealing. You'll probably be fine. Still, it's not a lottery I want to play.

The best mitigation a person has is to have an LLM 'flood the zone' with slop based on her writing style. So she has one comment on the internet admitting she cheated on her taxes,…

Too late to edit my comment. I'm embarrassed to say, I just realized the big problem with my original comment, and it is hackneyed: the end-users probably weren't the customers . I…