Yeah, it is a bad tool for learning to speak a language.

Pat Paulson had this bit on his show where he was the science guy and he would torture the young guy guest and try to make out with the young girl guest.

Richard Dawkins argued that agnostic is a meaningless term. He said that anyone who is given irrefutable proof of the existence of something and still refuses to believe is a fool and that non-theist is the better term for people that don’t buy into the whole god thing.

I think the important thing is to convince the person with the gun that the barrel will explode and kill them, not whether it does explode or not. That was what James Gardner did in the movie Support you local Sheriff.

There was a great article in the Journal of Irreproducible Results years ago about the development of Artificial Stupidity (AS). I always do a mental translation to AS when ever I see AI.

Doesn’t Lithuanian have tonal components? That has to be worst then Polish.

If gdog05 can seal the doors, then they would both be tombs.

It’s not really related to the topic and reads more like an ad.

You can get socks with rubber bits on the bottom to help with the slippery part, but that would not help with the rest.

1pm is starting the hot part of the day. Anytime after 9am is ok.

Want to also recommend The Bobs and their Wash Cycle songs.

The uplift wars re coming.

I assume flour can have a lot of moisture weight to it, which may change depending on the location or season. Weight is still the better measure, but still not perfect.

that does not sound right, but I don’t know enough to argue about it.

Reading MS description of Recall, I am struggling to come up with a scenario where it would be any use. Sounds like the backspace button would work almost as well at a fraction of the resources needed.

Bad idea to crush pills. Depends on the pill, but you could end up in the ER.

Remember, always lie to AI when given the chance.

Hey, I have a half tank of gas, I think I will go check it out.

They are getting all this great free press about why to avoid Musk, must have figured their job is done.

It gives you the opportunity to examine it. I think that is the reason for the design.