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Suddenly I'm really glad no one with a working brain is going to take the Hugos seriously after this year.
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Any reason why he's referencing a lovely SF book from the sixties as opposed to anything actually relevant to VR research - or, y'know, the matrix? e: Hell, or P.K. Dick, who probably did all of the VR screwery years before simulatronmatics and better? Like, I realize Yud is probably referencing books he likes, but surely even He isn't above reading more on the subject...? anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Aug 4, 2015 |
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Legacyspy posted:The EA community gives far more money to help people living in poverty than to miri.
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Aug 15, 2015 20:43
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sarehu posted:What's a worse investment?
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Aug 16, 2015 10:37
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sarehu posted:I don't know what charity you're talking about -- you were responding to a post about the EA community, not a specific charity.
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Aug 19, 2015 10:05
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Makes one wonder what is it that forces fanfiction authors to write books you can clobber cows with. I guess they just don't plan the whole story beforehand so they keep extending it?
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Aug 30, 2015 10:16
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what the poo poo I mean, it's not like it's the first time fanfiction has been used as a basis for cult behavior - FFVII House comes to mind - but it's always just as painful to read.
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Aug 30, 2015 15:48
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It's, sadly, also consistent with the constantly emerging image of Yud as a vaguely science-themed cult leader.
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Sep 1, 2015 19:36
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If you feed something burnt to someone, he'll die of phlogiston poisoning. Duh.
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Sep 4, 2015 13:11
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So where does Yud stand on experience/learning? Brain isn't all there is to a person and an AI can't simulate you without simulating your (untranslatable) past experiences? I just love how he's read enough psychology to know about heuristics (which are simple, short and generally salient) but doesn't know gently caress all past that.
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Sep 7, 2015 17:48
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Too late! Then again, if the AI can simulate your exact behavior and responses, it can figure out you wanted to post it anyway so there's no point not posting it... Jesus H. Christ, this is beyond idiotic.
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Sep 7, 2015 20:30
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It's basically like solipsism, just adapted for more nerd-appeal. Yeah, you can't disprove it. So what?
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Sep 8, 2015 17:13
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The issue seems to be that said system is both dysfunctional and stupid.
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Sep 9, 2015 16:50
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Basically the rational course of action is to kill rationalists on sight.
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Sep 10, 2015 17:48
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You still expect consistency?
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Sep 11, 2015 11:15
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SSNeoman posted:Why is reading speed now a measurement of dick size?
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Sep 18, 2015 12:24
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"It works by these rules except for when it doesn't."
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Oct 2, 2015 09:29
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I realize "sociopath" is a fashionable word but I really wouldn't throw it around like that. Definitely wouldn't call Snape one.
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Oct 5, 2015 11:37
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I sincerely doubt he's capable of pulling off anything resembling a thesis - it is generally frowned upon to use popular science books as sources. Plus what we've seen so far he doesn't have a clue about scientific methods.
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Oct 6, 2015 12:10
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Furia posted:All the more reason to tell him, if you ask me. Then he'll really have some explaining to do when it doesn't work out for him. You surely don't think he'd admit to being wrong?
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Oct 6, 2015 12:32
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Or he's harping on education being overrated again.
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Oct 20, 2015 09:03
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Furia posted:I wouldn't suppose we could have that tale for reference, could we? edit: Alternately, google shitthatdidnthappen.txt. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 11:26 on Oct 22, 2015 |
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Well, counting people as "objects that can be used for combat" is rather telling. Not to mention half of those shouldn't even count - removing the floor in order to reveal a spike pit isn't exactly a use of the floor. I honestly have no idea what he's trying to prove here, apart from being able to spout contrived bullshit.
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Oct 25, 2015 15:43
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Yeah, it's pretty hard to attribute this poo poo to the character when you know that the writer is a genuine nutjob.
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Dabir posted:Wasn't there some mention of other flying devices like cauldrons and carpets in the books? Leave it to Yud to ignore the whole folk tradition angle. Or, you know, the flying device masquerading as something inconspicous for when witch hunters come a-knocking. It's a recurring issue here, I think: Yud doesn't seem to get how willing suspension of disbelief works so he tries to hit the absurd bits without realizing why the absurd bits were there and everyone rolled with them in the first place. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Oct 29, 2015 |
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Oct 29, 2015 08:55
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Ideally with dissenting voices being swept under the table.
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edit: VVV Didn't think of that one, mea culpa. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Nov 21, 2015 |
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Nov 21, 2015 16:25
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If you managed to read the whole thing, you're way past "sense".
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MikeJF posted:Dumbledore was a lot more random in the first two books ("Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"), which I expect is why he is here.
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NihilCredo posted:But! Actually, you ignorant simpleton, Dumbledore was making an important point about the divisions that have just been made and the identities these students are about to take on. quote:As a good postmodern linguistics professor, Dumbledore notes that the Sorting Hat is the vehicle of the metanarrative or Grand Myth that is the *real* evil of their world and throws out his comic marker for those capable of hearing what was not very well hidden in his short speech. My brain hurts.
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Tunicate posted:Once I found out rowling deliberately made quidditch nonsense so she could troll diehard sports fans, a lot of her declarations about canon suddenly made a shitload more sense.
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I'd imagine it says that actually getting to the answers by yourself doesn't matter when they're provided to you. Y'know, more antiscience 101. Oh, and IIRC Eagle's Splendor is indeed a DnD charisma-boosting spell.
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Jan 11, 2016 13:45
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Oh. So he was just trying to poison her. Makes sense now.
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Jan 11, 2016 17:04
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"Rationalism" is a horrible, horrible misnomer.
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Jan 31, 2016 08:49
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Real difference from his own lovely writing.
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Jan 31, 2016 22:22
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I really wouldn't call the Harry in this thing an "upgrade".
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Death Bot posted:You could even have the characters be intellectual rivals, which is so much more interesting than one character talking whole everyone stares on dumbly
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I'd chalk it down to failing at propaganda.
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