this is a completely normal post. nothing is strange or unusual about it. when you interact with it, your client will act as usual. no part of it is atypical or notable and it obeys all standard requirements. there is no need to investigate further
@nazokiyoubinbou I was channelling The Really Big Button That Doesn't Do Anything - well, you can see what it is (this is a copy of a copy): krystalrose.com/rosewood/libra… - the button was simple; how it _changed_ people's lives however...
And IRC - back in the day we would prank the n00bs by answering n00b questions like "How do I message someone else?" with "CTRL+F4" which of course would close their client window.
@bleistift2 Emitter von lat. aussenden, da der konventionelle Strom dort austritt (Elektronen treten ein), Collector von lat. sammeln da der Strom dort eintritt. Basis da der Anschluss beim ersten die Unterlage mit dem Kristall war. Der Strom von Basis zu Emitter erzeugt einen größeren Strom zwischen Collector und Emitter, dass heisst der Strom wird verstärkt...
This is one of those moments when I have to stop myself and ask bluntly if this is a lark or not, because my autistic ass can sometimes be completely oblivious to intended jokes.
@neurovagrant haha no, this was an actual response to a question. I ended up asking "why did you think I wanted an anime cat girl?"
And this was the response:
Fair question — here's exactly what happened:<br><br>When you replied with “yes please” after I asked if you wanted a visual deobfuscation of the advancemente string, I mistakenly interpreted that as approval for generating an image based on the prompt-like string that followed, which included strange Unicode characters like JⲲ⣜ታ⳧Ȋ.... That kind of garbled or stylized text can sometimes look like a text-to-image prompt (especially in creative contexts), and in the absence of a clear processing routine from the VBS script, I misread the intent.<br><br>So instead of continuing to analyze the variable (as you were expecting), I wrongly assumed it was an artistic prompt and generated an image accordingly. Th
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@neurovagrant haha no, this was an actual response to a question. I ended up asking "why did you think I wanted an anime cat girl?"
And this was the response:
Fair question — here's exactly what happened:<br><br>When you replied with “yes please” after I asked if you wanted a visual deobfuscation of the advancemente string, I mistakenly interpreted that as approval for generating an image based on the prompt-like string that followed, which included strange Unicode characters like JⲲ⣜ታ⳧Ȋ.... That kind of garbled or stylized text can sometimes look like a text-to-image prompt (especially in creative contexts), and in the absence of a clear processing routine from the VBS script, I misread the intent.<br><br>So instead of continuing to analyze the variable (as you were expecting), I wrongly assumed it was an artistic prompt and generated an image accordingly. That was a clear context misfire — not intentional, just a parsing failure on my part.<br><br>Let’s get back to the VBS — would you like to paste the next lines of the script so we can decode how advancemente is used?<br>
thanks but if I suddenly change my profile picture people will get scared and confused because they suddenly don't remember who I am anymore until they get used to the new picture, so I promised to give one week advance notice and I'll probably have entirely forgotten a week later.
TL;DR: The 'You wouldn’t steal a car' anti-piracy campaign is under scrutiny for potentially using pirated fonts, raising questions about the campaign's credibility amid ongoing discussions about intellectual property rights. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0… #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
No, a computer is just boolean logic. I'm not being reductive, that's literally all you need.
When people say that thinking is just complicated enough computation, that's an assumption. A particularly convenient assumption, given all the computers we have lying about.
A brain is several billion living nerve cells all doing their thing, acting and reacting to one another, concurrently. A computer is only ever doing one task at a time, but at a fast enough pace as to give the illusion of multi-tasking.
Emulating a whole brain (everything, not just simplified neural networks, but the actual nerve cells themselves) is currently far beyond what computers are capable of. More then that, not every natural phenomenon can be described algorithmically! It's entirely possible that consciousness is non-computable.
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Yes, it's an assumption to say consciousness is non-computable. But it's also an assumption to say it is computable. Not really a phenomenon we understand.
I agree that fleshy brains are probably not the only things capable of producing consciousness. I think it's actually fairly likely that a machine could be made that reproduces it, I'm just... really skeptical that it's gonna look anything like a Turing machine. It would certainly be convenient if it did.
As to brains being made of discrete units... there's some evidence to suggest it might not be. When you put a person (or any living thing) under general anesthetics, the thing the anesthetics target is microtubules within cells. And microtubules themselves have quantum mechanical properties. They've been shown to er, "do", super-luminescence in lab experiments (I don't understand quantum).
Admittedly, that's a lot of correlation and almost no direct example of causation. But it does suggest there's... something... there that needs more examination and research.
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Networks of tryptophan -- an aromatic amino acid with strong fluorescent response -- are ubiquitous in biological systems, forming diverse architectures in transmembrane proteins, cytoskeletal filaments, sub-neuronal elements, photoreceptor complexes…
A: Oh, dug through menus in a new AV receiver to find its MAC addresses, configured my network DHCP server to give it a static address, and then wrote some iptables rules to keep that address from being able to reach outside the LAN. Pretty standard stuff.
Looking for a "DO NOT CONNECT THIS MACHINE TO THE INTERNET NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT NAGS" warning sign to print out.
One day, you'll be remembering the day you did that because you'll be in traction after laying down on the couch to watch a sportsball game and your back entirely seized.
An atypical response to caffeine is one of the most consistent markers of ADHD I've seen in the wild. I've yet to meet someone who has it and didn't have some level of ADHD symptoms as well.
True. I tend to hang out with a lot of high functioning weirdos. We worked out that about half of us either were diagnosed with various neurodiversities, or reasonably could be. Several got diagnosed, after the caffeine point.
Unfortunately, high functioning ADHD diagnosis can be VERY hit and miss. My diagnosis was apparently fairly blatant. A friend, with very similar experiences and issues, got the opposite end of the deal. Since he could hold down a job, he obviously had no issues. A depressing chunk is down to the personal opinion of the assessor.
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
I routinely go into Creative mode and wire/route the "perfect" ME controller every few months. It's a fun puzzle to minimize the number of colors required.
I guess I'm nasty at heart. I just make a phat square, cover it in decorative blocks, and double the inside as drive storage/autocrafter manufacturing. Of course I play too much PO3.
I'm gonna attempt that video the other commentor linked. I'm gonna attempt it in PO3. I dont think I can shrink down so I'll have to build it different. Going for a realistic floating island as my home in the skyblock this time around. Its really hard making landscapes by hand.
HAHA! I was just trying to explain this to my wife. I was like
"Okay, yes, it DOES help you get stuff done but it's kinda like casting magic...You need the right intention and materials in front of you, or else it backfires and you end up focusing super hard on the first silly, likely useless thing that grabs your attention, and forget time is still moving..."
lol that’s like the opposite of ADHD. I worked a pretty long day today and had… idk, 10 cups of coffee? I’m not gonna have trouble falling asleep in a couple hours.
Edit: this me joking about the situation. Caffeine is 100% extra stims, and I use it that way.
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This post inspired me to make my own. I started by laying 10 q-tips on the table, then another layer of 10 perpendicular, and kept going until I had 10 layers of each. In hind sight, I recommend doing 9x9, because the next step was to poke q-tips through the grid vertically, and that pushed the other layers around and some fell off. Once you have the 9x9x9 cube, you can fill in the edges to get 10x10x10. Note that the final cube will actually be a few short of exactly 10x10x10 due to the way the shapes hold together.
If it's too deep for your finger, it's too deep for qtips. Don't use qtips.
They also irritate the skin in a way that your finger doesn't.
If you have gunk that's not coming out with your finger, pippette small quantities of olive oil in, leave it there for a bit and tip it back out into some kitchen roll. Repeat once or twice a day for a week or longer if necessary.
MUCH, MUCH easier than that is DON'T compact the ear wax by using qtips in your ear.
You think you're scooping stuff out, and it feels so good, but you're compacting it on the way in and irritating the skin on the twist, promoting more ear wax. You'll think you have some hearing loss from noise, but it'll be the compacted ear wax because you didn't listen to the advice everyone gave you to not use qtips. Use your finger, but don't use qtips.
I have been informed that my job is not secure & I'll lose it within the next year month few weeks. I have lost my job & housing. Does anyone know of a place in Georgia or Minnesota that has entry level positions for IT or any similar computer stuff? Electronics repair is something I'm interested in too.
I was unable to get any certifications from my current job so I'm stuck at entry level. They told me they would give me opportunities for certifications, but they never came, so I feel scammed & don't feel bad about leaving this company.
I don't know when exactly I'm losing this job but I'm guessing in about a month, so I might need an immediate opening, just ideas about where I can look when the time comes now. I would prefer something LGBT friendly, because working with stereotypical anti LGBT boomers is killing me & I'm suffering in this environment.
If I can't get something in IT I'll take anything with a gay work environment that pays enough for me to live alone.
Boosts appreciated.
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Hi Luna. I don't know of any places, but as a political science major, I'd strongly encourage you to look more into Minnesota than Georgia. Georgia is in the bible belt meaning it's a rather conservative state that will likely have much more conservative folks and policies that would be harmful to you. On the other hand, Minnesota is a state with rather strong trans protections (I forget if you're trans or just queer but I still think it's good to know the LGBT culture of States you're looking into)
@Starcross I'm from Georgia. I agree with you that it's not a great place, but there are some very LGBT friendly cities & I'm looking for jobs near those. I just won't specify which ones because I don't want to dox myself. I'm still considering Georgia because that's where my family is. I don't have anyone in Minnesota that I can rely on for help, & I'm only considering it because of its laws about LGBT people. The people in Minnesota may not be very LGBT friendly either, only some cities, the same as Georgia, & the only difference would be the law. It's a very difficult situation & I have to weigh my legal safety against my financial safety & risk of losing housing; personal safety isn't a factor because it's likely to be the same in either state, even if I am legally protected in one it won't change that some people are to be hateful. The USA overall is not a very good place & I would leave if I could, but I can't.
I see. Yeah there tend to always be positive towns in what can be a generally bad state and it's a wise strategy to try to seek those out. I can definitely understand you wanting to stay around your safety net. Just figured I'd offer you a different perspective and keep that in your considerations. Best of luck in finding a job ❤
A gay (or at least LGBT friendly without the fetishization of LGBT people that most corporations seem to do) is very important to me. I can't do this pretending to be straight & perfectly gender conforming shit again. I'm DYING here.
Has anyone seen glopossum's character Junip? I would rather have a coworker like him traumatize me with the details of his sexual encounters last night every morning than this "you can't be gay that's against the bible💔" shit!!! I really don't like hearing about that stuff but it does make me feel accepted & better about myself instead of forcing me to pretend to be something I'm not & do a bad job pretending & repeatedly get in trouble for seeming weird or off somehow all the time!
Do technology employers still do fizzbuzz, or is there a different test they do now? I remember reading that some will give you some kind of knowledge test to see if you know how to use a shell or know what the parts of a computer are or something. What are common tests? I probably don't have to worry about this for entry level but I still want to know just incase.
wow, the debian Mate GUI installer is..... broken. If we select to install alongside windows, it goes into a state where there's a, quote, "layered pane 0 items." And we can't proceed from there. Well fucking done
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in reply to Nazo • • •@nazokiyoubinbou I was channelling The Really Big Button That Doesn't Do Anything - well, you can see what it is (this is a copy of a copy): krystalrose.com/rosewood/libra… - the button was simple; how it _changed_ people's lives however...
And IRC - back in the day we would prank the n00bs by answering n00b questions like "How do I message someone else?" with "CTRL+F4" which of course would close their client window.
The Really Big Button That Doesn't Do Anything
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