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“Not *too* many regrets.”

I am into nature, music, art, reading, the cosmos, and water (swimming, sailing, etc), and most of all my lovely wife and children.

Cognitive scientist, AI and human intelligence researcher. Ph.D. student in Informatics.

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I think this is true, too. Ex-heads of state often see rising popularity long after leaving office, but their policies do not last and their sins fade with time. US jurisprudence generally *lasts a long time* and Roberts will be remembered as the architect of that pain for a generation or two.

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Vive la France! (Now I can go to bed)

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I’ve been on a dinner boat right there. I wonder if it is the same one. I had a great time a decade ago. I bet it is still fun. Enjoy!

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Leider hat Deutschland verloren. Es war toll, das Spiel mit meinem Sohn anzuschauen. Als Deutschland ein Tor geschossen hat, hat er sich die Stimme weggeschrien. 😆

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I am at a café in Germany with a big TV outside having a beer with my son (he’s 10 and having orangina), and we are watching Germany play Spain in the Euro ‘24 tournament. This is borderline unbeatable (as long as Germany wins).

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Omg

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While the next AI winter is coming, the current hype cycle could potentially last a couple more years yet. It is clear that investors do not understand gen AI, that a lot of people who should know better are vastly overselling its capabilities (or wishful thinking), and that FOMO is *sky high*.

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Hey speak for yourself!

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I am only a lowly comp sci PhD student with a cog sci background (masters), but to me this question is bordering on nonsensical. Do human brains have some feature that is LLM-like? Sure, maybe, I don’t know. But at best it was maybe bolted on as an aftermarket part (analogy); not the brain itself.

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Why? I had a professor in college who went to bed at 8pm and got up at 3am. When I was a teenager, I worked overnight and slept from about 7am to 2pm. What difference does it make?

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I’m not even half as old as Joe and I wish I could go to bed by 8pm most days.

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You and me both Joe. You and me both.

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Labour 410 seats!?

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I figured he didn’t dare say foie gras.

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This is what they really want, isn’t it? Entertaining politics to write about. They beg for a brokered convention almost every POTUS election cycle. They want drama and clicks and to be relevant.

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Romney the dog abuser has an outside chance as well.

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We are on our second all-electric. The first lasted about 10 years. I probably need to get a new (used) car within the next year to replace my 11+ year old ICE vehicle, and I am having a real hard time thinking I’ll get an EV to replace it. I still might, but I don’t really *want* to.

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I remember some novel series from my childhood that was something like: goodness protects itself and grows, while evil is destructive and consumes itself in the process.

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At this point our navy might be better than theirs again.

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I was going to say something *extremely* pedantic, but I was worried it might actually be useful. Instead, I have replied with this.

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Sorry sorry that was uncalled for.

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It’s-a me, the World Health Organization-a!

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this is 100 percent right. the SCOTUS decision here is part of Project 2025, it is preemptively helping Trump consolidate his dictatorship crookedtimber.org/2024/07/02/s...

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I have an acre and a half, and a an extra bedroom. I can’t fit all of you guys, but if it gets that bad then we can see how many do fit!

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They are begging Biden to take care of their liability. He just needs to take the hint.

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Sorry for the double literally.

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Literally some of the most racist people ever were so rich that they owned other people to do literally all their work for them and made them even richer.

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Well, you cannot post porn and not-porn at the same time, so it is a logical impossibility.

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My kid and I had sushi tonight and all I could think was, damn I need to learn how to make sushi.

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When are you going to have a dinner party and invite us all over to try these creations (except the vanilla tzatziki…)?

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What is the consistency/texture like?

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Raw cow meat, no. Raw polymorphed cow meat? I don’t know. What’s it taste like?

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Is the cooked/raw distinction important to the cannibalism question? Or did you not want to make the participants seem like monsters (too late)?

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Not that it matters, but from a Euro view, we don’t really care that Biden wins. He’s been fine for us, but w/e. We care that he beats Trump, b/c that maintains relative stability for another 4 years. And Trump probably cannot manage a 2028 run, so we are less in danger whomever the 2028 noms are.

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I should say that pickups being everywhere is surely a matter of subjective perspective. There probably are nowhere near as many pickups as in rural America.

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I live in rural 🇸🇪 and have lived in small town 🇩🇪. There are pickups everywhere, especially in rural Sweden, but also in Germany: large Dodge Rams are common. Sidewalks and bike lanes are rare in rural Sweden. Bus service is good most of the day. Our internet service is great in 🇸🇪. Very little trash.

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Keep the recordings so your estate can release them 75 years after you die! Probably would still come out before the full, unredacted Kennedy files.

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It’s sometimes easier to get a loan to buy a money making business than a money losing house! (Ask me how I know…, jk don’t ask 😅)

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Okay, I mistakenly took the bait, clicked through and read it, and that is one of the stupidest arguments I have read in a long long time. And I grade undergrad essays!

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For English you plural, I prefer the Pittsburgh yinz. I don’t particularly care for y’all and it saves a character. It’s interesting that German and Swedish have this plural you but English gave it up. I think French still has it as well, non ?

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Other eg professional degrees don’t always focus on research methods in the same way as PhD.

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My research methods prof basically said, once you know research methods to the level required to earn a PhD at any reputable school, then there would never be a need to earn another PhD, and doing so suggests something went wrong. Def doesn’t include other Dr fields like law or medicine.

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Yay! I found out today that an article I submitted to a conference was accepted for publication. A conference paper is not much, but every little success is good! 😊

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How does one acquire so many eels?

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We all have friends who make mistakes. Statistically, if you have enough friends, some of them will be goofs.

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Are there more with organic vegetables? Or just not fewer?

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Like, I was at a conference recently. There was an informal panel/debate between 3 experts on cognition/AI, and it was super entertaining! They each had interesting, differing perspectives. But it also was largely pointless except for the entertainment value.

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