[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The academic consensus is that a guy probably existed who was a preacher whose teachings gave rise to the legend of this miraculous “Jesus”.

Everything that’s assumed to be real about Jesus is completely mundane. A preacher whose followers spread his teachings and fantastically embellished his achievements. Big deal! There are hundreds of guys like that. He’s L. Ron Hubbard without the trillion-year-old spaceships.

[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

This is… really not true at all.

LLMs differ from humans in a very very important way when it comes to language: we know the meanings of the words we use. LLMs do not “know” things, are unconcerned with “meanings”, and thus cannot be said to be “using” words in any meaningful way.

[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Having thoughts isn’t an issue. The issue is engaging with the thought.

You’re sitting there meditating. Then your head goes “hey, I gotta pay my insurance bill”

And then you go, “oh yeah, the insurance bill. For my car. Do I need to change the oil yet? Oh no, I have another like 800 miles to go. What’s 800 miles from here? Cleveland? Man, that LeBron really has some longevity”

Or instead, you could go “I’m meditating”. No judgment though, just point it out. Just note that a thought occurred and redirect your attention to the fact that you’re meditating and to your breath or whatever else. Another thought will come up shortly thereafter. You can just redirect again.

[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 33 points 1 year ago

“What if Chromium had its own fake money?”

[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Then you don’t belong in a discussion forum.

If you’re gonna post something wrong and stupid, and then when someone goes through the trouble of correcting you your reaction is “oh fuck you, I don’t care”, then write your opinions in a journal and bury it in your backyard.

[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How absolutely moronic. Hey, malaria has been around since Ancient times. How long are you going to let yourself be scared of that? Go to the nearest swamp and see if you can attract some mosquitoes, bro.

[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

This isn’t Twitter. With all respect, you need to bee-have better.

[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I started playing Factorio about a month ago and I’m completely addicted. I love it so much. I guess there’s not much more I can say about it, given how everybody but me had already heard of and played this game. But it’s definitely my #1 gaming highlight of the year.

[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

Which is totally fine, in case you’re wondering. Speaking Spanish like a gringo is so much better than speaking English loudly and slowly and occasionally sneaking in a word like “cerveza” or saying “mi casa su casa” lol. It’s great that you’re making an effort to learn — y espero que el aprendizaje sea divertido! :)

[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 42 points 1 year ago

“Firefish isn’t just a cool name”

Yeah, it’s also a generic name that isn’t very good?

[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I’m learning to play the talkbox. It’s tons of fun and it’s totally a valid way to make up for the fact that I can’t sing my way out of a paper bag, lol.

[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

This is one of those “oh duh, no shit” kind of things where in reality… yeah, that probably does need to be said out loud. So fucked up.

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