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Obtuse1
| Favorite team: | Duke  |
| Location: | Westside Bodymore Yo |
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| Number of Posts: | 31475 |
| Registered on: | 9/25/2016 |
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So, you can't explain it? And this is the first time i heard it called "super intelligence". Is there any rational explanation to your belief and Trump''s tweet?
The problem is AI and ASI/SI have been established terms of art for years. They mean very different things. This sort of simplistic conflation leads to lack of precision in language. Now, when someone references SI, how do you know if they mean what was formerly known as AI in computer science or what has previously been known as SI. It is as silly and causes similar problems to the changes in definitions for the word "literally".
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The public universities probably, by law, can't weigh toughness of a particular high school curriculum at all when doing admissions.
Do you have any support for this? HSs submit a school profile with transcripts, and admission departments sure as hell know the difference between Phillips, Chaote, Groton, Exeter, and say, French Settlement.
re: MMA Fighter/Green Beret, Tim Kennedy wounded in Congo
Posted by Obtuse1 on 10/8/26 at 11:34 am to JimTiger72
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He really showed those people who accused him of stolen valor.
That tiny little V device is a big deal. It is an easy lie until it's not.
re: Has anybody added hand controls to their vehicle?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 10/7/26 at 8:03 pm to FightinIrish
I can't help you, but every time I hear a mention of hand controls in a car, I think of Alex Zanardi.
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You should always check your work before turning in the assignment.
I see I went dyslexic in the first part. :banghead:
At least the final number was right. :nana:
re: Hurricane Isaias - Pensacola Beach to Navarre Beach Under the Gun
Posted by Obtuse1 on 10/7/26 at 3:08 pm to trussthetruzz
Bigger version
re: A 67-year-old Indiana woman is arrested doing donuts on courthouse lawn while intoxicated
Posted by Obtuse1 on 10/7/26 at 1:53 pm to LivingstonLaw
Not just donuts but reverse donuts. @67 I will allow it.
When you are 18, absolutely, when you are 38 or older NO.
I made the argument a few years ago that middle age should be based off time as an adult. So in this case 76-18=85 58/2=29 18+29=47 Thus 47 is middle age. I need to come up with a new equation to legitimize middle age starting at 60. :lol:
I made the argument a few years ago that middle age should be based off time as an adult. So in this case 76-18=85 58/2=29 18+29=47 Thus 47 is middle age. I need to come up with a new equation to legitimize middle age starting at 60. :lol:
re: What stupid thing do you regularly spend money on?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 10/7/26 at 1:45 pm to TigerBait2008
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But why..
There is a long answer to that question, but I am pretty sure you don't actually want that. The short answer is I wanted to, and I can.
South Korea over there working on its own nuclear bomb.
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I'm looking for a brass tip screwdriver. I know there is got to be one in there somewhere.
I actually don't, but I don't have occasion to work on that sort of sensitive equipment. I do have ESD-safe screwdrivers, stainless steel screwdrivers (for use on SS fasteners), and hollow ground screwdrivers for gunsmithing and other things where a flat blade is needed for a screw that is decorative.
I also have a ton of very fine precision screwdrivers for watchmaking but that is a whole different subject of insanity.
re: "Manufacturer Buyback or Lemon Reported"
Posted by Obtuse1 on 10/7/26 at 10:48 am to CatfishJohn
Never good, almost always really bad. A lot of states require a branded title for buyback/lemon law cars.
You want to get in touch with the district manager or regional service manager for Ford warranty/service.
re: What stupid thing do you regularly spend money on?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 10/7/26 at 10:25 am to dyslexiateechur
I am not sure anything is stupid as a category but I have a laundry list of things I spend stupid money on stupidly. The one that stands out by bending sanity the most is screwdrivers. I have two 27" top boxes dedicated almost exclusively to screwdrivers and bit holders. Over 500 fixed drivers and maybe 40 ratcheting and fixed bit holders. I'll let pictures show the descent into insanity.
re: Hurricane Isaias - Pensacola Beach to Navarre Beach Under the Gun
Posted by Obtuse1 on 10/7/26 at 9:10 am to UptownJoeBrown
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Living in South Louisiana, every kid knew about longitude and latitude
That exercise also taught basic linear interpolation, and they didn't even know they had learned the concept.
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pretty sad that our tech is still this bad predicting storms. that’s a substantial shift in the track for a storm right off the coast
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It is currently 600 miles from the expected point of landfall as the crow flies. How is that "right off the coast".
Rosenberg on today's Russian newspapers: the link is to the ~25 seconds where he talks about the plague. While the Kremlin and the national health watchdog are commenting on it, the newspapers are still completely devoid of any coverage.
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As an EE, I have traced four parasitic draws and was able to trace the excessive draw drops to fix this piece of crap before ruining mulitple batteries. If I wasn't able to do this, it would have costed me thousands of dollars worth of repair bills.
Curious what you used for testing. I got a Power Probe PPDRAW, the best $250 I have ever spent on vehicle diag equipment. Runs completely off the OBD2 port and has its own battery so you can disconnect the car battery and you don't have to wait for the car to go to sleep and don't have to worry about doing something to wake it up. I had done it multiple ways in the past and this is pain free and quick.
re: What would a truly class segregated society look like?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 10/6/26 at 7:39 pm to Shorter Yards
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The haves way outnumber the have nots.
Again, just like I said the issue is where the middle class leans in this hypo of class warefare.
Our definition of "haves" must be very different.
As for your statement, the median household income is about $85k so a rough takehome of $6k per month. Not sure I consider that a "have".
I would consider "way outnumber" to be at least 30/70 so the 30% have nots would be in the $50k household range and below which is a max of about $3500 a month take-home, which I have a very hard time classifying as "haves".
re: What would a truly class segregated society look like?
Posted by Obtuse1 on 10/6/26 at 7:05 pm to Shorter Yards
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They can’t.
That depends entirely on which side the Bourgeoisie take. Just ask Louis XVI.
re: Plague watch 2026: Russian officials change the official story again
Posted by Obtuse1 on 10/6/26 at 4:15 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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Could you maybe summarize what he says for those of us who don't have time to watch a video at the moment?
Sorry, it is just 3 minutes, didn't think to summarize.
There is NO coverage in the national papers, but there is a note in one paper that there is a new strain of the flu in Russia that people don't have immunity to.
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