Wow, I didn’t know posting a 4chan style “we are anonymous. expect us” letter was all it took to get credit for determining a presidential election.

Was it historians who were saying Cleopatra was sexy or filmmakers?

I do too. I think some people don’t understand it’s shortening “best regards” or “all my best” and instead think it’s saying “I’m the best”. At least that’s what one co-worker said to me. But I still use it.

I think you’re misunderstanding the argument. I haven’t seen people here saying that the study was incorrect so far as it goes, or that AI is equal to human intelligence. But it does seem like it has a kind of intelligence. “Glorified auto complete” doesn’t seem sufficient, because it has a completely different quality from any past tool. Supposing yes, on a technical level the software pieces together probability based on overtraining. Can we say with any precision how the human mind stores information and how it creates intelligence? Maybe we’re stumbling down the right path but need further innovations.

Agreed. We don’t seem to have a very cohesive idea of what human consciousness is or how it works.

Other people replied, but to rephrase: the USB will not work with a car, and there will never be an adapter that will allow it to.

Instead you need a way to send the audio from the ipod headphone jack into your car stereo. Something like this.

I think arguing in the forums of my favorite band in high school (about topics completely unrelated to music) have made my written communication as an adult pretty good

Skill issue

To be fair, he did go around the house calling “Mom, Dad?” If he had a phone before assuming he had wished them away he would probably try texting.

It’s from the show “I think you should leave.” There’s a sketch where someone has crashed a weinermobile into a storefront, and bystanders are like “did anyone get hurt?” “What happened to the driver?” And then this guy shows up.

I’ve seen more informative reporting from 404 media and others, Signal had more or less said they can’t guarantee security for third party apps. Which makes sense, I can’t guarantee a house I didn’t build is safe. The OP link also talks about how the hacked company is Oregon based, which is technically true that they’re registered there. But the reporting I had read indicated the company was founded and is run by a former Israeli security officer, and has offices in Israel.

Wikipedia link

Holy shit I had to tap out. The casual, informed way they talk about fucking dolphins conveys how much time they must have actually spent fucking dolphins.

Did you go to church? Cause I grew up protestant, if someone called our pastor “priest” I would immediately know they weren’t one of us.

From your initial comment I gather you don’t like Christianity, which is fine with me, I’m an atheist now. But the joke of OP is that you can give yourself away without realizing it because of a tiny detail.

In the movie screenshot the guy indicates “three” using a hand sign that’s different if you’re from different places. Same with calling the Pope “pastor”. It gives away that Vance isn’t really one of them. And the point of making public statements like Vance did are to endear you to the intended audience.

When you’re trying to pander to a certain demographic you don’t want to call their most important guy by the wrong title

Yes, that’s kind of what I was getting at - having this cloud browser thing would be significantly worse for privacy than even a smart phone.

Setting aside the financial management of the church, it’s one of the largest organizations in the world which tells people what the purpose of life is. Its members believe the person they’re selecting has authority from God to say what actions are right and wrong.

While I don’t personally believe that, hard not to see it’s a position of significant power and people have an interest in knowing or influencing the outcome.

Can you share what your reasons are for considering a dumb phone?

For me I’m probably not actually going to get one, but have idly thought about it. If I were to get one it would be to free me from the attention sink of web browsing and apps. So I don’t find it appealing to consider a dumb phone that still has web browsing but using some sort of work around.

For many people “have useful skills” doesn’t imply “is a senior engineer.” I’m a white collar worker in a relatively senior position and make a fairly comfortable living. I looked into Canada and Europe and my skills, useful as they may be to me and my employers, don’t give me any advantage in immigrating.

Could I do it? Sure, but it would be a step back in quality of life for a number of years, for some period I might be separated from my partner, and after the move I’d be separated from all my friends, family and professional network, with no guarantee I’d get back to my current earning level.

Unlike many people my standard of living isn’t so bad here. I also have some sense of responsibility to try to contribute and make things better where I can. But things are certainly looking dicey.