Endymion_Mallorn

Thank you!

I would normally say ‘may’, as in ‘must be able to’, especially since the classical senses are a little wonky anyway.

To me, yes. I would be willing to buy a copy of Britannica or another printed encyclopedia.

If it’s a physical object, I do what i need to do. But I’ve developed the policy that I don’t pay real money for unreal things. And anything I cannot experience with all five senses is unreal.

Dang it, I was coming in to make the joke.

Please explain why the devs care about cheating.

Seriously - what harm does it do to them?

I mean, the simple solution is to do the same as curl’s dev: If it’s AI, it’s ignored. If it’s a corporation who hasn’t had recent code published in the codebase, it’s ignored. Bugs and vulnerabilities should be human-reported by the community.

That’s the way forward for FOSS - ignore the corps. Then start rebasing on exclusively non-commercial licenses.

I feel like “ai generated” music when it’s not lyrical isn’t such an awful thing - ambient sound and the like. I mean, music may not be mathematically solved yet, but we’ve certainly had music-generation algorithms for decades, and there’s no real harm in that. There’s a time and a place for a human to create art, and times for artificially created pleasant sound.

Basically yes. Though the book isn’t canon to anything but itself. Wolf went on record to say that he prefers the movie’s storyline. So the two sequels and the prequel are more related to the movie than the original book.

Didn’t he write a sequel inspired by the movie?

Then you never watched Pulp Fiction.

When I can access it, I’ll be happy.

Okay, but he didn’t need to make a whole video just to pitch his own detergent powder.

Frankly, it feels like he’s sold out. Every one of his recent videos seems like a way to sell something rather than just an effort to educate or highlight something neat.

Between this and the socks, I really feel like Alec has gone downhill lately.

Have you ever read Paradise Lost?

“can be” vs. “should be”. But yes, the god of the Torah is a jealous god. I mean, he flat-out says, “you shall have no other gods before me”. Not, “no other gods exist”, or “you can’t respect other gods”. Just, none before him. Which says that while he might be omniscient and omnipotent, he’s not the only god who is so.

That’s a general statement about that man’s existence - he has his own bizarre approach.

Given how durable and versatile bathtubs are, I wouldn’t be surprised.

You forgot spite. Spite is more effective than anger because it’s less distracting and lasts longer.