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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: At least 51 dead in Texas floods, with dozens still missing |
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| Much like Hurricane Katrina did in Louisiana, the current floods are exposing deep fault lines in American society https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/texas-floods-pediatrician-maga https://www.yahoo.com/news/far-left-activists-former-appointee-223051717.html I was interested in Sadie Pe... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Have any of yall ever lived or been to a dry place??? |
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| Islamic countries have a black market for illegal alcohol too, so I'm not sure that would solve the problem. Islamic countries have a complex relationship with alcohol. In Saudi Arabia its "haram" across the country but you can purchase liquor within specific designated areas where expats... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Chicago, Indianapolis, Philadelphia mass shootings |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:53 pm
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Nothing Matters |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:50 pm
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| Also known as IDGAF in gen-z, expressed in the immortal word "whatever"! |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Crocs on loose |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:49 pm
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| Crocs patrol most waterways across the tropical north in Australia. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Saints and archangel if you please |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:46 pm
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According to the Bible, specifically Ezekiel 28:12-15, Lucifer was initially created perfect, full of wisdom and beauty, and blameless in his ways. However, this perfection was corrupted by pride, leading to his fall from grace and transformation into Satan.
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Charismatic Leaders |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:41 pm
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| when I think of all politicians across history in the Anglosphere. charisma (or integrity for that matter) isn't the first word that comes to mind :lol: But in terms of leaders, if I am being entirely objective only Malcolm X comes close to being charismatic. African leader Patrice Lubamba and South... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Have any of yall ever lived or been to a dry place??? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:29 pm
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Tim_Tex wrote: Even though Prohibition ended in 1933, Oklahoma and Kansas were dry states until 1974.
I assume moonshine continued to have large-scale demand until 1974 in those two states? |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: At least 51 dead in Texas floods, with dozens still missing |
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Posted: Yesterday, 1:28 am
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| Must be the time difference but we are getting minute by minute updates, the death toll has now surpassed 100. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Have any of yall ever lived or been to a dry place??? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 1:25 am
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| Islamic countries have a black market for illegal alcohol too, so I'm not sure that would solve the problem. Islamic countries have a complex relationship with alcohol. In Saudi Arabia its "haram" across the country but you can purchase liquor within specific designated areas where expats... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Have any of yall ever lived or been to a dry place??? |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 6:04 pm
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| In Australia there are three dry zones 1. Public spaces (including construction sites) https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/family-and-community/safety-and-health/liquor/dry-areas#:~:text=Liquor,-Information%20for%20parents&text=A%20dry%20area%20is%20a,indicator%20of%20complex%20social%20issues 2. Dry r... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do Not Harm the Little Green Men |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 5:51 pm
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| They will decide whether we are worth keeping. Whether we will advance to the next level. My best guess is they will let us decide our own path. Human selfishness and greed is an irrational and primitive characteristic where individuals act in their own self-interest at the expense of the rest of t... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: At least 51 dead in Texas floods, with dozens still missing |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 5:42 pm
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Also becoming a regular occurrence in regional Australia. Flash floods, fires, cyclones and storms. Not so much the weather events themselves but the extreme severity is what's changed.
Condolences to Texans who have lost family. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Study: ChatGPT is Bad for Your Brain |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 4:27 am
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| Not just students, because those students eventually leave school. Those people are the same way in their careers and private lives too. That's what I meant by saying it isn't only relevant in the context of universities. You've been involved in interactions where those sorts of people have been pa... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Study: ChatGPT is Bad for Your Brain |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 12:48 am
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| That sounds like it might be effective at reducing reliance on LLMs in that context, but there's a lot of other contexts where people might need to rely on their ability to understand things, as well as their ability to tie together what they understand and draw conclusions based on those understan... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Study: ChatGPT is Bad for Your Brain |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 12:22 am
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| You say LLMs can't make intellectual laziness much worse, despite them allowing for laziness of a whole order of magnitude greater because they'll pretend to understand the content instead of mindlessly regurgitating it. Universities have come up with novel solutions to get around simply handing in... |
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