based on weighted averages of ‘what people are saying’ with a little randomization to spice things up

That is massively oversimplified and not really how neural networks work. Training a neural network is not just calculating averages. It adjusts a very complex network of nodes in such a way that certain input generates certain output. It is entirely possible that during that training process, abstract mechanisms like logic get trained into the system as well, because a good NN can produce meaningful output even on input that is unlike anything it has ever seen before. Arguably that is the case with ChatGPT as well. It has been proven to be able to solve maths/calculating tasks it has never seen before in its training data. Give it a poem that you wrote yourself and have it write an analysis and interpretation - it will do it and it will probably be very good. I really don't subscribe to this "statistical parrot" narrative that many people seem to believe. Just because it's not good at the same tasks that humans are good at doesn't mean it's not intelligent. Of course it is different from a human brain, so differences in capabilities are to be expected. It has no idea of the physical world, it is not trained to tell truth from lies. Of course it's not good at these things. That doesn't mean it's crap or "not intelligent". You don't call a person "not intelligent" just because they're bad at specific tasks or don't know some facts. There's certainly room for improvement with these LLMs, but they've only been around in a really usable state for like 2 years or so. Have some patience and in the meantime use it for all the wonderful stuff it's capable of.

Bin in der Situation. Müsste wahrscheinlich 3k€ einplanen und ich hasse Autos wie die Pest, würde es nur aus rein pragmatischen Gründen machen, würde auch nicht mal eins besitzen und wahrscheinlich maximal 3x im Jahr eins leihen. Das steht einfach in keinem Verhältnis.

Niemand erwartet, dass du dich einsperrst. Aber die Anzahl hustender und rumrotzender Menschen in öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln, die dabei keine Maske tragen, regt mich schon sehr auf. Masken sind deutlich effektiver, wenn der Ansteckende sie trägt, als wenn es nur die anderen tun. Sich selbst schützen ist also relativ. Dass wir dieses Minimum an Solidarität nicht hinbekommen in unserer Gesellschaft, finde ich ziemlich erbärmlich.

Bei mir (Mitte 30) ist Corona deutlich heftiger verlaufen als bei meinen Eltern. Die waren ein paar Tage schlapp, teilweise bisschen Husten, das wars. Ich hatte es 2 Monate später und lag 2 Wochen komplett flach, hohes Fieber und 3 Tage lang die schlimmsten Halsschmerzen meines Lebens. Nach der akuten Erkrankung hat es noch locker 6-8 Wochen gedauert bis ich mich wieder normal gefühlt habe. Corona ist ein scheiß Drecksvirus und es kann jeden heftig erwischen.

Ich fahre immer morgens mit Unterstützung hin um flott zu sein und gleichzeitig nicht verschwitzt. Auf dem Heimweg nach der Arbeit ist der Motor dann aus. Ist für mich der optimale Modus.

I'm not humanizing animals. I just acknowledge the fact that they are sentient beings that are capable of feeling pain, physically and emotionally. That enjoy certain things and dislike other things. Is it okay to torture a dog because wild dogs get into fights where they get hurt terribly?

Of course animals in nature are killed brutally, but so are humans. It's totally natural for bears to kill humans. Does that mean we can also kill humans? See how this doesn't mean anything for the question whether it's immoral to kill animals or not? I wouldn't even necessarily disagree that it can be morally okay to kill an animal, given certain circumstances. The argument "in nature, animals are killed brutally" just has absolutely no implications for human ethics. Animals and "nature" have no concept of morality. Humans do.

Interesting. Loved that book!

I used to eat meat and love it, then I learned about how animals are treated in the meat industry and stopped. I probably would have been totally okay with looking at this picture about 10 years ago. Now looking at it makes me think of the poor sentient being that probably went through a life that was hell just to get cut up into pieces and be sold in a grocery store and it makes me a bit sick. We should really stop and take a step back and think about whether what we do to animals is right. Imagine someone would raise a dog confined in a tiny space, never letting them see the daylight, then after about 2 years cut them into pieces like that. You wouldn't like that, would you?

Ah, thanks. Found the setting, show scores was disabled. Guess I did that accidentally while looking for a setting to fix the mark as read thing.

Is there a good alternative app? Been thinking about moving to a FOSS app for a while anyway but so far couldn't find one that's as good as Sync.

This is hilarious. Good comeback.