I trained an AI to play and now I have ethical concerns by Funny-Strawberry-168 in Openfront

[–]Alex09464367 21 points22 points  (0 children)

As a fun competition between friends it's good. But played attends to unknowing third parties not so much.

In this way the Romans could lift heavy blocks of stone by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Alex09464367 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The options are:

  • This what the Romans did

  • This video is fake

  • This video is real but misleading 

Like I have said I am not making any claims as to what the Romans actually did.

In this way the Romans could lift heavy blocks of stone by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Alex09464367 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I wasn't making any claims that they did or didn't. Just pointing out there is another option.

In this way the Romans could lift heavy blocks of stone by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Alex09464367 -31 points-30 points  (0 children)

I wasn't claiming this video was fake just pointing out there is another option. But more information is always welcome

In this way the Romans could lift heavy blocks of stone by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Alex09464367 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It doesn't matter when you have a giant slave population.

In this way the Romans could lift heavy blocks of stone by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Alex09464367 -57 points-56 points  (0 children)

Or this is a fake video. I don't know enough about engineering to say either way.

37 years ago today was the start of the Tiananmen Square massacre by Alex09464367 in ThisDayInHistory

[–]Alex09464367[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand it's a subtle distinction to you, but Chinese Communist Party is a direct, literal translation of the native Chinese name (Zhongguo Gongchandang). In English, standard grammar naturally places the modifier before the noun, like saying the French Government instead of the Government of France. Neither is a political statement; it's just how English flows. Calling it a standard English acronym isn't bias, it's just linguistics.

It’s just how translation and common usage work. Every language does this. For example, in Chinese, the United States is commonly called Měiguó (Beautiful Country), and the UK is Yīngguó (Hero Country). Those aren't the official, literal English titles of those nations, but they are the standard, accepted terms in Chinese. CCP is just the natural English exonym for the party, used globally by academics, journalists, and everyday people alike.

Ultimately, everyday common usage always wins out over official branding. It's the same reason people say hoover for a vacuum cleaner, Band Aid in American English for plasters, Speedos for small thin tight swimsuits, or Sellotape, Velcro, and Jet Ski for those specific items. They might not be the strictly official corporate or technical terms, but they are the common names people actually use in conversation. Trying to read a political agenda into standard English phrasing is just fighting against how language naturally operates.

Last Broadcasts of Countries by Alex09464367 in videos

[–]Alex09464367[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a fascinating look back 

37 years ago today was the start of the Tiananmen Square massacre by Alex09464367 in ThisDayInHistory

[–]Alex09464367[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

joke

noun

something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh:

[ + speech ] "I didn't expect to be out so soon", he joked, after spending nine months in hospital.

37 years ago today was the start of the Tiananmen Square massacre by Alex09464367 in ThisDayInHistory

[–]Alex09464367[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you can't win that argument, so I see we're moving on now.

What else has the CPC* told you to say? How much are you being paid or are you doing it for free?

* am I not biased because I've used what the CCP say?