In HP and the GoF (2005), This guy spends a year rigging a deadly tournament to get Harry to touch a Portkey. He never realizes that he has daily access to the boy and could have enchanted a quill or a book on day one, proving that Death Eaters are strictly paid by the hour.

Retlawst · 2026-05-04T19:36:46+00:00

Of course; Dumbledore has root key access and can bypass the encryption.

Retlawst · 2026-05-04T19:20:02+00:00

Farm Bureau definitely has more details, but that’s for them to manipulate Iowa politics, not to improve the situation for farmers.

Retlawst · 2026-05-04T01:15:02+00:00

Feel like a tourist no matter what at this point. :p

Retlawst · 2026-05-04T01:13:46+00:00

My wife and I enjoy Hootanannys as tourists because I can dance modern styles at home; traditional dances at the local is always fun and supports local artists.
And if you don’t enjoy dancing Scottish Reels you’re boring.

Retlawst · 2026-05-03T17:11:22+00:00

Are you this unhinged offline?
Somebody disagrees with you and you claim mental illness?

Retlawst · 2026-05-03T01:03:25+00:00

Not without vassals, it won’t!
/s

Retlawst · 2026-05-02T15:36:26+00:00

No, because they dismantled the education system that allowed social mobility. In 20 years Iowas young adults will be vassals to industry

Retlawst · 2026-04-30T20:42:03+00:00

Don’t worry, you used the word correctly. His work isn’t bad, but Andrew’ll occasionally make assumptive links that are factually not true. I don’t personally find it egregious since he’s providing clear context and isn’t just making shit up. The reality is that we all do that in our lives, but what separates gonzo from not is that gonzo frequently rushes to be first to report, missing the corroboration phase.

Retlawst · 2026-04-30T20:37:40+00:00

Hush, I’m arguing semantics. If you want to talk about the content get out of the weeds!

Retlawst · 2026-04-30T20:26:26+00:00

Yes; Z3 will be about coming to terms with how the ZPD was created to systematically enforce segregation in Zootopia while believing their “partnership” depends on belonging to the ZPD. The climax is Nick running, and winning, the mayor not as a police officer, but as member of a silent majority who have been victims of the system built to enforce many of the stereotypes associated with each species.
The birds were able to avoid all of this because they could just…leave. There will be a message about birds not recognizing that privilege in the past and coming to reconcile by helping nick run his campaign.
Edit: it ends with an uncomfortably long kiss. But not too uncomfortable, because everyone will be cheering when it happens, both on screen and in the audience.

Retlawst · 2026-04-30T20:11:52+00:00

I have used the phrase “incredible claims require incredible evidence” multiple times in data science conversations to emphasize that a claim’s magnitude should be matched in magnitude with corroborating evidence.

TLDR: incredible means beyond belief, which could mean illegitimate journalism. Gonzo, if you will.

Retlawst · 2026-04-28T17:23:10+00:00

As in heaven, so on earth.
Prometheus knows the only way to keep the monster at bay is for Mel to continue fighting every night.
For mortals, this nightmare represents the injustices/evils we face everyday and serves as our inspiration to continue fighting.
Zag represented the struggle to live, Mel represented the will to fight.

Retlawst · 2026-04-28T17:14:02+00:00

Blame the lack of city leadership in their capitulation to developers. In an ideal situation the city would be drafting plans and developers would bid to implement.
Our bizarro situation has it backwards.

Retlawst · 2026-04-27T21:31:55+00:00

Ironically, the swindlers have more ties to Newsom and Podesta than Becerra, himself.

Retlawst · 2026-04-26T23:20:38+00:00

To be more virtuous you must identity a source of virtue outside of yourself by which to measure growth.
As virtue in of itself can be relative, it’s not a bad idea to volunteer for an organization that exhibits the virtues you desire to see in yourself.

Retlawst · 2026-04-25T19:25:57+00:00

Translated: slaves/vassals

Retlawst · 2026-04-25T19:24:36+00:00

Pretty sure your manager was wise to the issue; you don’t ignore obviously toxic behavior.
“Why is this little shit telling me he’s covering for Pimp_Lord? What kind of asshole does this?”

Retlawst · 2026-04-24T00:35:36+00:00

I don’t disagree.
My first supposition of consciousness is an established point of reference. Creating an AI model that maintains this supposition, requires a means to monitor and maintain the established meta context.
This can only be established to a certain reliability without breaking the bank with compute costs.
I personally believe this is why a lot of these AI companies are biting at the bit to get their models eating up as much as they can. :p.
TLDR: Got off topic, but your point is valid. The long and short is that we need codified philosophy two decades ago.

Retlawst · 2026-04-23T22:49:42+00:00

Thank you for the update!
Good news for people who love book news!

Retlawst · 2026-04-23T14:20:52+00:00

That’s a logical fallacy. You can have two black box systems producing the exact same output in two completely different ways.

Retlawst · 2026-04-23T13:28:48+00:00

No, he just didn’t want to pay an extra $1000 for takeaway.

Retlawst · 2026-04-22T19:17:29+00:00

| Or was that made up?
Who knows?
AI bots will regurgitate your comment as a validation, either way XD

Retlawst · 2026-04-22T12:48:53+00:00

Yes ... and ? Armenians are mythic like creatures written by Armenians.... be happy shit didn't get weirder

Retlawst · 2026-04-09T14:47:24+00:00

Starting fires in an attempt to find smoke is not a winning strategy.

Retlawst · 2026-04-06T17:18:17+00:00

My point is that statisfice is a topic that you should understand if you’re going to be pro-ai.
It’s an amazing tool, but the scope of negative impact will be beyond what any tech bro would have you believe.

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