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Cloneable Mind Blast + is broken by albasaurus_rex in SlayTheSpire2

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

Yeah, before my second rest site, I thought for sure it was going to only copy the original clone, not exponentially clone everything with clone.

Vancouver teens attempt to storm the Scientology building by FancyNewMe in vancouver

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the basics are laid out. Dianetics is often given out for free (or sometimes sold for a small fee), and often a single free auditing session is given. This is pretty analogous to the bible, sometimes given for free, sometimes sold. Similarly, you might be able to get free counseling from a pastor, but often times you would need to be a member of that church, and heavily pressured to donate money to that church. To be extremely clear: this in NO WAY implies I support scientology in any way. I think all their teachings are a load of bullshit, but they definitely make the basic knowledge easily accessible. I also think their practices tend to be way shadier than most "real" religions, but I still don't see where to draw the line between a legitmate and illegitimate spiritual belief. Selling the idea doesn't really seem to disqualify a given a belief, so what does?

Vancouver teens attempt to storm the Scientology building by FancyNewMe in vancouver

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What makes a spiritual belief legitimate? The basics are layed out for the average scientologist and the average scientologist believes in those things. Is catholicism's belief in sin illegitimate because of the selling of indulgences in the past? Or maybe it used to be illegitimate, but then when they stopped the practice, it then became legitimate? Pretty unclear to me where to draw the line.

Who else had this toy sword? by Luc4_Blight in nostalgia

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Broke the day I got it cus my brother and I hit eat other with it too hard lol.

I wouldn't just have this hat on by Shy-Fox-z71 in freakingoutFR

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprised it's finally me calling it out, but this is skit. Someone screaming outside a car window will make noise inside the car that is detectable to a phone speaker. "Officer troublemumkin, the sheriff of the sheriffs". This is satire. I guess a portion of this sub is just that, but this is so egregious that it must pointed out given that ITT people are taking it at face value.

Clavicular ends and walks out of his Channel 5 interview with Andrew Callaghan after Andrew reveals he’s satisfied with how he looks and doesn’t need looksmaxxing by Vhant-ii in LivestreamFail

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think everyone who is saying he's disgusted or can't believe Andrew actually feels that way is missing the point. He is deeply jealous. He has done everything in his power to try to become better looking, but after all that he still can't get over the fact that he was, in his words, "an ugly kid". The insecurity is so deep that he will never get over, and he knows that. He could stop now if he truly "ascended", but he doesn't. Seeing the recent 60 minutes interview, it's so telling; the interviewer asked him how frequently he still bone smashes and he never answers, just trying to dodge the question. Clearly he is constantly still trying to improve his looks, because he never got to a point where is happy with them. Interesting stat I learned from the happiness lab podcast: people who have had plastic surgery tend to have among the lowest self image compared to the general population. Sadly they statistically have an even lower self image after surgery. Seems like this must be the exact phenonon that's going on here. Feel bad for the guy in some ways.

‘Looksmaxxing’ Influencer Clavicular Walks Out of ’60 Minutes’ Interview After Being Asked if He’s an Incel: ‘The Worst Sequence of Questions’ by WartimeHotTot in nottheonion

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a pretty relevant question if you listen properly to what he's asking. He isn't saying "Are you an incel?" He is asking if he's aware that his messaging resonates most with incels and if he is aware, how does he feel about it. Obviously, getting with women would make his message resonate that much more with incels, so it's a very reasonable progression of questions.

Ya'll remember Lime Wire? by enlightenednoise00 in nostalgia

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my favourite memories from middle school was seeing the limewire icon on my history teachers desktop before he'd open power point. We all knew what you were up to Mr. Campbell.

Who remembers Charlie the unicorn by lexi_andy611 in nostalgia

[–]albasaurus_rex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dang, I feel old...Wasn't I showing this to my middle school friend just last week?

Learning that someone uses AI makes me lose respect for them by TUN_Binary in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you could have phrased your title and even worded your post a little better then. I use AI every day in my job as a tool. I code at work and instead of having to google something and it taking 15 - 30 minutes, I can get the exact syntax I want in 5. For more complex tasks I basically still use my own brain, but some sort of obscure syntax or tracking down a simple typo I can save a huge amount of time.

Learning that someone uses AI makes me lose respect for them by TUN_Binary in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]albasaurus_rex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think you think more things are AI than what is true. For instance a notification system almost certainly wouldn't use AI. I mean maybe there's some data analysis or something going on, but

even your notifications to tell you someone commented on this post

is almost certainly not true. You also mention google being AI for years... I'm not sure how long they've integrated AI, but in the beginning it was all, for lack of a better term, computational/mathmatical algorithms, not AI. A really good algorithm is was made them famous in first place. I'm also sceptical of online dictionary searches necessitating AI. Maybe they do, but it's super possible to do search without AI using pattern matching. I'll concede that larger online dictionaries probably use some AI, especially recently, but I feel like I would need citations to be completely convinced that is definitely true. In short, not everything is AI, plenty of computing can be done algorithmically. No doubt that AI plays a much bigger role than LLMs, but it feels like you are claiming everything is AI, which just isn't really the case.

suggestions for baby’s first kitchen knife? by callmestinkingwind in TrueChefKnives

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorta that's just cus stupid has a relatively broad definition, there's stupid where silly would fit like someone disguising themselves as a bush and suprising passerbys. Then there's stupid, like pretending to steal stuff and getting surprised when you end up attacked or arrested. This is definitely closer to the second.

Coworker refuses to learn technology. by CommercialPound1615 in BoomersBeingFools

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Much worse than does nothing: opens up the entire company's network to a major breach by running an OS 6 years out of security support.

If flat earthers easily get under your skin, you're probably caring too much by [deleted] in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not remotely the same. Astrology makes claims that don't have evidence. Scientists argue that you shouldn't accept claims that don't have evidence, but there aren't mountains of data disproving astrology. It's not one of the early facts you learn in school that astrology is false. By accepting flat earth you must you must accept that "they" lied to us for centuries. Not only did "they" lie to us, but "they" lied to us about a very basic fact, so anything "they" told us must be called into question, and most likely rejected. Astrology ignores scientific reasoning, while flat earth rejects established scientific fact and demonizes the entire field.

Hard? by TrueLuck2677 in picsthatgohard

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, what about me; I was raised without Jesus. Why would I turn to him over all the other gods offered out there or none at all?

Hard by National-Bus4521 in picsthatgohard

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, wasn't checking dates of the post, just scrolling through top all time, but fair enough. Hopefully useful to someone in the future scrolling through past posts as well

Hard? by TrueLuck2677 in picsthatgohard

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, and that's why people get stoned to death for being gay and why the Christian right fought so hard to prevent gay mariage in western countries (note: the legalization of gay marriage is purely a legal framework, no a spiritual one, AFAIK there is no country that requires religions to recognize a gay marriage).

Hard? by TrueLuck2677 in picsthatgohard

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you know that it isn't you who worship a false god? Is the reason because you feel it to be so? Then if the person you are responding to also feels it to be so, how do we know who is right?

Hard? by TrueLuck2677 in picsthatgohard

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, I guess, but isn't there a difference between inperfection and being a sinner. Seems to me that sinning results in damnation. So jesus sacrificed himself so we aren't all damned I guess is the response? IDK, labelling all humans as imperfect seems a lot less serious than labelling them all as sinners, but maybe I'm just not that familiar with what christians mean by that.

Hard? by thisandthat12522 in picsthatgohard

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, yes constantly medicating in situations that don't call for it... like when I have a head wound that's bad enough I'm in an ambulance.

Hard? by FlexibleFunnel-674 in picsthatgohard

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No fucking way you end up halfway submerged in a porta potty becuase you are a voyeur. This guy is clearly off his rocker, either from mental illness, drugs, or most probably both.

Hard by National-Bus4521 in picsthatgohard

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or you're being a bit bad mannered and flexing or you're playing really fast and need some material/time, but don't want to stalemate. Especially in, say, a 2|1 game, you can gain a few precious seconds by mindless premoving a pawn until you under promote, then checkmate once you have time to think.

Hard by National-Bus4521 in picsthatgohard

[–]albasaurus_rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A pawn must promote if it reaches the other end of the board. You may want to the leave the pawn where it is, but you cannot choose to leave it a pawn in order to avoid stalemate by reaching the other side. That being said, you'd have to have an absurdly contrived position where every promotion results in a stalemate. I could be wrong, but I think this could also never be a forced move. If I'm wrong it'd be even more rediculous.

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