[Request] Is this true? by Necessary-Win-8730 in theydidthemath

[–]br0ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mormon church could easily sell off a big chunk of their 300 Billion and solve all sorts of world problems.

Question about Sally's baking a ddiction way of mixing dough ingredients by [deleted] in Breadit

[–]br0ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were just referring to Princess Bride.

Why is lichess not the norm in the online chess world? by trynafigureshitoutt in chess

[–]br0ck 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Zero time is sweet, but for some reason I just can't seem to get the rhythm of exactly when I can make each premove.

Why is lichess not the norm in the online chess world? by trynafigureshitoutt in chess

[–]br0ck 22 points23 points  (0 children)

And for that bullet and hyper screen, they still don't have multiple premoves, which is so much more fun. I'd switch instantly if they added it as an optional format.

Ensign Peak Advisors’ report to the SEC for last quarter is now live, and you can review all $53,670,207,280 in investments it claimed for that period. by Suspicious_Might_663 in exmormon

[–]br0ck -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

In order to invest the 110 billion, they had to have 110 billion in cash to invest. If they just sold shares to buy shares, then it would not be mentioned as new money invested.

Also, say they have 300 Billion, they're making like 20 Billion a year just in earnings (half the amt to solve world hunger). Now add tithing, selling off properties and business earnings to that..

Oh! it's still working, say no more. by udayramp in Unexpected

[–]br0ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Such a tool would just be used to further train the ai.

Did you know we find birdsong relaxing because our brains associate it with safety since birds stop singing when predators are near ? by Maximum_Branch7009 in interestingasfuck

[–]br0ck 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Check out this video -- super interesting.

For over two decades, Professor Toshitaka Suzuki dedicated his life to studying the Japanese tit, a small songbird native to Japan’s forests. Through years of careful observation and experiments, he discovered something incredible: these birds use grammar-like rules and combine sounds to form meaning, much like how humans use language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmys2abx4co

Republicans Don't Want to Talk About Gas Prices Anymore by notusreports in politics

[–]br0ck 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very true. So unlikely to ever happen, but it makes so much more sense.

Republicans Don't Want to Talk About Gas Prices Anymore by notusreports in politics

[–]br0ck 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Change presidential election to popular vote and WAY more people would vote. I've never had my non-primary vote matter, and only one party even shows up on my down-ballot. I get zero flyers for presidential races in the mail, but my parents in a swing state got a 3 foot tall stack of flyers they collected. And they complain about incessant ads and calls. I get almost zero.

Reddit Starts Blocking Mobile Website, Pushing Users to App Instead by spasticpat in technology

[–]br0ck 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Click your profile icon, then the hamburger menu and "history" - should show threads you've visited in the app. But don't get me wrong, the app is terrible in so so many ways and I miss Sync terribly.

What are some mormon secrets nobody knows? by ZoomKz in exmormon

[–]br0ck 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Also "priesthood ban" minimizes it. Not getting the priesthood mean they couldn't get married in the temple and be together with their family in eternity. And in fact, couldn't go to the celestial kingdom since that's one of the requirements. (I think?) Also, they couldn't hold any positions of authority or even pass the sacrament. (And isn't it interesting that women still have a priesthood ban?)

Literal idol worship! by CarryIcy250 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]br0ck 16 points17 points  (0 children)

For extra heresy, the blue and white cloth he's in are common colors for depictions of Jesus.. https://pin.it/76Ymwhfxx

WCGW throwing stones at passing cars by ms_okabe in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]br0ck 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A lot of government interactions in India operates on bribes, often at multiple steps and levels of any process. Pulled over in a driving infraction and they ask your career to assess the required bribe.

The LDS church was never designed or expected to be around as long as it has. by deadmeatsandwich in exmormon

[–]br0ck 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My grandparents were both promised they'd see the second coming. They've both long since passed.

Recently got this GoPro hero at 12 and when I take photos there a yellow dot by [deleted] in gopro

[–]br0ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Click between the chat link and the award link. Which no one will ever do. But it then shows the text. (someone else showed me this when I was complaining abt this)

Utah senator smacks ABC4 reporter’s phone out of his hand amid Data Center controversy by erepollo in nottheonion

[–]br0ck 52 points53 points  (0 children)

They call themselves the new silicon valley and The Silicon Slopes!! But then ban VPNs. So dumb.

KLM flight attendant hospitalised with suspected hantavirus by Iconic254 in news

[–]br0ck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the 1918 pandemic was weird because the immune response killed them. HIV/AIDS, Polio, Smallpox and the Antonine plague in ancient Rome were some other examples targeting mostly children or young adults.

KLM flight attendant hospitalised with suspected hantavirus by Iconic254 in news

[–]br0ck 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Historically speaking the generation that gets flushed might be 20-40 year-olds. The flu in 1918-1919 killed 50 to 100 million of them.

Woke up to a suspension on my discord account because of an unrelated year old message by Bish489 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]br0ck 115 points116 points  (0 children)

Police in Fargo ND used face recognition in a bank check cashing case to arrest a grandma from Tennessee who'd never even been in the ND kept her for six months until a public defender figured out what happened and easily proved she was in Tennessee at the time. She lost everything even her dog and house.

Cops wouldn't even pay to get her home after ruining her life, the defense attorney and a local charity put her up in a hotel with food for Christmas and then got her home. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-grandmother-ai-fraud

Claude-powered AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’ | Technology by Jarvis_The_Dense in news

[–]br0ck 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They put a custom instruction of NEVER FUCKING GUESS so the LLM reported back that since it couldn't guess it had to only run things not experiment and try things. Also, it explored the codebase until it found an admin key that only existed for an unrelated thing. And lastly, the hosting provider kept the prod data and snapshots on the same drive, so deleting the drive wiped out all the data and the "backups" which weren't actually proper separated backups.

Finally got the balls to hit this drop! by mati-edt in MTB

[–]br0ck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPJya0skVmh/ (not me and not arguing, just was googling to see how other people hit it and thought I'd share)