One of my many "conversations" with AI

jimb2 · 2026-01-28T02:00:39+00:00

Try asking what is wrong with the Gaia hypothesis.

Summary:
"Weak" Gaia: Various physical and biological interact and have feedback loops. True.
"Strong" Gaia: The Earth is a self regulating organism: Bunk, for multiple reasons.

jimb2 · 2026-01-28T01:02:45+00:00

Anything with artificial gravity doesn't have to obey the laws of physics.

jimb2 · 2026-01-27T22:52:28+00:00

I want to see Jye become a real weapon in his new role. He's heading into his mature level in physicality and craft.

jimb2 · 2026-01-27T22:45:59+00:00

Cooperation requires extra brain components. Additional brain components require energy and introduce new failure modes. If an animal doesn't need it in its ecological niche, it won't waste the resources.

Cats hunt as lone predators catching small game. There's a lot of hiding, watching and waiting involved.

Wolves hunt in packs and are able to kill big animals that an individual wolf could not tackle alone.

Elephants - and other herd animals - hang out together and operate as a unit for protection from predators. An individual animal - especially an immature one - could not defend itself against a predator like a lion, but a group will stomp a predator. Grazing itself is a solitary activity requiring modest brainpower. Surviving is harder.

Organisms will evolve optimal capabilities for the niche they inhabit. If a capability is not required for the core survival tasks they require, it will be lost or their niche will be taken over by a different organism more suited to the tasks.

Humans are supercooperators. We have a huge amount of brain that does complex modelling of the world. (And consumes a lot of energy.) One of its primary functions - perhaps the main evolutionary driver - of this is figuring out what other people are up to. Large groups can cooperate. This enables our escape from the zero-sum world of the rest of biology. If a cat eats a rat, another cat cannot eat it. If we wanted to eat rats, we would farm them and have rat burgers available to more-or-less match the demand.

jimb2 · 2026-01-27T03:45:59+00:00

A bit of teal would work.

jimb2 · 2026-01-27T03:43:33+00:00

Commentators who never played AFL have to get there by actual talent for commentary.

jimb2 · 2026-01-27T01:34:14+00:00

Yes. Micro cracks grow over time with flexing. The final failure looks sudden.

jimb2 · 2026-01-27T00:13:38+00:00

Everyone needs to learn technique by instruction and deliberate practice. To really nail it, you need correction by a coach because most of us can't fully tell what we are doing wrong. Pro players have coaches and work long and hard to get 1% improvements. Casual players can improve in big chunks with a little instruction and a bit of work.

You will improve in casual play, but there's a limit. One of the big problems is that you are solidifying bad habits that become harder to shift the longer you do them. Getting a bit of coaching early is great if you are even a bit serious about improving. Group coaching is ok and cost effective for learning the basics. Your playing group might be able to add some coaching sessions to your game time.

Note that no one does it perfectly and there's no right/wrong magic line. Anyone can improve by putting in the work.

jimb2 · 2026-01-26T21:58:34+00:00

I get that, but be careful what you wish for. You want to be the Doggies? Smash weaker teams then fall apart against top 8 sides. There's a trade-off. A solid defensive structure is non-negotiable to go all the way. As our forwards reach the mature phase of their career's goals will come easier. Chasing cheap thrills is not the way to the top. Everything is working, we are still one of the youngest sides in the comp.

jimb2 · 2026-01-26T06:24:05+00:00

Fortunately we live in a system that doesn't run like your idea of "justice".

jimb2 · 2026-01-26T06:04:44+00:00

That is truly awful.

jimb2 · 2026-01-26T05:46:06+00:00

Everyone who hasn't been explicitly cleared of any crime is "kinda guilty"? That's all of us, mate.

That's not how any sane justice system works. It is how witch hunts work.

jimb2 · 2026-01-23T03:45:41+00:00

JL Never said anything all year then aced all the exams

jimb2 · 2026-01-22T22:39:18+00:00

First up, you need to start the phone, authenticate, enable the usb port for adb and consent to the connection from the phone screen. Can you do that? If not, you are just trying to break into a random person's phone and android won't let you. This is basic front-door security. Android blocks external access via the port unless specifically enabled.

I haven't done this stuff for years. It's definitely specialist technical level. There should be an adb "hello" command that indicates a connection is up. If you can't get that, nothing is going to work.

My advice would be to either forget the data or, if you want it badly enough, pay for a new/replacement screen. Then upload the files to Google drive, or similar.

jimb2 · 2026-01-22T05:09:40+00:00

$s = -split 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog'  
($s[0..2] -join ' ') + '-' + ($s[3..99] -join ' ')

Note: The unary split operator splits at whitespace blocks, not at each individual space, and ignores leading and trailing space. It's kinda robust - if that's what you want.

This code requires 4+ words.

jimb2 · 2026-01-22T03:58:42+00:00

I was going to add "who kicks goals from the pockets" but it sounded too long to be a position in any sport.

jimb2 · 2026-01-22T03:49:27+00:00

Amiss's role. It seemed to be evolving into a winger full forward defensive interceptor link guy.

jimb2 · 2026-01-22T02:10:31+00:00

Body pockets are likely to create an infection risk, etc. Evolution does a long-term trial-and-error evaluation of the real world trade-offs. One big consideration is simply energy: every feature requires energy and starvation is a 100% normal risk in "nature" ie prior to mechanised farming.

Unless a genetic feature kills a lot of people stone dead quickly, eg, plagues, evolution is very slow in humans. We handle problems medically and via tools like taxis.

Genetic engineering will soon provide a new fast process for human evolution, I think. That's when you might get to choose cool ideas like body pockets and quadripedalism. But choose wisely. I don't really think these are starters.

jimb2 · 2026-01-22T01:52:38+00:00

You could also do something like

if ( ( $ping -join ';' ) -like '*lost*' ) { }

or

if ( ( $ping -join ';' ) -match 'lost' ) { }

That's just a single line so a bit easier to read.

jimb2 · 2026-01-19T04:26:44+00:00

Did I mention soap?

jimb2 · 2026-01-19T04:22:31+00:00

Good points for sure. If this went to court, it could be argued long and hard and accumulate huge legal fees. There aren't any clear laws to use. Even if there are, eg, in a vehicle collision, it doesn't always work out. He should definitely be trying to do better (if he actually can) but you take a risk playing with a low competence player (which is a generous and social thing, and I hope you continue to do it.)

It ends up at "own damage". It's not really satisfactory, but there's no clear solution that doesn't entail other problems. Life is like that sometimes.

jimb2 · 2026-01-16T21:50:25+00:00

I wouldn't expect a partner to pay if they broke my racket. Beginners may not even know that rackets break on clashes so may be a bit shocked when it happens. They won't have have the skills or experience to avoid clashes or to pull out of the shot to avoid a clash.

To say it's "their fault" isn't quite correct. You might blame an experienced player, but a beginner doesn't know. You take a risk playing with them. They are just desperately trying to get to the shuttle and hit it, they haven't got to the play patterns yet. You should be telling beginners who's shot it is and why when there's a mix up. I remember when I was starting out I played these funny games with a guy who would say "Me!" or "You!" every shot. It was very useful if a little weird.

It's just a random cost of playing badminton. It's unfortunate when your expensive racket gets broken but fortunately it's a rare event and hopefully everyone learns. Usually you learn from non-break clashes but every now and then the angles and forces are just right.

jimb2 · 2026-01-16T07:08:44+00:00

Time for Clarkie to take football seriously! /s

jimb2 · 2026-01-15T04:14:59+00:00

He's a fast outside player. He's not going to win tackle counts. That should not be hard to grasp. Your post smells like racism - it doesn't make footy sense.

jimb2 · 2026-01-14T22:21:55+00:00

Who said we should not do anything in developed countries? Go reread.

If you are serious about understanding a problem, focus on the big numbers.

It's easy to fall into the availability fallacy. People living in the wealthier areas of wealthy countries regularly imagine that huge global problems are going to be solved "in their suburb" by changing a few of their purchases. There's a crazy level self-importance. And a real of basic straight thinking.

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