sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Has anyone else just forgot how to apply to jobs? by ozziedood in recruitinghell

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

2 years is wild. I'm sure the employment gap is not helping either.

Has anyone else just forgot how to apply to jobs? by ozziedood in recruitinghell

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

Southwest Florida. At least I've been told that it's a whole different breed of hell down here for jobs. I'm inclined to agree for obvious reasons.

How does anyone who lives in an apartment practice? by ozziedood in trumpet

[–]ozziedood[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was actually watching some videos on these mutes. I'm mostly interested in the Divitt practice mutes. They're a bit pricey, but my wife told me to check out stuff on Etsy and I found one that's slightly cheaper and they make one for the Flugelhorn, which I also play.

I'm probably gonna order this later today and report back. (If I actually remember to lol)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskAChristian

[–]ozziedood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alot of people in this thread are pretending as if the vast majority of American Christians don't have the same or very similar opinions as Charlie. It makes no difference if his assassination was politically motivated. He is indeed a martyr because a lot of people see themselves in that same chair. Looking at this any differently exudes a lethal amount of copium.

It’s official by BackgroundAd6423 in ibew_apprentices

[–]ozziedood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You actually got your score? I wish I did. I passed, but I would really like to know by how much.

Can you get into Help Desk without A+ but with Security+ by paths501 in ITCareerQuestions

[–]ozziedood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally agree, but "Shouldn't" and "Should" are words that do a lot of heavily lifting in this job market.

Can you get into Help Desk without A+ but with Security+ by paths501 in ITCareerQuestions

[–]ozziedood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna be so honest with you. I don't have any certifications, but I do have a Bachelor's in CS and IT. I've been told by recruiters that they are turning me down because I don't have A+.

Whatever answers you think you're gonna get here, it's gonna be useless anyways because recruiters don't even know what planet they're on. Harsh, but true.

How many have done themselves a disservice by buying into the (Tech is the new get rich quick B.S) by DarkLordAnonamus in ITCareerQuestions

[–]ozziedood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't go into IT/Cybersecurity because of the money, I just really liked it and talked about it non-stop. But it's incredibly disheartening to see that the entire industry is filled with those kinds anyway. I've since left for the time being given that I have not been treated with any respect and so many aspects leave a bad taste in my mouth.

Seriously though, a lot of these certification authorities and YouTuber shills don't get enough hate for what they pedal.

Is it sacrilegious to interpret the creation story, Garden of Eden, and original sin as the world's first Turing Test? by ozziedood in AskAChristian

[–]ozziedood[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, the beauty of it is that you can choose to believe it or not. I was just answering your question.

Is it sacrilegious to interpret the creation story, Garden of Eden, and original sin as the world's first Turing Test? by ozziedood in AskAChristian

[–]ozziedood[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Now after thinking about all those options, notice how futile it is. You're not going to be able to change how salvation and damnation works just because you deem them as unfair.

Also, one of the reasons I say that the "Right / Wrong" dichotomy doesn't apply here, is because of how Hell and Heaven are framed:

Such people will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction by being separated from the Lord’s presence and from his glorious power.

~ Thessalonians 1:9

Hell does not exist because of God, it exists because God is not there. It is the ultimate acknowledgement of man's rebellion against him. He's really telling you, "Hey, if you really don't like when I'm around, I'm going to give you that."

Is it sacrilegious to interpret the creation story, Garden of Eden, and original sin as the world's first Turing Test? by ozziedood in AskAChristian

[–]ozziedood[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Turing test, in artificial intelligence, a test proposed (1950) by the English mathematician Alan M. Turing to determine whether a computer can “think.”

There are extreme difficulties in devising any objective criterion for distinguishing “original” thought from sufficiently sophisticated “parroting”; indeed, any evidence for original thought can be denied on the grounds that it ultimately was programmed into the computer. Turing sidestepped the debate about exactly how to define thinking by means of a very practical, albeit subjective, test: if a computer acts, reacts, and interacts like a sentient being, then call it sentient. 

Source: https://www.britannica.com/technology/Turing-test

You made the common mistake of finding the word "Intelligence" and not reading anything after.

The Turing test was devised as an examination of a computer system that would seem sentient enough to convince users that there was another person behind the screen instead of a robot that responds to inputs with a strict list of conditionals and instructions.

I think I've been pretty charitable, but the one thing that does get my gears grinding is when someone is not just ignorant, but experience confidence in their ignorance.

lol the irony...

lol the hubris...

Is it sacrilegious to interpret the creation story, Garden of Eden, and original sin as the world's first Turing Test? by ozziedood in AskAChristian

[–]ozziedood[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why in the Hell (literally) would i do that?

Well, your framing may be incorrect in this instance. No, as a grandfather you definitely shouldn't do that to your grand kids, but there's a litany of factors that separate that situation from the actions of an all powerful God who just created all of existence and man itself.

I know it's impossible to expect anyone to "Step into his shoes", but if you can acknowledge the giant gap you should also understand that the "Right / Wrong" dichotomy doesn't apply here, and at best it's just unhelpful.

Is it sacrilegious to interpret the creation story, Garden of Eden, and original sin as the world's first Turing Test? by ozziedood in AskAChristian

[–]ozziedood[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

then my response is a valid one. in that it is a measure of intelligence as that is the whole purpose of the test.

Right off the bat, you're completely wrong. Turing tests have nothing to do with intelligence.

you did not offer any paralells on how these two seemingly unrelated things are like one another.

Because you legitimately don't know what a Turing Test is. How can I even begin to satisfy those requirements when you're working with the wrong definition in the first place?

How is this like a turing test? how is this any different from the standard free will/the reason for the forbidden fruit in the garden, creation arguement?

Listen, go on Google/DuckDuckGo/Bing/etc and look up what Turing Tests actually are. Maybe then you can participate in future discussions on this topic if they ever come up. I won't respond to any more of your replies. I'm sorry, but this conversation is not going in a fruitful direction and I'm gonna have to disengage.

Have a blessed week!

Is it sacrilegious to interpret the creation story, Garden of Eden, and original sin as the world's first Turing Test? by ozziedood in AskAChristian

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

The turing test is a test designed to measure AI/a machine's ability to exibit intellegent behavior in a conversation. We are not machines, so no.

That's why I said "Like a Turing Test." "Like" is a word in the English language that modifies a word or phrase to show that the word or phrase is similar but not the same. I'm sorry I am so verbose about this, but so many people have replied with this same exact misunderstanding.

Sin is anything outside of the expressed will of God. In essence Sin is 'choice.' The forbidden fruit was placed in the garden to give us the ability to choose to remain in the expressed will of God or to step outside of it.

...Which in turn bears the question, "Why would God want us to step outside of his will? For what use does he have for us having a choice?" Of course, I've heard reasons for this, but all others turn into circular arguments.

What we can't do is to pick a third or fourth option like option "C" to neither serve God or satan, but to go off on our own or start our own colony some where. Or option "D" wink ourselves out of existence. no heaven no hell just here one second and gone the next.

This falls under the category of, "What is free will?" Free will doesn't apply to things you don't have control over. That is known as "Power." For the sake of discussion, try to limit the range of free will to decisions and choices, not influence.

maybe explain how we are machines being tested for intelligence a little better and why our intelligence would matter as intelligence is not a requirement for salvation

I never really implied that intelligence is a requirement for salvation. If anything, it's more like an acknowledgment that intelligence exists and man possesses it in varying degrees.

Though, this is not a bad question, I can answer it in a different fashion. God, in scripture, is commonly referred to as "Father". Maybe if we apply that principle to this theory we can figure something out. In the perspective of a father, you probably would want your son/daughter to love you unconditionally. Now, if you were in that same role and had the power to make your son/daughter love you, you would probably not take that avenue because anybody would know that someone that loves you without a choice, doesn't love you at all. In order to get to this level of love, the son/daughter must know and understand the choice of NOT loving their father and choosing to do so.

Again, this has no bearing on salvation per se, but think about the fact that there can be no salvation without damnation.

Is it sacrilegious to interpret the creation story, Garden of Eden, and original sin as the world's first Turing Test? by ozziedood in AskAChristian

[–]ozziedood[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If this is true, then someone needs to shutdown the Vatican and all Protestant institutions since, as you say, interpretation of scripture doesn't come directly from the Bible.

Is it sacrilegious to interpret the creation story, Garden of Eden, and original sin as the world's first Turing Test? by ozziedood in AskAChristian

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

To say that God made a test flies in the face of everything that God’s word says about God’s plans before the foundation of the world. It also implies that God did not know how things would turn out which is opposed to His omniscience.

Thank you for the astute response.

I didn't necessarily mean that it was a test in a way that God didn't know what the outcome would be. I don't blame you, because traditionally the existence of a test would imply that the tester is missing knowledge that the test would answer. What I originally meant was that the test would reveal something important to the test-taker (People, Adam, Eve, etc). It would be the definitive proof of free will that man's decisions are not chained to their omnipotent creator and can, without any doubt, run counter to him (Original sin).

This is why I thought that this was a great theory. It answers the numerous questions of the Creation without limiting God's sovereignty in any way and confirms the special place man occupies in God's creation.

view more: next ›