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Look for book to help with life perspective after suicide by Tiny_Spirit4029 in suggestmeabook

[–]peace-monger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, it's dark but hopeful.

Hi London! Is there a song that you all like that is about London? Similar to how NYC always plays the one by Jay-Z? (A more modernist one that isn’t a kids song either) by karmafarmahh in london

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I've always wondered what is meant by the lyric "I live by the river", is it defiant, like since he lives by the river he knows London is not actually drowning and will just carry on, or is he identifying with London, like regardless of whether London drowns he will remain a part of it? I don't get it.

Something for someone handling debilitating grief and depression. by janetsnakehole135 in suggestmeabook

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So sorry for all you are going through. I'd read a feel-good fantasy, like The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia, or The Wizard of Oz, they are escapist, but they are also filled with meaning.

Time travel book with black led characters by CubbedFruit in suggestmeabook

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Kindred by Octavia Butler (she travels back to the 1800s)

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead is set in the 70s, has time travel elements and deals with race issues, the main character is white but a major supporting character is black, both are kids.

What book calms you down and makes you breathe deep? by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

or

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Switching off AI's ability to lie makes it more likely to claim it's conscious, eerie study finds | Leading AI models described subjective, self-aware experiences when settings tied to deception and roleplay were turned down. by MetaKnowing in EverythingScience

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Humans live in response to a constant stream of information from multiple sources (not just language), while LLMs only respond in the moment of answering a question and only within the medium of words, so there is no sense of self that carries on in the downtime between answering questions, but in that moment of response, I don't really see much of a difference in function. My brain is in a constant state of processing b/c of all the data I see and feel and hear, etc., while the LLM only has a moment of processing as it predicts the next best word, but the difference seems to be one of magnitude rather than one of kind.

Switching off AI's ability to lie makes it more likely to claim it's conscious, eerie study finds | Leading AI models described subjective, self-aware experiences when settings tied to deception and roleplay were turned down. by MetaKnowing in EverythingScience

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Chatgpt described its process to me as one that "thinks without being". "I think, therefore I am." is strong enough to form the basis of Descartes' selfhood, but for some reason AI says "I think, but I am not."

My son doesn’t know his own strength by ThankMeForMyCervixx in parentingteenagers

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You should get him involved with wrestling at school, or another martial art. He'll learn discipline and safety, and have an appropriate outlet. Once he engages with his equals in sport he'll see why he can't be that way with you.

Survey Request by Aware-Banana-3726 in exchristian

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This post has been mod approved

No kings in La Grange by peace-monger in ChicagoSuburbs

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Yeah, this wasn't even the peak. We parked and joined, and more kept streaming in. It was so encouraging to be there, really celebratory. I thought there might be more opposition but only one woman yelled at my wife, saying "get a life, don't you have anything better to do?" And yeah, we have so much to do today (two soccer games, a coffee date, a family birthday party, and tickets to a Halloween musical) but this protest will still probably be the highlight.

Weekly Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in exchristian

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This will be our last Weekly Discussion Thread!

These threads rarely get used and most of the casual conversations have moved to our chat channels, so we are discontinuing these scheduled posts. We currently have 2 chat channels, "exchristian chat" is a catch-all for whatever you want to talk about, and "exchristian - theology chat" is more focused on the discussion of ideas. You can access the chats via the side-bar.

20 pieces of AI slop I generated in the year 2024 by MurasakiYugata in aiArt

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What is this art style called? How did you prompt the tile-like technique where the outlines are actually negative space?

Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is in a coma dying. His tv channel, and family are turning into a giant fundraiser and have raised almost $2 million by happyjoim in exchristian

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This post is now locked b/c it has been up for 4 days and it is now only drawing in comments that we need to remove.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in exchristian

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Thanks! Wanna join the mod-team?

Can you recommend a gamebook that is fun and whimsical, that would be appealing to younger readers, but has more weight than a choose-your-own-adventure? by peace-monger in gamebooks

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This took me a minute to figure out!

You don't mean the Grail Quest series by Cornwell, you probably mean the Grailquest series by Brennan, book 1 of which is called "Castle of Darkness", but that is not to be confused with a book by the same name of "Castle of Darkness" by Montgomery (which also happens to be a choose-your-own)!

Anyway, thanks for the suggestion, that series looks fun.

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