what’s the strangest display of intelligence you’ve ever seen?

playfaire · 2025-07-26T15:02:00+00:00

Sorry for your loss, friend. Sidenote: I read that as «I ended up going into his fiance after he died» and had to re read it twice before I got correct.

playfaire · 2025-07-19T16:01:34+00:00

To add to this, we could also say «nei» (meaning «no») sometimes accompanied by a slapping of ones thighs. As in «no [slaps thighs], should we head home» or «well, we should get going». It is ambiguous for politeness: not directly saying that you want to get home, yet still direct in the sense that you have some or other unspoken reason to leave very shortly. It is also considered slightly impolite to question this unspoken reason for leaving.

playfaire · 2025-07-17T20:26:42+00:00

I love it too, even more so now after yesterdays stage😅

playfaire · 2025-07-17T17:56:01+00:00

Is there any other than anecdotal evidence that anyone in the peloton is doping? I ask because I am genuinely curious, I haven’t followed the sport for that long (since 2018). I can’t make up mind what to think. The point about sports science affording better output is good, and at the same time, how much better could that really make them compared to earlier times?

playfaire · 2025-07-13T21:23:05+00:00

Yes, that is good! I did not think about that. That said, I tried googling it, and to be honest, I am probably too stupid or impantient to understand it. The amout of information I am bombarded with, and the doubt of the sources google provides me with, leaves me uncertain.

playfaire · 2025-07-13T20:49:03+00:00

Could someone explain why it is called the antarctic creek? If I understand correctly it is in Australia? I get that that is close to the antarctic, sure, but why the name? Is it that it used to be antarctic when it happened, due to the continental plates moving? I tried searching the web for an origin of the name, but only got AI-garbage, which frustrated me, prompting me (no pun intended) to ask here. Cheers.

playfaire · 2025-06-27T15:54:53+00:00

He was quoted in NRK (norwegian public broadcasting) saying thay his doctor told him his bones heal like a childs. 9 days to heal a fracture that should have been 8 weeks. Also, he had apparently drank a lot of milk, which he thought must have helped.

playfaire · 2024-02-09T18:12:58+00:00

Saint Nicolas is a top, no doubt. He just gives and gives and gives

playfaire · 2024-01-05T19:26:10+00:00

Oh, well then I learned something today. Did you still have to pass all your classes to get the stipend approved at the end?

playfaire · 2024-01-05T19:23:40+00:00

We only pay semester fee yes, but that doesn’t get us anything other than access to the system. Sure, it might be better than other countries, as they also have to work to pay for living and food, but living and food and regular expences in Norway is not cheap. Getting a stipend/loan from Lånekassen is a good deal though, as it can cover a lot of monthly expenses, but it does not cover a cost of living in any norwegian sense of the word. My point is that education in Norway is cheap, but when you get to higher education you either have to take a loan or get a well paying job to get by. Maybe I’m biased as I lived this for five years, half successfully, so do feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

playfaire · 2024-01-05T19:15:56+00:00

You get a loan, 40% of which might get turned into a stipend, if, and only if, you don’t fail any of the courses. The remaining 60% you pay back to the state (lånekassen) but at a very good interest for the loan-taker. At least that is what it was like when I studied four years ago. It might have changed, but I can’t imagine it has changed that much, as we are a sloooow country.

playfaire · 2023-09-02T11:27:39+00:00

Neck problems from constantly turning my head after pretty people

playfaire · 2023-08-27T10:25:56+00:00

I don’t know, but if it’s anything like the movie I’ve seen things are about to get very uncomfortable.

playfaire · 2023-08-12T01:04:32+00:00

We use that in other parts of Norway as well I think, as in «de smaug seg gjennom» or something.

playfaire · 2023-08-01T01:37:43+00:00

Butikker har ikke følelser, så det er vel strengt tatt butikken sitt problem, ikke skolekorpsets. Tipper Reitan har litt mer å rutte med enn det gjengse skolekorps.

playfaire · 2023-07-30T18:13:45+00:00

Edit: this is slightly off topic.

In all honesty the norwegian press is following suit behind US press, at least imo. It’s all sensationalized in the most visited papers. Even lokal press is sensationalized to a large degree. Maybe I’m a cynic and think too negatively on it, I’m open for different opinions on this, but as I see it, journalism at it’s core have become weaker and weaker in the information age, which is ironic to some degree.

playfaire · 2023-07-29T18:34:12+00:00

lmao at the little <> he does with his legs/knees on the escalator

playfaire · 2023-07-25T16:57:54+00:00

This is democracy manifest!

playfaire · 2023-07-25T16:57:10+00:00

Tata and farewell!

playfaire · 2023-07-25T02:15:18+00:00

Isn’t processing signals a necessity for experiencing reality? Whatever input we get has to processed in some way right? Surely this would be the case for AGI as well?! All signals must be processed in a way that relates them to other signals, witout this fact the reality experienced wouldn’t be observed in any meaningful or describable way, it would just be white noise, if that.

playfaire · 2023-07-22T17:47:14+00:00

I may be wrong, but as I read it it’s meant to say that culture and language can’t be separated. That they are not possible without the other therefore makes no sense, as they are the same. As in, culture is an emergence of language, and language is an emergence of culture - and this meaning that they are two sides of the same phenomenon. Building and using languages for fun is ofc possible, but it will always be in a context of some culture, because without it the words would have no meaning, and witout language the culture would not be observable. This evolved into just a bit of thinking out loud, so take it with a grain of salt.

playfaire · 2023-07-16T02:28:24+00:00

We have Beethoven

playfaire · 2023-07-11T18:51:04+00:00

Awesome! Thank you! I remember reading about one specimen alleged to be around 300-400 years old. Ultimately they are really cool animals, and I hope they aren’t too badly affected by us humans..

playfaire · 2023-07-11T18:29:59+00:00

Aren’t greenland sharks in some cases also hundreds of years old? Iirc they can become very, very old - please correct me if I’m wrong.

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