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Post by Lemmy Caution on Jun 9, 2021 12:09:10 GMT -5
You know, I haven't seen any of the Daniel Craig 007 movies, either. I hear they're good fun and alot more action-oriented than the old ones. I was really shocked by how Casino Royale sucked me in when stumbled onto it on cable TV while looking for something boredom-alleviating to watch however many years ago that was. I fucking loathe the Bond series, in all (or so I previously believed) its incarnations, but by the time I figured out that this weird Russian mafia poker-playing flick was the latest entry, it had hooked me hard enough that I stuck around until the closing credits. The thing about Casino Royale is that it doesn't in any way resemble a James Bond movie; it's more like a double-length episode of "Mission: Impossible," but with a lengthy cock-and-ball torture scene for a climax. I still haven't watched any of the subsequent films, though, because those look like they do resemble James Bond movies. There's also the 1967 Bond parody version of Casino Royale --I admit I haven't seen it, so I can't say if it's any good. One bit of weirdness, however -- Casino Royale was actually Fleming's first Bond novel and, arguably, part of the plot was about Bond became such a raging asshole (in addition to the other elements in the story line). |
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Post by El Santo on Jun 17, 2021 11:58:42 GMT -5
As the Great Cicada Orgy of 2021 winds down, a truly bizarre measurement of my mortality occurs to me: Realistically speaking, I'll see only two more of these in my lifetime.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 17, 2021 21:21:46 GMT -5
As the Great Cicada Orgy of 2021 winds down, a truly bizarre measurement of my mortality occurs to me: Realistically speaking, I'll see only two more of these in my lifetime.
I was in about 2nd grade Silver Springs, MD when one of those cicada orgies occurred. Things were everywhere! It was gross walking to school because there was no way to avoid the dead bodies all over the sidewalk. I remember being fascinated by the husks still clinging to the trees, and took great care to extricate them from the bark to add to my collection at home.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Jun 18, 2021 18:20:34 GMT -5
As the Great Cicada Orgy of 2021 winds down, a truly bizarre measurement of my mortality occurs to me: Realistically speaking, I'll see only two more of these in my lifetime.
I was in about 2nd grade Silver Springs, MD when one of those cicada orgies occurred. Things were everywhere! It was gross walking to school because there was no way to avoid the dead bodies all over the sidewalk. I remember being fascinated by the husks still clinging to the trees, and took great care to extricate them from the bark to add to my collection at home.
Funny thing is, although I've never witnessed The Cicadaning, I was around every single year for the fishfly orgy growing up. I've only seen photos of individual cicadas, but I'm wondering how deep their drifts are. The fishflies were sometimes knee deep. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 22, 2021 22:10:23 GMT -5
I'm always polite when I ask Siri something anymore, and always say "Thank you" after she answers. I feel like The Singularity could be just around the corner, and I want to be on the machine's good side if/when it happens.
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Jun 23, 2021 11:24:24 GMT -5
The "Singularity", assuming it ever happens, won't be visible to us humans anyway.
William Gibson actually summed up the difference 40 years ago:
“Motive,” the construct said. “Real motive problem, with an AI. Not human, see?”
“Well, yeah, obviously.”
“Nope. I mean, it’s not human. And you can’t get a handle on it. Me, I’m not human either, but I respond like one. See?”
“Wait a sec,” Case said. “Are you sentient, or not?”
“Well, it feels like I am, kid, but I’m really just a bunch of ROM. It’s one of them, ah, philosophical questions, I guess...” The ugly laughter sensation rattled down Case’s spine. “But I ain’t likely to write you no poem, if you follow me. Your AI, it just might. But it ain’t no way human.”
--From Neuromancer
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Post by El Santo on Jun 23, 2021 12:08:10 GMT -5
The "Singularity", assuming it ever happens, won't be visible to us humans anyway. Also, no two people talking about the Singularity seem to be talking about the same thing once you ask even the most basic questions about their assumptions. |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 23, 2021 15:00:42 GMT -5
I thought singularity had something to do with black holes.
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Jun 23, 2021 15:51:29 GMT -5
I thought singularity had something to do with black holes. Yep. Can't see those, either.
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Post by El Santo on Jun 24, 2021 8:45:46 GMT -5
I thought singularity had something to do with black holes. Assuming that this isn't just a very abstruse buttsex joke (which, admittedly, is rarely a safe assumption around here)... Sometimes, yes. In astrophysics, a singularity is the dimensionless, infinitely dense whatsit that the most massive stars apparently collapse into as the final stage of their life cycle, which cannot be directly observed because even the speed of light is insufficient to break free of their gravity at close range. However, there's also a metaphorically related concept in... let's call it "technology theory"... that there will eventually come some technological advance (usually assumed to involve computers) so transformative that it will be impossible to imagine what society is going to look like on the other side of it-- just as it's impossible to see beyond the event horizon of a black hole. By analogy, that infinitely transformative advance is called the Singularity. But as I said, though, if you listen to enough different Singularity enthusiasts talk, it quickly becomes apparent that they're not at all talking about the same thing, even though they mostly act like they are. Like, the version that was first explained to me involved extrapolating Moore's Law (which basically boils down to computers doubling in power every two years) to infinity, with the result that computers inevitably become capable of solving problems completely beyond any possible human understanding. But other Singularity boosters seem to have in mind something more like machine sapience, or cyberpunk transhumanism, or any number of other things altogether. I'm skeptical of the whole premise, myself, but I sometimes like toying with the idea that the Singularity has already happened, and we just didn't realize it because no one had thought of the idea yet: we called it the Industrial Revolution instead. |
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Jun 24, 2021 10:01:16 GMT -5
I thought singularity had something to do with black holes. Assuming that this isn't just a very abstruse buttsex joke (which, admittedly, is rarely a safe assumption around here)... But as I said, though, if you listen to enough different Singularity enthusiasts talk, it quickly becomes apparent that they're not at all talking about the same thing, even though they mostly act like they are. The inescapable attraction of Deeky's butthole has been established repeatedly in these fora. I once briefly silenced discussion in a graduate seminar about science/speculative fiction by bringing up the topic of revolutionary social change One of the other participants replied, in a dismissive tone, "Are you talking about The Singularity?" "No. I'm talking about Karl Marx." |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 27, 2021 18:39:56 GMT -5
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Post by Mayzshon on Jun 27, 2021 19:54:45 GMT -5
I thought singularity was just a description of my sex life.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 27, 2021 22:36:58 GMT -5
I thought singularity was just a description of my sex life. I kid you not: a rim-shot went off in my head when I read that!  |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 27, 2021 23:12:59 GMT -5
It always goes back to butt stuff.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Jul 1, 2021 20:22:54 GMT -5
It always goes back to butt stuff. Speak for yourself! |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Aug 8, 2021 21:42:25 GMT -5
I think I just figured out an ongoing problem. Almost since he arrived here Arrow has been tugging at the water dish until the water is all over the kitchen floor. I finally caught him at it and I realized he is batting at the little cartoon characters at the bottom of the bowl. Back to the old, unimproved white bowl. We'll see how that goes.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 8, 2021 22:48:57 GMT -5
I think I just figured out an ongoing problem. Almost since he arrived here Arrow has been tugging at the water dish until the water is all over the kitchen floor. I finally caught him at it and I realized he is batting at the little cartoon characters at the bottom of the bowl. Back to the old, unimproved white bowl. We'll see how that goes. Interesting name. Any particular reason you chose that name? Distinguishing marks? Favorite character? |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Aug 9, 2021 22:12:36 GMT -5
I think I just figured out an ongoing problem. Almost since he arrived here Arrow has been tugging at the water dish until the water is all over the kitchen floor. I finally caught him at it and I realized he is batting at the little cartoon characters at the bottom of the bowl. Back to the old, unimproved white bowl. We'll see how that goes. Interesting name. Any particular reason you chose that name? Distinguishing marks? Favorite character? I also call him Mr. Serious but "Arrow" is because he is all blaque except for a white arrow on his belly button, pointing directly at his whatsis. |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Aug 9, 2021 22:15:49 GMT -5
I think I just figured out an ongoing problem. Almost since he arrived here Arrow has been tugging at the water dish until the water is all over the kitchen floor. I finally caught him at it and I realized he is batting at the little cartoon characters at the bottom of the bowl. Back to the old, unimproved white bowl. We'll see how that goes. Interesting name. Any particular reason you chose that name? Distinguishing marks? Favorite character? Arrow, aka Mr. Serious, in a non-serious moment: pin.it/lftIk1w |
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