fellowmortal

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[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Just a note to say that the very first chat bot, Eliza, created in the 1960's was a Rogerian therapist. I'm sure I remember a quote that the author was surprised that people opened up to it. I doubt anyone working in AI or chat technology would not know about Eliza so probably not a surprise to the industry... but maybe I am that old. [edits: facts/spelling etc]

[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh you had to go there - Op becomes the most successful account on patreon.

[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

One reason that the UK has few trash cans is because of the IRA, a ~~terrorist organization~~[edit: paramilitary organization] that would plant bombs in them. It is kind of a sore point when Americans notice stuff like this, because US citizens were significant donors to the IRA.

N.B. There isn't a reason why you should know this.

source: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1cxsvp/how_prevalent_was_american_funding_of_the_irish/

[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 3 months ago

Did you miss the bit with the nazi salutes?

[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 months ago

Nobody got this feeling from altered carbon? Immortal, immoral rich, and everyone else struggling to survive. I mean, it's guilty-pleasure watching, but I am not ashamed.

[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am 99% sure that film was called "Lise Meitner"

[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That is quite a journey! I hope that it wasn't too fraught (learning shouldn't have to be). Well done on making good of it!

[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I don't see why all of a sudden all the black male actors, rappers, musicians and stand up comedians have to cosplay as Troy from community.

edit: Add director and producer to that list - check before you post kids!

[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I haven't watched the video - so I'm going on what is said above, but its like these billionaires are not seeing people as human. They see that after Hiroshima people live in the city but cannot understand that those people weren't fungible. We didn't replace them - they are different people.

Two other small points, but first a caveat - I'm very pro civil nuclear power.

It simply isn't possible for any nuclear power plant to explode like a nuclear bomb. That can't happen - like my car contains an engine but can't fly like a plane. There have been nuclear leaks and chemical explosions in nuclear plants - these are bad. However, they are very different things from what happened to Japan.

Modern nuclear weapons would have much higher yields and probably fallout. Here's a terrifying tool for the morbidly curious:

https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Its not the 'eat the rich' that I was hoping for.... Might be the one we deserve.

[–] fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for your uninformed opinion/question thing. I'll assume that you are asking in good faith and simply don't know... much about the UK.

He isn't the root cause, but he chose to insert himself by encouraging violence when he hasn't a fucking clue what he's talking about either...

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

I've run a small business for over 10 yeas. I use linux. I'm grateful to the community and I use FOSS where possible.

I have had some issues over the years, but have always been able to get around them (except CAD in 2013), but recently I've had issues with my government (UK). First they introduced 'making tax digital' and told me for years that I would have to buy windows only software (there was no legal option on linux until a few weeks before the deadline (https://www.comsci.co.uk/100PcVatFreeBridge saved the day). The UK Government didn't create a free solution or any route to that as they don't want the source to be open for making tax digital so accounting software companies have made a killing!

This week my internet banking stopped allowing payments, it no longer works in firefox (I'm guessing). On the telephone they asked me 'what search engine I was using'^+^ and advised to use google.

What is the best UK business bank to use if you use linux to run a small business? Do I have to use Chrom(e)ium? Does anyone else use linux for business admin? Is anyone (Freesoftware foundation, etc) thinking about the creeping legislative changes that make it literally illegal to use FOSS and linux?

I wanna be an ally, but its so tiring.

^+^ browser ≠ search engine. Yes, I'm pedantic, at least I didn't confuse them by saying 'quant' or 'duck duck go', OK!?

 

I feel like there are lots of parallels between the eighties and now (recession/inflation, yuppies/inequality, skin-heads/fascists, hot-cold wars etc.) but there used to be protest music! Where is that stuff now? Music that's intelligent and outraged - like we should be!

I'm out of touch now, so if it exists, educate me! Or have the protest songs been removed from tiktok by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (UK specific, but suppression of protest seems to be everywhere)? (I've linked to the Levellers - maybe it really was better back in the day?)

edit: Maybe not the right audience, but if the song is old enough to vote then I might already know it! What's happening now? Any songs from the last 10 years!

edit: Thanks for everyone's insights. I've spent the day discovering music that I'd never have found otherwise. Really enjoying a load of these, but thanks to everyone! It seems like protest music is confined to certain genres/places, and lots of older songs - maybe they just last longer... which is maybe a little interesting.

 

The delivery driver was working at that time, why wasn't the receptionist!?

edit: Thanks to everyone who's pointed out that this is a scam - and who gave advice/or worried about me. I was half asleep this morning, it didn't click (though I did notice that the url wasn't evri - I'm too used to vendors passing me over to third party websites). It doesn't help that the evri helpline is robots only. No bank details lost though.

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