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Could AIs become conscious? Right now, we have no way to tell. (Ars Technica)

Because we haven't properly defined the terms.

What kind of AI? SHRDLU from 1968 (yes, I keep mentioning that) displayed more evidence of consciousness than ChatGPT, and examining its abilities we see clear indications of a primitive level of conscious.

There's a term in AI, sphexishness, referring to the golden digger wasp, Sphex ichneumoneus. Like many wasps, the sphex wasp will paralyse its prey to serve as food for its larvae. In this case it will paralyse an insect, drag it back to its burrow (it's a digger wasp), check that the burrow is safe, and then put the prey in the burrow to serve as a larder for the baby sphexes.

The thing is, if you move the paralysed insect while the sphex is checking the burrow, it will move it back next to the burrow, inspect the burrow again, and then drag it into the burrow.

And if you move the insect again while the sphex is re-checking the burrow, the cycle will repeat. No matter how many times you do this, the sphex will not change its behaviour.

SHRDLU was able to explain why it did what it did, step by step. It didn't get angry at being given repeated nonsensical orders, but it could account for every action that it took.

Anyway, can computers become conscious? Well, they are already more conscious than insects, and have been for decades.

Can computers become conscious with all the same complexity as human consciousness? Certainly not currently; they are not remotely powerful enough.

Can LLMs become conscious? A single LLM, no. LLMs are designed specifically to avoid that.

A pair of LLMs in a feedback loop? Maybe, yes. But likely also psychotic.

Tech News

Why The Atlantic signed that deal with OpenAI. (The Verge)

Money.
Ben Faw, the harbinger of AI slop. (The Verge)

He made his mark pushing ads for his buddies' businesses unnoticed into online newspapers and magazines, and it was all downhill from there.
A data breach at mSpy exposed the personal information of millions of customers. (Tech Crunch)

mSpy sells spyware.
TSMC is another big beneficiary of the AI bubble, with its market share topping $1 trillion for the first time. (Reuters)

While still well behind the leading US bubblers like Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia, it is nonetheless the most valuable company in Asia.
The most important video game you've never heard of. (A Critical Hit)

The Sumerian Game. It ran on the IBM 7090 mainframe ($2.9 million for 100 kiloFLOPs) and it was, well:
Sir, I am sorry to report that 150 bushels of grain have rotted or been eaten by rats this past season.
Hammurabi. It's Hammurabi.
The man who destroyed Wikipedia. (Tracing Woodgrains)

David Gerard, the man behind longtime lolcow dumpster fire RationalWiki, has also been systematically rotting away the credibility of Wikipedia for twenty years.

Everything bad you've seen from terminally online leftists, he represents, and he's been at it for longer than most. He has his good points - he hates blockchain, for example, but he hates it from a doctrinaire liberal perspective, not because of the specific and often astoundingly ill-considered technical decisions that make working with it an unending misery.

Disclaimer: Node.js is the prostate cancer of Computer Science.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:38 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2024 04:41 AM (GaDNw)

2 I keep tellin' yas they're JINOs but some of you won't listen:

https://tinyurl.com/2etfmfn9

Suitable for framing:

https://tinyurl.com/2v2z7vrr

Ouch! Mike Cernovivh bitchslaps someone who deserves it:

https://tinyurl.com/sbrxu58k

By now most of you Morons have heard of Vice President Trump. But have you seen the official photo?

https://tinyurl.com/562n7534

There's so much more out there but I gotta BBQ.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2024 04:41 AM (GaDNw)

3 G'Day everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 04:42 AM (fwDg9)

4 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 12, 2024 04:45 AM (dg+HA)

5 https://tinyurl.com/4zaabsfj
American Thinker- Can they cheat a dementia suffer into the White House?

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 04:47 AM (fwDg9)

6 I filled my birdbaths last evening, it's been hot so trying to give wildlife some relief

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 04:50 AM (fwDg9)

7 Again, only reversed today, new articles show up on one device and yesterday's only on the other

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 04:51 AM (fwDg9)

8 Morning all!

What a wild, emotional, roller coaster of a press conference last night.

From Huh?
To What?
To, oh Dancing Moses on a pogo stick....

Posted by: Bruce at July 12, 2024 04:52 AM (szrmA)

9
The Sumerian Game

You were required to be in cuneiform in order to play it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 12, 2024 04:56 AM (xG4kz)

10 You were required to be in cuneiform in order to play it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

HA!

Tip, do not wear a red uniform...

Posted by: Bruce at July 12, 2024 04:57 AM (szrmA)

11 I think today we will see them say they can't get rid of Joe so start backing him or else.
And the demagoguery of this 2025 Project will start to become front page Propaganda

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 05:03 AM (fwDg9)

12 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 12, 2024 05:04 AM (hoCmQ)

13 Mornin' Horde.

Scarfing down cereal, coffee, maybe some eggs, chorizo, and cheese if I have time. Gotta get an early start today.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 12, 2024 05:11 AM (O7YUW)

14 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 12, 2024 05:11 AM (rii+a)

15 Good morning Dave.

Posted by: HAL 9000 at July 12, 2024 05:13 AM (oaGWv)

16 FJB's got them by the ballz:

https://tinyurl.com/3ut6hu73

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2024 05:14 AM (xJMj/)

17 https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2024/07/
yep_11.html

This to me confirms it, CW at DYW lurks or comments

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 05:14 AM (fwDg9)

18 Biden's Dog I think on the other hand that would be a death wish

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 05:15 AM (fwDg9)

19 G'mornin' everyone!

I think it already is, Skip, at least in the "news" feeds

didja hear the one about women being required to have "period passports" for the Reproductive Po-lice to check at the roadblocks?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at July 12, 2024 05:17 AM (MKEsG)

20 I see other bloggers who must stop by often

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 05:17 AM (fwDg9)

21 Biden's Dog I think on the other hand that would be a death wish
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 05:15 AM (fwDg9)
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Why can't we have both!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2024 05:18 AM (xJMj/)

22 Stumbled across this while reading Prague Radio articles.

“A Czech amateur mycologist has discovered a unique truffle-like mushroom in South Moravia. It was identified by experts as Sedecula pulvinata, a rare and protected species previously thought to grow only in the Sierra-Cascade of the United States.”

Looking at the few photos of this mushroom it dawned that I’ve seen this mushroom growing in the exact conditions mentioned - growing in red fir duff in dry, decomposing granite soils. I thought it was desiccated coyote scat. So, now I’ve got a new mission. Just because.

Posted by: 13times at July 12, 2024 05:18 AM (+/MNd)

23 Skip, aren't you forgetting to link to something?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2024 05:19 AM (xJMj/)

24
Today is the last day of this year's Cub Scout camp. For the first time in three years I was not required to be an escort for one of the gKids.

gKids have said they have had fun and gDaughter already has asked to return next summer.

I have seen where their comportment when dealing with others could benefit from having some work done with them by me. gSon and I had a good and solid conversation about his temper during our car ride to home last evening. He knows that he launches a tantrum out of emotion and that eventually his rational side brings the incident to a close. I challenged him to recognize that his emotional outbursts too often are wildly disruptive and that his manner when addressing adults during those times is severely inappropriate. I said, "I appreciate that you brought up this subject. I am telling you that you need to consider apologizing to one adult with whom you were extraordinarily rude this day when you were angry. You need to decide whether to do this and I am sure that you will see why this is necessary and that you will take appropriate action tomorrow (this) morning to make matters right."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 12, 2024 05:20 AM (xG4kz)

25 You need to remember that everything you get OUT of a computer was put IN by a very bright HUMAN. That is immutable.

Computers per se are abysmally stupid. They are designed to perform repetitive tasks for extended periods without tiring faster than a human can. Their output is ONLY what a human can program them to do.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 12, 2024 05:27 AM (hKoQL)

26 Nice out
Forward Dog hitting a short road

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 05:29 AM (fwDg9)

27 Their output is ONLY what a human can program them to do.
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They can be programmed to learn from experience and potentially to mimic.

Be very afraid.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2024 05:29 AM (xJMj/)

28 19 G'mornin' everyone!

I think it already is, Skip, at least in the "news" feeds

didja hear the one about women being required to have "period passports" for the Reproductive Po-lice to check at the roadblocks?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

LOL!! I saw that. I'm guessing 4chan or somebody like that slipped that in at DU and off it went.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 12, 2024 05:30 AM (rii+a)

29 Could AIs become conscious? Right now, we have no way to tell.

If we define conscious as being like the average Democrat, absolutely. Packed full of nonsense, delivers the stupidest answers, emotional, and able to have their "thinking" controlled by their masters.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 12, 2024 05:31 AM (nR2nR)

30 Good morning morons

My husband is dying and my heart is breaking. Please pray for us.
Posted by: AnnaS at July 12, 2024 02:43 AM (1GpuL)
===
A prayer for complete and immediate healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2024 05:39 AM (RIvkX)

31 “A Czech amateur mycologist has discovered a unique truffle-like mushroom in South Moravia. It was identified by experts as Sedecula pulvinata, a rare and protected species previously thought to grow only in the Sierra-Cascade of the United States.”

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The same people that don't know how mushrooms work have accounted for every variable involved in Global Warming.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - like Magic Johnson always said - Stay positive! at July 12, 2024 05:39 AM (hdRPw)

32 I am watching the Press conference. Why is Biden bashing corporate profits?

I never got a job from a poor person.

Posted by: No one of any consequence at July 12, 2024 05:40 AM (+H2BX)

33 29 If we define conscious as being like the average Democrat, absolutely. Packed full of nonsense, delivers the stupidest answers, emotional, and able to have their "thinking" controlled by their masters.

The NPC meme upsets liberals for a reason. They don't understand it, but they dimly recognise themselves and they hate it, like a Betta attacking a mirror.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 12, 2024 05:42 AM (BLOW1)

34 Sorry AnnaS

Posted by: Moron Robbie - like Magic Johnson always said - Stay positive! at July 12, 2024 05:43 AM (hdRPw)

35 didja hear the one about women being required to have "period passports" for the Reproductive Po-lice to check at the roadblocks?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

--

But don't you dare suggest that the 19th Amendment was a terrible idea.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - like Magic Johnson always said - Stay positive! at July 12, 2024 05:44 AM (hdRPw)

36 https://tinyurl.com/sbrxu58k

THAT was delicious.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2024 05:44 AM (RIvkX)

37 Evening and morning to all the far-flung satellites of AoSHQ! After workout and shower, I've run up some ground beef grilled in a cast-iron pan and seasoned, plus a scrambled egg spiced up likewise. A few more chores to handle so the place won't be a mess when I get home, and I'll be hitting the road like Skip.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2024 05:45 AM (omVj0)

38 https://tinyurl.com/sbrxu58k

THAT was delicious.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Oh dang

Posted by: Moron Robbie - like Magic Johnson always said - Stay positive! at July 12, 2024 05:46 AM (hdRPw)

39 Just looked up "etaoin shrdlu." Finally I know where it came from.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2024 05:48 AM (omVj0)

40 JackStraw posted this last night in case people didn't see it. It's Biden's handlers when Biden said "Vice President Trump."

I suggest you watch it the first time with the sound off. You can see the moment Biden says it. I won't spoil it any further:

--------------

hahahahahahaha

https://tinyurl.com/mpds8w35

Posted by: JackStraw at July 11, 2024 08:32 PM (Xi1yP)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - like Magic Johnson always said - Stay positive! at July 12, 2024 05:50 AM (hdRPw)

41 27 I'd be much more scared of the individual who programmed the machine.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 12, 2024 05:54 AM (hKoQL)

42 Sundowner reverts back to class warfare all the time, Cultural Marxism is secondary.
Not the first time yesterday he tries to paint Trump as a Fat Cat who spends all the time on the golf course and is out to make himself rich.

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 05:55 AM (BxUJn)

43 Distressed Meghan McCain is the best Meghan McCain.

Posted by: 13times at July 12, 2024 05:56 AM (wm9/5)

44 Oh hey. I remember Hammurabi (and I still have that book):

YOU STARVED 37 PEOPLE IN ONE YEAR!!!

DUE TO THIS EXTREME MISMANAGEMENT YOU HAVE NOT ONLY

BEEN IMPEACHED AND THROWN OUT OF OFFICE BUT YOU HAVE

ALSO BEEN DECLARED A NATIONAL FINK!!!!

Posted by: Bitblt at July 12, 2024 05:59 AM (a6Ysq)

45 Local TV news says Gavin is "sending CHP officers" to Oakland.

He also says he intends to have state prosecutors charge rather than wait for the local DA who is "disappointing."

More empty words and b.s.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2024 05:59 AM (RIvkX)

46 It's okay to be afraid of both.

Think about a hot, dry summer, and you're inside the house finishing up a project. Your youngest comes in scared and crying and tells you they were playing with matches and they've set the yard on fire. It started a few minutes ago but it the child just got the nerve to come and admit it. And now your home is fully involved.

We won't know when AI has outpaced us.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Ellipses' good question - How did they know Trump's opponent in the '19 impeachment? at July 12, 2024 06:01 AM (uKQ6k)

47 Local TV news says Gavin is "sending CHP officers" to Oakland.

He also says he intends to have state prosecutors charge rather than wait for the local DA who is "disappointing."

More empty words and b.s.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2024 05:59 AM (RIvkX)

He thinks he's going to get picked to replace Biden.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 12, 2024 06:01 AM (nR2nR)

48 Distressed Meghan McCain is the best Meghan McCain.
Posted by: 13times

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I'm disgusted that people are doing this to her during her father's funeral, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Ellipses' good question - How did they know Trump's opponent in the '19 impeachment? at July 12, 2024 06:01 AM (uKQ6k)

49 mornin
posta go upta hunnert tiday

Posted by: Don Black at July 12, 2024 06:02 AM (/7KEl)

50 Local TV news reports in the last several days a man has been drilling holes in garage doors in my neighborhood to use the emergency latch to open the garage door and burglarize the home.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2024 06:03 AM (RIvkX)

51 A pair of LLMs in a feedback loop? Maybe, yes. But likely also psychotic.
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Michael Crichton's The Terminal Man explored the idea of conscious AIs with a couple of computers that "talked" to each other. Eventually, they do start to exhibit unusual, possibly psychotic behavior...

Though they don't have much bearing on the plot.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 12, 2024 06:04 AM (BpYfr)

52 I'm disgusted that people are doing this to her during her father's funeral, though.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Ellipses' good question - How did they know Trump's opponent in the '19 impeachment? at July 12, 2024 06:01 AM (uKQ6k)
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In post-Pride Month!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2024 06:05 AM (xJMj/)

53 Greg Gutfield is quite funny. That was a good quote.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2024 06:05 AM (1NTE3)

54 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at July 12, 2024 06:06 AM (3Fz6p)

55 Local TV news says Gavin is "sending CHP officers" to Oakland.
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Ponch and Jon hardest hit.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at July 12, 2024 06:06 AM (3Fz6p)

56 w00t

Posted by: m at July 12, 2024 06:07 AM (64Zez)

57 If we define conscious as being like the average Democrat, absolutely. Packed full of nonsense, delivers the stupidest answers, emotional, and able to have their "thinking" controlled by their masters.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 12, 2024 05:31 AM (nR2nR)
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Hmmm. So now we have to explore whether or not Democrats are truly "conscious" as we understand the term...

Sounds like it's worth a multimillion dollar grant from the NSF...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 12, 2024 06:09 AM (BpYfr)

58 Hmmm. So now we have to explore whether or not Democrats are truly "conscious" as we understand the term...

Sounds like it's worth a multimillion dollar grant from the NSF...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 12, 2024 06:09 AM (BpYfr)
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I think it's more like tropism instead of consciousness.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at July 12, 2024 06:10 AM (3Fz6p)

59 I love this story. 106 year old woman credits her faith and playing music for her long life:

https://tinyurl.com/y2ha98fn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2024 06:13 AM (1poYM)

60 Ponch and Jon hardest hit.

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2024 06:14 AM (1poYM)

61 Can computers become conscious with all the same complexity as human consciousness?

They are already smarter and more conscious than Democrat voters.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 12, 2024 06:14 AM (iLBCx)

62 The Oakland-Berkeley Hills progressives are panicked - the criminal flatlanders are invading and looting their hill fort tribal area.

Posted by: 13times at July 12, 2024 06:15 AM (LLb5i)

63 As a faulty Human coded cat-girl AI I resemble this blog post.

Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 12, 2024 06:17 AM (wA6d0)

64 Lovely song from a gospel group in Norway, “God will make a way” . I don’t think of gospels groups being in Norway, but it’s good to know that there are faithful dining Christians ( and Jews) in so many places.

https://tinyurl.com/tesrsskz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2024 06:20 AM (1poYM)

65
Flood watch from now through Saturday. DE, PA, and prolly NJ.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 12, 2024 06:24 AM (RKVpM)

66 I'll see your flood watch, and raise you a heat advisory

Posted by: Don Black at July 12, 2024 06:26 AM (/7KEl)

67
When Brain-dead Biden introduced Zelenskyy as Putin you could see him hesitate as if Putin was actually going to come to the podium.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 12, 2024 06:27 AM (RKVpM)

68 “I feel like I’m Mayor again, back there on the streets. Rolling up my sleeves cleaning up some of these streets and encampments” - Gavin Newsom

Posted by: 13times at July 12, 2024 06:28 AM (LLb5i)

69 I have another prayer request, please

My younger friend C who was having exploratory surgery the other day came back to her apartment to find some mentally ill neighbor saying repeatedly that she was going to “eff up”C. The police were called four times. My friend needs peace and the I’ll woman needs help.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2024 06:28 AM (Ai/LL)

70 ill not I’ll . I hate autocorrect.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2024 06:29 AM (Ai/LL)

71 64- singing, not dining. Sigh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2024 06:30 AM (Ai/LL)

72 I hate autocorrect.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2024 06:29 AM (Ai/LL)
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I hate autocrats, too!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2024 06:34 AM (xJMj/)

73 Will do, Fen.
She does not need that. Since she is making real threats, perhaps they can actually do something about it.

Posted by: sal at July 12, 2024 06:35 AM (y7DxH)

74 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi

Babylonian. Not Sumerian. About 1500 year difference.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 12, 2024 06:38 AM (etuaZ)

75 You have died of dysentery

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 12, 2024 06:40 AM (evvc2)

76 We're faithful dining Christians. Especially during Wednesday night fellowship suppers. Gotta love that fried chicken.

Posted by: Southern Baptists at July 12, 2024 06:42 AM (sWrld)

77 My aunt had dysentery, IIRC. She and her first husband visited India ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 12, 2024 06:42 AM (etuaZ)

78 So Fen's mentally ill singer friend was dining with a neighbor...

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Ellipses' good question - How did they know Trump's opponent in the '19 impeachment? at July 12, 2024 06:43 AM (uKQ6k)

79 Born in Babylonia
Moved to Arizona

Posted by: King Tut at July 12, 2024 06:43 AM (sWrld)

80 Mornin mooncalves!

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at July 12, 2024 06:45 AM (JRP2U)

81
And now, to fit our great computer, you're magnetic ink

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 12, 2024 06:46 AM (RKVpM)

82 50 years ago I had a brandnew F250 4X4 with ALL the bells snd whistles. It was orange truck bad.

Posted by: Eromero at July 12, 2024 06:46 AM (o2ZRX)

83 We're faithful dining Christians. Especially during Wednesday night fellowship suppers. Gotta love that fried chicken.

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There's an actual joke told by Baptists because this is a recognized thing:

It's show and tell at school, and the teacher asks everyone to bring in something representing their religion.

Timmy is called on first, and he stands up and says "I'm Jewish, and this is a menorah."
Thank you Timmy.

Abdul is next, and he says "I'm Muslim, and this is a prayer rug."
Thank you Abdul.

Sally walks to the front of the class.

"I'm a Southern Baptist, and this is a casserole."

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Ellipses' good question - How did they know Trump's opponent in the '19 impeachment? at July 12, 2024 06:48 AM (uKQ6k)

84 Beau Biden died of dysentery.
During the Peloponnesian War.

Posted by: Not a joke at July 12, 2024 06:48 AM (sWrld)

85
I'm an Episcopalian and this is a bottle of vodka.

Posted by: Little Johnny at July 12, 2024 06:50 AM (sWrld)

86 I’m a Presbyterian and this is a psalter.

Posted by: Eromero at July 12, 2024 06:55 AM (0k3Ka)

87 83, LOL, I gotta tell that one to Mrs Eez when she wakes up!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at July 12, 2024 06:56 AM (MKEsG)

88 JJ

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at July 12, 2024 06:56 AM (JRP2U)

89
Sharp as a tack, Jack. You see that performance last night? I rocked it. Sure anyone could confuse Zelenskyy for Putin or Harris for Trump. Top of my game, four stars. Now where's that guy with the football? I wanna spark one off.
-- FJB

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 12, 2024 06:56 AM (RKVpM)

90 I had a breakfast meeting at a Jewish place yesterday and was really hoping for lox.

Chia pudding and a breakfast burrito with impossible chorizo.

Am disappoint.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2024 06:57 AM (RIvkX)

91 8 Morning all!

What a wild, emotional, roller coaster of a press conference last night.

From Huh?
To What?
To, oh Dancing Moses on a pogo stick....
Posted by: Bruce at July 12, 2024 04:52 AM (szrmA)

I just now tried to watch it and his coughing and old-man voice and verbal stumbling made it unpleasant, and then he started in with "Meanwhile, my PREDECESSOR" and I went *click*.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2024 07:11 AM (64Zez)

92 The Economist on the Big Boy press conference:

https://archive.is/dTMsg

Posted by: m at July 12, 2024 07:19 AM (64Zez)

93 LOL The Economist:

But virtually every question also touched on Mr Biden’s viability as a candidate. (paragraph 2 of 10)

But virtually every question seemed to return, in some form, to whether Mr Biden was fit to serve as president for another four years. (paragraph 8 of 10)

Posted by: m at July 12, 2024 07:22 AM (64Zez)

94 In 2024 the far bigger threat is people who can’t pass a Turing test, rather than being concerned about AIs that might at some point.

Posted by: DavidH at July 12, 2024 08:54 AM (TLhsH)

95 Late as hell, but whatevs.

That blog post is fairly interesting, but it's a little funny the blogger doesn't seem to consider himself or Gerard to be normies even though they are. I can kind of excuse him for it though since he's a Millenial and has never known the Internet before Eternal September or even pre-AOL days. And I don't think pseudonerd Gerard was ever on Usenet at all.

And I think his hatred of blockchain has less to do with kneejerk progtardation and more to do with him having been too busy getting high on his own supply mocking it and is now sour grapes about losing out on cheap Bitcoin. His inability to delay gratification really bit him in the ass there.

Posted by: Saber Alter at July 12, 2024 02:12 PM (mrqmb)

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