"Leave things as you found them." Someone showcased this saying and commented that it makes for a great approach to life.
If you really make that one of man's guide post mottos? It means there'll be no invention or innovation, no advancement from where they still are in most parts of Africa. It means perpetually subsisting like this.
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Friday, July 15, 2016
Gladio Continues Apace
"The Orlando LGBT night club massacre was the worst mass shooting in
American history. It has, in many ways, galvanized much of heterosexual
America in showing support for the LGBT community."
Yup. Precisely what it was designed to do.
Yup. Precisely what it was designed to do.
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Repeat That Mantra Relentlessly, Otherwise...
Reality might just overpower your mind!
I participate at a site where people can post a succinct thought and then, if they so desire, they can also provide an elucidation on the thought. The place pullulates with Regressives, so I was fatigued (tho not surprised) to find yet another iteration of their favorite cant, viz.: "White privilege exists. Let's fix that." (Note that this is a female Jewish artist who's got plenty of money and the concomitant privileges.)
My response was, "We're all ears to hear the first 5 things you yourself will be doing to fulfill that." I'll be keen to see whether she responds and if so, what she says. I have a feeling she'll play deaf mute (a favorite tactic of her ilk there and elsewhere online).
I participate at a site where people can post a succinct thought and then, if they so desire, they can also provide an elucidation on the thought. The place pullulates with Regressives, so I was fatigued (tho not surprised) to find yet another iteration of their favorite cant, viz.: "White privilege exists. Let's fix that." (Note that this is a female Jewish artist who's got plenty of money and the concomitant privileges.)
My response was, "We're all ears to hear the first 5 things you yourself will be doing to fulfill that." I'll be keen to see whether she responds and if so, what she says. I have a feeling she'll play deaf mute (a favorite tactic of her ilk there and elsewhere online).
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Another Severe A.I. Limitation
Somebody at a site I participate at asked whether computers could perhaps one day lie. Well, lying takes quite a bit of skill, yet AI can't even make out something when it's upside down!
I searched for this image right side up, and Google dutifully took me to the original page where I had found it (I had saved it under a different name, to try to fool the SE, but it wasn't fooled one bit). Then I thought, hmmmnn, let's simply flip this upside down and see whether Google can make it out.
Now, anybody can tell this is a dress, of course, but Google couldn't figure it out to save its...er..."life." Google thought it was this.
Close, but no cigar.
(Footnote: several years ago, a drawing book came out suggesting you draw things from an upside-down perspective. I'm wondering if computers'll ever be able to manage THAT!)
I searched for this image right side up, and Google dutifully took me to the original page where I had found it (I had saved it under a different name, to try to fool the SE, but it wasn't fooled one bit). Then I thought, hmmmnn, let's simply flip this upside down and see whether Google can make it out.
Now, anybody can tell this is a dress, of course, but Google couldn't figure it out to save its...er..."life." Google thought it was this.
Close, but no cigar.
(Footnote: several years ago, a drawing book came out suggesting you draw things from an upside-down perspective. I'm wondering if computers'll ever be able to manage THAT!)
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