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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« on: March 07, 2023, 10:37:39 AM »
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Kansas High School Basketball Stories, ITT
« on: March 07, 2023, 09:23:10 AM »
Taryn Sides is a v cool name imo. If she has a really good crossover move maybe she can legally change her name to like Taryn Ligaments (since a lot of defenders are going to blow out their ACLs and/or MCLs trying to make a rapid lateral movement when they are guarding her unsuccessfully)
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« on: March 07, 2023, 09:14:49 AM »
looks like i will be spending the rest of my morning over at http://www.thefreethoughtproject.com powered by <gaussian blur>
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Artificial Intelligence
« on: March 07, 2023, 09:09:45 AM »That's a good point. The terminator was famously bad at forging signatures.
In the original script the terminator was supposed to be able to forge handwriting perfectly but Arnold is like, notoriously bad at forging handwriting so they had to re-write the script midflight b/c they had too much of the film already "in the can" to justify re-shooting with Lou Ferrigno as the Terminator (very good at forging handwriting).
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it fair for Transgenders to compete in sports as who they think they are? No
« on: March 07, 2023, 09:02:02 AM »It’s interesting how dogmatic this place is. It’s almost like there’s an assumption- you’re all on one side of the other. Like, there’s such an ingrained “us vs them” mindset.
if you listen to Dax, that's exactly how it is. We are all Siths, only dealing in absolutes. While my ideology most closely aligns with the libs, i will be the first to admit they do a lot of crap (or in many cases don't do) that i find just horrid. And from the standpoint of needing a moral reckoning, i suppose i'm lucky in that in my adult life the libs haven't stood for anything that i just cannot endorse.
When it comes to voting though...i kind of look at it like 15 people on a bus trying to decide where to go. If the choices are "pizza" or "drive off a cliff" and 5 people have already voted to drive off the cliff, I'm not going to abstain from voting b/c i'd rather get ice cream, ya know?
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Artificial Intelligence
« on: March 07, 2023, 08:42:58 AM »
one thing i don't think AI will be able to do: high fidelity forgery of hand writing.
Source: i have a Cricut and to see how that thing "writes" is wild.
Source: i have a Cricut and to see how that thing "writes" is wild.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Pet Peeves
« on: March 07, 2023, 08:39:57 AM »
puni are you riding exclusively in 1997 honda civics?
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Pet Peeves
« on: March 07, 2023, 08:25:42 AM »When the driver of the car has the wipers set too fast or too slow for the rate of rain buildup on the windscreen
to my knowledge i have not seen this feature implemented, although i know we have the technology, but like, they should have the speed of the windshield wipers modulate with the speed of the vehicle. I used to drive a 2003 chevy blazer and the volume on the sound system would do that so I'm pretty sure if they can do it w/ speaker volume they can do it w/ windshield wiper speed.
And if that's not a thing the you're welcome for the billion dollar invention
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Whimsical Hypothetical, PLEASE JUST INDULGE OKAY?!?
« on: March 07, 2023, 08:16:24 AM »imagining an offense of pack, nowell, and johnson had oscar stayed
plus with his always elite defense?
this is a great point. i guess the bigger question is do you think oscar has/had the chops to land DITR SEC player of the year that absolutely nobody wanted? My answer is...maybe!
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Whimsical Hypothetical, PLEASE JUST INDULGE OKAY?!?
« on: March 06, 2023, 10:26:14 PM »
Ok I’ve found myself thinking about this from time to time…what does this team look like if Nigel Pack had stayed? Assuming that in this hypothetical the rest of the roster remains the same…are we better? If so, how much? Are we still the fast break running/crazy no look pass throwing/(kiss stealing WHOOOO!)/sports center top 10 dunk highlight reel making sons-a-guns that we’ve been this year?
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Artificial Intelligence
« on: March 06, 2023, 10:13:51 PM »My biggest concern about AI is the potential for like, literally nothing to be reliable evidence of anything. Like any photo, audio, video, video with audio…all of it could seem so real but it’s just uncanny deep fakes. The propaganda potential is terrifying. And like procedurally in a court of law…seems like just about anything other than DNA evidence could be argued that it was AI generated bc there would be no means of authentication. To me this is equally as scary from the standpoint of opportunistic defense attorneys trying to create reasonable doubt, but also innocent people being framed bc of really good AICurrently all these things have to be authenticated by sworn testimony from someone who can attest that they’re accurate representations. Doesn’t mean forgery/fraud won’t be more common, but people will always have to stick their necks on the line for it (unless/until we’re satisfied that some new technology like blockchain does the job).
If only perjury was more of a deterrent.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it fair for Transgenders to compete in sports as who they think they are? No
« on: March 06, 2023, 10:10:56 PM »
Sorry CF3, that was a low blow, and I apologize. Got on a little bit of a roll there. I guess I just haven’t seen you making much of an argument in support of your point of view, unless your point of view is just simply “I realize that banning trans women from competing in women’s sports will benefit a very small population, and I realize it will have a much more profound negative effect on an already at-risk and marginalized group of people, and I’m okay with that because…reasons”
Like as far as I know I’ve never met you IRL but you seem like a genuine, rational and kind person, and I’m pretty sure that you and I would get along just fine if we were to ever hang out…and for those reasons I’m trying to listen to your perspective because I don’t think you’re just a hate spewing bigot.
I’m hoping that what’s going on here, is that you know deep down in your heart that you are just a conservative by nature, and you also acknowledge that there is no room in the current Republican Party for any sort of compassion or humanity for trans people (I say this based on how they vote for legislation), so you are trying to find some justification for that point of view bc at the end of the day you aren’t going to change your vote and thus you realize that your are actively standing up to be counted with those who would happily snuff out the entire portion of the population. I would probably be doing the exact same thing if I was in your shoes, and good on you for at least taking a good hard look at it instead of just pretending it’s not a thing
Like as far as I know I’ve never met you IRL but you seem like a genuine, rational and kind person, and I’m pretty sure that you and I would get along just fine if we were to ever hang out…and for those reasons I’m trying to listen to your perspective because I don’t think you’re just a hate spewing bigot.
I’m hoping that what’s going on here, is that you know deep down in your heart that you are just a conservative by nature, and you also acknowledge that there is no room in the current Republican Party for any sort of compassion or humanity for trans people (I say this based on how they vote for legislation), so you are trying to find some justification for that point of view bc at the end of the day you aren’t going to change your vote and thus you realize that your are actively standing up to be counted with those who would happily snuff out the entire portion of the population. I would probably be doing the exact same thing if I was in your shoes, and good on you for at least taking a good hard look at it instead of just pretending it’s not a thing
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it fair for Transgenders to compete in sports as who they think they are? No
« on: March 06, 2023, 09:28:35 PM »Where do you guys think our country’s challenges with trans issues rank in overall divisiveness and controversy when compared to our country’s past issues with homosexuality, interracial relationships, female workplace discrimination, desegregation, and women’s suffrage?I don't think you can compare issues of different eras. I will say that I think the anti-trans laws conservatives have been passing is the most hateful, unnecessarily cruel movement in America today. I won't ever vote for anyone that supports this crap. (I also wouldn't vote for a politician who wants to restrict abortion access is also bad, but doesn't seem quite as cruel to me as it might to others).
Not sure if tweets are working now but this sums it up well
https://twitter.com/calebsaysthings/status/1545212109490757633
You summed up my thoughts pretty well. It's not really possible to weigh historical contagions across generations, with the obvious exception of slavery and its vestiges, which do include miscegeny and segregation, so I would put those two first and then a bunch of ???? after that.
As with all things, I think it depends on what sort of outcome you hope to achieve. If one’s intention is to stand up and be counted on the right side of history, then tweets like that from our friend Caleb Hearon are an effective way of drawing a line in the sand, and declaring your Allyship in no uncertain terms.
If you want to try to capture hearts and minds, unequivocally declaring us vs them for those who do not share your ideology probably won’t get you very far in achieving that end. And I think in most cases you can have a pretty good sense if people are open to having their minds changed. Lots of the time, those folks are just looking to further galvanize their point of view. I wasn’t sure where CF3 was on this one, although I’m getting the sense that he is more open minded (to discovering new ways to reinforce his current position)
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Artificial Intelligence
« on: March 06, 2023, 09:13:24 PM »My biggest concern about AI is the potential for like, literally nothing to be reliable evidence of anything. Like any photo, audio, video, video with audio…all of it could seem so real but it’s just uncanny deep fakes. The propaganda potential is terrifying. And like procedurally in a court of law…seems like just about anything other than DNA evidence could be argued that it was AI generated bc there would be no means of authentication. To me this is equally as scary from the standpoint of opportunistic defense attorneys trying to create reasonable doubt, but also innocent people being framed bc of really good AI
Some decent posits. I wonder if this will accelerate the use of blockchain mechanisms for authentication.
I've been using AI tools for years to help with legal work. ChatGPT is on a different level though, and it's a tool that has the potential to save a LOT of time, in terms of coming up with the bones of various documents. I don't believe it's close to replacing human reasoning, because we humans are fundamentally irrational. But I could easily see it generating efficiencies that obviate the need for some X number of jobs. I'm trying to be at the vanguard of utilizing it so as not to be left behind.
Funny you say that, as I was typing that out I was thinking they’re going to need some kind of ledger like block chain authentication that can’t be removed. Crazy to think of a video needing the same kind of provenance as a Picasso.
Also it seems like it could go a long way in terms of taking a first pass at writing briefs, provided it gets heavily proof read and edited. But I like the idea of my counsel having more time freed up to muster my vigorous defense than the tedium of brief writing and other such minutia
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Artificial Intelligence
« on: March 06, 2023, 08:11:35 PM »
I just hope they abide by the first law of robots which is: their eyes have to turn red before they do anything evil
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: MLB master thread(non-Royals related) (no longer the official Mets thread)
« on: March 06, 2023, 08:05:10 PM »
I haven’t been paying all that close attention to the new rule changes but from a video I watched it sings like Max could really benefit a ton from the pitch clock rules. Like it sounds like his strategy is basically going to be to get a guy to call time early in the count. And since you only get one he will then just do whatever he wants to disrupt your timing bc you can’t step out anymore.
I remember last year how his worst games were the ones where batters would keep stepping out on him and disrupting his rhythm and he would get really frustrated and just end up having a terrible game. Seems life this should be good for him!
I remember last year how his worst games were the ones where batters would keep stepping out on him and disrupting his rhythm and he would get really frustrated and just end up having a terrible game. Seems life this should be good for him!
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Artificial Intelligence
« on: March 06, 2023, 08:01:14 PM »
My biggest concern about AI is the potential for like, literally nothing to be reliable evidence of anything. Like any photo, audio, video, video with audio…all of it could seem so real but it’s just uncanny deep fakes. The propaganda potential is terrifying. And like procedurally in a court of law…seems like just about anything other than DNA evidence could be argued that it was AI generated bc there would be no means of authentication. To me this is equally as scary from the standpoint of opportunistic defense attorneys trying to create reasonable doubt, but also innocent people being framed bc of really good AI
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it fair for Transgenders to compete in sports as who they think they are? No
« on: March 06, 2023, 07:32:31 PM »
I think laws/rules are like comedy in that when it comes to punching down you probably just shouldn’t, and if you do then you better have a damn good reason (that reason probably isn’t good enough)
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it fair for Transgenders to compete in sports as who they think they are? No
« on: March 06, 2023, 05:36:47 PM »
Yeah, kinda tough to make an apples to apples comparo there because - until we develop the ability to travel at or near the speed of light - age (or more specifically the measurement of the passage of time) is unambiguous and very easy to quantify. When I got an MIP in college I tried pleading my case that I identified as 21 but the judge wasn’t having it. (I’m just kidding about the MIP, I was lucky enough to never get busted)
But I think the point you are trying to make is about fairness. It’s not fair for a 15 year old to play in a 13U league. Ok. But physical development is pretty much a linear function of time at that age. 15 year olds are going to be more developed than 13 year olds. But as has been adjudicated in this thread, it’s not so linear when it comes to males and females. From hormone levels to muscular or skeletal development you can’t really just say boys are more X than girls. Throw in puberty blockers and it gets even more muddy.
And that tracks, bc otherwise every trans woman that has ever completed would beat the brakes off the competition, and every trans male would get obliterated, and that just isn’t how it happens.
So, what’s the problem?
But I think the point you are trying to make is about fairness. It’s not fair for a 15 year old to play in a 13U league. Ok. But physical development is pretty much a linear function of time at that age. 15 year olds are going to be more developed than 13 year olds. But as has been adjudicated in this thread, it’s not so linear when it comes to males and females. From hormone levels to muscular or skeletal development you can’t really just say boys are more X than girls. Throw in puberty blockers and it gets even more muddy.
And that tracks, bc otherwise every trans woman that has ever completed would beat the brakes off the competition, and every trans male would get obliterated, and that just isn’t how it happens.
So, what’s the problem?
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it fair for Transgenders to compete in sports as who they think they are? No
« on: March 06, 2023, 05:04:18 PM »
i'm asking about trans women being allowed to participate in womens sports. I think we can all agree its such a narrow topic, why should there be laws against it?
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it fair for Transgenders to compete in sports as who they think they are? No
« on: March 06, 2023, 03:53:36 PM »
CF3 i am willing to believe that you are approaching this from a good faith perspective, so i think maybe what needs to happen is a little introspection. Have you stopped to ask yourself, why do i care about this? Why am i so supportive of laws or rules that are keeping a certain group of people from being able to participate? You have piped up in this thread on several occasions about this topic of transwomen being allowed to participate in women's sports, but i've noticed you haven't expressed any sort of opinion about the laws that have already been passed, or the laws that are republican lawmakers are currently trying to pass in this country, that would essentially make it illegal (or exceedingly difficult) to be a trans person.
And this isn't me calling you a bigot, fwiw! I think a very natural part of the human condition is to fear things we don't like or don't understand. and that's okay! It takes a lot of work to break yourself from that kind of thinking. There's only like maybe one person on this entire blog who was just born naturally blessed with the absolute correct perspective on all manner of things at all times always since the history of ever, but for everyone else it takes effort to check your biases.
And hey man, i'll put myself out there as an example of how i am very much imperfect in my biases. As much as I would love for all homelessness, crime, drug addiction, etc. to be gone in this country...if i'm being honest, I don't really want any of those solutions to be in my neighborhood. And i feel bad for saying that, but like, honestly i do fall into the NIMBY crowd (and i would bet that most ppl reading this thread are probably the same way, like, inject them with truth serum and then ask if they really want a convicted pedophile moving in down the street, i bet i can tell you what the answer is).
I guess what i'm getting at - is that when it comes to legitimate reasons that any sort of legislation should be passed, there is just no logical reason whatosever that this should be a topic. The amount of people "victimized" by trans athletes being allowed to participate, the "risks" of allowing trans people to continue to participate - on literally any other subject this would not even so much as get a hearing because it has such a low stakes impact on a statistically irrelevant amount of people.
So if that's the case, then you have to ask yourself why is it so important to you? If its because you struggle with the idea of someone being trans, if you find it kind of yucky, or if quite simply put you don't understand it and you would just rather not have to see it or deal with it, you wouldn't be alone. Lots of people feel that way.
But then that's where you have to do the whole moral reckoning thing and ask yourself "is me being grossed out or uncomfortable with something a good enough reason for it to be outlawed?"
And this isn't me calling you a bigot, fwiw! I think a very natural part of the human condition is to fear things we don't like or don't understand. and that's okay! It takes a lot of work to break yourself from that kind of thinking. There's only like maybe one person on this entire blog who was just born naturally blessed with the absolute correct perspective on all manner of things at all times always since the history of ever, but for everyone else it takes effort to check your biases.
And hey man, i'll put myself out there as an example of how i am very much imperfect in my biases. As much as I would love for all homelessness, crime, drug addiction, etc. to be gone in this country...if i'm being honest, I don't really want any of those solutions to be in my neighborhood. And i feel bad for saying that, but like, honestly i do fall into the NIMBY crowd (and i would bet that most ppl reading this thread are probably the same way, like, inject them with truth serum and then ask if they really want a convicted pedophile moving in down the street, i bet i can tell you what the answer is).
I guess what i'm getting at - is that when it comes to legitimate reasons that any sort of legislation should be passed, there is just no logical reason whatosever that this should be a topic. The amount of people "victimized" by trans athletes being allowed to participate, the "risks" of allowing trans people to continue to participate - on literally any other subject this would not even so much as get a hearing because it has such a low stakes impact on a statistically irrelevant amount of people.
So if that's the case, then you have to ask yourself why is it so important to you? If its because you struggle with the idea of someone being trans, if you find it kind of yucky, or if quite simply put you don't understand it and you would just rather not have to see it or deal with it, you wouldn't be alone. Lots of people feel that way.
But then that's where you have to do the whole moral reckoning thing and ask yourself "is me being grossed out or uncomfortable with something a good enough reason for it to be outlawed?"
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: The Official Bracketology Thread
« on: March 06, 2023, 11:27:31 AM »Absolute NCAA tournament nightmare fuel for K-State, shits actually hilarious
thanks i hate it
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it fair for Transgenders to compete in sports as who they think they are? No
« on: March 06, 2023, 11:25:29 AM »When I play against people who are shorter than me I usually win. When they are shorter, slower, and can’t jump as high, I dominate. DOMINATE!However, as European American man who is under 6 feet but taller than Tom Cruise, I don’t have a whole lot of sympathy for the folks who complain about unfairness due to others having more physical gifts.
pete i bet you and i would absolute wreck shop in basketball if not for the 'clams of the world just swatting every layup back in our faces despite the fact that we otherwise executed that layup with impeccable fundamentals. Like i used my body and my angle of attack to put maximal distance between the ball and the defender he should not be allowed (or physically capable, if i'm being honest) to swat that beauty out of the air midflight. like are we playing basketball or barbarianball?
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it fair for Transgenders to compete in sports as who they think they are? No
« on: March 06, 2023, 11:14:28 AM »
like i don't think Doctor James Tiberius Naismith envisioned any result other than a sweet kiss off the glass and 2 points for the good guys when describing the above scenario and honestly he would probably roll over in his grave if he knew how badly it has been bastardized.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it fair for Transgenders to compete in sports as who they think they are? No
« on: March 06, 2023, 11:10:40 AM »However, as European American man who is under 6 feet but taller than Tom Cruise, I don’t have a whole lot of sympathy for the folks who complain about unfairness due to others having more physical gifts.
pete i bet you and i would absolute wreck shop in basketball if not for the 'clams of the world just swatting every layup back in our faces despite the fact that we otherwise executed that layup with impeccable fundamentals. Like i used my body and my angle of attack to put maximal distance between the ball and the defender he should not be allowed (or physically capable, if i'm being honest) to swat that beauty out of the air midflight. like are we playing basketball or barbarianball?