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Gaming HQ / Re: What are you playing? (Red...

Last post by 11B4V - Today at 08:06:08 PM

Still FO4

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Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Josquius - Today at 07:56:57 PM

International breaks need eliminating.

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Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 07:21:07 PM

In academia, at least when it is working properly, books and articles are used as a touchpoint for discussion and further analysis.  The purpose is not to train people to just reproduce back what is written but to spark ideas, to build upon existing knowledge and push further.  That is very different from building a probability engine to predict the next set of characters based on a matrix of how those characters have been used in past publications.

I think I see the source of the confusion.  When I said that's all of academia, I meant all of academia contains facts, wisdom, knowledge acquired  in the past.  Not that academia consists of nothing but facts.

No, you don't see the problem

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Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 06:16:34 PM

In academia, at least when it is working properly, books and articles are used as a touchpoint for discussion and further analysis.  The purpose is not to train people to just reproduce back what is written but to spark ideas, to build upon existing knowledge and push further.  That is very different from building a probability engine to predict the next set of characters based on a matrix of how those characters have been used in past publications.

I think I see the source of the confusion.  When I said that's all of academia, I meant all of academia contains facts, wisdom, knowledge acquired  in the past.  Not that academia consists of nothing but facts.

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Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 05:30:21 PM

Just looked at the results - four games, four draws, two goals.

Feel like fixture congestion maybe having a bit of an impact.

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Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Zoupa - Today at 05:20:18 PM

I watched Spurs-Brentford today. What a drab affair. My 2 cents: Spurs will not achieve anything under Thomas Frank. Spurs have tried this kind of coach before, with Nuno, Conte, Mourinho. It's incredibly boring and does not fit the club culture. Pocchetino and Ange fit the mold much more yet got sacked right after major achievements. Infuriating.

Oh, and we're apparently selling our top scorer last season, the one who actually got us the Europa League win. Because the issue with Spurs is definitely that we score too many goals 

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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by The Brain - Today at 04:35:35 PM

So, based on social media latest season of stranger things sucks, huh?

Have only seen a couple of episodes yet. So far it's just more of the same. My impression is that the season won't add anything significant, and that they could have ended the show after S4. But I'm ready to be surprised.

I wasn't surprised.

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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Josquius - Today at 03:47:50 PM

Maybe I figured out why I don't like Stranger Things.
It's too dark.
Everything happens at night. With crap lightning.
I never like things where you can't see why is going on.
I rated the batman films less than many others do too.

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Off the Record / Re: Vote in the New York City ...

Last post by Josquius - Today at 03:30:39 PM

He's sworn in. Found this out today and it made me giggle a bit. He has to pay $9 to be mayor.
Now is it just me or is that such an American weird little institutional tradition?
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/01/zohran-mamdani-mayor-nine-dollars-filing-fee/87983627007/


Like having to recite the last round of cricket scores whilst sitting bare bummed on a picture of the pope, holding a white cat and a wellington boot- sure. As a brit that sounds like a perfectly normal tradition.

Having to pay some guy $9 to get your papers.... That's just so cute and American. I can imagine this holding even in some glorious far future world without money in the way many of our traditions have outlasted them making any sense.

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Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 03:19:35 PM

Sounds like all of academia.  We're taught  what we already collectively know, which was acquired in the past.  Libraries are full of books that were written in the past.

In academia, at least when it is working properly, books and articles are used as a touchpoint for discussion and further analysis.  The purpose is not to train people to just reproduce back what is written but to spark ideas, to build upon existing knowledge and push further.  That is very different from building a probability engine to predict the next set of characters based on a matrix of how those characters have been used in past publications.