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#1

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by Jacob - Today at 03:26:55 PM

I'm not super familiar with the Hormuz landscape. What's the deal with Kharg Island?

Is it where Iran export their oil from? And it's also a strategically commanding place to project power from, but conversely also somewhat vulnerable as a target?

#2

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 02:57:56 PM

It is hard for me to vocalize how crushingly depressing this war is.

It's not too late, you still have a place amongst us.

#3

Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Valmy - Today at 02:31:29 PM

And these are Americans where Muslim Americans have tiny birth rates and are from professional backgrounds. And how many Muslim women wear the full body thing? 5% if that.

By the way the whole "all our problems will be solved once we completely eliminate this minority" is not new or bold. In fact we keep expelling and persecuting minorities and somehow the problems don't get solved.

And young Muslims leave Islam at a pretty high clip these days. If you want to reverse that and help preserve Islam than by all means persecute them and make them an insular under siege community.

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Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Syt - Today at 02:21:48 PM

#5

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 01:09:45 PM

Fukuyama came out with this. Interesting he correctly predicted the Kharg Island attack a day before it occured.

#6

Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 12:23:24 PM

Enjoying playing  'Egypt - Old Kingdom' - nice with interesting mechanics and lots of historical flavour.

Sounds familiar

#7

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Valmy - Today at 12:23:15 PM

My takeaway so far is that it's good I never married, because I can't become a doomed widower.

My uncle lost his wife and he had been doing great and he is in his 80s. So it is not a death sentence.

#8

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by Valmy - Today at 12:21:01 PM

It is hard for me to vocalize how crushingly depressing this war is.

#9

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 11:51:12 AM

I feel like I've been the only one going in the opposite direction with AI.  In my old company we had ChatGPT Enterprise with access to pretty strong models.  In my new job we have Copilot.    Microsoft's ability to create fucking useless products is unmatched.  I'm actually doing more by hands now than I did a year ago.

This is exactly the problem, people find a use case for a particular niche function, and the folks who don't know better say, see I told you so, all AI is useful.  By the way, another lawyer is heading to being disbarred in Ontario for using generative AI. This time the lawyer checked to make sure the case names were real, but the quotes from the cases he included in his brief were entirely fabricated. 

#10

Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 11:48:18 AM

Solasta II is now available in early access