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#31

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Josquius - November 18, 2025, 03:02:28 PM

For now, all males born after 2007 must be examined for service. There is a plan to grow the military and if the planned numbers cannot be achieved with volunteers, there will be real conscription for a twelve month service period.

Poor sods.
The stories I've heard from Swiss friends of how they got out of conscription....

#32

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Josquius - November 18, 2025, 03:01:24 PM

2 key assumptions are that

Existing AI models, given sufficient computing power, can and will speed up the pace of AI research and development in an accelerating feeback loop

Existing LLM models can somehow through that process bootstrap into an AGI.

I also don't understand why it suddenly decides to kill all humans.

It's ran by Elon.

#33

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - November 18, 2025, 02:56:07 PM

The reason I asked about order Incidentally is my 4 year old for some reason pronounces that one word like a 1930s gangster.

Then there's the book/cook thing in his textbook that enraged me....


In other news. This morning I got locked in a weird thought rabbit hole.

Ended up thinking hey isn't it weird how North Korean news anchors have the same whiny hyper emotional performative pitch as enka style vocals... Wonder if there's some broader historic east Asian cultural thing there.

Ended up screaming "BRITNEY IS THE DEVIL. THE CHURCH WANTS YOU TO LISTEN TO HER. DAVID GEDGE IS THE VERY SPIRIT OF THE NORTH"

#34

Off the Record / Re: Stocks and Trading Thread ...

Last post by Admiral Yi - November 18, 2025, 02:48:34 PM

Netflix just split 10-1 so now I can sell covered calls.

#35

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Razgovory - November 18, 2025, 02:05:26 PM

2 key assumptions are that

Existing AI models, given sufficient computing power, can and will speed up the pace of AI research and development in an accelerating feeback loop

Existing LLM models can somehow through that process bootstrap into an AGI.

I also don't understand why it suddenly decides to kill all humans.

#36

Gaming HQ / Re: Total War: Warhammer is co...

Last post by Razgovory - November 18, 2025, 02:02:43 PM

One word: Titty snakes.

#37

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Admiral Yi - November 18, 2025, 01:52:59 PM

As a response to Russian aggression, Germany has decided to reintroduce conscription, to have sufficient troops and reserves in case of war.

Will you draft women?

#38

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Valmy - November 18, 2025, 01:44:00 PM

For now, all males born after 2007 must be examined for service. There is a plan to grow the military and if the planned numbers cannot be achieved with volunteers, there will be real conscription for a twelve month service period.

Gen Z goes to war.

#39

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Jacob - November 18, 2025, 01:31:00 PM

Yeah I'm listening to my six-year old and it's kind of interesting what's happening. For some - many - words she enunciates the T very distinctly (she'd never pass as a Torontonian, for example, pronouncing every T in the name very clearly). And then there are some words where she goes all in on the glottal stop "button" becomes "beh'en".

#40

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Valmy - November 18, 2025, 01:30:39 PM

Regulars are lvl 20 fighters against level 0 peasants. 

That would make historical events like the Battle of the Golden Spurs or the victories of the Swiss militia over the Habsburgs and Burgundians unlikely to occur though 

Good. Filthy peasants deserve to be slaughtered by their social betters