Ruthenian Catholic. But how can man die better, than facing fearful odds. For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods.
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It’s never too late reminder: Erasmus only began to teach himself Greek in his thirties.
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Imagine if all archaeologists working in Britain were obliged to take King Arthur seriously, and vast resources were expended trying to dig up Camelot.
That’s basically the Xia Dynasty.
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I’ve been getting wrong number texts from an 83 year old woman named Judy for the past 5 years. Today things took a turn for the worst.
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I like how in Narnia there’s no pussyfooting around the religious stuff. Aslan straight up dies for your sins and gets resurrected. Mr Beaver’s like oh, the White Witch? she’s a daughter of Lilith. yeah, that Lilith
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How does an actor have a better epistemological understanding of AI than the people building it?
Ben Affleck says AI is simply matrix multiplication, linear algebra and floating point calculations, and however convincingly it sounds like a person, it has nothing to do with thought, humanity or feeling
“Nor do I believe, and I think it’s important to draw the distinction between what AI does, which is simply predict the next token or the next word in a sentence, then add that word on, run it back to the machine, do a lot of computation and pick the next word."
"That is a very different thing than sentience or thought. And I think we need to be really clear about that because it can be convincingly, in an illusory way, sound like thought or like a person."
"But let’s be real clear. This is matrix multiplication. This is linear algebra. These are floating point calculations. It has nothing to do with thought, humanity, or feeling.”
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I still think about the fact that there's a Scottish Orthodox Bishop named Augustine McBeth.
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"The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances."
Aristotle, Poetics 22
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University professors be like "but the slides are a summary, not everything needed for the exam"
And then slides are everything needed for the exam
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Fun fact: America almost attained orthodox jurisdictional unity in 90's before the Patriarchs ended it by retiring every bishop involved because they didn't want the cash flow from America to end. Foreign orthodox churches don't view America as a mission field, but a money bag.
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Remember this when women say misandry doesn't kill.
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I like how his only argument against AI summaries of the code is that "ermmm it'll like uhhh lie to you about every potential issue because ummmm it just will okay????"
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While I deeply sympathise with the plight of the Ukrainians, this is barbaric
'No animal could ever be so cruel as a man' - Dostoyevsky
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This brings up a good reminder from the Prefect of the CDF in 2004, future Pope Benedict XVI, on the DP:
The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption. #NoDeathPenalty