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netstack
Texas is freedom land
4m ago
No and no. The courts have routinely protected far more aggressive speech, as in Brandenburg.
True threats can be legally prohibited, but “mere advocacy” is not enough.
orthoxerox
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11m ago
sun_the_second
could survive a COD lobby and a gay furry discord server
13m ago
The idea of relying on the feedback loop of remixed AI slop for entertainment and it drowning out genuine good stuff evokes in me disgust that is hard to convey.
This is the part where the whispering earring tells me "better for you that you take me off".
orthoxerox
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15m ago
Still playing Clair Obscur. It kinda reminds me of Wes Anderson's films (before he completely fell into self-parody). My lexicon utterly fails me in my quest to describe what I mean without somehow confusing it with Whedonesque snark. I can only explain it by using an analogy.
Have you ever been to a Bobby McFerrin concert? The first few minutes are quite unsettling if you're there in person: an old black guy takes the stage with his co-singers and waits for the applause to die down, the audience falls silent, he raises the mic to his lips and starts babbling like a crazy hobo. You know that's what was supposed to happen, but you are still gripped by the "wrongness", that "that's not how you do things" sensation that quickly dissipates as the babbling turns into a melody, and you sit back and enjoy the next ninety minutes.
faul_sname
Fuck around once, find out once. Do it again, now it's science.
16m ago
I think "touch grass" is sometimes a useful thing to say to people who are in a doomscrolling spiral. Obnoxious, but useful.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
28m ago
It's pretty obnoxious to come onto a political forum and argue that your opponents are wrong and insane because they spend too much mental energy on politics.
DradisPing
33m ago
You're not likely to find any good numbers. The immigration debate is pretty famous for having the government withhold obvious stats and academic researchers not looking into topics that could have results the left is uncomfortable with.
The other problem is how recent this all is. What numbers are eventually available for 2025 likely won't be released until early 2027.
My sense is that actually being deported incorrectly is pretty rare. There is a lot of due process, it's just in the immigration courts instead judicial branch courts. They sort out visa status issues pretty quickly. Things get tied up for years because defendants bring up a lot of long shot defences on humanitarian grounds.
There's probably a decent number of cases where someone is taken in but released in less than 48 hours after their identity is verified.
There's also a "the dog that didn't bark" aspect. If reporters had found a bunch of people improperly held for weeks or deported then they'd be making noise about specific cases. I haven't heard of any.
Also immigration enforcement has been so lax for so long, ICE has tons of low hanging fruit to go after.
Soteriologian
44m ago
I haven't tried patch 1.0 yet, but I did play back when the alpha was released.
From what I remember, it's not bad, but I much prefer the vibe of Hades 1. Hades 1 is just very strong thematically - at first you think your dad is kind of a bad guy, keeping you down, but as you fight your way to the surface for your first glimpse of paradise, it becomes apparent that the curse is much deeper than you know: it's in the blood. You were born condemned, to a Sisyphean quest to seek paradise but be denied access, and yet... through your failure, you make lots of friends, realize your troubles may not even be that bad compared to theirs, and well, I won't spoil the ending, but one can almost imagine Sisyphus content. It's a very deep game.
Hades 2 isn't bad, it just... it feels like Arcane season 2 compared to Arcane season 1. It would feel a lot better if its predecessor hadn't set the bar so high. And yes, as you mention, it does feel a bit woker.
Now, admittedly, I haven't played the new 1.0 patch for Hades 2 yet, so I may be missing key aspects of the story that pull things together in ways that make the game deeper. But from what I remember, Chronos sure felt like an actual bad guy, in a very cookie-cutter sense, and there didn't seem to be much thematic depth behind this, like the passage of time rendering the gods increasingly impotent or something (the main character is a witch, after all). It just felt quite shallow.
My dude, I appreciate the report! I'll just comment on a few things here:
I enjoyed a pleasant buzz from the caffeine in the first few days - a better buzz than ever before in my life from coffee, it seemed.
I also feel perkier when I'm drinking pour-over coffee when compared to a cup from a Keurig or an automatic drip coffeemaker.
The grinder (Krups Silent Vortex; blades) is not that great. It does its job, but the coffee ends up ground to different sized bits. There's some light brown bits that are clearly much bigger and are thus perhaps not infused to the same degree into the liquid, compared to the tinier bits...?
This is exactly why the grinder is the second most important component. Equal grind size equals equal infusion, which yields a more consistent flavor from the beans.
The taste was not all that special. I was whelmed. The Yirgacheffe clearly tastes better than pre-ground Arabica, but not that much different. There's a few subtle notes of perhaps fruit or a spicy flower or something, but it's all a bit too subtle for my untrained, somewhat aged palate. Pleasant to drink though. I don't need cream or sugar when brewing this one.
This tells me that you've got enough of a sense of taste and smell that you'd probably get to the point where you could get definite flavors from your brew if you decide to keep going down this path, especially when combined with your sharp observation that different sized grounds will yield uneven results in the taste department. When I first started down the road of fresh roasted coffee it seemed like drinking tea to me, which is to say that I definitely noticed differences with different varieties of black tea and so did freshly roasted beans seem to have some distinct flavor to them. I still don't know that I'd be good enough to actually go cup individual coffees and buy for a specialty house or operation but I'm definitely in wine snob territory when it comes to getting a lot of flavor notes out of a good fresh roasted pour over. I suspect that there's similar potential for you there if you choose to pursue it.
The Rugori was even less impressive though. It was far too close to a totally average cup of coffee.
Sorry to hear that one wasn't so special for you, though it's entirely possible that it might come into its own if you keep trying it over the next several days.
Regardless, I'm glad you shared your experience and it sure sounds to me like you've started your journey. If you decide to continue trying fresh coffee, please continue to write more here and feel free to continue asking questions, I'd appreciate it and from your last I know we have a few other coffee buffs around here that might chime in as well. Enjoy!
samiam
1hr ago
A lot of people were cancelled for celebrating Kirk’s death.
coffee_enjoyer
☕️
1hr ago
The Gospel of Mark with its original ending and older manuscript variants. It has a divine tension where the reader is not totally sure whether Jesus is actually the Son of God. As the academic majority believes that Mark is the first gospel with the other synoptics written on top of it (making editorial mistakes in the process), the original reading is the most interesting. It shows the original energy of the religion.
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Jesus’ family thinks he is out of his mind
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Christ admonishes the disciples for being cowards when He calms the storm
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People doubt Christ because he works as a carpenter, as opposed to his being a “son of a carpenter”, with this word having a great meaningspace of artisan and craftsman and builder; this sustains the tension of his legitimacy.
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He is emotional, angry and sighing while healing people
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There is the messianic secret motif which echoes the story of Euripides’ Baccheus (note all similarities: God entering human form in humility to reestablish correct worship in secret while facing opposition from society, blessing those who recognize him and promising disaster to those who do not)
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The character of Bartimaeus who is theorized to allude to Plato’s Timeus
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From what I’ve read from people who can read Koine Greek, it is written in a style between Hemingway and ebonics, and erring toward the latter. It is literally not even written well, which I think is awesome.
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There is the very important note that Jesus cursed the fig tree when it wasn’t the time for figs, which is essential for understanding what He is actually doing and the purpose of faith and cursing.
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Prayer is articulated as an activity in which the person believes they’ve already received what they asked when they pray, which is fascinating, and a very phenomenologically different activity than today’s prayer with very different psychological consequences
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It ends with a sense of cosmic horror: “So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.” This is very fitting for a human race which just crucified the appointed savior of the world. I would also be left in a state of cosmic horror. To me this has the feeling of the original, unfinished ending of Mozart’s Lacrimosa, which leaves you in a state of dread and questioning. Now if Mark is original, this is also important for clarifying the very first sense of the crucifixion. Is it hopeful? Is it horrible? Perhaps both.
I like this original dramatic tension because the reader winds up feeling like the clueless Centurion — “truly this man was the Son of God” — for no other reason than the way He lived. You can almost read OG Mark in an atheistic lens of, “imagine someone lived totally as the son of God in our sinful and evil world”. It’s also important to read this in the context of two Solomonic Wisdom Books: Ecclesiastes and the Wisdom of Solomon. Ecclesiastes paints a world without any hope after death, and the Wisdom of Solomon was written around 0AD as a correction to this. How does Wisdom correct the nihilism of Ecclesiastes? With the archetypal righteous person, who labels himself the Son of God, who is put to a shameful death by the evil and worldly after claiming God as his Father. This and many other similarities should lead us to believe that Mark was written with the Wisdom of Solomon in mind.
Is 'punch a Nazi' fighting words?
Sorry, that was too much of a hot take.
How about 'helicopter rides?'
I find it hard to think that a person wouldn't take a threat of violence or death seriously, no matter how jaded with irony and self-referential internet culture. If Nazis are irredeemable cannon fodder that can be slaughtered without scruple of conscience, then no one should be called a Nazi unless they actually are. Same goes for pedophile, or any other group that is convenient to other.
BurdensomeCount
Unable to escape TheMotte's cycle of Samsara...
1hr ago
Thx
faceh
1hr ago
Yeah, its a very solid point.
THAT SAID... I'm wondering if people would actually be willing to buy tickets to sit and have the AI's songs just played at them over the speakers, even if there was an video accompaniment.
Or they can commission an actual band to play the songs, but at that point... just become a fan of said band?
Well, guess we'll see if I'm right:
But mark my words now, the first large music festival showcasing ONLY AI-produced music will be happening inside of 5 years.
faceh
1hr ago
it's the admiration and parasocial relationship with the artist.
I do think there's an issue where with AI you can't really make the AI itself the 'object' of your obsessions because there's nothing 'there.' And making the person prompting the AI the object seems extremely odd.
But I feel pretty similar about people who seem obsessed with certain DJs, when there is certainly an argument that all they're doing is pressing "Play" on the computer and then fiddling with some knobs. They still have 'fans.'
But, uh, we see that (some) people are readily accepting AI boyfriends and girlfriends.
And Hatsune Miku has a large following, even does concerts. Granted, the Japanese can anthropomorphize ANYTHING.
A new post then. Below @samiam linked to a National Review piece that mocks a recent article in The Atlantic titled "Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise".
The Atlantic is a center-left institution of American journalism. The not-magazine is capable of pushing certain signals over the hill into respectability status. This signal: it's okay to acknowledge left-wing violence as a problem, because we can remind ourselves the right's stochastic terror was successfully defeated, but not forgotten. How significant is it that a couple CSIS think-tank goons can send this signal, and how much impact can they have?
Actually stanching political violence will require America’s leaders to commit to fighting all forms of extremism, not just those associated with their opponents. The Trump administration has prioritized combatting the rise of left-wing terrorism but not right-wing terrorism, which remains a concern despite its decline this year. Developing the programs and expertise to suppress different forms of terrorism takes years, and ignoring a long-term threat to go after a more immediate one could be deadly over time.
In the previous paragraphs the authors set-up their prescription of "programs and expertise" only this time aimed leftward. They justify this by granting the Biden admin (and probably themselves) credit for throwing the book at Oath Keepers and Proud Boys following their January 6th doings. If memory serves the Proud Boys were a group of capital P-atriots who showed up to protests, dared their opposites to do the same, then engaged in fistfights. This is political violence and its escalation can be a concern, but it's not the same risk as a growing number of political assassinations. Assassinations seemingly perpetrated by culture warriors first, not ideologues.
The programs and expertise of think-tank goons are unlikely to bring about an effective reversal in cultural trends. Disaffected radicals aren't in the habit of being persuaded by them. I offer two actionable alternatives:
Idea #1: Indoctrination works. Reinvigorate civic indoctrination in schools. Sell this one as renewed civic literacy and try not to pollute it too badly with culture war. Federally fund it as an opt-in for states to participate.
I suspect we do a piss poor job of teaching civics, politics, or anything in the shape of political philosophy in K-12. We do a poor enough job educating kids on subjects we care enough about to measure. We do not even attempt to teach kids to think about social fabric. Instead, we water it down to be meaningless or replace it with with diversity-isms and sin. Then we are surprised the kids go on to be demoralized by short-form videos which they accept as valid belief generators.
Idea #2: Semi-mandatory service. Want Pell grants or Medicare? Better sign up, 18 year old you. You can join the military, or you can go to a national forest to survey land for a year. Compulsory-but-not-compulsory service might sound like state violence to some, and fascism to others, but maybe we can find a few programs in addition to the military that a supermajority could support staffing with conscripted teens.
If the alternative of New Deal conscripts is instead waiting to figure out how to best Balkanize I say we give it a go. What might be other ideas for actionable things to combat the misery and cultural malaise?
faceh
1hr ago
I HAVE TO IMAGINE that there aren't many recordings of actual Medieval music around to train the AI on.
BurdensomeCount
Unable to escape TheMotte's cycle of Samsara...
1hr ago
Funnily enough I like the Gospel of Luke the most out of all of them (and have read them as a non-Christian so am not biased here) and I'm an NT type so chalk that as 1 piece of anecdata supporting your hypothesis.
I don't like John, that one reads like it was written by a cult fanatic.
faul_sname
Fuck around once, find out once. Do it again, now it's science.
1hr ago
I think you're using the term "political brainrot" to mean "has dumb political ideas" while YoungAchamian is using it to mean "spends a lot of mental energy on politics".
BurdensomeCount
Unable to escape TheMotte's cycle of Samsara...
1hr ago
The Song of Roland example is not very good and sticks out instantly for anyone who actually understands that era of music. It sounds like the modern 21st century musician's idea of Medieval music and has very little to do with actual Medieval music.
sarker
It isn't happening, and if it is, it's a bad thing
1hr ago
The question of the hour: Is that really different than most songs produced by human artists?
Possible, hence why I called it replacement level slop.
I do find Spotify's algorithm shows me recent songs that I like with some regularity (and no, these aren't from the Spotify ghost artists/ais), so I'm not as negative as you about today's music.
Music is perhaps not the point of pop music, it's the admiration and parasocial relationship with the artist. It's not clear to me if people will be willing to do this with an AI, but perhaps.
faul_sname
Fuck around once, find out once. Do it again, now it's science.
1hr ago
Alex Jones? I mean I guess he didn't say "they deserved it" he said "they're faking it" (and in fact it was the factual claim that they were faking it that did him in, legally) but.
I don't have an account that can generate stuff but if you do can you make Suno generate some Romantic period Chopin-esque classical music.
All I could find with a cursory search was: https://suno.com/song/8a864816-4b39-4913-acd4-debb9beab873 which is Baroque but I must say pretty damn good.
EDIT: We now have the modern day "Vatican Rag": https://suno.com/song/ebe85375-dc99-4368-8bc1-f9fe24ad21f3
Is it me or does Silksong gameplay make the player rely on tools and spells way more than Hollow Knight? In particular, flying enemies seem much more of a menace, constantly dipping out of reach of the primary weapon while often chucking projectiles at you. If I'm stuck in an arean with multiple of those I basically have to blast them quickly with a spell or I'll be toast. I don't envy the "nail only" gimmick players.
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