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Father, Computer programmer, Pet lover, USAF veteran. Fighting bad ideas from good people. Rude or disrespectful? Expect some snark and/or a block. Idiots are met with derision. I will admit to ignorance. Will you? DMs are disabled.

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I'm willing to believe, to an extent, a conspiracy that says Donald Trump was unaware of Jeffrey Epstein's pedophilia until around the 2010s. He is that dumb... With a 'B'... He's also dumb enough to have probably offed him, thinking he'd never be held responsible. Just a conspiracy...

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Computer programming, for me, for a long time, crud, has been a job. Suddenly, with AI in the last year, it's almost a hobby again... it feels weird. Like I'm playing the game as I'm making it!

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Random excerpt from the diary a few years ago... "Sure, some feminists hate all men. On the flip though, some men just generally hate women, and I don't think society has a term for that... Beyond 'status quo'..."

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Attributing emotion to the actions of AI is a human mistake. AI is a tool, and just like a hammer, it can be used to build or destroy. Phrases like "the AI felt that the best action was..." Is an idiotic response for using the tool wrong. Maybe we can survive to the next epoch, maybe not...

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Robot telemarketing shouldn't be allowed to use "real" names when cold calling. You're not Anna Smith, or Samantha Wilson... You're Agent35446, and a leech on society.

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Popeye, the philosopher, said, I am what I am. The cartoon was designed to mock, and diminish the profoundness of the statement. An actor is not simply, a pretender. Rarely are they just a liar interpreting a story. But their full story isn't told to the universe, only what's captured.

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When the person, who is an actor, denies reality, they live in the story; Everyone who trusts the person, is deceived by the actor. Trust the person, not the actor. But first... which are you? Why do you trust the actor? And misunderstand the person?

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The advent of the "internet age", and now the addon-"AI age" have completely left behind the generations that lived most of their experiences before it. I'm Gen X, the bridge generation, so, I'll help as much as I can, but um, good luck with the planet y'all! I'm just here, pointing at the Nazis

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I'm a 30+ year computer programmer, and I'm LEARNING new techniques and insights from the incredible repository of information that AI provides. It's the most efficient library of human knowledge EVER CREATED. If you are getting stupid, that's YOUR CHOICE.

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My experience as a person living in Florida, following along the Graham Platner "story" in Maine. Huh, he has expressed some reasonable solid points. I agree with many of his points. Random Republican accuses Platner of sexual assault...

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Huh. I'm listening, but that has nothing to do with what he said... Attacking the messenger...? He was onto something. He might've been a piece of excrement once or twice... Doesn't mean he wasn't speaking the truth sometimes... I hate this reality sometimes.

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Another Friday, suffered through another week working "for the man"... Been doing this for so long, it's hard to imagine working for myself, but those thoughts have been entering my mind lately. Scary, spooky, and I don't know where or if I should begin!

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Junk everywhere. In my mailbox. On my phone. Through social media. My neighbors front yard. I'm barely able to keep ahead of my own junk, and I understand how easy it is to give up on everything, but damn is this reality oppressive sometimes.. Anyways, I had a good day, ignoring all of that!

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Some people don't mind being called a horrible person. Even more incredible is those that accept it with pride. Even worse are those that cannot acknowledge the consequences of their actions...

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Living without someone to call you out on your BS can become apparent sometimes.. I definitely lied to myself tonight. But I refused to believe it. Based on the intoxicated parameters I was evaluating... WTF am I doing awake at this time of the morning? Tomorrow.. No, today could suck ass...

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Convincing someone of something outside of their perspective is a challenge. Doing it at scale is multiplying irrational numbers... Yet lightning strikes!

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When the entire world thinks one way, it's good to understand the perspective of the other way Just saw an anti James Talrico ad saying that supporting him is the same as supporting arresting parents, sending them to jail for not allowing the school to force a child to transition to a different sex

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The suspension of disbelief you must have to take that advertisement seriously... That somehow, somewhere, someone paid money to make it.. Some people are much sicker than we can imagine.

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Sometimes, my pitiful little brain can't handle knowing about all the problems of the world, when I can't even solve the various insignificant problems of my own life. I solemnly recognize that many others suffer MUCH more than me, and that is such an incongruous feeling... 1/4

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From my perspective, I'm overinformed about what's going on, and, given the chance, convincing ONE PERSON of the magnitude of problems outside of their perspective is a monumental task. And that's assuming that I don't flippantly tell them a truth that cuts them deeper than a scalpel could...

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I would like to write more, and refine my truths. Maybe at some point, I can find a way to share them in a format that cannot be ignored by those who do not see. However, that'll be after work though... I've got a project due...

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Sometimes, my pitiful little brain can't handle knowing about all the problems of the world, when I can't even solve the various insignificant problems of my own life. I solemnly recognize that many others suffer MUCH more than me, and that is such an incongruous feeling... 1/4

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I feel that I want to help, not only the people that are directly being harmed, but also, to educate the ignorant around me. But I don't have that power. Yet. Many of the ignorant are just sheep, lashing out with their emotions, following a cruel shepherd. Unable to see beyond their cage.

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Look at them. Blissfully unaware of their ignorance. Reveling in their collective glee of mindless worship. Singing a song they don't understand. Lemmings. Too many lemmings... What can be done? They are not targets, they are the future mob of easily manufactured rage. Get out of the way...

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Why am I awake? How existential should I let that question percolate? I've brushed my teeth... An hour ago, and I meant to just turn the computer off, but found myself configuring a local docker container for a personal private application... AI is breaking everything...

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The best thing about low stakes poker is that no matter how many millions of dollars you might have, it still shows that you're a horrible player of the game... If you can't play as if a single chip matters, your focus will be in the wrong place...

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The worst part about being a "smart person" is revealing to a stupid person that they are dumb. That's how some people react to their ignorance. That they are unworthy. A "retarded" cousin has more value than 90% of the universe. Set yourself a minimum level of respect. Intellect cannot...