Bonifratz

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Figs fresh off the tree.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

A Nokia 3330 if I remember correctly.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Even if AI did make psychology redundant in a couple of years (which I'd bet my favourite blanket it won't), what are the alternatives? If AI can take over a field that is focused more than most others on human interaction, personal privacy, thoughts, feelings, and individual perceptions, then it can take over almost any other field before that. So you might as well go for it while you can.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Yup, that's me, too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If I had to name just one, it would always be Satie, simply because I admire how he did his own thing completely and basically composed some sort of minimalism a century before it was cool. Others I love (to name just a few): Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, late Mozart. More recently I've been a fan of Messiaen for his harmonic style and of Schnittke for his versatility and humour (and sometimes breathtakingly beautiful pieces). If we're talking musicians (not composers), I'd name Alicia de Larrocha, Maria João Pires and Sviatoslav Richter for piano, and Isaac Stern for violin.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well when you find a guy with an exploded face, it obviously warrants some further Investigation. I could imagine them looking for a bullet and not finding any, then investigating further. The info about him dipping his chewing gum in citric acid might have been given by friends, they also found the explosive, and from there it's not a huge jump to the explanation they found.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

A bit morbid, but there's https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths. Features stuff like:

Sergio Millán, 59, was alone in his apartment in Torreforta, Tarragona, Spain, when an explosion in a petrochemical plant 3 kilometres (2 mi) away launched a one-ton iron plate into the apartment above him, causing the ceiling to collapse, killing him.

or

Vladimir Likhonos, 25, a student of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute from Konotop, was killed when his chewing gum exploded. Likhonos had a habit of dipping his chewing gum in citric acid to increase the gum's sour taste. On his work table police found about 100 grams (3.5 oz) of unidentified explosive powder which he used for chemistry studies at home. It resembled citric acid, and it is thought that he confused the two, having accidentally coated his gum in the explosive powder before chewing it. The explosive was found to be four times stronger than TNT, and the explosion was possibly triggered either by reacting with Likhonos's saliva, or the pressure exerted by him chewing on the gum and explosive powder.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm closing in on 40 and life satisfaction has been rising consistently over the past couple of years. I think the peak is still ahead.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No idea, a capybara maybe?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I have no idea what this is about but I love the meme template.

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