Vanth

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (16 children)

I'm not entirely sold on the argument I lay out here, but this is where I would start were I to defend using chatGPT in school as they laid out in their experiment.

It's a tool. Just like a calculator. If a kid learns and does all their homework with a calculator, then suddenly it's taken away for a test, of course they will do poorly. Contrary to what we were warned about as kids though, each of us does carry a calculator around in our pocket at nearly all times.

We're not far off from having an AI assistant with us 24/7 is feasible. Why not teach kids to use the tools they will have in their pocket for the rest of their lives?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So that others don't have to? Can you elaborate on that?

Like, I don't subscribe to any replacement theory, not to keep social security/economy afloat, not to keep any particular race dominant over others, not so humans maintain mastery of earth and nature, nothing. I am not sure why my not having children would drive someone else to have kids. They could just... only have the kids they want and not weigh my lack-of-kids into their equation.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Booooooring. You're supposed to get frothing mad at each other so your hate-filled comments can be screenshotted and shared over and over to be mocked.

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

Yeah, except I could see a group of single gender drawing attention. All women? Draws in men looking for a shot. All men? Draws in men looking to roll. Mixed? Looks more like people who just wandered down the wrong street and will be gone soon enough.

24 is a lot of people, but it's the likelihood of mixed gender that made me pick the option.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That sounds like they might go cowboy and eff things up. They should keep their head down and keep walking. If the first risk is people not being able to walk 10 miles, the second is someone shooting their mouth off and drawing attention to the group.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Do they have to follow my directions?

Then the 24 random Americans. A large enough group that small groups won't mess with them, ideally acting enough like dumb tourists no one will bother. Don't start anything, just keep moving.

All women would draw too much attention. All men would draw too much attention. Any of the soldiers would likely draw too much attention or be so dumbstruck by modern times as to be a huge liability. Terminator would draw too much attention.

The biggest problem I see is that I'm not sure how many out of 24 "average" people could walk 10 miles.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It was about half full of water and it was boiling.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (6 children)

In the depth of pandemic lockdown, after my roommate moved out to return closer to family, I was in my house alone for a month straight. One day I hear the tea kettle whistling on the stove.

It was the middle of summer, I hadn't made tea in weeks. Maybe I bumped the stove control? But there shouldn't have been any water in the kettle. And I hadn't been in my kitchen for over an hour and it wouldn't have taken that long for the water to boil had I put it on and just forgotten about it somehow. I keep my doors locked.

Idk, the only thing I can think of is the isolation really got to me that day, I put the kettle on and completely forgot I had done it five minutes later.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i could easily drop a spoon in the tub and watch it cut straight through to the bottom.

Dude, if this is true, your freezer is not cold enough.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

On my list to try but haven't yet: wax earplugs. They are single-use, so more costly over time. But I have been told they don't build up pressure like foam or silicone plugs do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Again, you don't seem to be familiar with the difference between an element and a compound and how that relates to alchemy. Best wishes on your journey of learning, I think I'm done now. If you want to learn more, I suggest you find some YouTube videos on chemistry or books or whatever your preferred learning medium is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's elements (atoms) that have inherent properties such as magnetism. Is this not true?

Nooooo, that's not what an atom is. Compounds (substances made of atoms from more than one element), can be magnetic. Like rare-earth magnets are made of rare-earth elements.

Neodymium magnets are made of an alloy of the following elements: neodymium, iron, and boron.

Samarium-cobalt magnets are made from, you guessed it, the elements samarium, cobalt.

I think you should revisit some chemistry resources. You're missing some fundamental concepts.

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