We have guinea pigs, so the definition of “good box” has changed to something that is just the right size and shape to be made into a hidey.

As soon as we put in the new box, the girls start destroying it, so we need a constant supply.

Also: someone took the picture.

TIL I have the same treadmill desk as Linus.

Edit: and he also appears to ignore the safety clip.

Accept the plane, say thanks, then sell it.

Try to separate the AI hype from AI.

AI has been around for years and we all utilize the results of that research.

Remember that at one time a compiler was seen as AI.

It’s the curse of AI: once a problem is solved, it’s no longer AI. It just becomes a tool, and we adjust what “intelligence” means to exclude the new abilities of computers and code.

Even LLMs have value, just not how they’re being used. If you carefully curate the training materials, you could have a useful tool.

I’d love to see an LLM trained exclusively on medical records of patients who were successfully diagnosed and treated. I wouldn’t want to give it a medical license, but it could be a useful tool in the hands of a competent physician. It might turn out to be useless, but we need to try it.

The state has no say in the matter. Neither does the Democratic caucus. The Constitution defines the circumstances under which a member of Congress could be removed. The only way to change that would be via an amendment to the Constitution.

He’s a senator, so it would be the state of Pennsylvania.

From my googling, there’s no legal mechanism in Pennsylvania to recall an elected official. However, even if there was, recalling a member of the U.S. Congress would be unconstitutional.

The Senate would have to throw him out, and that’s not likely as long as the Republicans benefit from having him there.

For me it is the faith in the non-existance of a supreme being or deity.

I agree. I prefer to consider myself agnostic rather than atheist.

I’m really a dishonest agnostic since I can’t really imagine a proof of deity that I wouldn’t discount as a hallucination.

I did have a dream many years ago in which I woke up with absolute proof that God existed, but then I went back to sleep.

When I woke later, I couldn’t remember what the proof was. If the proof was real, and God let me forget it, then he’s an ass and he doesn’t deserve my belief.

Based on what the article said, your general intolerance of religion might be the very symptom they were referencing.

Their research doesn’t suggest that damage to that particular area of the brain causes religious beliefs, but rather that it more or less locks you into your beliefs religious or otherwise.

The injured brain becomes less able to consider other viewpoints, so changing beliefs becomes less likely even when confronted with facts that disprove the belief.

Do you realize…

Dude started out by mentioning a couple of concussions and ended by stating he might not understand the research because of the concussions, so perhaps the answer is…maybe not.

Was it the fascism?