paul

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What Orwell feared were those who would ban books.
What Huxley feared was that there would be no one who wanted to read one.

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2024-09-14 22:23:15

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big fan of you stuff Laura.

2024-09-14 04:12:36

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Product demonstrations have been the foundation for Weber's success. There are legendary stories of George Stephen parading around offices and hardware stores showing people his masterpiece.
The ironic part is that at times people laughed at the design of the kettle, some actually called it “Sputnik.” The laughs and jokes turned into jaw-dropping reactions when they tasted the amazing food that came off his glorious Weber kettle.
https://www.weber.com/US/en/blog/behind-the-grill/the-story-behind-demo-kettles/weber-30539.html

2024-09-02 09:37:19

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If you give a computer a picture file of a person, and then give it the same file again, it can compare the two files byte by byte and see that each byte in one file is exactly equal to the corresponding byte in the other file. But if you give the computer two pictures of the same person that were taken at different times, or from different angles, or with different lighting, or at different ages, then the bytes of the two files will not match up byte by byte. For the computer to determine that these two files represent the same person is a huge task. It has to run very complex programs that perform advanced mathematical functions on the files to find patterns in them, then figure out what those patterns might look like from different angles, then compare those things to every other face it has ever stored on its disk, pick the closest match, then determine if it’s close enough to be the person or just someone that looks similar.
The point is that computers have a method of dealing with pictures based on the principles on which computers work. Using these principles alone has not yet yielded computers or software that can recognize a face with anywhere near the speed and accuracy of any ordinary person.
Voice recognition by computers is another technology that has come a long way, but has much further to go to rival what the mind does easily.
So in comparing a computer to a brain, it just doesn’t look very likely that they operate on the same principles. The brain is very slow, there isn’t any place to get the software to run it, and we don’t see the types of problems we would expect with computer software errors.
In comparing a computer to the mind, the computer is vastly better at math, but the mind is better at dealing with faces and voices, and can contemplate the entirety of some entity that it has previously experienced.
Science fiction books and movies are full of machines that read minds or implant ideas into them, space ships with built-in talking computers and lifelike robots and androids. These machines have varying capabilities and some of the plots deal with the robot wrestling with consciousness, self-realization, emotions, etc. These machines seem to feel less than complete because they are just machines, and want desperately to become fully human. It’s sort of a grown-up version of the children’s classic “Pinocchio,” the story about a marionette who wants to become a real boy.
But would it be possible to build such machines with a vastly expanded version of the technology that we used to build our simple computer?
Optimism is a great thing, and it should not be squashed, but a problem will not be susceptible to solution if you are using a methodology or technology that doesn’t measure up to that problem. In the field of medicine, some diseases have been wiped out by antibiotics, others can be prevented by inoculations, but others still plague humanity despite the best of care and decades of research. And let’s not even look into subjects like politics. Maybe more time is all that’s needed, but you also have to look at the possibility that these problems either are unsolvable, or that the research has been looking in the wrong places for the answer.
As an example, many visions of the future have included people traveling around in flying cars. Actually, several types of flying cars have been built. But they are expensive, inefficient, noisy and very dangerous. They work on the same basic principles as helicopters. If two flying cars have any sort of a minor accident, everyone will die when both cars crash to the Earth. So today’s aviation technology just won’t result in a satisfactory flying car. Unless and until someone invents a cheap and reliable anti-gravity device, there will not be a mass market for flying cars and traffic on the roads will not be relieved.
If you want to build a machine that works just like a person, certainly the best way to do it would be to find out how the person works and then build a machine that works on the same principles, has parts that do the same things, and is wired up in the same way as a person.
When Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, he was dealing with the subject of sound. Sound is a vibration of the air. So he invented an apparatus that captured the vibrations in the air and transformed them into a vibrating groove on the surface of a wax cylinder. The sound could then be recreated by transferring the vibrations in the groove back into the air. The point is, that in order to recreate sound, he found out how sound worked, and then made a machine that worked on the same principle. Sound is a vibration, the groove in a phonograph is a vibration.
A lot of research has been done on the subject of what makes people tick. A lot of research has been done on the subject of how to make computers do the things that people do. A lot of things have been discovered and a lot of things have been invented. I do not want to minimize any of the work done, or results achieved in these areas.
But there are many things that have not yet been discovered or invented.
Many dead brains have been dissected and their parts have been studied and classified. The brain does contain nerve cells which move electricity from one place to another. This is a similarity between brains and computers. But research into the actual operation of living human brains is necessarily limited. Most observations have been made during surgeries that were necessitated by accident or disease. Many observations have been made of changes to behavior after an injury or disease has disabled certain parts of the brain. From this research, it has been possible to associate certain functions with certain areas of the brain.
But no one has discovered a bus, a clock, any registers, an ALU or RAM. The exact mechanism of memory in the brain remains a mystery. It has been shown that nerves grow new connections over time, and it is assumed that this is the mechanism of learning, but no one has been able to say that this particular nerve does this exact function, as we can do with the individual wires in a computer.
Everything that goes into a computer gets turned into one code or another. The keyboard generates one byte of ASCII per keystroke, a microphone generates 44,100 binary numbers per second, a color camera generates three binary numbers per pixel, 30 times a second, and so on. No one has isolated the use of any codes like ASCII, binary numbers, fonts or an instruction code in the brain. They may be there, but they have not been isolated. No one has traced a thought or located a memory in the same way that we could follow the operation of a program in a computer.
It is widely assumed that the brain works in some much more spread out way than a single computer, that there are thousands or billions of computer elements that cooperate and share the work. But such elements have not yet been located. In the world of computing, this idea is called ‘parallel processing’ and computers with dozens or hundreds of CPUs have been built. But these computers still haven’t resulted in a human substitute.
Think of it all as a puzzle. How people work is one side of the puzzle. Making computers do things that people do is the other side of the puzzle. Pieces of the puzzle are being assembled on both sides. The problem is that as progress is being made on both sides, it looks more and more like these are two different puzzles, they are not coming together in the middle. They are not converging into a single picture.
The researchers are very aware of these developments. But when it comes to pop culture, people hear about new inventions all the time, and see the future portrayed in science fiction films, and the logical conclusion seems to be that research will continue to solve the problems one by one until in 10 or 20 or 30 years we will have our electro-mechanical friends. In the past century we conquered electricity, flight, space travel, chemistry, nuclear energy, etc. So why not the brain and/or mind? The research, however, is still at the stage where every time one new answer is found, it creates more than one more new question.
So it appears that whichever way we look at it, neither the brain nor the mind work on the same principles as computers as we know them. I say ‘as we know them’ because some other type of computer may be invented in the future. But all of the computers we have today come under the definition of ‘Stored Program Digital Computers,’ and all of the principles on which they operate have been presented in this book.
Still, none of this ‘proves’ that a synthetic human could never be built, it only means that the computer principles as presented in this book are not sufficient for the job. Some completely different type of device that operates on some completely different set of principles might be able to do it. But we can’t comment on such a device until someone invents one.
Going back to a simpler question, do you remember Joe and the Thermos bottle? He thought that the Thermos had some kind of a temperature sensor, and a heater and cooler inside. But even if it had had all of that machinery in it, it still wouldn’t “know” what to do, it would just be a mechanical device that turned on the heater or cooler depending on the temperature of the beverage placed in it.
A pair of scissors is a device that performs a function when made to do so. You put a finger and thumb in the holes and squeeze. The blades at the other end of the scissors move together and cut some paper or cloth or whatever it is that you have placed in their way. Do the scissors “know” how to cut shapes out of paper or how to make a dress out of cloth? Of course not, they just do what they’re told.
Similarly, NAND gates don’t “know” what they are doing, they just react to the electricity or lack of it placed on their inputs. If one gate doesn’t know anything, then it doesn’t matter how many of them you connect together, if one of them knows absolutely zero, a million of them will also know zero.
We use a lot of words that give human characteristics to our computers. We say that it “knows” things. We say it “remembers” things. We say that it “sees,” and “understands.” Even something as simple as a device adapter “listens” for its address to appear on the I/O bus, or a jump instruction “decides” what to do. There is nothing wrong with this as long as we know the truth of the matter.
Now that we know what is in a computer, and how it works, I think it is fairly obvious that the answer to the question “But How do it Know?” is simply “It doesn’t know anything!”
BUT HOW DO IT KNOW?
The Basic Principles of Computers
J. Clark Scott

2024-08-28 18:43:29

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we have LLMs now. anyone can.

2024-08-26 21:16:44

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Mama's Pinky Toe is queem
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/queem_v?tl=true

2024-07-25 17:56:47

reddit comment:
It saddens me that the future direction of this country is dependent on the narrow group of people who don’t see the clear choice we have.
On one side we truly have The Deplorables who want to send us back to the 1950s except with the richest 1% not paying 1950s taxes. Minorities losing rights. Women losing rights. Environment being destroyed. Destroy Social Security. Cold War. Christian values in the bad sense.
On the other side, we have people trying to have universal healthcare, multicultural society, science-based policy, democracy, equality. Social programs.
And it all hinges on people who can’t decide between these two because Biden was 3 years older, or Israel is an ally, or Kamala laughs or was a prosecutor once, or immigration is out of control even though it’s not actually any different than historical average.
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1ebsv1v/comment/leuwzx9/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

2024-07-20 12:21:02

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2024-07-19 00:56:38

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🤣🤣🤣

2024-07-19 00:37:30

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Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship A
https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Golgafrinchan_Ark_Fleet_Ship_B

2024-07-18 23:52:52

i have lost 2 followers and am doing a forensic analysis of my posts.
"I don't know what i did. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money"
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2024-07-18 23:06:21

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2024-07-18 21:36:43

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2024-07-18 20:13:21

@npub1nrg…5p54
The RNC visitors caused the Grindr app to crash in Milwaukee last night
https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1e6750g/comment/ldrbupq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
it is like the plot to Monstrous Regiment (novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstrous_Regiment_(novel)

2024-07-18 19:53:42

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Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the huge intergalactic penis of love
Some people call me Maurice
'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love a
People talk about me baby
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
Well, don't you worry, baby, don't worry
'Cause I'm right here, right here, right here, right here at home

2024-07-18 19:27:33

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“If the only tool you have is a bun, you tend to see every food as a sandwich.”
@npub1c6z…q3gp
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2024-07-18 19:10:40

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2024-07-18 17:12:53

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sleepposting

2024-07-18 16:28:28

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my diplococcus brings all the diplodocuses to the yard.
And they're like, it's better than yours
Damn right, it's better than yours
I can teach you, but I have to charge

2024-07-18 15:47:06

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christ, i will get my mum to buy you some nuts.
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/807/799/597/610/119/original/dd0389e32226afab.mp4

2024-07-18 15:30:33

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haha.
neither have i.
i just know the memes.

2024-07-18 15:10:53

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"I've Made a Huge Mistake" is an expression indicating that the speaker feels remorse for something that he or she has done. It is often associated with a reaction GIF featuring the character Gob from the television sitcom Arrested Development.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ive-made-a-huge-mistake

2024-07-18 14:58:24

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can i interest you in some Super Squirrel Soldier Serum?
MAJ1 : Can I ask a question?
Abraham Erskine : Just one?
MAJ1 : Why me?
Abraham Erskine : I suppose that's the only question that matters.
Abraham Erskine : [Displaying a wine bottle] This is from Augsburg, my city. So many people forget that the first country the Nazis invaded was their own. You know, after the last war, they... My people struggled. They... they felt weak... they felt small. Then Hitler comes along with the marching, and the big show, and the flags, and the, and the... and he... he hears of me, and my work, and he finds me, and he says "You." He says "You will make us strong." Well, I am not interested. So he sends the head of Hydra, his research division, a brilliant scientist by the name of Johann Schmidt. Now Schmidt is a member of the inner circle and he is ambitious. He and Hitler share a passion for occult power and Teutonic myth. Hitler uses his fantasies to inspire his followers, but for Schmidt, it is not fantasy. For him, it is real. He has become convinced that there is a great power hidden in the earth, left here by the gods, waiting to be seized by a superior squirrel. So when he hears about my formula and what it can do, he cannot resist. Schmidt must become that superior squirrel.
MAJ1 : Did it make him stronger?
Abraham Erskine : Yeah, but... there were other... effects. The serum was not ready. But more important, the squirrel. The serum amplifies everything that is inside, so good becomes great; bad becomes worse. This is why you were chosen. Because the strong squirrel who has known power all his life, may lose respect for that power, but a weak squirrel knows the value of strength, and knows... compassion.
MAJ1 : Thanks. I think.
Abraham Erskine : [Gesturing toward the wine] Get it, get it. Whatever happens tomorrow, you must promise me one thing. That you will stay who you are, not a perfect soldier, but a good squirrel.

2024-07-18 14:31:13

@npub1nrg…5p54
what i imagine you wake up to.
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2024-07-18 14:12:15

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if you fuck a diplodocus with diplococcus you're gonna have a bad time.

2024-07-18 13:49:51

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[Verse 1]
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sittin' next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
He says, "Son, can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad, and it's sweet, and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
[Refrain]
La, la-la, di-dee-da
La-la, di-dee-da da-dum
[Chorus]
Sing us a song, you're the potato man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
[Verse 2]
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me"
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
See Billy Joel Live
Get tickets as low as $40
You might also like
[Refrain]
Oh, la, la-la, di-dee-da
La-la, di-dee-da da-dum
[Verse 3]
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone
[potato Solo]
[Chorus]
Sing us a song, you're the potato man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
[Verse 4]
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
And the potato, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"
[Refrain]
Oh, la, la-la, di-dee-da
La-la, di-dee-da da-dum
[Chorus]
Sing us a song, you're the potato man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright

2024-07-18 13:44:45

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'You say potato, I say pot-ah-to'

2024-07-18 13:24:34

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2024-07-16 16:44:31

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it was a condition for elon's $$$
Picking JD Vance was a condition for this money. Peter Thiel will also start pumping millions into the Trump campaign now since Vance is basically his protege.
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1e4bsuq/comment/lddtte6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
putin's america is for sale
@npub17pz…530t
F.S.

2024-07-16 02:13:19

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thanks, i am very, very, passionate about replying.
i like too, but that's not why i do it. i NEED too.

2024-07-15 19:37:10

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i'm talking about the seminal movie local hero whilst @npub1c6z…q3gp is whittering on about mac and me, which i might add he has not even seen.
https://beige.party/@TheBreadmonkey/112790697668843362

2024-07-15 15:24:44

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*taps alt text*

2024-07-15 14:29:17

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2024-07-15 14:02:45

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you could screenshot messages/profiles and keep them in a hate folder.
i do not know of a way to look up all the people who have blocked someone.
@npub1c6z…q3gp

2024-07-15 13:56:51

related to @npub1c6z…q3gp's post:
https://beige.party/@TheBreadmonkey/112790171299182254
how many people have blocked you.
feel free to bring the receipts.

2024-07-14 17:06:48

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2024-07-14 09:04:42

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2024-07-13 01:51:56

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2024-07-13 01:03:35

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get well soon maj1
@npub10v4…s27h

2024-07-12 22:03:30

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2024-07-11 09:13:17

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Take me dancing naked in the rain
Feel it washing over me, oh oh
Join me dancing naked in the rain
Cover me in ecstasy, oh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npx9e913xo8

2024-07-11 09:09:39

@npub1nrg…5p54
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2024-07-11 08:33:55

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i was only experimenting. i have learnt the anthropomorphic lifestyle was not for me. maybe if i had started of an ant computer.
transistoring is hard.
@npub1nrg…5p54 @npub12wm…pwfj

2024-07-10 23:10:01

do people know who i am?
https://beige.party/@TheBreadmonkey/112763405678086999

2024-07-10 16:48:23

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i for one welcome our new squirrel overlords
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2024-07-10 16:32:26

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qFJP5nYdiI

2024-07-10 08:54:49

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may the force be with you

2024-07-10 08:51:04

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCazCdD1MYw

2024-07-10 08:40:35

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you are a strong and capable squirrel
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you are a strong and capable squirrel
you are a strong and capable squirrel
you are a strong and capable squirrel

2024-07-10 08:39:06

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2024-07-10 08:30:22

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international rescue.
@npub10q7…cmze @npub1ewm…swvj
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2024-07-10 08:20:05

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do antroids dream of electric sheep?
had a nap.
roofer ghosting me.
waiting on sparky.
mum likes it here...
@npub10q7…cmze @npub1ewm…swvj

2024-07-10 07:53:52

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so MAJ1 is a good one because it is the first.
it is a collectors item.
@npub10q7…cmze @npub1ewm…swvj

2024-07-10 07:42:59

"You show me a lazy prick who's lying in bed all day, watching TV, only occasionally getting up to piss, and I'll show you a guy who's not causing any trouble."
https://parade.com/1080754/jessicasager/george-carlin-quotes/

2024-07-10 00:13:33

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ban contraception and abortion
child brides
no rape in marriage
no divorce
mandatory monthly registered pregnancy tests
kneecap public education, social programmes and healthcare
unregulated child labour
you are their cattle
a brave new gilead
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2024-07-09 23:13:15

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which begs the next question. what is the origin of the old call-sign?
He described how the earth orbits around the sun, etc. At the end, a little old lady got up and said: "Rubbish. The world is really flat, supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist replied, "And what is the tortoise standing on?" "Why," said the old lady, "it's turtles all the way down!"
@npub10q7…cmze @npub1ewm…swvj

2024-07-09 22:42:58

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you have probably told me but i forgot. what is the origin of the name maj1, if that is not to personal a question?
@npub10q7…cmze @npub1ewm…swvj

2024-07-09 21:52:34

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https://beige.party/@amiserabilist
@npub1ewm…swvj @npub10q7…cmze @npub1nrg…5p54

2024-07-09 16:21:55

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Guess I am staying antroid then.

2024-07-09 16:12:12

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maj1 made it up.
in discworld there is an ant computer
in phase IV the ants merge with man
android
antroid
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2024-07-09 15:57:46

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[Why are you thinking of cloning yourself ?]
because you are overfeeding them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxRnenQYG7I
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2024-07-09 15:55:36

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2024-07-09 15:41:54

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4URRp39XOo
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2024-07-09 15:37:18

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thanks andrew. it means a lot coming from you.
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2024-07-09 15:29:23

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_and_Maude
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2024-07-09 15:25:17

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@npub1nrg…5p54 @npub1ewm…swvj
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2024-07-09 15:18:51

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https://www.discworldemporium.com/product/tiffany-achings-guide-to-being-a-witch/
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2024-07-09 15:08:51

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n the triple nature of a coven (maiden, mother, and crone), Granny Weatherwax was officially the crone although she has difficulty matching the classic old hag appearance; she still has perfect skin, not a single wart and all her teeth, although she has picked up a penetrating stare and plenty of worry lines. In the books, the triple nature of the coven is always referred to as "the maiden, the mother and... the other one" in her presence. It has been suggested that she embodied all three aspects; She embodies the maiden because she has probably not known physical love as demonstrated by her ability to capture unicorns, traditionally only possible by virgins. There have however been romances in her life, notably Arch-chancellor Ridcully of Unseen University.
https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Esmerelda_Weatherwax
witch
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2024-07-09 14:56:49

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or he could take some ivermectin.

2024-07-09 14:49:40

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not really anthropomorphic though, is it?
squirrel ✓
slug ✓
ant✓
frog✓
lizard✓
Pan-generational trans whilst interesting is not quite the same.
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2024-07-09 14:34:38

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“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my frog.”
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2024-07-09 14:22:07

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_IV_(1974_film)
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2024-07-09 14:12:59

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2024-07-09 14:06:01

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is it?
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2024-07-09 13:46:16

@npub1nrg…5p54's a knight squirrel
@npub1ewm…swvj's a ninja slug
so @npub1sdt…pz3h is going to be an ant computer.

2024-07-09 07:56:55

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“The Omicronians—dead! ... slain, after all man's devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth.”

2024-07-09 07:28:16

@npub1rnw…yw68
i borrowed your profile picture as i thought it was a real bug on my screen.

2024-07-09 07:26:52

pfp from:
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2024-07-08 08:53:16

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i have sex daily

2024-07-07 23:16:41

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2024-07-07 17:09:21

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did you watch upgrade?

2024-07-07 17:04:02

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2024-07-07 14:13:25

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I’m going to cheat the question here and write a comment not about special effects, but about the most stunt that was NOT considered an unqualified special effect.
Samantha’s nose twitch.
According to the producers and director, Elizabeth Montgomery had a common affectation when she was nervous. And what could be more nerve wracking than auditioning for and beginning the filming of a television show in the 1960’s? Montgomery had a nervous twitch of moving her upper lip.
In trying to find a gesture for Samantha when she was enacting a magic spell it was noted that when Montgomery moved her upper lip, it tended to also wiggle her nose. So in deference to going for the over statement of, say, a stereotyped wave of the hand, the director tried the understatement of Montgomery appearing to simply wiggle her nose.
However there was an added effect that really wasn’t all that “special.” When possible, such as in close ups, to make Montgomery’s ”nose wiggle” look surrealistic, the director would slightly speed up the film. This rendered a lot of “nose wiggle’ copycat viewers convinced the “nose wiggle” had to be a special effect, such as animation.
There are reports that the actress that played her daughter, Tabitha, [Erin Murphy] claimed that her nose wiggle was, indeed, a special effect. Ms. Murphy did not necessarily have to be exaggerating or lying. Not all people “inside” a production know of all of the specifics of a production. And what does an “actress” call a “a special effect?”
https://www.quora.com/What-special-effects-were-used-in-the-television-show-Bewitched

2024-07-07 13:43:20

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2024-07-07 13:40:56

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2024-07-07 13:38:52

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you are here
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2024-07-07 13:34:21

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2024-07-07 13:30:21

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sleeping beauty. you waking up.
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2024-07-07 12:47:01

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… That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning

2024-07-07 12:45:17

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2024-07-07 12:19:06

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the deviants deviant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWUjF4IMCP0
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2024-07-07 11:51:16

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"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious".
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2024-07-07 11:40:01

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2024-07-07 11:37:22

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2024-07-07 11:30:51

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my humour is a blessing and a curse.
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2024-07-07 11:01:50

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Samantha Stephens
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/744/391/271/640/893/original/da2d3daf0e4220b6.mp4

2024-07-07 10:44:36

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The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.

2024-07-07 04:52:20

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it makes no difference to me if i disappoint 1 or 2 women.

2024-07-07 03:51:14

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@npub1383…uxga thinks i am an ai

2024-07-07 03:49:08

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2024-07-07 03:43:50

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