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  • AI beats Navy pilots

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    George KG

    Ahem...

    "Naval Aviators."

    https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-culture/why-naval-pilots-prefer-aviator

    Carry on.

  • Even Phibes might tap that.

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    MikM

    She was until I saw that. Must have eyebleach.

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  • Reinfected

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    jon-nycJ

    @Copper said in Reinfected:

    1 guy was reinfected, and he remains asymptomatic

    That is roughly .000000004 % of total cases

    To bad for the 1 guy, who feels fine

    I say that we should take no action based on this case

    Seems like it’s more than one, but this is the first to be definitively shown by sequencing both viruses. But I agree there’s no particular action to be taken on this.

  • Do you Clafoutis or Flaugnarde?

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    LarryL

    "Fkaugnarde".... i let one earlier today that came awfully close .... but "D's" are hard to do do not was more like "flaugnarbe"....

    The "au" part hurt like hell....

  • The Crime

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    Aqua LetiferA

    @Axtremus said in The Crime:

    In this thread, the younger folks are the cautious ones while the older ones seem more keen to roll the dice with public health. 😄

    My parents are more or less completely throwing caution to the wind. They're taking almost no precautions whatsoever.

    They also put up with career bullshit the likes of which I still couldn't fully understand if I tried, and their goal is to by God enjoy their retirement.

    That's their right, and I never guilt them about that choice. I just FaceTime with them once a week and ask them to stay safe and don't trust the assholes out there.

  • "The worst case scenario..."

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    MikM

    I would walk out.

  • Suppressing the negative?

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    Aqua LetiferA

    @Loki said in Suppressing the negative?:

    Both assumptions are entirely reasonable.

    Why would anybody at this point also not think that likes/dislikes on social media are like robo calls?

    They are and they aren't.

    Everyone on social media has to deal with some percentage of (1) fake likes, follows, whatever, from bots, and (2) lost likes, follows, whatever, from algorithm suppression. But as you gain popularity, (1) increases while (2) decreases. That's especially true on YouTube, where the platform suppresses the hell out of your channel for about 6 months to a year when you just start out. They do that because they don't want to publicize a channel that's not going to last. They want to see first that you're a consistent uploader, then they let you be more found by others. After that comes more exposure in the recommended column.

  • I talked my daughter out of it.

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    HoraceH

    I agree with everybody else. It's difficult to imagine any circumstance where a front-loaded 10k/year could replace a pension. If one is only comparing financial stuff.

  • "Hey Siri, play the Well-Tempered Clavier on Apple Music"

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    George KG

    @bachophile said in "Hey Siri, play the Well-Tempered Clavier on Apple Music":

    Romantic? Goddamn foot was nailed to the pedal.

    Yeah, that was pretty obvious in the recording as well. But, as I said, I really liked the phrasing in those two examples.

  • "I'm not dead yet!"

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    bachophileB

    Probably not PC but I think the sister is a hottie

  • Tuner Cleaner?

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    George KG

    @Klaus said in Tuner Cleaner?:

    Listening to loud music on high end equipment is definitely a thing of the past.

    Not at Kluurs' house. Believe me....

  • Paging Mike Godwin

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    CopperC

    Wow, he did everything!

    Everything anyone could ever want!

    Great!

  • Leaving Early

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    MikM

    No, but they can also continue to work at other jobs. To determine whether this is good or bad you would have to see the individual offererings.

  • The Gaspasser's Son

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    brendaB

    @Jolly said in The Gaspasser's Son:

    One died.

    That's the worst nightmare for a parent. So sad to hear this.

  • John Wayne's Inspiration

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    HoraceH

    Telling jon not to gaslight people is like telling Ax not to soar high above the Serengeti with a golden trophy strapped to his back, hunting for plump, juicy bunnies. Some people are just born to do certain things.

  • Canceled

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  • Finally, the real reason Joe picked Kamala

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    JollyJ

    😄😄😄

  • Restoring and Improving Star Wars

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    jon-nycJ

    Lol

  • Where's Kim?

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    George KG

    @Loki said in Where's Kim?:

    I think there is a reasonable chance Kim is dead.

    https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/3279/i-m-not-dead-yet?_=1598270176500