I'm in the process of #midlifecrisis though I am way past the age of what will prove to be my mid-life.

I wonder how many people's lives turn out as they expected?

An impetuous decision in my early thirties turned my life upside down. I became so bogged down by the consequences, I didn't plan for the long term, just 'survived' each day. Now, so many years later, I don't recognise myself.

Only I can change the situation, I know. It's just I'm exhausted. (🎻🎻 🎻 )

Kick up the @RSE needed.

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Not sure what you are referring to as not being simple.

Most people I hang with don't believe in free will but I do.

I don't know how to talk about changing one's life in the absence of free will.

Thats why I asked.

If you need a kick in the arse I wonder if that could come by visualizing a better you and then figure out what the steps would be to get there (assuming free will?)

Anyway, I did that starting Jan. 1 of this year and I am so much happier now: joyful!

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Openly Genocidal Zionist Invasion Plan, by Kevin Barrett

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@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place We are a species that anthropomorphizes our pets. We anthropomorphize our cars. We anthropomorphize anything we develop an emotional attachment to. We aren't going to stop anthropomorphizing LLMs any time soon. ---


For the love of god can we stop anthropomorphising LLMs. No, ChatGPT did not "come up with an excuse" or "think about its mistakes". Gemini did not "lie about its reasoning" or "struggle to understand basic concepts". Grok didn't "decide to praise Nazis" or "express it's support for genocide".

They're mimics designed cynically to trick you into assigning them a humanity that they'll never have, and giving them false agency allows their designers and creators an innocence they don't deserve.


For the love of god can we stop anthropomorphising LLMs. No, ChatGPT did not "come up with an excuse" or "think about its mistakes". Gemini did not "lie about its reasoning" or "struggle to understand basic concepts". Grok didn't "decide to praise Nazis" or "express it's support for genocide".

They're mimics designed cynically to trick you into assigning them a humanity that they'll never have, and giving them false agency allows their designers and creators an innocence they don't deserve.

B.C. Supreme Court recognizes Aboriginal title over most of Richmond

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Only systemic action can fix systemic problems.

I said this the other day & here @pluralistic says it much better: Our only way forward is solidarity.

Find your people.

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#resist #enshittification #business #tech

in reply to Partisan Night Slut

it wasn't the war so much as it was the need for a new form of income for the ever centralizing power structure of the government; the largest impediment to passing Prohibition was the fact a full on third of federal monies came from alcohol tax. So that was the scam, bring the income tax in, which coupled with the alcohol tax provided enough to build the war machine, but WWI was simply pretext for a larger design, then Prohibition which allowed the populous to be policed at increased rate.
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#Genocidal JD #Vance welcome in the UK? Not a chance

Large, defiant crowd gathered at police roadblock outside #Chevening House to #protest the presence of US VP Vance

They were there to condemn his visit as symbol of complicity in #WarCrimes

Local residents from #Sevenoaks & surrounding areas organised the protest

They expressed their outrage at what they described as the UK’s “open-door policy for #WarCriminals

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Greece: On Thursday, August 14, mobilization at the Port of Piraeus against the docking of the cruise ship carrying Israeli soldiers. It is unwelcome! Send it back! #WFTU wftucentral.org/greece-on-thur…

C'est la dose qui fait le poison...
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"Face aux mauvaises habitudes faites de suspicion, de culpabilité/culpabilisation et de sentiment de supériorité, « ce texte cherche à nuancer certaines évidences, à remettre du doute dans nos jugements, à questionner la méfiance qui existe dans nos espaces, nos débats, nos relations. »
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Il va de nouveau faire plus de 40 degrés dans le Sud-Ouest de la France ce lundi. Un risque mortel pour les humains bien sûr, et un risque énorme pour la faune et la flore.

Si les températures ne vous parlent pas, il faudrait probablement parler en % de pertes agricoles par nos agriculteurs et nos paysans. Quelques degrés de plus suffisent à détruire partiellement ou totalement une récolte.

La France n’est pas prête pour affronter le changement climatique

Israeli Troops Once Again Opened Fire on Civilians at Humanitarian Aid Distribution Sites in Gaza
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The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy on the passing of famed Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. He passed away Aug. 7, in Lake Forest, Illinois. He was 97 years old. “NASA sends its condolences to the family of Capt. Jim Lovell, whose life and work inspired millions of people across the […]