Anathema-

13 hours ago, Demut said:

were school shooters like the guys at Columbine for example motivated by "far right wing rhetoric"?

bro those two specifically were fucking nazis

15 hours ago, sblfilms said:

Not really bird watching, but I enjoy listening to the birds outside. We even have some woodpeckers who come around in the spring

Put out one feeder you'll be surprised what you get. They'll learn to sing with you. 

16 hours ago, Brian said:

Here’s a bird for ya bud 

mfw squirrels 

13 hours ago, unogueen said:

Horseradish mayo kicks.

So does horseradish in tartar sauce.

 

Think of it like wasabi with your mayo ladden abomination sushi.

That's because the wasabi you get in the states is just horseradish. 

lmao a starling was back just a little earlier but on its own.  It still crowded out a bunch of other little birdies even by itself. One of the white breasted nut hatches got in an aggro position, spreading his wings like a jet fighter and started prancing. The starling took off and hasn't been back. 

52 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said:

If there’s one person on the right that could be effectively and safely ignored it’s MTG. She’s proven to be dumb as rocks and ineffective at everything except fundraising which she only gets because so many in the left make a thing out of her. 

how u planning to ignore the next speaker of the house

8 minutes ago, Demut said:

That was uncalled for. Your thread wasn't really a fit for this subboard in the first place and and the OP's convoluted, in parts almost poetic, phrasing probably didn't help either. Plus, knowing the userbase of this forum, I'm not sure what else you expected.

we just let him do his thing he probably snorts angel dust 

you .. administered .. it

Ew.

wild turkey

Seriously I had a problem a few years back just something in my gut was absolutely foul. It came out as horrendous bad breath. A few weeks of drinking some kefir twice a day cleared it right up. Now my terrible breath is just from all the coffee and smoking. 

On 2/9/2023 at 9:47 AM, SuperSpreader said:

For the first time in my life in the past two months certain foods are destroying my stomach (Thai, Indian) which never did before... I'm about to be 41.. I think... It's time, it's happening. 😭

 

Like if it was just one big poop whatever, this is wrecking me for over a day later. I'm not sure WHAT it is specifically.. I suspect it's oil. It also isn't diarrhea at all, it's like a lot of gas, bloating, distended stomach (didn't believe ppl before this was a thing, sorry wife), pain, and nausea. 

 

 

u need probiotics friend

We got some feeders for the back recently and it's just been amazing the birds we've seen and all their little personalities. 

Cardinals are of course one of our most watched for. The males are extremely cautious but the females seem to come as often as anything else. It's quite an event to catch a male Cardinal come down to take food directly. 

The tufted titmouse is probably my favorite. Got a proud little crest but the coloring isn't outlandish. They're cautious too but it's like they're testing how comfortable they can be. Dashing down for a piece of food then off right away instead of hanging around until they're comfortable now we see them hanging out a lot. We even only thought there was one at first, then two. We saw a third one today so they're getting really comfortable coming out. 

There's a group of Carolina bluebirds that seem the most comfortable around us.  They came out to eat while we were on the deck tonight and even seemed to be a little playful with us. They were the ones who learned how to knock on the window for more food or to alert us to some squirrels. 

We had a small pack of starlings come through and they were simultaneously amazing and annoying.  Bigger than any other bird individually (except maybe the woodpecker) but moved in synchronized pairs. We had two then four. It was fascinating seeing how they worked unerringly together even though they ate up so much of the food. I'm glad they're gone. 

There are some blue jays that come around sometimes too but they're just big jerks like the starlings, just not as big or as good at what they do. I think the starlings might have scared them off for now, I hope they come back. 

There's also a small group of finches and a couple chickadees. The chickadees are really friendly and cheerful, love those little guys. Like they just exist to look cute and say hello. 

And today we saw, no shit, a mourning dove. The only thing I'll say is that it was incredibly meaningful to us. 

All in all it's been a pretty full first month of bird watching. Anyone else get into it at all?

Been doing up a blender full of fire roasted salsa every week the past few weeks and it's been a revelation. Having some on hand to add to almost anything is a real game changer. 

We top our eggs and fresh tortillas with it, dip our chips in it, mix it with any meat for dinner it's just wild. It's really nice getting a good serving of veggies too even though your brain thinks it's all just flavor. 

Like my god it's so easy too just quarter your pepper, red onion and tomatoes and throw them on a pan under the broiler (with a little oil, salt and pepper). Maybe a couple cloves of garlic too and a jalapeno to taste. Literally just wait until it's as burned up as you like it and throw it in a blender with a little extra water and a huge handful of cilantro (trust me on this). 

Don't even get me started on the fresh tortillas either holy shit. I could probably die before I ate scrambled eggs again and that would be fine but a fresh tortilla, some fire roasted salsa on there? Wow. Just wow. 

que

Seriously though you can poke at it a bit and get it to admit it was never trained with actual posts from the board. 

6 hours ago, Demut said:

Right. 'Cause neural networks aren't trained to tell the truth or answer things factually. Things like ChatGPT are language-prediction models. They're set up to respond in a way that, based on their training data, is the most likely response. Like, I dunno, the top Family Feud answers or something except even less moderated/editorialized.

 

 

Something in its training data probably suggested that the boards were shuttered (at least at some point) even if that's not factually accurate. It's not like ChatGPT tried to visit the forums before it answered you and found them to be closed, thus modifying its response accordingly. It's more like a less knowledgeable (but more conversational) Google search.

I mean, this is more than just predictive text. Even at this stage it can truly assist with synthesizing disparate information, as if it were an expert in otherwise unrelated fields. That it's confidently incorrect is amusing and hard to guard against but not the end of the world and certainly not expected, especially if you're careful about the information you're looking for. 

really not surprised how "you made me do it" became mainstream republican orthodoxy after trump

oh hey look the "we were working on it for a year" excuse is unraveling 

It literally created an episode of the Muppet show starring Kate Bush. My wife and I got verklempt. 

2 hours ago, legend said:

I stand by my claim of more than 10 years that chat bot AI is the most boring form of AI! Large language models haven’t changed that opinion

 

“Here’s a bunch of hallucinated nonsense” 

not surprising you have trouble finding value in hallucinations, no offense

News of the subpoena gets out somehow and it's not special counsel is all I'm saying. 

41 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Pence wanted to be subpoenaed.  Like, he's looking at his lawyer who is negotiating with the Special Counsel's office and says "I hope I don't get subpoenaed" as he cartoonishly winks at his lawyer. 

Thing is they don't even have to do that. They can literally say to special counsel "please subpoena me and I'll talk."

13 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

It was to save masks not lives or slow infection 

Per usual the truth is pretty fucked up and we should probably talk about it but partisans latched on to their issues and it'll be new problems before they get bored with these ones. 

gasp