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Your loss, buddy. Also, "now" meaning you didn't do so in the past or simply didn't know about this function? At least from what I remember this has been possibly for ages.

If you listen to the responses that people like Norman Finkelstein (and even Noam Chomsky) get, that's apparently a popular sentiment. Or, come to think of it, Ben Shapiro for that matter

I ... what? Maybe you're confusing it with the conspiracy theory concept but the deep state as such, i.e. the permanent, unelected part of the government bureaucracy that doesn't really change from administration to administration, is very much a thing. It's even a subject of study in political science. I'm referring to the latter, not the former, in case that wasn't clear. Would you prefer if I used a different term?

Hm. Did I post prior to that cut-off? I myself couldn't tell ya. I have no idea when my last post was. Trying to outspeed me? You're ten years too early for that, bucko Well, the obvious objections regarding who defines those terms aside, I was more thinking of stuff like kowtowing to the deep state in the form of the alphabet agencies during Trump's term, ~99% of their staff's political donations going to Democrats and so on.

Nah, you've got it all wrong, legend. Simply adding bigger and bigger training sets will OBVIOUSLY lead to self-aware, general, soon-to-be quasi-omnipotent AI. After all, more data, more GPUs = more better results. See attached proof.

Who would know for sure? An administrator like @Commissar SFLUFAN?

I mean ... you're probably largely right (that is, correct ) as far as the posted content was concerned. But if nothing else, the Twitter Files seem to suggest that what had been previously been more or less of an open secret, namely that Twitter leadership was squarely on the left side of the political spectrum and let that bias influence their decisions, turned out to be in fact literally true, no?

Thanks. I wasn't sure whether PMs were preserved when D1P changed forum software or whatever it was that happened. I know I already I asked you this years ago but I guess my account can't be restored anymore?

That's probably for the best, honestly. Thanks! I don't suppose you still have that little (Python?) script lying around which auto-generated BBCode to create a color gradient of letters? Like, maybe in an old PM? Although I'm not even sure if it would work with the current text editor thingy anymore ...

I seem to remember some commentator or other (Igor Sushko maybe?) saying that Prigozhin only stopped recruiting prisoners because by now the R*ssian Army itself will be doing so, too, and since his group of merry murderers doesn't exactly have the, uh, best reputation when it comes to their treatment he basically can't compete with them and might as well pretend that it was his free choice. Because he's got 10 million applications to join Wagner from the U.S. ... but he'll only accept 1 million. I still can't tell if he was just taking the piss when he said that or if their levels of derangement have simply reached that point by now, as unbelievable as it may sound. Of course you do. It'd be trivial to prove you wrong (e.g. using my Steam account which has been continuously in use by me) but where would be the fun in that?

Judging from the results of my casual search of my own username, I seem to have entered some kind of larger-than-live mythical status in D1P lore during my absence. Kinda wack to see legend-building in real time so to speak.

Heh, that's hilarious. Another surprise that I wouldn't have seen coming. SFLUFAN of all people? I thought he was an ironic fascist. Or libertarian. Or something. I forgot which. And I didn't intend to imply that Musk's acquisition was a left-wing wing. The opposite, in fact. Hence the ('I thought it was viewed as left-leaning PRIOR to the Musk acquisition' line).

WTF. I just noticed that you didn't simply have this at hand somehow, it's an actual emoticon. I dunno how to feel about this. Insulted? Flattered? A bit of both? And I guess now I have to change it back to that.

They're still making progress at Vuhledar though. Insignificant progress of a few hundred meters at horrendous losses, sure, but progress nonetheless. Look at the most recent tactical maps. Admittedly, you have to zoom in quite a bit to see it but still ... But I guess that's just me being pEdANtiC

Also, I see you lurking there, Jason.

LOL, okay, so the exact opposite of what I had in mind then. Am I wrong in thinking that Twitter is (or at least was, given Musk's acquisition) generally associated more associated with the left side of the cultural war? Guess I'll try and bum keys off people there should a HumbleBundle catch my eye

The real anti-Semites are obviously the ones connecting these coincidental in-lore features of the goblins and supposed stereotypes about Jews I mean ... do you really expect bankers to be generous, fantasy world or no?

Yeah, I saw that one, not quite the same. But I'll make do.

Woah, now you have me curious. What kind of behavior? Given your mention of Twitter, I think I can hazard a guess where this is going but I find that hard to believe when it comes to him. Last time I spoke with him (couple of months ago on Steam) he didn't seem particularly different. But we did mostly talk about vidya so there's that. Speaking of which, is there still a thread where peeps give away their surplus HumbleBundle keys and shit?

Hrm, I see. Well, I guess I'll just have to get used to it. Or make them myself and see if they take off or not. I was mostly talking about the kind of off-topic "generals"/frequently visited threads like "Post the song you're currently listening to" and other such stuff. Or would that be more appropriate for the spam subboard? I'm just joking around.

So ... what'd I miss since I've been gone? I've already seen a couple of familiar usernames but many others I have not. Are people like Lucian04 or legend or other users with names that start with L here, too, or did they stop posting/never make the transition in the first place?

I'd be surprised if the reason behind this "assumption" was even that sophisticated.

*with little progress At least according to the usual milbloggers. And Denys Davydov, I guess, where I heard it first. The Ukrainians might even give up Bakhmut before long once holding it becomes no longer "profitable" in terms of K/D. They've done so many times before (cf. Soledar for the most recent "big" example). None of this penny-ante stuff really matters though. What'll be important is whether or not the R*ssians are actually gonna go through with their supposedly planned large-scale offensive and how well the Ukrainians manage to weather it in the case that it does happen. If they're forced to use up their reserves just to grind it to a halt then there might not be a spring or even summer counter-offensive for them. Superior HATO equipment only gets you so far if there's only a limited supply of it and your enemy values human life, including their own men, and their diminishing stock of materiel less than a few hundred meters of ground "gained". Rent-free.

>Turks start wondering out loud where the $30bn earthquake tax fund went >Goat-raping dictator Merdedogan shuts down social media Sasuga.

kek if true Guess /r/GCJ bought the game after all and is now going over it with a fine-tooth comb.