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What are your favourite video game soundtracks?
  • Since I haven't seen them listed yet:

    • Ender Lilies
    • Both Nier Games
    • Drakenguard 3
    • Kingdom Hearts
    • FFXIII
  • Labour grassroots back Starmer’s new stance on gender, allies claim after poll
  • I love how whenever trans issues come up, it's always this "What is a woman?" "Biological woman" "single sex spaces" bs. Meanwhile, the average trans person is stuck waiting literally three fucking years to access an initial appointment at a gender clinic, with sweet fuck all being done about it.

  • Omagh hum: Council could call in noise specialists
  • I heard this once back in 2011 while driving alone through the country at night. Just a weird, pulsing hum. Then it vanished just as quickly as it started. It's funny that people have been studying it for so long and still have no idea what causes it.

  • Suella Braverman accuses PM of betrayal - BBC News
  • There's something really funny about Cruella accusing Sunak of betraying the public on policies that the public never asked for.

  • What's for breakfast?
  • Eggs, bacon, hash browns, and toast with jam. I've been out of eggs for a while, so decided to celebrate finally making it to the shops with a small feast!

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  • Garak is calm because he knows that they're in the justice zone, where it's impossible to commit a crime.

  • England to diverge from EU water monitoring standards
  • Dear Rimmer, we're going on a fishing holiday to that ocean planet we passed two days ago. We tried to wake you, but couldn't. See you in three days, L, K and C.

  • TIMBER CONSTRUCTION BEACH HUT WITH STUNNING VIEWS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
  • Yes I know. But it was listed as a one bedroom house, which it decidedly is not.

  • HS2: Sunak's U-turn shakes confidence in his promises
  • There was confidence in Sunak's promises?

  • TIMBER CONSTRUCTION BEACH HUT WITH STUNNING VIEWS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
  • If this is their holiday property, I feel bad for them.

  • TIMBER CONSTRUCTION BEACH HUT WITH STUNNING VIEWS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
  • I'm honestly not sure what the typical asking price is for a changing booth, but it's definitely not a one bedroom house.

  • TIMBER CONSTRUCTION BEACH HUT WITH STUNNING VIEWS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
  • It's a changeing shed listed as a one bedroom house for £25,000. I'm not sure what's reasonable about that.

  • TIMBER CONSTRUCTION BEACH HUT WITH STUNNING VIEWS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT

    In fairness, it's only £25,000, but considering it was listed as a one bedroom residential property...

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    Shock as yew tree which 'predates the Battle of Hastings' felled - Battle
  • I'm really hoping that the gap tree felling leads to more of an outcry and legislation against this sort of thing. In ancient Briton, trees were sacred. It's high time we brought some of that mindset back.

  • Brexit: Labour will seek re-write of deal, Starmer says
  • Don't hold your breath. He didn't actually say anything about his rewrite other than "better".

  • Russell Brand: Comedian accused of rape and sexual assault of four women
  • I'm not sure why you thought the US system applied. We're talking about a British comedian on /c/United Kingdom, on a UK instance.

  • Elvis lives.
  • There'd be an inevitable moment where you get up in the night for a glass of water, walk into the family room, and just see a blackened Elvis staring up at you.

  • Elvis lives.
  • I didn't realise what community this was at first and was very concerned about OP!

  • Data, the cultured artist
  • Thank you then! It seems like our debate stemmed from different definitions. Based on your definition of what constitutes AI, Data would absolutely count. By my definition, he is too advanced to be in the same category. But I get the impression that we would both agree that he is more advanced than any modern AI system. Once again, I'm sorry for coming across as condescending; I will have to choose my words more carefully in the future!

  • Data, the cultured artist
  • This seems to have descended into a debate on "what is consciousness", which as I originally said, is a question that isn't easy to answer. My point was that modern AI inherrently isn't aware of what it's saying, not that it couldn't be defined as an intelligence. As far as I know, there's no solid evidence to prove that it can. To finish, I would like to apologise if my initial comment came across as condescending. I didn't mean to come across as such.

  • Data, the cultured artist
  • While I appreciate the philosophical take, it seems that you've misunderstood what AI is.

    Have you ever been typing out a text and seen that your phone is recommending a list of words for you to select next? This is an example of AI. Your phone has been programmed with a list of words and a set probablility of one word following the other. For instance, if you type "I", it will almost certainly suggest "am", because there's a high probabibility of that being correct. More advanced AI, like ChatGPT work the same way, only on a grander scale. It has no idea what its words mean, but through clever programming can create the illusion that it does.

    Data on the other hand is explicitly stated to have a human-like consciousness. His posotronic brain is no different than a human brain, besides being artificial.

    Naturally, this brings up the age old philosophical debate on "what actually is consciousness". The simple answer is that we still don't have a good explanation. You could argue that humans also follow an algorithm, just far more advanced, but I would argue that this doesn't satisfactorily explain how humans are able to extrapolate their own ideas from abstract concepts.

  • Do you tend to say "can" or "tin? Is this a regional thing?

    I'm a southerner, but recently noticed I'm the only one who seems to say "tin" rather than "can". I think I got it from my Dad, who's from Birmingham. Meanwhile, my Mum (from Winchester) prefers "can".

    Which do you/people in your area tend to prefer and is this a regional thing?

    EDIT: It has come to my attention that I should probably have been more specific. I'm talking about the container that beans, soup, and other foodstuffs are sold in, not the many other uses for both of these words. Thanks for all the wonderful comments though, they gave me a good laugh!

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    West End poster banned by TfL over 'unhealthy' cake.

    www.bbc.co.uk West End play poster banned by TfL over 'unhealthy' cake

    Transport for London said the poster promoted "foods high in fat, salt and sugar".

    West End play poster banned by TfL over 'unhealthy' cake

    Maybe I'm crazy, but this seems just a bit excessive...

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