tocopherol

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[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Are you joking about the Watson thing? Idk if you are or not but Watson wasn't the one who said that

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Interactive TV sets will be watching us, just as we watch them. They will also report back to the beast at computer headquarters. Our telephone conversations will be automatically wire tapped and transcripted by the National Security Agency

Killah Priest "information", from Heavy Mental, 1998

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago

Reading that I almost had a thought like it must have been a mix-up or something, but no, US police will murder people with less thought, so that type of fuckery is completely expected.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago

Love bikeindex, I actually got my stolen bike back thanks to that site. It was literally two years later but still, the police wouldn't have even made a report probably in the city I was at, with bike theft so ubiquitous.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That is their primary purpose here too but it just requires more violence and subjection, Americans are extra noisy.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You just have to say there was a weird technique the Nazi's liked to use.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

Fucking GREAT for you, no one asked, thanks for being an asshole.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What's even the point of your comment, I'm not trying to be rude it just seems unhelpful and the attitude is prevalent. Sure, if people adjust their habits they could make due, but the problem is the fucking robbery of all working people so it's just wasting time bickering with points like this.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

For a better response to writing, an exercise an instructor had my class do was to look at a list of example sentences and remove every word that wasn't essential. I don't think your writing is so difficult to interpret but a more plain style can be helpful for some. Most people aren't trying to 'add it up' in conversation like it's math, it should be quick and intuitive. The way we read our own writing is different than how others will emphasize or pace it which can cause misinterpretation as well.

I feel like I see a lot of arguments online that are really just people misinterpreting each other repeatedly.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't say they are too dumb to realize this necessarily, people are just misled by endless propaganda or don't have the time and energy/skills to really contemplate things properly.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This led me to another article, apparently people are using excess CPU power to research Minecraft related phenomenon such as the tallest cactus. When they said the world will end not with a bang but a whimper, this is some of the whimpering.

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