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mitchellporter on Languages in the Age of AIApril 6, 2026
(Neo's body spasms and relaxes.) Neo: Tôi biết tiếng Việt.
Demotrash on Pine Cone JamApril 6, 2026
What are good ways to eat it?
oldcowboy3 on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 6, 2026
Fair enough ;-D
Anonymous on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
The universe is hierarchical from its Unmoved Mover, and it is trinities all the way down.
oldcowboy3 on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
LOL ;-D
Anonymous on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
I said it badly. You can fail at intent and still produce good work. Intent isn't that important. How it's…
Clarissa on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
I don't think intentions matter at all. Not just in art. In anything. We can't know anybody's intentions. People don't…
Clarissa on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
I agree completely, especially since without Elon's efforts, Ukraine wouldn't be on the offensive and regaining territory as we speak.…
Anonymous on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
Nothing wrong with that. But things can be beautifully done, and still be the wrong thing, in the wrong place,…
oldcowboy3 on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
Hmmm, and for the gentle souls downvoting my tasteless humour ;-D
Demotrash on Languages in the Age of AIApril 5, 2026
Even in the context of pragmatic interactions (shopping, directions, etc ), the translation apps are such a hassle. It's a…
oldcowboy3 on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
methyl ethyl LOL, maybe he just wanted to show what he could do? Why do I tie tiny dry flies…
oldcowboy3 on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
Clarissa Hmmm, I do not consider Elon souless, he is a driven man. He understands that man will be safer…
Anonymous on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
Totally amazing technical execution there. But I still have to ask: what was this made for? If it's portraiture and…
oldcowboy3 on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
methyl ethyl "What is this sculpture for?...What function is it supposed to serve?" Why did largely unnamed Master Masons spend…
Anonymous on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
Yeah. They exude cheap stimulation. The Cheetos-and-Sprite of visual media-- what food scientists have done in the lab to maximize…
Anonymous on Gender-bending MercuriansApril 5, 2026
Oh, but you do often have multiple words in front of the noun-- so like where we'd say, "a" you…
Anonymous on Gender-bending MercuriansApril 5, 2026
I learned a new classifier today: Ngón It is the classifier for fingers and toes. Nothing else, I think. Phalanges…
Clarissa on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
I see those AI videos that Elon Musk keeps pushing, and they are the height of soulless, dumb vulgarity. I…
Anonymous on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
The older I get, the more utilitarian my ideas on art have become. I no longer ask "Do I like…
cliff arroyo on Gender-bending MercuriansApril 5, 2026
" Viet has 150 genders" Well classifier classes are a lot like gender. Noun classes are called gender in European languages…
oldcowboy3 on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
"Forget high culture." Because despite centuries of the feminine efforts, regardless of cultural level and maturity, boys will always be…
Clarissa on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
I wouldn't worry much about some Chinese dude making Shakespeare outdated. 😀 Nobody does anything valuable in art unless it's…
Anonymous on Gender-bending MercuriansApril 5, 2026
By that definition, Viet has 150 genders. -ethyl
Clarissa on Languages in the Age of AIApril 5, 2026
No, of course not. Eeww. It's like asking whether you'd hook yourself up to a device that can give you…
Anonymous on The Hierarchy of TasteApril 5, 2026
Hierarchies are ok when they are malleable and usually require massive ignorance on the bottom to endure outside limited contexts.…
Anonymous on Languages in the Age of AIApril 5, 2026
If at some point, you can connect your brain directly to a cpu that gives you seamless access to all…
cliff arroyo on Gender-bending MercuriansApril 5, 2026
"All languages I’ve heard of, except English, have gendered nouns" Turkish, Hungarian, Finnish and many, many other languages don't have…
Clarissa on The Adventures of a Boiled SausageApril 5, 2026
Why can't it ever be something like 3 cans of canned corn? Why does it always have to be something…
Anonymous on The Adventures of a Boiled SausageApril 5, 2026
We lost two pounds of cheese the last time we went shopping. We definitely bought it, and then once we…

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