Quote from: Hydra009 on December 11, 2025, 06:49:50 PMEither they're a boogeyman that doesn't really exist or the American people are the enemy.  Pick your poison.

I think there was a famous song that sums this up...

The problem is all inside your head, he said to me
The answer is easy if you take it logically
It's really not my habit to intrude
Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude
Where is this antifa?

The theistic type of God that is the Abrahamic God cannot logically exist, because of the many incompatible properties that are ascribed to it.
If a thing cannot logically exist, then it does not, in fact, exist.

The other day I saw Red, and today I saw the sequel, Red 2. It was even better than the first one, but this time it didn't have Morgan Freeman. Instead it had Anthony Hopkins. A really great cast of characters, lots of action, a plot that rolls along smoothly without ever getting boring, and some very good car chases.
I really wish they could make a third one, but Bruce Willis isn't going to be able to do it.

If your god was real, you wouldn't need a 28 paragraph on nonsensical math to prove it. God wouldn't need it. But here we are.

Either they're a boogeyman that doesn't really exist or the American people are the enemy.  Pick your poison.

Trump plans envision major U.S. investment in Russia, restoring oil flows to Europe
Trump team weighs forming 5-nation group with Russia to replace G7

Certainly not dodging the foreign agent suspicion...

Ukraine hit a Russian offshore oil platform, halting operations

This happened in the Caspian Sea.  Not the one bordering Ukraine, the one bordering Russia and Iran.  They hit a cargo ship there back in August, so it makes sense that they can hit stationary targets there, too.  Definitely putting a hurt on the Russian oil business every step of the way - extraction, refining, logistics - every single stage is fraught with peril and losses.

Ukraine also hit one of Russia's largest chemical plants in Veliky Novgorod (just south of Saint Petersburg, east of the Baltic states).  The Akron plant makes explosives for Putin.

This probably isn't related to Ukraine, but a massive fire erupted at a market in St Petersburg.  I believe this happened before Ukraine launched their drone attacks.  Careless smoking?  I kinda feel bad for them, but then I remembered that Russia was responsible for an arson attack on a market in Poland in 2024 and Russian artillery strike on a market in Dobropillia Ukraine in 2025.  Maybe there's an Aesop in there about an arsonist upset that his own house burned down.  Shoulda been nicer.

How does an AI cover a song? Does it have to listen to the song and then make its own version, or what? After all, that's how humans do it.
Or does the AI have some other way to do it?

Quote from: Blackleaf on December 10, 2025, 12:10:55 PMIt's very easy to assign meaning to something post-hoc. That's why scientists make predictions, based on what they currently know, and then look to see if their predictions come true. Watch. I'll show you how easy it is to BS this stuff.

Did you know that "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel is a prophecy? I'll prove it.


Modern day prophets are still trying to warn us against the dangers of surrendering to the Neon God. We must resist. We must find connections with each other, and not seek AI for companionship. Will we listen to the prophets this time? Only time will tell.

I rest my fucking case.

Your "Sound of Silence → cell phones" is classic post-hoc numerology: 
flexible interpretation 
unlimited symbolic stretching 
no predictive power 
survives any change in lyrics or technology

The proof here is the exact opposite: 
fixed historical text (four 1st-century documents) 
fixed mathematical law (base-10 digital roots) 
fixed geometry (9-12-3 = cross) 
brittle system — change one number and
the entire closed loop
God + Father + Son + Spirit = God collapses

Your parody works with anything because it's infinitely adjustable.
The model here only works with {3,6,9,12}.
That's the difference between eisegesis and demonstration. One is entertainment.
The other is evidence.

Had an AI cover the first song I ever made. I really like what it did.