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IMO a more apt response would’ve been “lol no”

Don’t have to ask me twice

That’s all because the US is such a lawsuit shithole, you can get sued for literally anything. You’re the land of frivolous lawsuits.

It’s possible to mis-operate machinery accidentally, then have an idiot lawyer chase your ambulance recommending you to sue the manufacturer because they didn’t label it accordingly, therefore they’d be liable. Of course in most cases liability is on the person, but safety measure regulation increases meant that companies were held liable for any small mistake, including lacking appropriate labelling on products even the most mentally challenged would recognise as dangerous…

Some say it’s a nanny state issue, IMO it’s just a measure to force companies to make safe (as safe as possible, that is) equipment that has gone too far.

Hello Mr Pres(ident)

It’s a DRESSING technique. The animal is presumed dead at this stage.

Not really. This is a super quick and relatively safe way to get all the guts and inedible bits out. How’s a sharp rock better?

To date I still quote this whenever even marginally relevant.

Have a wank, have a Kit Kat. Rinse, repeat.

I can help with the latter, got 12 tonnes of the stuff as a deal recently

Chances are you’d find someone who’s into that…

Which is fucking pointless to point out because 80% falls into that 15 point deviation.

If you want true average, a 5-6 point deviation is more useful. Especially given the vast difference between someone with an IQ of 86 and the IQ of 114 - former will be failing most of their classes whereas latter will be excelling in most (not accounting for other personality traits that affect scholarly results, of course).

And that’s why IQ tests are fucking useless. They test a few key areas of what we consider intelligence - pattern recognition and continuation, logic - but entirely fail at the actual intelligence. You can be amazing at recognising patterns in a standardized test and utterly fail at recognising patterns in real life.

Not to mention emotional/social intelligence, which is a much larger aspect of our entire life, is not part of the test, nor is general knowledge. You could be super up to date on historical events, recite entire presentations about specific topics, write amazing poems, and still score an IQ that puts you firmly between a rock and a slightly rotten orange.

Forget the store bought mayo, and try any of the older (think 18th-19th century) recipes. You can replace the whisking with a stick blender but not the slow addition of oil and vinegar.

What you’ll get is an amazing condiment/sauce that is much fluffier than mayonnaise as you know it today, much more flavourful, without the weird plasticky mouthfeel and taste, actually pleasant to eat.

Can I have an LLM Light? In these times I must watch my RAM usage.

Beancakke wasn’t on today’s bingo slip…

No, because my country has continuously overthrown (or at least tried to overthrow) authoritarian regimes that served other interests rather than the people’s, for the past 300 years alone.

I’m not just talking about Kamala here - Bernie being listed while running on a pretty popular programme, just because the right would audibly consider it “communist” (while they’d still do so even if the Democrats brought out a plan that matched the GOP 99.999%) is another good example.

Well, y’all had the chance to elect people less influenced by the oil lobby. and y’all collectively failed.

I think AI is also a great tool to get people into hobbies they will want to do themselves.

A lot of things - including music production - can seem daunting for a beginner, and for all the resources available, none can replace a teacher who sits next to you and guides you through the basics.

And fortunately I’m seeing more and more people using AI not in place of a professional but to become one, utilising the LLM to create personalised teacher agents. And LLMs are arguably much better at “teach me to do this” rather than “go and do this”.

Do you know where those fiddies been? Most likely between the tiddies of a stripper…

No no no, we’re not revealing the whore ray until next Tuesday!