It’s not even manipulated to that outcome. It has a large training corpus and I’m sure some of that corpus includes stories of people who lied, cheated, threatened etc under stress. So when it’s subjected to the same conditions it produces the statistically likely output, that’s all.

“Bee attack”? That was a hell of a combo if one attack injured dozens of people.

He used… sarcasm

The phrase in question has no verb.

No dialogue is ever static; every conversation offers an opportunity to reassess and refine one’s viewpoints in light of new insights. In coming to genuine agreements, we learn not only about others but also about ourselves, gaining awareness of how our internal values align with the broader spectrum of social beliefs.

with price increases a frequent occasion in recent times

Good grief this article was padded for length. Who speaks like that? How hard is it to write “with recent price increases”?

Please set your cell phones to vibrate mode, and your vibrators to cell phone mode.

Honestly I’ve daily-driven Fedora, Mint, and Ubuntu and I can’t say I saw a fraction of the problems that you did.

I will say that I struggled with PopOS – despite claiming to be the most Nvidia and gaming friendly distro, it gave me endless trouble with the Nvidia graphics in my gaming laptop. Mint and Ubuntu, though, never had a whiff of trouble. I’m on Ubuntu now with no complaints.

Small steps are how engineering gets done. It’s a rare technology that proves its value overnight.

Bean chili is a perfectly legitimate chili. FIGHT ME!

I’d call it chili. Eggs cooked in the sauce is what makes it shakshuka.

Google Maps right now:

No Muad Dib, it’s not like that!

Conservation of mass in chemical reactions still applies, though.

Thanks to Miracle-Gro™ lawn products.

MIT administrator dusts off their hands…

“Problem solved!”

An operation can be both an act of resistance and terrorism at the same time

I broadly agree, but the language of the original article is what I objected to:

It dismisses the costs of both sides for defending the settlements while fighting the Palestinian freedom fighters, that Israel calls terrorists.

That language clearly implies that the label “terrorist” is invalid.

EDIT: Just to clarify. We’ve seen this many times before.

The Muhajadeen who fought so hard to free Aghanistan from the Soviet Union had a just cause, and they were certainly resistance fighters. But they had no interest whatsoever in “freedom” for Afghanistan. They wanted to rule it.

That is the same accusation I am levying against Hamas. They are terrorists, and they are resistance fighters. But they are not freedom fighters. Their goal is to eject Israel and install an Islamist, anti-democratic state.

one is extreme due to being occupied with no one bringing justice to Palestinians

And Hamas is bringing no justice to Palestinians. Did Hamas invade and take Israelis captive to “bring justice to Palestinians”? Absolutely not, they perfectly well understood what Israel would do in return. That’s what they wanted. This is the conflict Israel was propping up Hamas for. Hamas’ job was to start the war, and they did.