Lemming

I often wish food companies had to identify their products by each new change,

When changing the method, quality control, ingredients, proportions,  something or other,

Should declare and admit it to be a new version, a new product.

In some forms of fictional magic, parts of a person are used as a medium of sorts.

Whether voodoo or tracking.

I suppose science can be similar in some ways.

Fingerprints can be used for tracking people, or allowing access through locked doors.

Some viruses and diseases, effect people of certain genetics more.

Dogs can track based on scrap of person or clothing.

People have talked about giving robots a sense of smell.

Knowing someone's true name,

Knowing someone's name and address,

Mailing them items.

It suddenly occurs to me, maybe the most possible method to have Gundam, person piloted giant robots,

Would be to have the story focus on a group of 'tiny aliens, maybe mouse or ant sized?

 "what did Gen Y do, exactly?"

Reminds me of a video.

I wonder how long this site will last.

Sometimes I click on YouTube videos, but don't watch them, I just read the comments.

'Might not be the best decision, 'depending on extent and how of implementation.

Morale can make an army strong, can encourage recruitment and retention of valuable individuals.

I wasn't doing anything with my life,

Figured it would be a decent source of money and GI Bill college as an option.

Figured if I wasn't self motivated, I would use the military 'to motivate me. Bit difficult to back 'out of the military once you're in.

I suppose I might have had other options, that could force me into movement, I though about trying to find employment on some merchant or cruise ship for example.

But figured military would be easy entry.

I was also kind of depressed around that time in my life.

People sometimes die in the military,

If I 'did happen to die, my parents would be my beneficiaries, thus gratitude could be fulfilled to a degree.

My father's father was an officer in the Air Force, flew a bomber, eventually retired.

My mother's father was in the Infantry, drafted into the Korean War , she said he never talked about his time in the military.

My eldest brother joined the Air Force (Repairing and checking planes) some years before I joined the navy, I considered joining the air force, but I didn't want to feel as though I was just 'following whatever my eldest brother did. So I joined the Navy.

Joined as Hospital Corpsman because it sounded a job for smart people. Medicine, doctors and all that.

Is there any language robots would not be able to understand?

I'm not familiar with America court rules,

But it's my view that the defendant 'ought be given a good amounts of windows of time to be able to say 'whatever he wants to the jury, in any language he wants.

Not that I think court 'allows such.

Lie, threaten, beg, curse, insult.

Ought be able to say whatever he wants about 'anyone.

Ought be able to 'wear whatever one wants, or not wear.

Contempt of court, 'bah.

I never liked saluting or standing in various positions in the military.

Always felt a stupid power play situation.

Though on another hand, comes with the job one chooses I suppose.

Football players kneeling, or baseball players hands on hearts.

Eh, still don't care much for 'having to do it.

Classics.

At a certain size, does something stop being a vehicle, and instead a moving building?

I wonder if comedians ever have it in their wills, that people shall do stand up comedy at their funeral.

No.

Though I was aware of such a possibility.

In a sense yeah, though I'd see it more as inherited consequences of a parents sin, than inheriting their sin.

Way of existence, that we influence and are influenced.

. . . Yet, in so much as the practicality of Free Will exists, and other consequences influencing us which may be positive, suffering might be overcome.

. . . Course the Bible says a lot of things.

It would be funny if all the votes of people who didn't vote, went whatever third party candidate had the most votes.

I find the idea of AI or machines using brains as neural networks, interesting.

The AI being people but lacking ability until commandeering a brain.. . .

Though I'm still not sure the AI 'would be a person, so much as the brains would be,

Just be that the 'body would be overriding the brain.As even human bodies do sometimes, the mind is a plaything of the body, as the saying goes.

Course the body is also a plaything of the mind, chicken and egg.

. . . And then there's the possible error of mind/body, why not just body?

I'd imagine it's a shifting line,

I don't 'think I've been outraged about people joking or mocking Charlie Kirk,

Though I wouldn't say I've encouraged it.

Have really discouraged it I think.

But that's partially 'expected politeness in society,

Partially irritation at political error of such comments.

Partially dislike of a person being so jerkish towards a death, maybe.

Partial dislike of obtuseness, they think they're making some great point, but I think 'they are missing the point.

Partially too soon.

Partially not all that 'funny in joke or delivery.

Partially mind on politics, not humor.

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People laugh about most 'any subject I think.

. . . I laugh about a lot.

But I think I laugh at certain jokes more in private than with people.

Never really 'liked Americans Funniest Home Videos, pain montages.

Feels a bit wrong to laugh about that in public, or even alone.

To real, empathy activates.

Easier to laugh about something abstracted maybe,

Words, or parody.

But even then.

My Dad would frequently tell people at the store or in the drive through, a joke about Michael Jackson and buns.

. . . I don't think I ever found it all that funny, seemed crass, and even worse and bizarre to tell random people that joke.

. . . But I find the South Park jokes on Jared a bit funny, again maybe it's delivery and context.

One finds a comedian telling mean jokes funny, it's what one expects.

One doesn't find a random person telling mean jokes as funny, unexpected. Feels tiring and mean hearted after a while.

. . .

Yet, even 'immediately after a disaster of some sort, humor might be funny.

Suppose some guy loses a leg,

And someone tells a joke, it's not lost, it's right over there.

I think it'd be funnier if the guy who lost the leg said it,

Than a person who saw the guy lose the leg say it,

Maybe.

What 'has changed?

Myself, I debated most when I was still developing what I believed, early 20s, I also had a night job with computer access, so what else to do.

I've never read about him before,

. . . Probably be interesting to.

. . . Probably be interesting to read a book about 'every president, I'd imagine.

Interesting to have read of them 'all I mean,

Not that any president would be interesting,

Though I do imagine each president individually, might be a bit interesting, in themselves.

I imagine some knowledge ought not be known,
As to know it, is to be tempted to preform it.

I imagine some knowledge requires constant connection,
Else it is no longer known or remembered.
Not 'purely and truly,
Instead, once no longer experienced, it is only 'partially known.

To know some things, maybe requires one to 'be some things.

Heh, depends on who programs the AI maybe.

If the AI still had to be elected, I can imagine the Right programming a Trump Bot, much the same perhaps.

I suppose politics doesn't 'have to be pyramidal,

Nor society.

But I think society would need more controls than politics, to not be pyramidal.

I sometimes think maybe Communism 'could work, but I'm doubtful any of our current or past systems/people have fine tuned it enough.

Athens was very Democratic I have heard, slaves aside.

. . . I imagine a difficulty is land availability and norms.

. . . New countries maybe have an easier time with new systems,

And yet, new systems often 'need old systems to have 'ability 'to 'be.

Some people say Communism only likely to work well in 1st world, not 2nd world,

And yet small 'communities can do Communism okay, villages, small communities.

Board game with sound effects and AI.

Probably already exist, but I still like the idea.

. . . Having the board move in 'response would be harder I'd imagine,

Easier if the board could just 'recognize what was happening, and tell you what to move.

I would think that the higher a population is, the more often high profile people might be killed.
Society is pyramidal at times,
Lets say 1 in 10 people is crazy fame killer seeker,
10 in 100,
100 in 1000 and so on.
100000 of 1 million.
Pyramidal, there is only 1 president, there is only 10 top ten X people at a time.

I wonder how much work does the Federal Government 'needs do,
Why fund this or that, why not just give the money back to the taxpayer with the understanding that they can invest it as they think right.

"A school voucher, also called an education voucher, is a certificate of government funding for students at a chosen school. Funding is usually for a particular year, term, or semester. Depending on jurisdiction, a voucher may be used for home schooling expenses or exclusively for private schools, charter schools, or publicly-funded schools."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_voucher

Ah, already kind of a thing I guess.

I'd imagine strong higher quality life countries are more prone to war weariness.
If one isn't used to losing people, or being damaged economically.
There's also more to take away.

Ironic maybe, stronger one gets, weaker one's pain tolerance might get.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvha2sVzAFE
Ukraine's New BOPP Strategy: The Big Oil Power Play

I didn't sleep last night.
. . . Well, maybe I'll sleep to'day.

If countries had proper orphan child rearing wards of the state schools, what harm would there be in overpopulation?
. . . Well, they might still end up a bit messed up, if it's not a caring family environment.
But they 'could grow up well, and 'better maybe than some home environments.

I recall in the Republic, Plato arguing that the kids of the state should not know their parents, and vice versa.

. . Being raised by the state would allow the 'ideal amount of indoctrination, and encouragement upon paths useful to the government.
. . .
Sounds kind of messed up,
But an argument people always seem to make about immigration, is that we need people starting from nothing to do the jobs no one else will.
Never mind that populations and cultures can get displaced by said immigration.
Never mind that maybe we ought not 'have certain jobs and commodities if the only people who will do them are illegal workers.

Not that I'd be for banning contraception.
Just idle thoughts.

I don't really get people who encourage 'other people to come and take their stuff.
. . .

Loyalty is important, it's a driver.
I don't really understand loyalty when someone is from somewhere else.
Of course many such people have it, 'more than me even.
. . . Appreciate many of America's ideas and ideals more than me.

But I don't strongly value adoption into a country.
People have different politics, religion, ideas, countries of origin, and heritage.
. . . Heh, of course my own ancestors were immigrants at various points.

But imagine some space aliens come to Earth, immigrate into a country, until all the humans are gone.
Does one 'really think one's 'people and one's country still live on?
. . . Some do I'd suppose, but not I.
Well, 'technically maybe the country, from a certain point of view, semantics.

. . . And arguably I suppose all countries change, we hardly wear top hats in America anymore, as an example.
Cultural changes, demographic changes, religions, philosophies.
. . . But people change too, even in a single life. . . But there's that stream? of consciousness.
I remember yesterday, my flesh and blood are of yesterday.

I'd imagine DART is currently more visible to the world than DebateCraft.

. . .

I suppose one could avoid having so many forfeits by having requirements for joining the site, or being selective in who one accepts.

I wonder what musical instruments would sound good underwater.

Note to self, 400 degrees, 35 minutes, is too much for sliced mushroom in the oven.
Chicken pot pie turned out well though.

I sometimes worry we're all just a bunch of sock puppets that an all encompassing Consciousness is playing with by themself, and the Consciousness is either too confused to notice that it's not real, or is too engrossed in the experience to notice.

I guess we're fortunate that Nature and Nurture wire us to prefer certain Moral Goalposts,

Objectivity of a sort.

Intelligence and/or Wisdom,
Contrasted with Morality, Ethics and/or Actions.

Criminals, I'd imagine there exist 'some intelligent criminals.
But would 'most intelligent people choose crime?
Moneywise, there are often less risky ways to make money.
The most intelligent of people would make their money legally I'd figure.

Passion in crime, serial killers, mass shooters, rage.
If they were truly intelligent they could shift their self damaging passion, or see their situation with perspective.

It's strange, weapon vs armor theory applied to society.
Better forensics and surveillance, chances of being caught are higher.

Yet too technology has brought about,
Drones, remote controlled bombs, the internet ability to track targets.
Even before this there existed,
Fire, poison, latex masks and wigs, transportation to other cities.

It's not as though people lack the 'intelligence to get away with crime.
Most people just lack such 'desire to so harm people (Theory).

What criminals have is ruthlessness,
Or put another way, a pathetic or atrophies sense of Empathy and Rightness. (Theory)
Nothing to be 'proud of,
. . . But then one argues morality subjective.
. . .

But ought not certain conclusions result from Intelligence and Wisdom?
A valuation of like?
Game Theory sense of self protection, leading to valuing others out of habit of following said Game Theory?
No honor among thieves, little happiness in crime and worry of the law catching up.
An intelligent person ought see the value of legality and morality. (Theory)

(Why carry ridiculous stories with a lack of evidence)
I don't know of other countries, but my opinion of the USA.

I'd suppose the situation has been better and worse. Depending on time and location throughout history.
Depending on technology, laws, society values, Goals.

I vaguely recall reading of the recent TV era, of there being a lot of control on the networks, censorship of sex and curse words for example, or even 'suggestive of such scenes.
Films as well, used to have more censorship and oversight, I 'think.
. . . I don't 'think it was 'cheap to produce the news. Though even without a ton of money people could hand out or sell pamphlets or pool their money for an ideological paper.
. . . I've heard of Communist pamphlets and newspapers in history, I don't remember Communist Radio or TV, until they managed to take over a country.
Not that Communist Radio or TV did not exist before they took over a country.

In America, I think TV News at least, worked a lot more hand in hand with the American government, until maybe Vietnam, where there was a break between the two?
I'd have to read up on it.
I think that was also around the time of Civil Rights.
As I think about Civil Unrest, now I'm just speculating, I'm sure News and Government had disagreements before Vietnam, but during and after Vietnam is also the Hippie Era.
Audience change.

The two political parties also used to be more in step with one another, Tip O'Neill I've read about before.
Polarization of politics, Politicians don't work together to control the news,
They use the news as weapons against each other.
Not that they 'didn't fight before, but situation became worse maybe.

Every time a standard falls, other standards fall with them, sometimes.

And then we have the internet,
'Every User 'Is the 'News.
Competition, maybe it could have gone two ways, higher standards, or lower standards.
Lot of 'News Companies, I wouldn't even 'call News Companies, they're talk shows.
But concepts bleed into one another.

But I think the News wants to be heard first, not heard as most correct.
Not to say that there are 'no standards, or 'no good news companies.
But standards over time have fallen, and market is bigger. I think.

I wonder if one could elect an AI to any position of government?
Could be more 'representative of the voters, than some humans.

Old people in South Park look so unhappy.

Generally.

It should be easier to search YouTube videos in various ways.

Every video ever published, oldest to newest for example.

With more and more AI content, I yearn for the older videos.

Same with other sites for art, photos, stories.
Date verified content before AI, is 'worth 'more now I'd figure.