Lemming

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.

I think online ID will be big in some short years.

What makes a person evil?

. . . A higher capacity/willingness for evil?

Some people 'would be evil, but can recognize said evil action would harm them.

They would 'potentially act evil, but the situation must be highly to their advantage.

Some people commit evil once or a few times. And are 'good actions the rest of the time.

Contrast that with a person terminally mean, but not 'evil.

Sometimes I'd like to create my own video game.

But coding looks complicated.

Maybe I could manage a board game though, pen and paper RPG?

Still, I've not been able to figure out a way to get 'combat to go as I like, entertaining challenging, different I mean.

Though about using cards and dice, but more choices, harder it is to easy access if it is 'physical board game.

More details, bigger the box gets.

I sometimes worry I tell the 'same stories to people.

Long running books series I enjoy worry sometimes, that they are going to end or mess up in a way I dislike.

. . . I suppose that's why I never finished a few of them.

There's a Sluggy Freelance quote I vaguely recall,

'Something about the last page of a book being torn out. . . I forget how it goes though.

Well, two phones, double the power while the old one lasts, I suppose.

Some moments in life, I worry I'm crazy or in a simulation.

Not that anything out of the ordinary happens.

Just, how would one know?

Did they not include that in the other impeachments?

What for?

The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart

I give a -3 out of 10.

Though in a 'sense it could be considered a good book, it is not the sort of book I like.

. . . I'd prefer the Underground Man to 'this book.

The Dice Man, a villain, who claims to be Egoless, yet has simply Ego inflated his value of Dice and Chance.

Like Loki, predictable in their unpredictability.

I like Eric in the book, better than the Dice Man.

Of course it is the 'bit of truth that bother one, that make awful evils at times.

But I am fond of Ego, and Social Norm Ethics/Morals, Nihilist though I am, a human must believe in 'something, value something.

Even the Dice Man does that, values chance and his various chance desires.

Values some outcomes more than others.

Though maybe he got a fair bit towards nothing in the end. Malfunctioning piece of carp.

I like loyalty, honesty, even if it's hard to keep up all the time.

I mind not the chance that I admire these. I admire them. One must be something.

Even in his tilt towards nothing in the end, he chose to value chance, Being 'Something Cannot be escaped while one 'IS.

I disliked how his wife later used dice a couple times.

Ought just take what accountability we can in life.

'Ought live right as best we can.

We can often follow the law 'and our desires.

I'd sooner throw this book in the trash than donate it anywhere.

More realistically, it'll go in my box of books I disdain.

Seems 'about the same,

I dislike my comments and votes in debates not having Return Spaces.

'Bit difficult to read the debates on DebateCraft maybe, something about the size? font?

But it's early on, website still being constructed.

I suppose one reason we have so many humans, is countries like having workers.

. . . We're 'getting better AI, better robots,

But we've 'already been replacing humans with machines for a while now,

. . . Does that imply our population could be considered 'much bigger than it currently is?

Ant lifts 100 times weight or something,

Humans use of machines, meaning we effectively have Population times X many humans?

. . .

I wonder if AI and humanoid robots will ever be more than 51% of a country,

AI and robots 'more analogous to humans I mean.

. . . Besides, a computer doesn't count as a person,

But then even a humanoid AI might not count as a person.

How does one make a dense, compact, yet lengthy Choose Your Own Adventure Book?

There's a limited amount of space available, yet if you put multiple answers on a page, then it results in spoilers.

Since one has to sleep X many hours before work to function, does such mean workdays are actually 'longer than is supposed?

Since even to 'sleep, is sleep at the behest of one's employer, to 'work?

How does copyright apply to translations?

Earthquake in Russia, I live in Oregon, eh, probably won't be that big of a wave here in Oregon.

Company that offers to find an item of your request, so that they can sell it to you.

Trump Wall, looks a bit more like a fence.

Walls should be 'thick.

Be better off using rammed earth and mud bricks, digging out and building up a slanted hill.

Put US prisons on the border and use chain gangs, detention centers,

Have them build the wall, and if they escape into Mexico, ah well.

I do kind of wonder who is going to bother using the offensive content filter on DebateCraft.

Standard pencil has 6 sides, therefore pencils are dice.

Ah personal thoughts thread, I have missed you.

I could have started a new one on DebateCraft, but then I'd have to deal with notification after notification.

I don't remember my various random thoughts while DART was down,

But I remember that I 'had some.

Heh, I just achieved.

You have earned a new silver medal «People's Voice»

But this final countdown song has been on a loop for some 30 minutes!

Well, guess I'll close that tab.

I've never liked parades all that 'much, often seems a waste of money.

Also, just passed you on the leaderboard for votes on debates.

Did you know I just passed you on the leaderboard for votes on debates?

Note to self, use internet archive on this periodically, to 'supposedly prove self as victor.

1 minute?

Whatever happened to FREEDO?

@Allah

Makes sense.

I think this site 'could have grown in population though.

But I don't know what they 'tried to grow the site.

@n8nrgim

Well, 'if the site shuts down, and I had seen the last post X amount of time before I can't refresh the page, that theoretical post would 'likely be the last.

More or less likely depending on amount of time since I had seen last post.

I 'would have thought they'd had tried to monetize the site in 'some way.

I'd imagine unobtrusive ads 'do exist.

If I had money I 'would have considered buying the site myself, but I've not.

Personally, I'll actually be 'more surprised if DART shuts down, than if it doesn't.

Haha.

I don't really like the latest AOE2 update,

Partially because something is up with computer maybe, whole screen is darker now when I play AOE2.

The elite appearance upgrade was an interesting 'idea, but the more the game changes, the less it feels AOE2.

I'm doubtful the Romans were a good addition,

But speaking of the latest update, Three Kingdoms, I'd have rather had countries such as Tibet, and no 'heroes.

. . .

Yet I see 'some value in updating a game.

I didn't think much of Warcraft 3 Reforged, I prefer the older graphics.

But maybe there would have been something said for additional factions than just the 4, 'so 'long as they left the base game and multiplayer alone.

Haven't played Warcraft 2 online with people before,

I remember the campaigns being fun.

But 'might feel a bit limited nowadays in multiplayer, limited choices.

I don't 'hate the idea of updating old games,

Though I view it a bit more as getting 'new games when so much changes.

. . . 'Really new game doesn't 'need a total engine and graphics rework. Just new content.

Just saw a clip of the Office, that included Dwight's Gym.

Involved a lot of activities such as chopping firewood.

Not actually a bad idea, if one could make a 'gym of various tasks to be completed, that service some financial benefit.

Sure 'some jobs 'claim they are helping workers by giving them something physical to do,

But they can be inconsistent, too many hours, too much specific movement, back breaking isn't the same as gym.

I wonder how effective advertising on unrelated products is.

Make a cheap and/or good product,

Such as cookies or paper towels,

But have your advertising on the product.

. . . I suppose one could either make said product for a 'specific advertising, or sell the advertising space.

300,000/1,500= 200 pages

200/33=6 hours read time

Debate, Rounds, Characters, pages, averages, minimums, hours, read time, but what about invisible characters like spaces. . 

(Shrug)

I find it useful to walk to the store,

Only having two arms limits the amount of food I can buy.

If one can manage enough for rent somewhere and the bare necessities,

I think life could be fairly enjoyable working as little as possible.

If one has a medical problem, or wants to live a long time even through old age, 'might be a bit uncomfortable or short, without money saved.