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[–] arken@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

I've personally seen a strong correlation between ingesting DMHO and autism. This is why I only give my children mashed potato mix now.

A lot of eye-opening info here

[–] arken@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Or even better: "then it would be easy for you to prove it in a court of law."

[–] arken@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Seriously, read it.

I can also recommend his books "Arithmetic" and "Measurement".

[–] arken@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's incredibly frustrating that the follow-up question from TIME isn't "well, do you think it's appropriate for a world leader to joke about a thing like that? Why should other countries take you seriously if you can't be serious about a thing like this?"

[–] arken@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Srinivas believes that Perplexity’s browser users will be fine with such tracking because the ads should be more relevant to them.

He's so out of touch that he believes their users are going to be excited by this.

“That’s kind of one of the other reasons we wanted to build a browser, is we want to get data even outside the app to better understand you,” Srinivas said. “Because some of the prompts that people do in these AIs is purely work-related. It’s not like that’s personal.”

And work-related queries won’t help the AI company build an accurate-enough dossier.

“On the other hand, what are the things you’re buying; which hotels are you going [to]; which restaurants are you going to; what are you spending time browsing, tells us so much more about you,” he explained.

The personal integrity of others is a concept completely lost on this person, it seems.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The explanation I read is that skull is cranéo in spanish - "cranium" - which would give us C = 3rd letter of the alphabet. The jury is still out on the cross, but perhaps "god is number one" or something. Never mind that actual MS-13 members have no qualms about tattooing the actual letters all over their bodies instead of elaborate ciphers...

None of this matters though, focus should be kept on the right to due process. They can smear him all they want, it doesn't change the facts.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Since "handla" can also mean "act" - "Act european!" - "köp europeiskt" works a lot better.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

An elephant? Why not the wooly mammoth?

All I know is that I now completely understand why the T-Rex was so aggressive all the time.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

how that created babies

Exactly how wasn't known anywhere before1875, however most humans through history seem to have had some idea of there being a connection between sex and pregnancy. I remember reading about isolated island peoples having other ideas, like the Trobriand people who believed that an ancestral spirit entered the woman's body and that sex had nothing to do with it. However this article claims those reports are half-true at best; the Trobriand people apparently considers sex necessary for the formation of the fetus, even if it's not the primary cause. There's also some speculation that humans became aware of the relationship between sex and pregnancy after the domestication of dogs because of their shorter gestation period. Ultimately, we'll never know...

[–] arken@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Genesis 38:8-10

Juda, therefore, said to Onan his son: Go in to thy brother’s wife and marry her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother. He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother’s name. And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing[.]

In all seriousness, since apes do it (a lot), I don't think there ever were a "first person in history". It's more just a consequence of having long enough arms.

 

A city freeze Get on your knees Pray for warmth and green paper. A city drought You're down and out See your trousers don't taper. Saddle up Kick your feet Ride the range of a London street Travel to a local plane Turn around and come back again.

And at the chime of the city clock Put up your road block Hang on to your crown. For a stone in a tin can Is wealth to the city man Who leaves his armour down.

Stay indoors Beneath the floors Talk with neighbours only. The games you play Make people say You're either weird or lonely. A city star Won't shine too far On account of the way you are And the beads Around your face Make you sure to fit back in place.

And at the beat of the city drum See how your friends come in twos; Or threes or more. For the sound of a busy place Is fine for a pretty face Who knows what a face is for.

The city clown Will soon fall down Without a face to hide in. And he will lose If he won't choose The one he may confide in. Sonny boy With smokes for sale Went to ground with a face so pale And never heard About the change Showed his hand and fell out of range.

In the light of a city square Find out the face that's fair Keep it by your side. When the light of the city falls You fly to the city walls Take off with your bride.

But at the chime of a city clock Put up your road block Hang on to your crown. For a stone in a tin can Is wealth to the city man Who leaves his armour down.

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