So that I fully understand your argument, it is that other automation proves that what I posted is LLM output? Let’s sit with that for a moment. Your bullshit detector is accurate, but mine is not. This is essentially your thesis.

I’d workshop this for a bit.

What, you saw a couple of em-dashes and reached that conclusion? I would argue – emphatically – that people are using the wrong methods to attempt to unmask LLMs. They’re literally trained on prose written by humans. We still know how to write.

I finally heard back. He’s at her place, his mom is now homeless, and he’s stabilized at 101.

They are wildly different. First off, infatuation is generally unrequited. I’ve certainly been infatuated way more than twice. In many cases, they’d help guide me though difficult times as friends.

Passionate love? That’s on an entirely different level. It’s what you never chose because there was no choice to make. You’re helpless. This is now happening, and the best you can do is attempt to steer.

I have thoughts on this, but your mileage will definitely vary.

I met my first wife on OKCupid in 2004. We were something like a 97% match. And, indeed, we shared politics, musical tastes, geeky senses of humour … it felt like the algorithm had done its job. We got married in 2007. We got divorced in 2010.

But before meeting her, there was another one. Just weeks earlier. She shot me down, and I accepted that.

Without realizing I was attempting to connect with the same woman for a second time, I reached out to her new profile. She’s the sort of manic-pixie alt type that has no problems finding guys. And I am decidedly average in looks. She was a 34% match.

And yet … I didn’t wake up in my first wife’s bed last month.

I personally believe in soulmates, but I don’t think the concept is usually construed correctly. It’s not how it’s popularly portrayed; rather, it’s a matter of feeling incomplete without that body against you. I’m not sure my life has been improved by that knowledge.

Well, health insurance is no longer a concern.

I have thoughts about this, but I’ll be civil. Let’s just say I was in a budget meeting with Len Downie.

Fuck, that’s a blast from the past. But at least it’s confirmed that I’m not full of shit.

I’ve tried reaching out to her over the past couple of days, but it’s been (no pun intended) radio silence. I have no idea how the kid is doing.

When I took on a job as an editor for a paper in a tourist town, one of the first things I told the publisher was “what is going on with this map? This road doesn’t exist!”

Well, me being me, I decided we needed entirely new maps, and I was going to be the one who did them.

It’s got what plants crave!

It’s not the Voltaires that kill you, it’s the Ampaires.

I personally reduced trade-show receiving times by 75% per item by designing a Microsoft Form for warehouse employees to upload photos of shipping labels, where 10 lines of JS pulled all the relevant info from the sheet being populated by the form. This replaced hand-writing complex triplicate forms, allowed us to send reports before close of business, and the client was thrilled.

My boss absolutely hated the new workflow, as she couldn’t read code and therefore didn’t trust that my system worked, all client satisfaction to the contrary. Absolutely absurd.

And this before LLMs were a thing. “AI” is not doing significant automation that hasn’t already been being done for decades.

Always assume anything you post outside of some messaging apps has hit the public domain and will be used, sold and targeted. This is scarcely a Discord-only problem.

So, after reading several sources on this, it sounds like it’s going to be harder to access furry hentai, which one shouldn’t be doing on Discord in the first place.

That has never been a private space. You want E2EE for anything spicy.

I don’t use Discord for adult content, so it sounds like I won’t really be affected. But they’re sure as hell not getting my face or ID.

While I agree with your point, that is an absurdly simplified graphic. I grew up with Mountain Bell; the breakup happened when I was 5. I honestly thought “Ma Bell” was shorthand for Mountain Bell. Then the mergers started. Just like with banks.

You’ve basically illustrated one leg of an octopus.

Imagine if we were still doing full-height 5.25" HDDs!

So, rebuild the array offsite after swapping in the good drive?

If you’ve got data, reach out the either ProPublica or The Guardian. Sucks to lose the single byline, but they have far more resources.

I only use my phone under duress. The screen is entirely too small. It’s a phone. It’s meant for calls and texting.