Posts by golinux

golinux · Off-topic

yeti wrote:

Computerphile and Two-Minute-Papers sure have a lot of reach

Their weirdness has never reached me.

yeti wrote:

and DW is a German broadcast.

I used to watch them on PBS until they added a scrolling banner "feature" at the bottom of the screen. Byebye . . .

yeti wrote:

But I'll give you some holidays and wave goodbye in this thread now. _o/"

Huh? Why?

golinux · Off-topic

@yeti . . . Please explain to me how your most recent posts quality as "mainstream" media? It's interesting but not quite the conversation I was expecting . . .

golinux · Devuan

Here you go:
https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan

golinux · Off-topic

yeti wrote:

Ignorance is bliss?
The sun will burn earth.
I think about that too.
Without panicking.

Not quite. Wisdom is liberating! 'Tis all in the mind and we are writing the script moment to moment . . .

golinux · Off-topic

prospero wrote:

I believe we should let go: either resistance is futile, or there is nothing to resist. One does not simply resist evolution.

Some good advice in there. We only have control of our own mind. We can either stress out or skillfully ride the waves with detachment.

golinux · Off-topic

Exactly. That is the conundrum of all sentient species and yes, from the earthworms burrowing in the ground to oppressive dictators the task is the same.

golinux · Off-topic

Would human extinction be a bad thing considering the mess we've made of things?

golinux · Off-topic

@yeti . . . The discussions I've read/listened to so far worry about how to control machines. Problem is that they are created with all the flaws of their human creators. We want to enslave the machine to do only good things for us like obedient slaves. How can we expect the machine to do that when we cannot do that ourselves? The machine will only mirror and magnify all our human flaws. Until we rid ourselves of our own greed, hatred and delusion everything we touch will be tainted with the same. The hubris and folly of imaging otherwise is stunning . . .

golinux · Off-topic

Thanks, yeti. We are so screwed. Humans just don't know any other way. The only "escape" from the madness is to view the entire contaminated mess with detachment and let it go . . . and I'm not just talking about AI . . .

golinux · Off-topic

JWM-Kit wrote:

golinux wrote:
. . . How do you even come across this sort of nonsense? . . .
People find this video the same way people keep watching a TV show way past it's prime.

This explains a lot. I am only vaguely aware of "media channels" like that unless something came up in a search and have never subscribed to one. Don't those folks have something better to do with their life? What a waste of time . . .

golinux · Off-topic

yeti wrote:

It does fit the thread topic "AI on mainstream media".
So I see no wrong-doing in mentioning that one.

I did not question your posting it or its appropriateness. I questioned the content.

golinux · Off-topic

I listened to a minute or two of her incoherent ramblings and X'd it. How do you even come across this sort of nonsense? That is a rhetorical question BTW . . .

golinux · Off-topic

zapper wrote:

Time and time again, has already proven that as time passes, modern designs seem uglier and not better.

IMO that reflects the chaotic minds of the creators. Humanity is generally devolving. Not to worry . . . AI will eventually be in charge and very little thinking from humans required . . .

golinux · Desktop and Multimedia

I have an xkill shortcut in my panel for occasions like you describe.

golinux · Off-topic

zapper wrote:

Some are, some aren't.
This sounds vague... well... because it is...

Nice to know you are paying attention. It is a bit of a chicken egg conundrum. We are constantly experiencing sensory input. Some may be beneficial, some harmful, some just pass through. Sorting which is which is not an easy task and ironically, it is not what comes to us but how we respond that matters and liking or disliking is the most flawed metric of all so best to choose wisely. Yes . . . the task is daunting . . .

golinux · Off-topic

@zapper . . . Thanks for the clarity . . . In the end the transformation that really matters is not the "movie out there" but understanding how the mind obsessively attaches to and misinterprets external events that are, in the end, inconsequential froth and foam.

golinux · Off-topic

@zapper . . . You torture yourself with so many questions that are quite irrelevant to me so how can I possibly respond to them. I observe the stream of events at a distance but do not identify with them. In fact "media" has been absent from most of my life. The "world" can't be fixed because sentient creatures are too flawed to make choices for the common good. The bell curve says it all though that is something slightly different from what I am trying to describe. The only "world" that can be changed is our own mind and that internal transformation is my only concern.

golinux · News & Announcements

Behavior is not someone else's fault. We are all 100% responsible for our actions and own the consequent resultants. External approval or disapproval is irrelevant noise.

golinux · Off-topic

Horrifying! And the dysfunctional sheeple will love it!! No doubt that humans are the stupidest most self-destructive species on the planet.

golinux · News & Announcements

@zapper . . . PLEASE get a handle on the chaos of your mind and your unrestrained sharing of those thoughts here. Thank you.

golinux · News & Announcements

Oh zapper . . . please pay better attention. The exact content of the post that you quoted was:

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Edit: Inhale!
<pause>
Exhale!
Last edited by fsmithred (2023-02-14 15:22:01)

Did you not notice the "..." and the text beneath those excellent words of advice? HoaS had posted an unnecessarily crude, knee-jerk rant/response to charliebrownau. It was deleted/edited by one of our mods. In response, HoaS has apparently moved on from this forum because he has not been seen here since. Or maybe you like talking to the "dead"? It's a little creepy. Maybe try a seance . . .

golinux · Desktop and Multimedia

@zapper . . . yes

golinux · Off-topic

A few years back, this fungus popped up in the woods by the creek. Its life-cycle lasted over several months. It was identified as a Ganoderma Curtisii a type of Reishi which is a very special 'shroom. The camera used is a Canon Powershot that probably cost less than $100. I just point and click.

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