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“I would feel required to quit.” But would you quit?

I hope more honest athletes will rise to the occasion, even if it means they have to up their game.

I'm not sure who said it, but there's a saying that the most significant phrase in science is not "Eureka!", but "Huh, I wonder why..." Sounds like someone setting out to do science to me.

I'd like to throw in a recommendation for Stick it to the Stickman. It's still in early access so expect some rough edges, but what's there is already super fun. It's basically a 2D beat-em-up where you climb the corporate ladder using some, er, unconventional career advancement moves. Lots of...

It feels weird to see the term "flame war" needing to be defined. As a USENET flamewar vet, it makes me feel old. :-( Edit: Damn, so old I was ninja'ed! :-D

I immediately thought of Lem as well (my mind went more to His Master’s Voice), difficulties/impossibilities of communication with aliens is a common theme in his work.

I can't speak for others, but I downvoted because the parent post presents psychology as simply giving someone a "sympathetic ear" and "Voodoo with FDA approval". Not only does this not add much of value to the discussion, but it's extremely reductionist. I do agree that it would be more...

Using religion to part people who need direction and support from their money (and affirm behaviours that align with your goals) was already a prestigious line of work with a long and glorious tradition. So I guess I'm not surprised that some are trying AI to get the money and behaviour results...

This response from the NL Department of Education and Early Childhood Development really galls me. This isn't some typo or even something as serious as omitting a source. Fake citations undermine the foundational trust in the report and the process that generated it. You can't "rectify" that...

This comment is valid in an awful lot of threads in 2025.

I'm inclined to believe it's the Larson Hypothesis...

Personally, my fear has never been that an AI could put me out of my job by doing it better than me. My fear has been that an AI could put me out of my job by someone convincing management it can do it better than me (or just as good but cheaper). And even if I could end up proving them wrong, I...

The solution is clearly to develop a $15 billion industry around Texan children. I’m sure someone more clever than I can come up with some modest proposal for that.

This whole sub-discussion about periods before/after quotes has got me wondering whether anyone has ever tried cutting that Gordian knot by proposing, as an addition to the Unicode standard, a character that combines a period and quotes into one? (I know it sounds silly, but look at some of the...

"Viewpoint discrimination" is the new "my opinions are just as good as your facts" (except these days you can replace "opinions" with "outright lies").

I know it’s hard being in showbiz, but it must be 10x harder or something if you sound or look like someone famous. “Hey we have this sizzle reel to pitch a nature doc series, and we want you to narrate it!” “Yes! At last!” “…so we can pitch it to Ryan Reynolds who is the narrator we actually want.”

I'm curious about how viable different party configurations are. There are 6 classes and the developer's website says any party combo can work, but it looks to me like the bear Berserker is the only tank ... how do parties that don't include the bear make it work? Edit: Thanks @Edgar Allan...

It can be hard to understand officialese so here is a translation guide: "American" = "billionaire" "deregulation" = "leopards" "people" = "oligarchs" "prosperity" = "face" "through" = "eating"