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(DIR) Post #ASJpw2ndix1rk0sO5Q by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-04T00:22:32Z
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Kinda feels like #Twitter when you make a joke here about spy satellites providing close-ups of ant faces, and you get a reply offering a dissertation about why the author feels that would be impractical with current technology, including the math. I actually *do* know how this stuff works, dear readers.
(DIR) Post #ASJq6QZkBGZENPKNpw by radehi@qoto.org
2023-02-04T00:24:28Z
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@lauren Is not a limitation of current technology; is fundamental limitation of the physics. Did not realize you were making a joke, because appeared you were using it to support serious conclusions about geopolitics.
(DIR) Post #ASJqQUIk2Q87iuwN2u by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-04T00:28:12Z
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@radehi Let's drop this now. You really don't want to get into an argument with me about what is and isn't possible with technology given the will and money. I know the physics and the associated math.
(DIR) Post #ASJrBfpqyLbH6dvcFU by SonofaGeorge@mstdn.ca
2023-02-04T00:36:29Z
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@lauren On the Bird you’d have been trolled by the pro-ant folks.
(DIR) Post #ASJrE9Y7T2v1qEoczI by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-04T00:36:53Z
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@SonofaGeorge And I've already invoked "Them!" (1954).
(DIR) Post #ASJrRV1SwQmYCjuF2u by EricCarroll@mstdn.ca
2023-02-04T00:39:17Z
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@laurenI keep flirting with blocking all of qoto.org...
(DIR) Post #ASJrTDsHfW0zbFQv5c by sarahc@mas.to
2023-02-04T00:39:20Z
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@lauren The only people I've had to block on Masto have been mansplainers.
(DIR) Post #ASJrdyHpxqBGRMVjNo by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-04T00:41:48Z
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@sarahc Well, given that I'm a guy and I've probably been around on this planet longer than some probably VERY large percentage of people on here, it's not a great bet to assume I don't know what I'm talking about. Do I know everything? NOPE. Do I make mistakes sometimes? YEP. But I'm pretty careful with my posts!
(DIR) Post #ASJs00SMZsFnXZwQRE by aaron@social.atomicedge.online
2023-02-04T00:45:51Z
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@lauren sometimes people take things way too literally.
(DIR) Post #ASJsK49aXcOmnaizsu by trollball@mstdn.social
2023-02-04T00:49:18Z
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@lauren @SonofaGeorge Can we talk about the square cube law, then? NB, I assume you *do* know about that.
(DIR) Post #ASJsM4YM1jt6cJGWhc by atanas@mastodon.cloud
2023-02-04T00:49:37Z
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@lauren Mastodon is just Twitter by another name. People on the same everywhere.
(DIR) Post #ASJsRoyCsS621a6CQK by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-04T00:50:49Z
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@atanas A lesson from the original "The Twilight Zone" ...
(DIR) Post #ASJtq7EUjE09ZMrkZs by sarahc@mas.to
2023-02-04T01:06:25Z
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@lauren I hope you didn't think I was talking about you. I was just amused by seeing a man getting mansplained.
(DIR) Post #ASJvmKgWyHs02aIsVs by captainslim@infosec.exchange
2023-02-04T01:27:59Z
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@lauren @radehi You might know about physics and math, but what do you know about ants? Do they even have faces?
(DIR) Post #ASJvw33jMI7qGrmuFk by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-04T01:29:00Z
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@captainslim @radehi I actually did consider that question before I posted. I went with YES, though I did consider saying "close up of their heads" as an alternative.
(DIR) Post #ASJw4tOaemQIuFlIqe by radehi@qoto.org
2023-02-04T01:31:29Z
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@lauren @captainslim We may have to ask ChatGPT.
(DIR) Post #ASJw6lA4F5jPwnrLJg by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-04T01:31:49Z
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@radehi @captainslim Yeah, what could go wrong?
(DIR) Post #ASJwEYpZyEvY1PzoZs by radehi@qoto.org
2023-02-04T01:33:12Z
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@lauren @captainslim OpenAI could unintentionally use ants with human faces as one of the optimization goals for their next project
(DIR) Post #ASJwbbw2ayBOJH0eXo by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-04T01:37:24Z
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@radehi @captainslim You have just described the aliens in the original "The Outer Limits" episode "The Zanti Misfits". Literally, large ants with human-like faces.
(DIR) Post #ASJxEI9Q5PjaFBiCK8 by radehi@qoto.org
2023-02-04T01:44:25Z
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@lauren My objective is to learn, so if you know more than I do about it, you are definitely who I want to get into the argument with. Arguing with someone who had nothing to teach me would be a waste of my time - and of theirs, unless they're one of those rare people who wants to learn.
(DIR) Post #ASKZdbKFjF69D9H4Pw by dryak@mstdn.science
2023-02-04T08:54:44Z
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@lauren Well, it *would actually be interesting* to hear about your knowkedge of what is possible and the associated maths and physics.
(DIR) Post #ASLEQJ9o40ftDcAUee by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-04T16:31:47Z
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@dryak Yeah, except I'm dealing with responses from 7K readers here and I only have one lifetime at the moment.
(DIR) Post #ASM9GoR2c3cuiVqI3k by marsroverdriver@deepspace.social
2023-02-05T03:08:41Z
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@lauren Your joke clearly went over their head, just like the balloon itself.