Posts by mattlav1250@journa.host
(DIR) Post #ARO26MWxcjZo7uz0Hg by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-01-07T03:06:02Z
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@stux Not to exaggerate... but I truly think a huge amount of America's problem policing is actually partly to do with the lack of roundabouts!The constant need for cross sections with either lights or stop signs, even when at very small sites with little traffic, creates a constant climate of low level rule breaking where people roll through because it doesn't seem to matter. That in turn creates endless opportunities for pretextual traffic stops, often for biased reasons!
(DIR) Post #ASie1JxH9rmI1f1RuS by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-02-15T23:37:18Z
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@Jdreben Old people call it that. Mum and grandparents call it that.Ive never heard anyone under 50 say it.Its one of those 50s Britishisms that I think just filters out over time. Like calling people Madam.
(DIR) Post #ASiffKxew7HygSqZ8a by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-02-15T23:55:44Z
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@Jdreben @wolfie @neonbubble Yeah I had some vague sense that it somehow meant something a bit seedier than just a studio apartment. At least from the way i'd heard it said by the elderlies. This lady is correct I think.
(DIR) Post #AU53v7QUBsnyyclvDE by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-03-28T17:03:13Z
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@lowqualityfacts But do you provide $3,000 goggles so I can watch them in VR? Otherwise it's just not the same.
(DIR) Post #AU552jb0m5iTL6tGpU by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-03-28T17:15:48Z
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@lowqualityfacts Is payment in Mattcoin$ acceptable? If so I CAN PAY
(DIR) Post #AUOa5h0yeBZVaqVWEK by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-04-07T03:03:07Z
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@hn100 Coincidentally, NEARLY ALL British people have taxes so simple they can be done automatically electronically every month.Which is why they are. And have been for decades.
(DIR) Post #AWIWkZjlXAUztT7bIO by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T00:39:58Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline I don't know, seems pretty clear and precise language to me. He says "simulation" several times. He says "we were training it on" etc. There's a verbatim quote at the bottom with his exact language.I see plenty of reason to not believe their retrospective PR crisis denial... and also to question your own obvious desire to believe the denial because it "fits the narrative" you clearly are desperate to believe.
(DIR) Post #AWIXoVYR7wSG29GHC4 by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T00:50:09Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline I'm saying that's the accusation you made of others, of motivated reasoning/believing, but it seems more fitting to turn it around. The denial is implausible nonsense on its face. He didn't mis speak and wasn't misquoted. The verbatim quote is right there, and clearly demonstrates what he was talking about.He was not describing a 'thought experiment'.
(DIR) Post #AWIXoY2zrI5XlVZi6a by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T00:51:14Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline Accepting this denial seems impossible for anybody who isn't motivated to believe it to be true.Is my point.
(DIR) Post #AWIYl1kFbLbCfOgwIi by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T00:57:18Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline I think its perfectly possible he completely made this up, trying to impress people with a provocative anecdote about a simulation that never really happened.But that's completely different from saying he was misquoted, wasn't really describing a simulation, just airing a thought experiment. He is explicitly referring to a computerized sim with training data, point scores etcPretending otherwise is gaslighting.
(DIR) Post #AWIZZyluPowqDKlMxs by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T01:07:53Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline And I'M saying it was NOT misreported..There is a verbatim quote taken down by the journalists who were present, and its clear and unambiguous what he was claiming, and that quote matches the way it was reported.The press were not irresponsible, they quoted an on-the-record pentagon employee delivering an official talk at a public conference. If that official was lying, how would they know that?
(DIR) Post #AWIZa0UG2Q17XAWIjI by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T01:11:34Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline Again, while possibly invented, this is not a description of a thought experiment.
(DIR) Post #AWJPuWsMWR3BOUtyJE by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T10:58:03Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline Thats not a remotely similar situation, as I'm sure you're aware.One is an example of incidents in which there are two or more parties, and one has an obvious incentive to lie or spin their own side, and its irresponsible to help them do so. The other is a public description by a senior military officer about an exercise he was involved in, with no obvious reason to spin other than vanity.
(DIR) Post #AWJjtGE8vzHcYKlJPU by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T11:01:11Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline Also, I just don't know what you're expecting specifically when you say journalists should have 'checked'. WITH WHOM? HE'S A PRIMARY SOURCE! Should they personally raid the Pentagon Secret Simulations Archives for documentary evidence, before they quote a military official's speech at a public event?
(DIR) Post #AYy5XZDZxaUdkVgPCK by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-08-21T21:37:32Z
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@armeckCan I suggest @MissingThePt and @lowqualityfacts as a good starter?
(DIR) Post #AYy7Xlas9CKa2XnjX6 by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-08-21T22:01:21Z
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@lowqualityfacts @armeck @MissingThePt Don't make me bust out the "I KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING!!!" crazy reply guy from a few months ago. We have clear and compelling evidence of what happens when people take you seriously. No good can come of it.