[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
Shepherders Troll Sons
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30
25 5
3 25 2

Everything is fine, up until this bit:

Twenty-seven plus two is twenty-nine.

The total amount given to the troll and sons were 27 sheep (25 and the sons kept 2).

Where it gets confused is saying "The trolls kept 2" as if this were 2 more sheep on top of the 27 sheep. This leads to you erroneously getting to 29 sheep somehow. The 2 sheep are part of the 27, you can't do this.

The 3 other sheep out of the original 30 are now with the shepherders after the sons came and returned them.

[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 89 points 10 months ago

Ad revenue. It is harder to block ads on mobile than it is on desktop.

[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago

“Open”AI. This blocking manoeuvre kills progress.

[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

Share with them generated videos of us hanging out with other alien species, having a good time, etc. and make it seem like they’re missing out.

[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

I went on omegle not too long ago actually and the thing I remember was that the text version of the website was inundated with bots.

You had to skip through maybe 10-15 bots before you would find that one real person, and even then it was hit or miss whether they would actually want to stay and have a conversation.

Another thing: the constant "asl" as the top of every conversation; it's like people were trying to use it as a hook-up / dating / sexting app rather than it's actual purpose of connecting with people from around the world. I think that mission got lost somewhere.

[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

People have been getting crushed by machines since the industrial age began; machines are inherently dangerous, there is so much that could have been done to prevent this from happening.

[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

5: 1, 0, 0, 10, 100. (or 4 if uniqueness matters).

[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

"I'll see you on the other side." Works both ways.

[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been down your road and I know it can be scary. Things seem out-of-place, there's no inherent meaning. I'm sitting at my desk trying to decipher the meaning of life. I get a few notes in where I come to this resolution:

  • There is no meaning.
  • Life's meaning is what you make of it.
  • Every discovery of meaning simply sparks the search for greater meaning.
  • There can be no satisfying final meaning for everything.

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This is something I stick with for a while, that you have to invent your own meaning. I would look out for goals, values, something that I could tie the sail of life to that would keep it from blowing about all over the place. I was looking for an anchor. I felt that there was an inherent need to tie it down with something, anything. Perhaps we can do this for short periods of time, though as we all learn: every time that anchor is uprooted, which it inevitably is, the façade comes crashing down, the sail blows everywhere again, and you inevitably spin out of control until another anchor is found.

It wasn't until much later, sitting at my desk, that I found the solution. It was almost on accident really. I am sitting there reading this book called The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer, and I am reading this chapter on death. There is something the way it expanded on the idea of life, how death is the one to grant life to you, how life itself is a gift. Without the consciousness, there truly is nothing. The fact of experience is something which is the gift, and we often hide from that gift by shielding ourselves. Life itself serves as its own meaning.

The moment I found this I felt more at peace. There was never any need to tie life down with an anchor, life itself was coming in through my senses and that was meaning in its own right. The sail blowing all over the place is meaning. The anchor served as an attempt at protection, though I would no longer be participating in this protection. If I continued to tie life down in this way, I would not be able to experience that which is life. I now want to experience more of life. I let the flow of life pass through me, without creating blocks, or doing anything to disrupt this flow. Life just pours in through my senses. This serves me well, and I expect it would serve you well too.

[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

There was no "I have not donated, I would not donate" option in your survey, so if your intention is to understand how people are thinking about donations I think your survey needs some work.

[-] Markimus@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Sounds like Google+ all over again...

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