I foresee a cave-in.

I sometimes float the idea in my brain to learn how to code. If I ever come to it, I want to debate and discuss my work with another human. Not a machine.

Personal preference.

I won’t hold my breath on it.

Up until this minute, AI has produced plentiful examples of how it can produce anything but good code.

I’d rather have a developer writing software, slowly, because they have an intelectual itch and want to try and see the outcome of their idea than the proverbial army of monkeys furiously typing away.

If a nation is signatary of the ICC and does not enforce its mandates, that nation is a rogue nation and its politians need to be presented to the ICC.

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Bater a mortos…

That’s the spirit.

But did Germany defeated Brasil in the cup?

The simplest way would be for the remaining countries to raise their contribution. And perhaps have a review of the executive salaries.

Large Language Model

To the extent of my understanding, it is a form of slightly more sophisticated bot, as in an automated response algorithm, that is developed over a set of data, in order to have it “understand” the mechanics that make such set cohesive to us humans.

With such background, it is supposed to produce new similar outputs if given new raw data sets to run through the mechanics it acquired during development.

“I was just obeying orders.”

Under a similar context, was deemed as not a valid argument to shake guilt.

What a wonderful personality! Such a warm person, full of respect and consideration for the freedom of press and international relations.

And what I read and understood was a loathing for the regime and social practices by it enacted onto the general populatio ln and not a generalized hatred towards the average individual. I also found there was an exageration to their words, although crude, but every person has their way to convey emotion.

There are better ways to confront people on their views than to start from insult.

Did my replies come out as shouting? Damn. Not what I intended.

You need me to recap this exchange inception? Allow me.

I injected myself in this as you made your opinion on how another person was racist torwards chinese in general, as they saw China, the country, as in the regime, as dangerous.

You ascertained your moral high ground out of being well travelled and cultured, without ever addressing a single point of the other person’s argument. Your concern was their apparent racism under your higher morality.

I opted by criticizing this position of your, by clearly stating why and how someone can loathe a country’s regime without having nothing against the people living there, adding in the process why I personally find America snd China’s regimes parallels, although ideologically opposite.

Again, you chose reiterating I am wrong in my views but without addressing a single point of it, except for making vague hollow observations that add nothing to the conversation, not adding counter points of information. Twice.

I’ve already deemed this a closed argument. I am doing it again. Be well, have a good one.

You finished waving your red herrings around?

I like how you instantly decided I was talking about China when writing that list. Shows your bias. But if you recognized it, good. Only means the similarities run deep enough for both countries to be mistaken by one another.

Thank you for remembering China has, technically, the longest standing continuous civilization. I’m aware. But since we are focusing our attention on recent history, let’s say last 70 years, I’m going to opt out the rest as not relevant for the discussion at hand.

Shall we deny the revolution led by Mao ended in violence against his own countrymen and revolutionary allies? The decades of disastrous policies, of cultural, religious and social repression, all of those considered classical indicators of established totalitarian regimes?

Meanwhile, across the Pacific, let’s also ignore and deny the ever growing shadow power and pressure on the government by the “conservative” to hold back or cull whatever small advancements on the social front made, since the 1950’s, paired with the constant recitation of the fear against communism.

There was violence and repression on both ends of this argument, obviously; one enacted it through bullets, while the other enacted it through the pen. Different methods, same results. Fascinating how any ideology, when led to it’s extremes degenerates into essentially the same outcome.

Now, if you will allow me, I am going to preserve my critical and accusatory position towards the political establishments of China and USA, as both being authoritarian repressive dangerous regimes.

I followed the thread just to see where it landed and I was not disappointed.

And for a well travelled and knowleadgeable person, you give off a very narrow view.

So, in one corner, we have an authoritarian regime, well established, known for violently suppressing minorities and heavilly surveill the citizens, take over territories, and constantly menace and threaten others, while thriving by manipulating money flow world wide and internally using slave work to run their industries.

On the other, we have the exact same thing, but flag and language changes. And classical political quadrant.

You can loathe a regime and have nothing against the people underneath it. Chinese were lead into an authoritarian regime through force, Americans were subtly led to the same through fear. The original premise: a land of freedom, for the people.

If we can not agree both countries are, essentially, the same, then one of us is refusing to aknowledge facts, willingly.

I love my country but the last craze I heard from a national chain of supermarkets was having a prepaid card, that by pre-paying €100 or more you get an added 10%. Nah. But people love it.

You’d be amazed. A local supermarket tried to set up a loyalty scheme where you would automatically round up to next unit and hold that extra on the customers account as a credit balance for next purchase. People loved it. Until it went bust with money they never returned.

Nice. By excess or default? Because by excess, seems like you actively pay more.

I can’t really recall the exact costs but I know every single coin we mint is more expensive than the value it carries.

Assuming Canada would switch to the Euro, yes. You’re referring to Canada also doing something to “block” the scummy x.99 prices, hence eliminating the 0,01 coin, right?