I read a short about an immortal vampire who contemplates existence after being sentenced 300 years for tax fraud by the IRS. Almost took my breath away.
Then a reader dropped this nugget of wisdom in the chat, "When you take death away from life, all you have left is taxes."
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Flash holds a special place in my heart.
Ironically, I started watching the antics of the fastest man alive while being stuck in a pretty depressing situation. There was a time in my life where I wanted to see the next day only because I was curious to know how the next episode was going to end. Week after week, for its first two seasons, it kept me glued to the screen, gave me a reason to rejoice and rediscover the joy of cinema and storytelling. I caught the sci-fi bug and became obsessed with time travel stories.
The fun didn't last too long and it quickly devolved into a shell of its former self. But at its peak, it was top tier entertainment with breakneck pacing and crisp screenplay.
It's funny how 2024 felt like distant future back then and that day is already here and almost gone. One could say, time really went by in a flash.
Messenger S1 and 2 were so fun. Arrow S2 is goated to
Apr 26, 2024
NadyaStatham I really took a moment yesterday to think about it. Flash also holds a special place in my heart. That's so true, time really goes by fast.
Apr 26, 2024
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Excited to post an IG story with the Dark Knight Rises bgm when the world goes dark in a couple of hours.
On that note, also excited about the solar eclipse.
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I am not sure if there is already a name for this law or principle, but I have been applying this philosophy to use in everyday life with a surprising amount of success.
I've been calling it the 'copycat law', a corollary to the infamous Murphy's Law. It goes something like:
"Everything that can and will happen has happened."
What that means is, you're better off copying someone's moderately successful solution than actually thinking through and figuring out a problem yourself.
Outsourcing critical thinking to someone who's already done it before is cheaper and more effective than reinventing the wheel.
Despite its obviously contradictory premise that nobody has to put in the effort because somebody already did, it has unveiled an important life truth.
That our problems are really not that unique, and while the outer shell, the dressing of the dish if you'll call it, might be different, it's been the same recipe all along.
GengarIsBestBoy Idk if this is what you’re thinking of, but in psychology class I’m learning about algorithms and heuristics, which are two different methods of problem solving.
An algorithm is a step-by-step process that gets you the correct answer every time. A heuristic is like a guess based on prior knowledge, which leads to more errors. Algorithms often take much longer than heuristics; for example, someone could use an algorithm to visit each store in their town to see which has their favorite cookies, or they could just guess with a heuristic and spend less time.
I think in the case of what you were talking about, outsourcing critical thinking to someone else is a heuristic while thinking on your own is an algorithim.
Jan 26, 2024
DrFeelGood Apologies for such an awfully late response. I like your thoughts on algorithms and heuristics.
As a CS student, I learned a bit about heuristics in college in my AI class. In CS, we look at heuristics more to find the best path in search algorithms but it's pretty cool to learn how it's interpreted in psychology.
A general thumb rule of software engineering is "the best code is no code at all" which in a broader sense means any work you do introduces risk and the only way to ensure no risk is to not do anything. So that's where the idea came from. If somebody did the hard work to find a relatively good path, you're better off looking for that before trying to find the best path yourself.
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While it's been ages since I have written anything on YWS, the love for poetry and storytelling hasn't faded just yet.
I recently started a YouTube channel where I recite poems using visuals, animation and other fun stuff. Still very new to the world of video editing but hoping this will give me a chance to continue reading and exploring interesting poems.phpBB [media]
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You might be having a bad day, but think of the person who had an allergic reaction to an anti-allergen. #showerthoughtsSpoiler! :
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The Clarkesworld Magazine is being plagued by sci-fi stories written by ChatGPT. If asked about the irony of this statement, it can even synthesize a coherent response.
Imagine a virtual world where there is no proper way to distinguish if someone is interacting with a human or a bot. If Meta and OpenAI were to join forces, it's not too far-fetched really.
It would also make for an interesting character study on what it really means to be a human. And if probabilistic models have more humanity than most of us.
What a time to be alive.
AI Chatbot Forgeries Are Now Messing With The Sci-Fi World
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Regardless of their scientific accuracy, personality tests are a simple way of creating believable characters. #showerthoughts
Aug 5, 2024
Corporate world really does consume you if you aren't mindful.