Lol so China is going to bring peace to the Middle East? And China’s new infrastructure is going to leave them with “no reason to participate in wars and terrorism”? That’s a pretty ignorant take on the region.

Grrr

Not only that, but these “bootcamps” aren’t exactly going to be churning out the highly skilled people needed to really make good use of AI systems.

The goal is to answer them just well enough to convince it you’re human, but wrong enough that you spoil the data.

I think there has always been a vague yet unproven theory about it, that males generally developed to be bigger because they were more commonly in hunting roles. The kind of thing a teacher might say in high school but not really back up with anything. This could only really apply to mammals, though - in other species, eg often with birds, females are bigger. However the reason behind the size difference probably has a lot more involved in it than simply which sex did more hunting.

I dunno, after the article started talking about TV shows I think they lost the benefit of the doubt.

I wanted to downvote you for saying you were emulating Jordan Peterson, but I don’t think you actually did that. What you’ve said is well reasoned and grounded in facts.

You can’t evacuate people. I mean, you can if you want, but that’s not what you want to say here.

A building can be evacuated. To evacuate a person is to give that person an enema.

Here’s a summary of just the claims:

Claim: Rapid onset gender dysphoria and transgender social contagion is making people trans.

Fact: Rapid onset gender dysphoria and transgender social contagion is not a validated theory, has been widely debunked as pseudoscience by major medical organizations.

Claim: Stephanie Winn, a “licensed marriage and family therapist,” spoke out in favor of “approach gender dysphoria in a more considered way” but then was “investigated” for conversion therapy.

Fact: Stephanie Winn suggested the treatment of transgender youth with acupuncture to “see if they like having needles put in them” and stating it could “help spark desistance.” She also pushed the idea that transgender men should be estrogen to make them feel more feminine.

Claim: Transgender people may actually just be gay, and transitioning is a form of “conversion therapy.”

Fact: Gender and sexuality are different, many transgender people identify as gay or bisexual after transition, and gay acceptance is higher than trans acceptance.

Claim: 80% of transgender individuals desist from being transgender if they go through puberty without intervention, and another study suggests that 30% of individuals stop taking hormone therapy medication.

Fact: Detransition rates are estimated to be between 1-4%. The study citing an 80% detransition rate is based on faulty outdated data, using criteria no longer in use. Furthermore, the study indicating a 30% discontinuation rate is based on military families not refilling their prescriptions through Tricare, rather than actual discontinuation of hormone therapy.

The rest of the article is well worth a read, though. In particular, the part under the first claim where they claim “several researchers have documented the phenomenon”, when in fact there are only 3 sources: Lisa Littman’s personal website, a retracted article by Michael Bailey (Lisa Littman’s treasurer), and another article by Lisa Littman herself.

Medicine relies on verification. AI operates without that.

AI would be terrible in medicine.

The Gospel is a good example, although I’d argue it’s intentionally used for that purpose - that, and so that no person can be held to account for their decisions.

Segregation of church and state… If anyone’s not fit for office, it’s him.

Exactly, but that standard makes me even more curious what they actually said!

But what were the arguments??

That’s what I always use.

I think in some regions it’s illegal to even have the function to record, as such many apps shy away from it.

The solution is to realise that Apple aren’t the company for you and move away from them. Support products that fit your ethos. Don’t worry about the ones that don’t and leave them behind.

If the phone app doesn’t have call recording, I’m not interested. SimpleMobileTools were nice, I’m glad that they’re still continuing on in spirit through a fork, but there are plenty of FOSS apps to choose from - pick the ones you like most.

Saying that though I understand the appeal of having a set of apps that look the same.

Most people not caring isn’t a concern of mine. Apple being wealthy isn’t a concern of mine. What concerns me is that the products I use flourish and develop in ways that I like. I don’t use Apple, so I don’t particularly care about them - I just watch the drama from the sidelines.

You’re not bursting my bubble in any way, but you are being a little pretentious.

We need as much relevant oglaf as there are relevant xkcd’s.

Ditto! No Google needed, and Facebook apps are prohibited on my phone. I can even get banking apps working with a bit of Magisk, working in Zygisk domain with a deny list hiding it from the apps. Apparently proper SafetyNet checks aren’t that common anymore.

For browsers, I’d recommend Mull and Mulch. Mull is a privacy fork of Firefox, Mulch is a hardened version of Android System Webview (the backend browser that lots of apps use). Both come pre-installed with DivestOS.