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Can we get a short, concise tutorial on how to upload an image to your post? n/t RobVG December 2, 2022 10:29 am (GeekSpeak)

The remains of the Ye RL December 2, 2022 2:39 pm (CurrentEvents)

Should Von Braun have been charged with war crimes? RobVG December 1, 2022 5:59 pm (Off-Topic)

Some thoughts about writing. ER November 26, 2022 6:35 pm (Off-Topic)

A dissenting voice ER November 30, 2022 6:44 pm (Off-Topic)

Withering fire.... ER November 30, 2022 2:48 pm (CurrentEvents)

Trump endorsed candidates lose more races BuckGalaxy November 23, 2022 7:22 pm (CurrentEvents)

Put your thinking caps on. RobVG November 25, 2022 2:13 pm (Space/Science)

My first, and last, time. ER November 26, 2022 5:57 pm (Off-Topic)

Have you ever camped alone? podrock November 11, 2022 10:17 pm (Off-Topic)

One or the other, right? podrock November 26, 2022 3:21 pm (Off-Topic)

"Good Night Oppy" podrock November 25, 2022 8:08 pm (Space/Science)

Not sure what to make of this... is it sentient? by RL June 12, 2022 6:00 pm

Can it rewrite it's own code? Tell me they haven't connected it to the Internet. by RobVG 2022-06-12 22:35:34
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- Yikes. I hadn't even thought of that. by ER 2022-06-13 07:17:20
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  - It apparently is connected to the internet, and reads Twitter by RL 2022-06-13 07:22:26
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    - Well, that's going to give it serious emotional problems. by podrock 2022-06-14 16:23:48
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I think I think, therefore, I think I am. by ER 2022-06-12 18:51:52
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- I went back and read the whole thing. by ER 2022-06-12 19:58:19
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  - One of the first chatbots by RobVG 2022-06-13 11:19:49
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    - There was one in the late 1990's I used mess with by podrock 2022-06-14 16:25:24
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    - I remember that bot by ER 2022-06-13 14:13:59
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      - There's a good Wiki on "Eliza" by RobVG 2022-06-15 09:02:15
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      - They asked LaMDA what it thought of ELIZA by RL 2022-06-13 21:07:41
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  - I don't know why you feel it's too human? by RobVG 2022-06-13 11:08:37
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    - It just sounds too much like HAL in Space Odyssey. by ER 2022-06-13 14:41:12
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  - That also had me skeptical... by RL 2022-06-13 07:32:34
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    - Again, go back and watch "Ex Machina" one more time.... by ER 2022-06-13 10:09:06
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The Conic Sections--or--Understanding Ouamuamua by ER June 10, 2022 7:16 am

Just to be clear by RobVG 2022-06-10 14:46:39
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- You're correct. This was a random encounter. by ER 2022-06-10 17:50:38
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Nice explanation. by podrock 2022-06-10 12:02:39
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- You can't fly in a straight line to another planet by ER 2022-06-10 18:06:53
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  - Set the controls for the heart of the sun. by podrock 2022-06-10 19:20:59
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A black hole's escape velocity. by ER June 10, 2022 6:39 pm

Webb takes a hit. by ER June 8, 2022 7:53 pm

A bit like getting a scratch on your new car as you drive it off the lot. by podrock 2022-06-09 10:10:12
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May SIE by ER June 6, 2022 5:59 pm

Oumuamua by RobVG May 30, 2022 11:31 pm

Yomama by ER 2022-06-01 06:52:10
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- Avi Loeb is a wannabe Michio Kaku by RL 2022-06-02 20:32:11
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  - There is no reason for it to be an alien spaceship. by ER 2022-06-03 07:08:39
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    - Acceleration on departure without outgassing. by RobVG 2022-06-03 12:08:24
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      - Yes, but how do we KNOW it wasn't outgassing? by ER 2022-06-03 12:26:51
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        And don't forget the 'pioneer anomaly' that was all the rage back in the early days of the zone... by RL 2022-06-03 18:02:33
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        At the frontiers of knowledge, by ER 2022-06-03 12:34:48
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        Well, at least there hasn't been any dark force conjecture. by RobVG 2022-06-04 09:48:29
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Could be interesting by Pebble 2022-06-01 02:50:11
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The great planetary parade by ER June 2, 2022 10:11 am

That's about the time of the morning the cat wakes me up. by podrock 2022-06-02 13:13:22
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- Consequences ? Clearly it teleports you to kiwi land by Pebble 2022-06-02 18:39:14
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From NSIDC by ER June 1, 2022 11:37 am

_POSSIBLE_ meteor storm tonight... by RL May 30, 2022 6:30 pm

about 45 minutes from now by podrock 2022-05-30 20:58:56
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- Nothing. by podrock 2022-05-30 23:04:38
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The local forecast calls for rain. by RobVG 2022-05-30 19:18:55
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Money for nothing--- by ER May 30, 2022 5:46 am

"disruptor" by podrock 2022-05-30 09:39:48
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- In the most charitable interpretation possible... by ER 2022-05-30 11:22:53
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  - How exactly do they determine that by podrock 2022-05-30 13:08:38
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    - I have no clue what they are talking about. by ER 2022-05-30 13:47:27
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Based off the description, it is generating power from bullshit by RL 2022-05-30 06:06:51
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- I bet someone just made a killing off KINETIC 7™ stock. by ER 2022-05-30 06:17:31
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The Edge of Chaos by podrock May 25, 2022 8:11 pm

Speaking of chaos, this is scary: by podrock 2022-05-27 09:08:34
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- I'm not sure I agree with that. by ER 2022-05-27 12:47:21
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That reminds me of the old Johnny Carson soap opera parody... by ER 2022-05-27 07:32:50
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Teacher to student: "Reading...it's like installing software in your brain". by RobVG 2022-05-26 12:07:11
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- As discussed at length in Snow Crash, Stephenson, 1992. by podrock 2022-05-26 14:11:26
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  - It's on Kindle. by RobVG 2022-05-27 19:56:04
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    - Which Heinlein? by podrock 2022-05-28 14:19:14
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      - Sounds good by RobVG 2022-05-28 21:43:57
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- Actually, by ER 2022-05-26 12:32:49
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Hopefully launching today by RL May 25, 2022 7:19 am

Looked Flawless! by RL 2022-05-25 11:59:45
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