“I ever tell you about the time my buddy Keith and I were on the top of a burnin’ building, and we had to fight our way down like five floors of zombies and― Hey, wait a second…I guess that was you guys. Oh, shit, man, I can’t wait to tell Keith about that one!”

There are two immediate flaws I see with the study. The first is the sound quality of the youtube videos, which have been engineered to human hearing. Dogs hear frequencies high above the human range, and it’s highly likely their vocalizations carry nuance and context in the upper frequency. A simple microphone recording won’t do - you need something with high sensitivity and minimal distortion, and you have to ensure the digitization of the sound file doesn’t interfere with the quality for those higher ranges.

The second is the sound input into the analysis, which also should be tuned for these higher frequencies - I find it unlikely that the AI was matching frequencies above human hearing to generate dog “words”.

In essence, they’re analyzing how humans hear dogs speak, not how dogs speak to each other. To do so properly, an ideal research setting would be one of dogs interacting live with each other, with sound recording equipment that can match the quality of canine hearing.

That being said, it’s a fascinating work, and I understand that the researchers were working with the data on hand - definitely shows promise for continued study.

Let the games begin…

Almost forgot to mention - just a heads up re: the finger thing - I think @InigoMontoya is looking for you…

Here’s a more more direct route if you’re one of Dread Roberts’ crew… just posted it over on the @13thFloor to preserve the link in case any of the mods here were Humperdinck agents looking for volunteers to test the Pit of Despair.

I rewatched this recently, and yeah, all the cliches are there (some rather clumsily filmed even by 40s standards) - but fuck me if Bogie still doesn’t blow it out of the water with that performance. I can’t think of a single film noir protagonist that matches what he pulled off in that film. He’s better here than he is in Casablanca by a long shot imho.

As you wish…

I christened this guy Ratfucker Kennedy when he started his campaign, and today, beyond all doubt, he’s earned the right to bear that name.

In theory they can, but it’s very unlikely, as it requires a 2/3rds majority in both the Assembly and the Senate. One of the things I severely dislike about California politics is that the Governor’s veto power is near absolute in practice. On top of that this state has an entrenched political machine that has invested in Newsom since he ran for Mayor of San Francisco - and many in Sacramento owe their careers to him. There’s no realistic chance any of these vetoes get overridden.

Newsom, we get it - you want to run for president. But don’t fuck up my state to do it.

You’ve done ok in CA when you’ve kept your mouth shut and followed in Brown’s footsteps, but this latest bullshit display of throwing widely popular progressive initiatives (this one passed 66 to 9) under the bus is a slap in the face to all Californians, proving yet again that you’re an empty neo-liberal suit playing progressive to pander to the public.

California is not your billboard for a future presidential run. Do your damn job and stop using your veto pen to try to appeal to voters who aren’t even your constituents yet.

You see, according to Cocteau’s plan I’m the enemy, 'cause I like to think; I like to read. I’m into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I’m the kind of guy likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder - “Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecued ribs with the side order of gravy fries?” I WANT high cholesterol. I wanna eat bacon and butter and BUCKETS of cheese, okay? I want to smoke Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section. I want to run through the streets naked with green jello all over my body reading playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal? I’ve SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It’s a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing “I’m an Oscar Meyer Wiener”.

Regardless of what any of the Klingons in this thread claim, I suggest following S.P.O.C.K.'s advice - never trust a Klingon.

Agreed. I’d also like to add that intelligence != wisdom != experience, and you need all three to achieve real understanding.

It’s been depreciating at a pretty constant rate. I’d wait to invest until it’s under $1.

@some__guy they’re playing your song

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mujon pumbogh puH, DI’rujvamvo’ jInarghlaHbe’
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chovup vIneHbe’, loDHom Do’Ha’ jIH neH
jIghoSDI’ ‘ej jIjaHDI’ ngeDmo’, vItlhchugh pagh vItlhHa’chugh
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SoSoy, qen loD vIchotpu’
nachDajvaD HIch vIQeqpu’, chu’wI’ yuvpu’, DaH Heghpu’
SoSoy, qen jIyInchoHpu’
‘ach DaH yInwIj naQ vIpolHa’chu’pu’
SoSoy, ‘o-‘o-‘o-‘o, qaSaQmoH ‘e’ vIHechbe’
qaSpa’ wa’leS poHvam jIcheghpu’be’chugh
yIruchtaH, yIruchtaH ‘ej pagh SaHbogh vay’ yIDalaw’
narghpu’ ‘eb, tugh jIHegh
jIHeghvIpmo’ bIr pIpwIj, ‘oy’law’taH porghwIj
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paghlogh jIboghchoHpu’ rut ‘e’ vIjInqu’
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wa’ loD QIb tu’qomHomHey mach vIleghlaw’taH
SIqaramuS, SIqaramuS, qul mI’ DamI’‘a’?
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ghalIl’eyo’, ghalIl’eyo’, ghalIl’eyo’, ghalIl’eyo’,
ghalIl’eyo’, vIgha’ro’, QaQqu’ ghu’vetlh
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我可能發布了 XI 的視訊聊天記錄…

I avoid this by not watching porn that makes me sad. There’s plenty of consensual, happy, joyful sex-positive porn out there.

While your point is valid about this particular situation (which is horrible and criminal on multiple levels), your overbroad generalization of porn and the implied assumption of guilt in the viewers is what’s led folks to react negatively to your statement.

On a larger level, this kind of statement plays into the puritanical doctrines towards sex that paint it as a negative force, and subsequently leads to the twisting of a positive, creative act into a negative expression of power and rape in those that accept those doctrines.

Porn is not at fault here, nor are its viewers. Those at fault in this crime are the producers and publishers, who were well aware of the abuses happening under their watch, and deceived their viewers into believing they were observing consensual performance acts. I hope that these women get every cent and more, and it would be excellent to see a class action suit from Pornhub’s subscribers arise in tandem to and in support of their complaint.

抱歉 - 這可能是我的錯

@Virginicus - the Freedom Caucus certainly will. However, the realpolitik of the situation is that any Speaker will need Democratic support to get elected at this point.

There are three possible outcomes here:

1. The Republicans are able to control their caucus and elect a new speaker entirely with GOP votes (highly unlikely, and if they do, a new leader will be just as vulnerable as McCarthy was until 2024)

2. The Republicans are able to peel off enough Democratic votes to get a new speaker in by advancing a moderate and granting concessions (possible, but this effort would likely lose as many GOP votes as it would gain Dem ones unless they convince Jeffries to rally his caucus in support of a moderate)

3. The Democrats are able to peel off enough GOP votes to elect Jeffries (slightly less likely than 2, above) - this is the worst possible scenario for the GOP

Jeffries has them over a barrel as long as he maintains caucus discipline. Thus far he’s doing a far better job at it than the GOP, plus he’s still got Pelosi’s connections in his back pocket (and she’s definitely not about concessions to the GOP at this point). This opinion piece is both an olive branch and a subtle threat to those on the GOP side who can still do basic math - it’s “work with us, or watch us take the Speakership before 2024”.