Various interesting stuff

We have no idea how peaceful and cozy our times really are compared to the past...

Feral wrote:

@Dragatus: After a long consideration I came to a conclusion you actually tried to convey to me with this picture that I missed a joke. Am I right? If so, where was the joke?

I see you are making your German ancestor proud.

Dragatus wrote:

Feral wrote:

@Dragatus: After a long consideration I came to a conclusion you actually tried to convey to me with this picture that I missed a joke. Am I right? If so, where was the joke?

I see you are making your German ancestor proud.

Nah, we don't have any Semites at the laboratory anymore.

Do I want to know why not or am I better off not knowing?

Feral wrote:

Nah, we don't have any Semites at the laboratory anymore.

. . .
Feral? You know those guys hated non-heterosexuals and most other forms of 'deviance.' You land on their target pretty hard.

They graduated... No showers included. I am only half German...

Ernst Röhm wasn't the only gay at the top of NSDAP... I feel rather safe on this front

I'm oddly disappointed.

Dragatus wrote:

I'm oddly disappointed.

By my friendly treatment of our students, or rampant gay parties in Sturmsabteilung?

Obviously the former.

Dragatus wrote:

Obviously the former.

That's homophobic

I said the former, not the latter.

It's not that you're gay, Feral, it's that you know how to walk in a puppy-suit and make it convincing.

Related, how do they feel about vamps? You qualify on one reading of the word, possibly two.

malak wrote:

It's not that you're gay, Feral, it's that you know how to walk in a puppy-suit and make it convincing.

Oh c'mon, I am not a furry!

malak wrote:

Related, how do they feel about vamps? You qualify on one reading of the word, possibly two.

Vamps are women, no? Why should I feel at all about them? One meaning I get, what is the other one?

"vamp" can also be a shorthand for "vampire."

I had always heard of a vamp being a sexually promiscuous person, typically applied to females but not always. Hmm, regional dialectic differences.

malak wrote:

"vamp" can also be a shorthand for "vampire."

I had always heard of a vamp being a sexually promiscuous person, typically applied to females but not always. Hmm, regional dialectic differences.

But I am almost chaste! Yeah, almost...

AI makes another step forward: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/computers-are-starting-reason-humans

The video is a bit long (I recommend watching it at 1.5 speed) and he repeats himself later on, but I found the idea of phenotypic revolutions very interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlgxp-OROQo&feature=youtu.be

It'll be interesting to see how that works out: https://futurism.com/hawaii-becomes-the-first-state-to-pass-a-bill-in-support-of-universal-basic-income/

At this point I'm considering making ad edicated thread about the AI take-over: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/06/artificial-intelligence-develops-its-own-non-human-language/530436/?utm_source=msn

https://futurism.com/this-is-the-best-way-to-address-science-deniers-according-to-science/

Basically, people believe what they want to believe.

Dragatus wrote:

https://futurism.com/this-is-the-best-way-to-address-science-deniers-according-to-science/

Basically, people believe what they want to believe.

As always. Too bad if they persecute or kill those who don't...

This is kind of fun: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448776/slants-supreme-court-matal-v-tam-decision-protects-free-speech

This actually gives some hope... Maybe the tide of censorship could be stopped.

Now a biomedical one:

Chimerism, mark of a prenatal murderer.

Jad is correct.

Also, I'm one of those with vestigial tendon on the arms. Just adds to my already obscene levels of awesomeness I guess.

It's for climbing trees. You're really ape!