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I am biologically a woman and identify as such (and this is the last time I will say this).

We should encourage each other to be better. This all sounds insanely odd but that's because I'm one of the few women here LOL my thoughts aren't that bizarre.

I'm not sure if my words matter given majority rule of men here

the vagene is strong with this one
 

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I don't think chaotic neutral is accurate for you.

What do y'all think of a global government? The UN is a fucking joke, but I'm sure the ROI is a delayed WW3. But as it is now it's basically just governing by suggestion, at least when it comes most things. It relies on superpowers cooperating and holds little power on its own. So states really give little shits about funding things it does and would rather keep it's wealth within its own economy.

:P what alignment would be accurate?

There are several problems with the idea of a global government. The constituent nations will not accept restrictions on their sovereignty, major geopolitical blocks even less so. This you already see in the European Union for example, where some nations quite frankly don't give a fuck about what Brussels thinks, because Brussels is incapable of understanding the local situation, the population & it constantly tries to impose it's rather flawed ideals. They are far too removed from the member states and ppl will reject the authority of such a buerochratic impersonal entity seemingly bent on making their lives miserable.

To impose it's will upon the states such a government must force these to cede sovereignty. This causes not only friction and conflict but also crushes the ability of these smaller entities to respond to problems. The small states become part of a very large, slow & hard to steer entity. Rigidity & stagnation follows. This pattern can be found even within the smaller states. Cities and towns need a certain degree of autonomy to remain flexible.

The reaction to this overreach is rebellion. Member states will seek to regain sovereignty and form alliances as the problems overwhelm the centralized government.

From my point of view, such a large entity would have a role in mediating property disputes between member states, to avoid war, but the member states absolutely must maintain sovereignty.

Peace nowadays is ensured by missile systems, nukes.
Even if we disregard nukes, in case of a real war you'll quickly end up without a navy and an inability to guarantee airpower outside of your own nation's immediate range due to smart missile systems / drones.. which are more cost-effective.

I thought maybe if I do get a bachelors or more I would want a job with the UN, as it would feel like I'm apart of something. but then I'd be a fucking gimp, I hear that working for the UN crushes your spirit and is hyper competitive for little pay. Paired with the fact that it's ineffectual org I don't know probably won't do it. But I can dream.

Its not much different than what ppl do in government outside of the UN. Those actors are almost always amoral, short-sighted & self-interested. Democracy basically breeds short-sightedness & amorality through the election cycle. Politicians aren't held responsible for what they say & do, so they can afford to lie. On a pirate ship, if the captain fucks up bad, the men kill him and elect a new one.

So no, I don't think the world government is a good idea. We would be better off in a world where there are many sovereign states cooperating, competing & trading.

^^; I'm incapable of accepting rules imposed by my STJ boss, you really think I'll agree with stuff like EU directives or democratic majority rule? :P fuck that... I'd rather be a pirate.

Doolittle is not wrong:

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Is trap bar cheating? asking for a friend.
am I a chaotic neutral or chaotic good?
 

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Apparently I can deadlift 310lbs with no training, i weigh 170. After one lift I was like ha yeah not again, I kept my back straight but it was my max for sure.
Is trap bar cheating? asking for a friend.
am I a chaotic neutral or chaotic good?

You are a dog, all animals are true neutral.
 

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DONT YOU FEEL FOOLISH
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A global government isn't going to operate on the same principles as a national one just as federal governments operate on different principles to state governments and state governments to regional councils, heck you could drill all the way down to body corporates and book clubs if you wanted to.

A global government is (aside form being a misnomer) primarily concerned with keeping nations from going to war with each other and cooperating on issues of global concern which is something we desperately need. This is practically the definition of the United Nation's remit except I think they lack sufficient clout to achieve their ends. Such clout could be political influence, militant strength or an economic monopoly, ideally all three, as is the case with each national government over their respective country.

If each nation payed tribute to the UN relative to their GDP the world would be a far better place.
 

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My bad. I'm not familiar with the terminology of system science, I thought your proposition was reductionist logic as you mentioned chaos theory so measuring initial conditions of matter would be the precedent and then complexities as a result of the butterfly effect would be an afterthought. In terms of AGI I think reductionist logic is necessary in the sense that General Intelligence, the g factor isn't supposed to be situational and predicate logic isn't value-dependent. Predicate logic is the product of reductionist thinking, we reduce complex problems to axiomatic positions. AGI like CYC (I know it's from the 80s but it still has an interesting back-catalogue for principles of common sense), could be a useful addition to AGI in the future to counteract the fallbacks of making generalised learning objectives "Save the world, robotman."

The systems science you mentioned looks interesting, like a unified theory of information. It looks similar in function to the standard model of particle physics.

You might find lectures from the Santa Fe institute to be a great starting point for systems scuence/complexity etc...

I have nothing against reductionist logic, its has its context and utility, but its not the be-all end-all. I'm sorry in advance of I misinterpreted what you meant.

If you're diving into systems science, look up systems thinking as well. Its a lateral to logical thinking, model thinking, algorithmic thinking etc...


Yeah spectometry will solve the issue, it just depends on the operative potential since light is pretty ubiquitious and there will likely be nanosecond incidents of concentrated light refracted against the computer which will be given an activation value which I find would be quite hard to configure, would the AI have toconsider the velocity of the car, the distance between objects and so on which determines the activation function, which then proceed to an output of whether to be cautionary or not. My analysis is probably predicated on the taxing complexity it has on me, an AI would have an easier time.

I'm sure we'll find an answer but it does seem like a complex variable to account for relation to computer vision which tries to detect and classify objects.


I think activation functiona for a problem like this would make more sense with fuzzy logic as it would be more apt in a situation of complexity with a small number of variables.

I kinda get the feeling that you try and analyse a picture by reading every pixel and trying to decode it in your head instead of looking at it like...well.. a picture. Im not trying to throw shade or insult you, but that's the impression that I get with your concerns (which are valid) with the corresponding questions of complexity.

Also, you sound like you work in the AI/ML industry. I am no ai/data scientist to be fair, so take what I say with a grain of salt.
 

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Also what they're trying to describe has been implemented in a way through cybernetics and the best example of its outcome has been computation and information technology for eg... I highly suggest you explore it.

Ok, I had to look this up as I basically encountered the term through you. Well Doolittle is using the scientific method to acomplish all this, which is cybernetics from what I gather. I want to get more into cybernetics, any recomendation where to start?

When he is saying propertarianism is the formal logic of the social sciences, I asume he is talking about the same thing. Would I be wrong about that? (no book out yet, can't veryfy atm).

Anyway, I found the most reductive form of what he is trying to say:

View attachment 4650
Heres a good video to start with. Its a fairly good explanation of cybernetics.


I do get why it seems similar. But cybernetics is transdisciplinary so what he says can be encapsulated within cybernetics.

Mmm I'll have to ruminate a bit on propertarianism.
 

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Well at least you can change your name if you're desperate enough.
I always saw this as foreshadowing a mental problem.
an attempt to escape your past.
I would change my name if I moved to a foreign country, its hard enough as it is being an outsider.

Thats a pretty narrow view of it when you consider how comfortable a lot of chinese/SEasian people are with having an 'english' name and a chinese one.

You could further pull that logic and see how people have nicknames etc.. regardless of the 'legal' status of a birth name.
 

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@Rebis If it helps qualm your fears, I am biologically a woman and identify as such (and this is the last time I will say this).

Please don't drink too much... :disapointed: Know your limits. I'm straight edge for a reason. You don't want a shitty hangover, it isn't worth it at all. Alcohol is just numbing emotions of stress. It's a Monday. You gotta be alpha for your classes, right?

(Working out is a really good alternative to drinking IMO.)

I wish there were more topics/threads lifting up people rather than poking at potential insecurities and fears for fun.

Every single one of us has strengths, no matter what our background is or has been. We don't need to over-analyze our weaknesses or other people's weaknesses to the point where it is de-motivational or where everyone just gets into balls of paranoia and self-defeatism.

We should encourage each other to be better. This all sounds insanely odd but that's because I'm one of the few women here LOL my thoughts aren't that bizarre.

I'm not sure if my words matter given majority rule of men here, but I do know for sure that @moody and I would both appreciate that.

Females scare me, I was in this coffee shop and this female passed me a coffee, as I was getting it from her we accidentally touched hands. I was hospitalised for 2 weeks, a fear-induced coma they called it.

On the topic of you taking pictures, as a female of our given species would have a 50/50 possibility of doing, your camera seems pretty good, what range is it in? Bare in mind I know nothing about photography so maybe it's just altering resolution. I'm getting quite detail oriented when taking a photo and I feel a lot of cameras really don't do me justice. I think I look better than what I usually get from a camera photo. Inb4 "NARCISSIST", kinda irks me that it doesn't represent who I am.

I actually didn't drink that much, had a quiet night and a good 8 hours of sleep with a random 20 minute wake at 5am, planning on doing some notes in a moment. It's just a shit-tier habit of people drinking to proclaim "I am drunk".Working out certainly is, I've been doing a lot of situps and pushups in my room. I'm on 35 pushups and 30 max sit ups, but I'm doing them every so often like every few hours. Appreciate the concern, I feel like I find we're on inverse axis sometimes, like your advice would've applied well in any other drinking session but the one last night was at the local tree house with a friend, 2 minute walk from my house and I went home at 12, finally in bed at 1. I'm not not heeding your advice in denial!!!

Hey, I appreciate your thoughts! Shouldn't pick favourites but I usually read your responses first, you definitely rank #1 in interpreting what people are saying while some of us just propegating our ideas and using others as a soundboard.
 

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My bad. I'm not familiar with the terminology of system science, I thought your proposition was reductionist logic as you mentioned chaos theory so measuring initial conditions of matter would be the precedent and then complexities as a result of the butterfly effect would be an afterthought. In terms of AGI I think reductionist logic is necessary in the sense that General Intelligence, the g factor isn't supposed to be situational and predicate logic isn't value-dependent. Predicate logic is the product of reductionist thinking, we reduce complex problems to axiomatic positions. AGI like CYC (I know it's from the 80s but it still has an interesting back-catalogue for principles of common sense), could be a useful addition to AGI in the future to counteract the fallbacks of making generalised learning objectives "Save the world, robotman."

The systems science you mentioned looks interesting, like a unified theory of information. It looks similar in function to the standard model of particle physics.

You might find lectures from the Santa Fe institute to be a great starting point for systems scuence/complexity etc...

I have nothing against reductionist logic, its has its context and utility, but its not the be-all end-all. I'm sorry in advance of I misinterpreted what you meant.

If you're diving into systems science, look up systems thinking as well. Its a lateral to logical thinking, model thinking, algorithmic thinking etc...


Yeah spectometry will solve the issue, it just depends on the operative potential since light is pretty ubiquitious and there will likely be nanosecond incidents of concentrated light refracted against the computer which will be given an activation value which I find would be quite hard to configure, would the AI have toconsider the velocity of the car, the distance between objects and so on which determines the activation function, which then proceed to an output of whether to be cautionary or not. My analysis is probably predicated on the taxing complexity it has on me, an AI would have an easier time.

I'm sure we'll find an answer but it does seem like a complex variable to account for relation to computer vision which tries to detect and classify objects.


I think activation functiona for a problem like this would make more sense with fuzzy logic as it would be more apt in a situation of complexity with a small number of variables.

I kinda get the feeling that you try and analyse a picture by reading every pixel and trying to decode it in your head instead of looking at it like...well.. a picture. Im not trying to throw shade or insult you, but that's the impression that I get with your concerns (which are valid) with the corresponding questions of complexity.

Also, you sound like you work in the AI/ML industry. I am no ai/data scientist to be fair, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

I'm just a first year comp sci student, don't put me on a pedastal! AI is what I want to get into ultimately, I don't do AI for 3 years and I ain't waiting that long.
 

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My bad. I'm not familiar with the terminology of system science, I thought your proposition was reductionist logic as you mentioned chaos theory so measuring initial conditions of matter would be the precedent and then complexities as a result of the butterfly effect would be an afterthought. In terms of AGI I think reductionist logic is necessary in the sense that General Intelligence, the g factor isn't supposed to be situational and predicate logic isn't value-dependent. Predicate logic is the product of reductionist thinking, we reduce complex problems to axiomatic positions. AGI like CYC (I know it's from the 80s but it still has an interesting back-catalogue for principles of common sense), could be a useful addition to AGI in the future to counteract the fallbacks of making generalised learning objectives "Save the world, robotman."

The systems science you mentioned looks interesting, like a unified theory of information. It looks similar in function to the standard model of particle physics.

You might find lectures from the Santa Fe institute to be a great starting point for systems scuence/complexity etc...

I have nothing against reductionist logic, its has its context and utility, but its not the be-all end-all. I'm sorry in advance of I misinterpreted what you meant.

If you're diving into systems science, look up systems thinking as well. Its a lateral to logical thinking, model thinking, algorithmic thinking etc...


Yeah spectometry will solve the issue, it just depends on the operative potential since light is pretty ubiquitious and there will likely be nanosecond incidents of concentrated light refracted against the computer which will be given an activation value which I find would be quite hard to configure, would the AI have toconsider the velocity of the car, the distance between objects and so on which determines the activation function, which then proceed to an output of whether to be cautionary or not. My analysis is probably predicated on the taxing complexity it has on me, an AI would have an easier time.

I'm sure we'll find an answer but it does seem like a complex variable to account for relation to computer vision which tries to detect and classify objects.


I think activation functiona for a problem like this would make more sense with fuzzy logic as it would be more apt in a situation of complexity with a small number of variables.

I kinda get the feeling that you try and analyse a picture by reading every pixel and trying to decode it in your head instead of looking at it like...well.. a picture. Im not trying to throw shade or insult you, but that's the impression that I get with your concerns (which are valid) with the corresponding questions of complexity.

Also, you sound like you work in the AI/ML industry. I am no ai/data scientist to be fair, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

I'm just a first year comp sci student, don't put me on a pedastal! AI is what I want to get into ultimately, I don't do AI for 3 years and I ain't waiting that long.

I wouldn't either, goven how fast the field is advancing.

So if thats the case, I highly urge you to lookinto cybernetics and systems science. Youd definitely have an edge over the competition.
 

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I wouldn't either, goven how fast the field is advancing.

So if thats the case, I highly urge you to lookinto cybernetics and systems science. Youd definitely have an edge over the competition.

Waiting long would be shooting my future in the foot, one of the books I'm reading currently was wrote in 2007 and even that feels outdates. Same with quantum computing, the book I'm reading is 2002 and it's theoretical application seems different from the effective quantum computers we know today.

Just checking, is it this one?

I was expected 45 minute lectures
 

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Damn, even as a kid Wittgenstein looked deeply troubled:

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I wouldn't either, goven how fast the field is advancing.

So if thats the case, I highly urge you to lookinto cybernetics and systems science. Youd definitely have an edge over the competition.

Waiting long would be shooting my future in the foot, one of the books I'm reading currently was wrote in 2007 and even that feels outdates. Same with quantum computing, the book I'm reading is 2002 and it's theoretical application seems different from the effective quantum computers we know today.

Just checking, is it this one?

I was expected 45 minute lectures

I know what ya mean. But at the same time I find research from decades ago thats still ahead of whats presently implemented. Almost as if though the field travelled back in time instead of pushing forward. I see this quite a bit in the nuclear industry.

Also, I think thos would be a good resource for the Santa Fe stuff:

 

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I know what ya mean. But at the same time I find research from decades ago thats still ahead of whats presently implemented. Almost as if though the field travelled back in time instead of pushing forward. I see this quite a bit in the nuclear industry.

Also, I think thos would be a good resource for the Santa Fe stuff:


Thorium salt reactors have picked up recently (abandoned project in the 60s), they seem structurally sound and less dangerous than enriching uranium and Stellarators seem to be given another shot.
 

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I know what ya mean. But at the same time I find research from decades ago thats still ahead of whats presently implemented. Almost as if though the field travelled back in time instead of pushing forward. I see this quite a bit in the nuclear industry.

Also, I think thos would be a good resource for the Santa Fe stuff:


Thorium salt reactors have picked up recently (abandoned project in the 60s), they seem structurally sound and less dangerous than enriching uranium and Stellarators seem to be given another shot.

Thorium wipes the floor with standard uranium reactors. And they're safe by design.

The very first nuclear power plant was based on thorium reactors. The tech has been worked on and vetter for decades!

It infuriates me to the core that this technology exists, ready to be implemented, yet doesnt happen because fuck reality.

Then throw salt to the wound by seeing some idiots talk about how scary and bad nuclear tech is. Add to that all the bullshit talk about energy demands not being met.

Lol I should calm down.
 

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Thorium wipes the floor with standard uranium reactors. And they're safe by design.

The very first nuclear power plant was based on thorium reactors. The tech has been worked on and vetter for decades!

It infuriates me to the core that this technology exists, ready to be implemented, yet doesnt happen because fuck reality.

Then throw salt to the wound by seeing some idiots talk about how scary and bad nuclear tech is. Add to that all the bullshit talk about energy demands not being met.

Lol I should calm down.

But renewables generate more power and they're safe!!! Derp face

Yeah it annoys me too, especially when the energy crisis suggests we get all of our energy from renewables resources like solar power, which are not even passed the rate of return from coal (coal being 50%, solar being 20-30%). And what about nuclear? Oh, 90% and above, easy.

But hey, anything to make the hippies feel better about themselves rather than practical solutions, right?
 

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A global government isn't going to operate on the same principles as a national one just as federal governments operate on different principles to state governments and state governments to regional councils, heck you could drill all the way down to body corporates and book clubs if you wanted to.

Ok, so why is the EU malfunctioning this badly?

A global government is (aside form being a misnomer) primarily concerned with keeping nations from going to war with each other and cooperating on issues of global concern which is something we desperately need. This is practically the definition of the United Nation's remit except I think they lack sufficient clout to achieve their ends. Such clout could be political influence, militant strength or an economic monopoly, ideally all three, as is the case with each national government over their respective country.

If each nation payed tribute to the UN relative to their GDP the world would be a far better place.

Why would we pay tribute to an entity which will have a monopoly on power? Who in their right mind would agree to something like that? How is this any different from being under the yoke of the USSR?

The future can only be built on reciprocity.
 

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Thorium wipes the floor with standard uranium reactors. And they're safe by design.

The very first nuclear power plant was based on thorium reactors. The tech has been worked on and vetter for decades!

It infuriates me to the core that this technology exists, ready to be implemented, yet doesnt happen because fuck reality.

Then throw salt to the wound by seeing some idiots talk about how scary and bad nuclear tech is. Add to that all the bullshit talk about energy demands not being met.

Lol I should calm down.

But renewables generate more power and they're safe!!! Derp face

Yeah it annoys me too, especially when the energy crisis suggests we get all of our energy from renewables resources like solar power, which are not even passed the rate of return from coal (coal being 50%, solar being 20-30%). And what about nuclear? Oh, 90% and above, easy.

But hey, anything to make the hippies feel better about themselves rather than practical solutions, right?

Funny thing is that nuclear reactors are much MUCH cleaner than most renewables. Like its the second most carbon efficient power source after wind turbines, and not by much. After a huge leap you get solar power.

Heres another infuriating fact. On average, only 0.7% of uranium/plutonium fuel ever gets utilized.
So most of it is wasted.

Thorium? Over 90% easy using LFTRs
 

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Funny thing is that nuclear reactors are much MUCH cleaner than most renewables. Like its the second most carbon efficient power source after wind turbines, and not by much. After a huge leap you get solar power.

Heres another infuriating fact. On average, only 0.7% of uranium/plutonium fuel ever gets utilized.
So most of it is wasted.

Thorium? Over 90% easy using LFTRs

Solar panels contain lead, cadmium, and other toxic chemicals that cannot be removed without breaking apart the entire panel. e_e rainwater washes cadmium out of the modules regardless. When a hailstorm devastates a farm... its a ecological disaster. Recycling this stuff is a pain in the ass. Recycling costs more than the economic value of the materials recovered, which is why most solar panels end up in landfills instead.

Thorium reactors would be nice... but... thorium reactors do not produce plutonium, which is what you need to make a nuke.

They will never build one unless its absolutely necessary. Better luck in India and China.
 

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Funny thing is that nuclear reactors are much MUCH cleaner than most renewables. Like its the second most carbon efficient power source after wind turbines, and not by much. After a huge leap you get solar power.

Heres another infuriating fact. On average, only 0.7% of uranium/plutonium fuel ever gets utilized.
So most of it is wasted.

Thorium? Over 90% easy using LFTRs

Solar panels contain lead, cadmium, and other toxic chemicals that cannot be removed without breaking apart the entire panel. e_e rainwater washes cadmium out of the modules regardless. When a hailstorm devastates a farm... its a ecological disaster. Recycling this stuff is a pain in the ass. Recycling costs more than the economic value of the materials recovered, which is why most solar panels end up in landfills instead.

Thorium reactors would be nice... but... thorium reactors do not produce plutonium, which is what you need to make a nuke.

They will never build one unless its absolutely necessary. Better luck in India and China.

I mean enriching uranium to get plutonium and other metals like tritium isn't the main focus of nuclear power plants anymore, granted the purpose in the past was to build fat nukes but we're beyond that (in the sense we can use nuclear power plants for energy purposes rather than fission bombs).
 

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I tend to skip words when my thoughts are converted into words, but I almost skipped a full sentence in my writing. This is some next level shitt.
 

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Funny thing is that nuclear reactors are much MUCH cleaner than most renewables. Like its the second most carbon efficient power source after wind turbines, and not by much. After a huge leap you get solar power.

Heres another infuriating fact. On average, only 0.7% of uranium/plutonium fuel ever gets utilized.
So most of it is wasted.

Thorium? Over 90% easy using LFTRs

Solar panels contain lead, cadmium, and other toxic chemicals that cannot be removed without breaking apart the entire panel. e_e rainwater washes cadmium out of the modules regardless. When a hailstorm devastates a farm... its a ecological disaster. Recycling this stuff is a pain in the ass. Recycling costs more than the economic value of the materials recovered, which is why most solar panels end up in landfills instead.

Thorium reactors would be nice... but... thorium reactors do not produce plutonium, which is what you need to make a nuke.

They will never build one unless its absolutely necessary. Better luck in India and China.
Youve kinda hit the nail on the thorium story. Sadly, the reason behind it's proliferation was due to more focus on nukes and weaponry, and govt contractors like Sandia lobbied against thorium reactors very hard to maintain nuclear market dominance.

Whats even more sad is that even though the US has banned tech transfer and scientific collaboration between china and the US, whats they leave out is that it mainly applies to NASA. DOE started sharing documentation on thorium reactors, plans, test results etc.. for free to china.

Chinas definitely aspiring to be the worlds nuclear reactor marketplace.
 

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Accepting hypothetical paypal donations for a hypothetical sandwich which I realistically want instead of walking back to cook food. It's too common for me to eat 3 eggs for breakfast and no carbs until 2pm, but I worked out too much today.

Donate hypothetical sandwich to student today!

paypal is: givemesandwich.com
 

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The concept of breakfast food is absurd, eggs are under developed chicken fetus's, so just give me real food and stop trying to sell me chicken abortions for fuck sake. time doesnt even exist fr
 

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The concept of breakfast food is absurd, eggs are under developed chicken fetus's, so just give me real food and stop trying to sell me chicken abortions for fuck sake. time doesnt even exist fr

Did you know eggs are produced by their body daily and they aren't simply abortions? Eggs are amazing, think of them as a chicken trying to pass the best essential nutrients onto a potential offspring. It's like a chef with millions of years experience passing down the most essential nutrients.


Sometimes you have to do the big think. Fun fact: The first chapter of Alan moore's voice in the fire is from the perspective of a retarded caveman, the lexicon is all in broken caveman english, I'll find an excerpt later when the wifi reconnects.
 

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Sometimes you have to do the big think. Fun fact: The first chapter of Alan moore's voice in the fire is from the perspective of a retarded caveman, the lexicon is all in broken caveman english, I'll find an excerpt later when the wifi reconnects.

Kormak want caveman wizdum... plz paint on wall..
 

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You know what's lame? The better college you go to the likelihood is more students in the library, which translates to more noise. To fully utilise the silence of libraries, maybe go to a sub-par college.
 

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Sometimes you have to do the big think. Fun fact: The first chapter of Alan moore's voice in the fire is from the perspective of a retarded caveman, the lexicon is all in broken caveman english, I'll find an excerpt later when the wifi reconnects.

Kormak want caveman wizdum... plz paint on wall..
I will teach you my cavmaaan ways.
No actually bad idea.
 

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The book takes you through an evolution of language, from caveman to modern day. Could be an interesting read for you
 

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The more knowledge we accrue of the world the more meaning we must attribute to the universe.
 

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@Tenacity Have you made an account on INTJ forums yet?

This has been pending for a whole day or so.

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You know what's lame? The better college you go to the likelihood is more students in the library, which translates to more noise. To fully utilise the silence of libraries, maybe go to a sub-par college.
stop being a fucking normie and use the stairwell like an intp. sarcasm
 

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stop being a fucking normie and use the stairwell like an intp.

Haha, I used to do this in school but the stairwell is in the centre of the library! All the floors can see me, no can do

Rushing the homework outside of the classroom as you never done any at home, good times
 

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stop being a fucking normie and use the stairwell like an intp.

Haha, I used to do this in school but the stairwell is in the centre of the library! All the floors can see me, no can do

Rushing the homework outside of the classroom as you never done any at home, good times
NO Im talking about those little secret edge of the building lead to the maintenance room stairwells, I call them lairwells, im so funny I I found one of these and nobody ever really used it, but when they did I got really weird looks. One day a bunch of sweaty girls walked through talking about the "game", it was the stairwell to the women's locker room.
 

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NO Im talking about those little secret edge of the building lead to the maintenance room stairwells, I call them lairwells, im so funny

Me and the bois hustling our yu-gi-oh cards, The legendary Blue-eyes Ultimate Dragon is kept in a secret compartment located in the janitor's mop bucket

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Fuck you john for telling the teachers just cuz I swamped ya
 

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NO Im talking about those little secret edge of the building lead to the maintenance room stairwells, I call them lairwells, im so funny

Me and the bois hustling our yu-gi-oh cards, The legendary Blue-eyes Ultimate Dragon is kept in a secret compartment located in the janitor's mop bucket

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Fuck you john for telling the teachers just cuz I swamped ya
the cool thing about a duel disc is you can use it to fight off women, so they cannot steal your virginity. this is important because losing your virginity before marriage is automatic banishment to the shadow realm.
 

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