Having recently learned about trees, I actually don’t think I know what a tree is. at least, not enough to create a reasonable, non-blurry definition of “tree.”

You’ve defined fish as being vertebrates, and as such I cannot find an invertebrate that fits that definition. But what you can’t do is just say the word “fish” and expect me to know what you mean - you have to provide a definition, and I could provide a different definition in a different context and neither of us would really be “wrong.”

If you did just say “fish” without providing a definition, I would be tempted to either exclude sharks or include crabs, depending on context.

… and Wikipedia states that the category of “fish” is paraphylatic, meaning that it is defined by convention rather than ‘fact’ and its boundaries can be argued, since it excludes some of the descendants of fish.

also, as pointed out by another commenter, we use the word fish to describe lots of things that are not included in this definition, like starfish and crayfish.

Source?

Because all the sources I’ve come across say that “fish” is not a monophylatic classification and is essentially arbitrary.

Some fish are, yeah

AI overall? Generally pro. LLMs and generative AI, though, I’m “against”, mostly meaning that I think it’s misused.

Not sure what the answer is, tbh. Reigning in corporations would be good.

I do think we as a society need to radically alter our relationship to IP law. Right now we ‘enforce’ IP law in a way that benefits corporations but not individuals. We should either get rid of IP law altogether (which would protect people from corporations abusing the laws) or we should enforce it more strictly, and actually hold corporations accountable for breaking it.

If we fixed that, I think gen AI would be fine. But we aren’t doing that.

Yeah? Maybe we mean different things when we say that word though.

To me, I mean that I enjoy food the way other people enjoy whatever it is that they’re passionate about. So I have a few fancy kitchen gadgets and a well-stocked spice cabinet, and I’d budget for and save for a trip to a nice restaurant the way other people budget for sneakers or makeup or whatever. I don’t think that’s a weird thing to ‘admit.’

I’m a foodie and I make those kinds of meals. I just probably use more spices than average.

You’re all thinking too two-dimensionally. Clearly the people are being instructed to arrange themselves into a tetrahedron.

In the US? I’d say it’s pretty safe to be a little gender nonconforming unless you’re really out in the sticks. If you were properly nonbinary I would be a little more careful, but still most people will live and let live.

As a trans person, we have a lot more to fear from the federal government than from our neighbors, at least in ~80% of the country.

This has got to be some kind of protest bill. Otherwise, why would it specifically call out ‘use of contraceptives’ as an exception?

Boy do I feel this. Dissociate, panic, dissociate, panic…

Well you can only cram in so many jokes at once. Would have been funny though

Honestly Randall absolutely would put the year in the middle just to fuck with us

This may or may not be the darkest timeline (it’s pretty close)… but it’s 100% the stupidest.

I haven’t, but I could maybe see myself doing that

Don’t worry, if my baeic needs are met I’ll happily entertain you for free

Play video games. Bake bread. Learn to code. Create music. Maybe create a game of my own some day. Release it 100% for free because all my needs are met.

… oh, and sex. Lots of sex. But I think that goes without saying

That is what they say.

Unfortunately he seems very capable of multitasking in that regard

Of course we are. Fucking hate this sithole