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@AlBonDeega @RemyHabets @aruvinchan You are mistaken, you actually HAVE to, it just means you never got in trouble for it.

@Vega_scienc @RemyHabets @aruvinchan I've lived here nearly 20 years and never had to carry an ID

I think Europeans take for granted living in Europe. You can just buy a ticket on a whim to fly to Greece, Italy, France, England, Slovenia, Croatia, Malta, whatever takes your fancy, for a quick weekend getaway. Often for really cheap too via Ryanair, like way cheaper than Spirit was. I just bought a ticket to Rome from Barcelona for ~€40. 🤯 And you don't even need a passport. Many Europeans don't even have a passport due to the Schengen Area. In the US, if you fly 3 hours away, you end up in freaking Topeka, Kansas with nothing to do. In Europe, you could end up in the Swiss Alps, the Mediterranean coast, quaint Italian towns, French vineyards, the Eiffel Tower, the freaking Colosseum, etc. etc.

@MarkkuPrunt @Anthonio176 @aruvinchan That’s right but he still makes a great point…

@Anthonio176 @aruvinchan The percentage of foreign born nationals in the EU is smaller than in the US. So... America is great but the United States sucks??

@AlBonDeega @RemyHabets @aruvinchan You are mistaken. In Spain they expect you to be able to identify yourself. So this means you need to carry your ID. If you are a foreigner (non EU) then I suppose that would mean carrying your passport or some sort of residence document.

@RemyHabets @aruvinchan Carrying ID is not mandatory, I literally never carry an ID and live in and travel Europe Mandatory if driving, I guess, but that's different

@VonAppleberry @AciidBraiin @Hitchslap1 You’re right that B is impossible, but for a different reason I think. Anyway it seems that there is simply no answer to the question.

No, B says 0% but there’s a 25% chance of choosing it. So that is inherently disproven and B cannot be the answer. At random, you will always pick one answer so it is not possible for it to be 0. You say well then the chance of picking the correct answer is 0 - but that is not the question or this would be very easy. The question is if you choose one of those at random - what are the chances you will be correct. If b is right then you’re asserting the question is answerable. Ok then that’s 25% chance not 0%.

Interesting conundrum.

@ArJarosz @joshmillgate @cstanley True but OP doesn’t know either

@joshmillgate @cstanley I think you have no idea what these lines should track. You just made some lines and made them meet at one point.

This is why it’s important for models to be grounded in real-world physics. Even when people can’t immediately explain what’s wrong, they subconsciously detect when perspective, depth, and geometry violate the underlying rules of the physical world.

@VonAppleberry @AciidBraiin @Hitchslap1 This means B is the right answer

@AciidBraiin @Hitchslap1 But then choosing b means the chance of you getting the correct answer is 25% Since if 0% is the right answer there’s a 25% chance to choose it - at random.

@mindingmyps @mousquitwo @TrueSlazac So then why do you feel so threatened by AI? For many creatives (like writers), AI is a wonderful tool for improving their creative output. It doesn’t have to be "AI replaced my job", why not "AI helped me do my job better"?

@Vega_scienc @mousquitwo @TrueSlazac The quality of writing very, very rarely depends on grammar. And if grammar is an issue, then AI can fix it Even with context (you paste your script) AI can't write a joke. It's soulless This is what I mean when I say AI doesn't know how to write well

This looks like an anti AI argument if you’re a midwit but he just inadvertently showed how insane the progression has been in the past two years

@mindingmyps @mousquitwo @TrueSlazac Average human makes lots of grammatical mistakes eveytime they write something, AI does not. And humor is something very contextual, ofcourse AI is going to struggle with that.

@Vega_scienc @mousquitwo @TrueSlazac Maybe you're assuming the average human is an illiterate moron, which might be not far from the truth, but have you ever gotten AI to write you a good joke?

@bentrified @TrueSlazac AI is the future, this is just the beginning. In 50 years we will live in a totally different world.

@TrueSlazac Like I hate that so many people are staking our collective future on ai, but that doesn't mean it is completely garbage. Thats literally a reactionary mindset

@mindingmyps @mousquitwo @TrueSlazac Sorry but this is just cope

@mousquitwo @TrueSlazac Yeah my point is that for a language model it is not very good at language, like it doesn't take a high IQ to write a good tiktok or be a copywriter but AI can't even do that. It fundamentally does not understand what makes writing compelling to people.

@SundanceKidSr @TrueSlazac You just don’t understand computing

@TrueSlazac It only took 2 years for the robot to learn that .11<.9. Scary stuff

@sushi4miu @smolmimis @bede333 No actually there’s a very noticeable difference.

@smolmimis @bede333 I think you're referring to Flemish, even tho they have dialects I do think they sound very similar to Dutch people when they speak english

eu girl accent tierlist

@freekyfreezer @bede333 Flemish is very different from normal dutch actually

@bede333 how is belgian a tier but dutch is c tier and french f tier? are you mentally challenged?

@hornaristocrat @Illusory_Ace @Euthenos_ But 1900 is post-industrial revolution so this gives a false image. From 1700 to 1900 europe’s population almost quadrupled. Population growth is not (always) linear. But the main fact here is that we simply do not have enough data to make accurate estimations for 500BC.

@Vega_scienc @Illusory_Ace @Euthenos_ Historically Europe had a much higher population than SSA, x3 in 1900, so it's not hard to imagine how even more sparsely populated Africa was in BCE.

The Ancient Greeks had the same population as all of Africa

@TeribySkyline @Domestique___ Banned from what?

@Domestique___ Hope they (particularly the one in white t-shirt) get banned for life

Footage of the roadside incident today 😡 📷 internapoli.it

@Illusory_Ace @Euthenos_ Yeah okay but this does not mean much tbh. The chance of this being accurate is very slim. Estimating the population of africa, especially sub-sahara, is almost impossible.

@Euthenos_ Greece means the Greek colonies as a whole, not just modern day Greece

@Miralitt12 @tammy28x @herosnvrdie69 Just looked up some stats: Denmark, Finland, Oman, Austria, Germany, NZ, Australia, Estonia and Sweden all rank higher than US in QoL. Most of those countries are not even close to US in terms of GDP per capita. So maybe it’s not all about GDP after all…?

@Vega_scienc @tammy28x @herosnvrdie69 By the Numbeo QoL index, numbeo.com/quality-of-lif… (and every other QoL index I’ve found) you still rank below us, though you do come in above our poorest states. GDP per capita is very, very closely related to QoL in the long run, though they may be separate in the short run

how much do americans earn?? cause in the uk this would cover almost everyone

@Miralitt12 @tammy28x @herosnvrdie69 That just means you don’t understand GDP, just because the "gdp per capita" is higher it does not automatically mean people are wealthier or standard of living is higher

@tammy28x @herosnvrdie69 The UK has a GDP per capita lower than our poorest state lol 😭 I'm sorry free market capitalism does help sometimes :)

@JewelMansy @earthcurated That and also mojority of the population does not have the money

@earthcurated Is it because their country is so big with so many tourist attractions that they don't see the need to?

🇨🇳 🛫 FUN FACT : China ~90–95% of citizens have never traveled abroad.

@Gleninwell @Elisha86223 @CosmedHotline @earthcurated Passport is not the problem, money is

@Elisha86223 @CosmedHotline @earthcurated 你在胡说八道什么？你就是个没有思辨能力的东西，护照7个工作日就可以申请下来，你如果不懂的话可以问一下土生土长的中国人，而不是去听信那些从来没有去过中国的人胡说