I think what is important about Animal Farm is that it’s simple and direct enough to allow discussion of the political system of all out communism. The discussion is what’s important.
Wouldn’t surprise me if that’s lost when it’s placed on a school curriculum though.
Why did you read it a second time?
I’ll prefice this by saying that I’m speaking about people, in Britain, who have a general common knowledge of WW2. There is a group that knows nothing. Even which countries were involved.
I would say that the Munich agreement is known about, but not by name. It’s the defining moment of Neville Chamberlain’s prime-ministership, He is remembered as a fool and a coward because of it. The man who tried to make a naive deal with evil. If you say “I hold in my hand a piece of paper…” there’s a good chance people will know the reference.
Molotov-Ribbentropp isn’t well remembered. It’s known that the Soviets fought against Germany in the end, but not how things began. I remember learning about the battles of the eastern front in high school history, but if I ever learnt about this pact I never remembered it. Maybe that there was a non-agression agreement which Germany broke leading to Operation Barbarossa, but nothing more.
The Bengal Famine is becoming more well known recently. It comes out when Churchill is discussed. Due to his role as WW2 leader he’s held in very high esteem by a lot of people. The Bengal famine is brought up to highlight the man’s darker, utilitarian and some would say sociopathic aspects in order to achieve war goals. I think this ignores all the events leading up to the situation though and the wider causes. Those are not discussed.
Hope that gives some perspective.
Very different solutions.
Wireguard all the way. Exposing just a VPN endpoint that can’t be connected to without the right cryptographic keys is a much more secure and maintainable attack surface.
BTW I assume that’s what you meant by “DuckDNS”. Using that service is orthogonal to making HA visible externally, but is (I think) the common pairing.
What an odd thing to be obsessed about.
For those that can’t believe it’s not a racial slur.
Niggard (14th C) is derived from the Middle English word meaning ‘stingy,’ nigon, which is probably derived from two other words also meaning ‘stingy,’ Old Norse hnǫggr and Old English hnēaw.[2] The word niggle, which in modern usage means to give excessive attention to minor details, probably shares an etymology with niggardly.[3]
I like that it’s root is fairly plain to see.
That’s un-doubt-able - indubitable.
I’m sure that’s how it works at the ballot box too.
Is there an “other side”? My understanding was that hormones change to the new level and that’s where they stay.
A next word predictor algorithm is still a next word predictor algorithm even if you change it’s training algorithm. To think that a LLM will eventually lead to intelligence inherently asserts that intelligence comes from the ability to use language.
You really would have thought that all these tech-heads would know that “The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.”
We know, through studies on actual humans, that language filters, constrains and quantises our thoughts process, and that different languages do this in different ways. Language harms our ability to reason. We’ve internalised it to such a degree that it now forces our ideas to fit into what the language can express. However, the ability to share our thoughts with others and collaborate is a massive boon for us as a species.
The whole this field is drawing pictures on the walls of Plato’s cave, trying to mimick the shadows being cast in from outside. Their drawings might look superficially similar to their inspiration, but they’re a poor imitation and that’s all they will ever be.
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Somebody saying “I am a mermaid” would be looked at strangely too.
Now now. Be a good little lemming and follow the crowd.
Oh no!
So in your head, people are rich because they throw away their money?
Nothing says “cheap” more than clothes which are pretending to be expensive. If you’re going to dress up, wear your better clothes that are in your normal style.
Personally I wouldn’t bother. Just wear what you normally wear. Not everyone is interested in clothes even if they have money.
Bad Britain has 4 countries thank you very much.
Shrinkflation is smaller quantities
Yes
and/or higher prices.
No. That’s just normal inflation.
Fair play. Not many would do that.