We train a computer model to imitate human behaviour, and they end up acting human like. How strange...

Probably

I know right, I wish I was kidding

here's the first result when you google it. There was more detailed coverage on the news at the time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/06/jan-6-google-location-warrants/

Law enforcement got their hands on the location records of the people who stormed the white house by... buying it from google.

Not every government has as much spying going on as some might think.

Ehen we're going into the more abstract discussion of facts and opinions, it might be better to define how you're using these terms rather than throw accusations.

Most people define fact as "a thing that is true". And opinion as "how one feels about something".

Personally I prefer to use fact as "a statement that can be checked". But in every day conversation like here, I don't. Because that would just confuse most people.

What are you using?

That depends, actually. Interacting with Americans on this platform does not expose any of my sensitive information. Then also, there are smaller orgs, and organizations that still do their best to get around regulations by hiding what they do or having convenient accidents.

It's not, and isn't going to be, perfect. But it's a lot better than having to play the paranoid.

Nah, it's a turtle, duh

Effort? Easier? I just exist in Europe.

Not at all, but a couple billion in fines go a long way

Yes, I run it at home. Clever enough, Microsoft has this handy little trick of asking you about your region during installation. And so it knows who it can screw over, and who not.

And a typo :p
Thank you!

Jerry was home schooled by his uncle, and has been told the earth is flat, and concluded the earth is flat.

Jerry is wrong. When Jerry tells his friends the earth is flat, he is not lying. Just wrong. When Bob says the earth is flat, he is lying. Knowing full well it is round.

Jane was taught that the earth is stretched a little bit because of the centrifugal force of it's spinning.

Jane is also right.

Bob and Jane had a conversation about the shape, and experienced a thing called nuance. It's not perfectly round after all.

No, whether or not you like the colour blue does not matter to reality. Whether you consider it blue is, but that is not an opinion.

opinions aren't fact. They're just a subjective bit of meaning you've got in your head, and only in your head.

Just watching from Europe. I'm covered by strong and enforced privacy regulations.

Please do elaborate how they don't work.

Whatever the reason, you should bot rely on a login session just staying open

Wanna trade places?

I think I can best break up my experience into three bits, each with their own (possibly odd) comparable sensations.

1. Hornyness

To me, this feels very similar to when I want to eat. Not hunger, but when I am craving candy, chocolate or caffeine.

2. Physical sensation

The closest I can think of is the sensation of someone running their fingers trough my hair. Perhaps not your thing, but getting my hair washed at the barbershop is always great.

3. Orgasm

3.1 Building up

Have you ever had "runners high" or that weird sensation where the pain of lifting weights actually starts feeling good the more it hurts? In that same way, it feels like I'm pushing for a limit.

Similar to a workout, it can also just be uncomfortable sometimes. Why? Human bodies are just weird.

3.2 Orgasm

Pictures this, you're out and suddenly realise you left your phone at the coffee shop. This spike of fear running trough your chest, that has a slight sting to it. That same sensation, but instead of fear it's closer to the feeling of biting into a juicy hamburger after not eating all day.

The train is at my stop, I gotta get out and cycle to work. Perfect timing.

No. The earth doesn't get flat no matter how much people you get to believe it. As for opinions, they're still just opinions. There's no right and wrong opinion.

Once you've got some speed it's easy to stay stable

You don't even need a bike like that, just a couple bicycle bags hanging off the side of a standard old bicycle

I don't need to read some German blog to know that a company with a long history of sketchy behavior is sketchy. They've gotten on the news with their behavior plenty of times.