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fandragon idea
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Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it's a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.
Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can't. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it's okay to not be strong.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they're capable.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.
Some children are constantly reminded "you're the child, I'm the adult" in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.
Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person's experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.
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Most people who know anything about Joseph Weizenbaum’s ELIZA at the level of the program code think that it was written in Lisp and that it has been floating around since the publication of Weizenbaum’s 1966 CACM paper. However, surprisingly, the ELIZA program itself was never published, and it wasn’t written in Lisp, but in a now-obscure language called MAD-SLIP running on an IBM 7094 computer at MIT. Until now, the ELIZA source code has been missing, presumed by many to be lost, and because many alternate versions have been created over the years, the original source code remained undiscovered.
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In hopes of discovering the original source code for ELIZA, I recently went [remote] spelunking in Weizenbaum’s archives, held by MIT. I was aided by MIT archivist Myles Crowley. This exploration succeeded spectacularly! We found a set of files labeled “Computer Conversations,” and the first file folder we opened included a complete source code listing of ELIZA in MAD-SLIP, with the DOCTOR script attached!
I contacted Dr. Weizenbaum’s estate for permission to open-source this code, and they granted this permission under a Creative Commons CC0 public domain license.
Here is the real true original ELIZA (reading notes, below); You are among the first to see this code in over half a century!
@ my 73 trans girl programmer mutuals named Eliza
the fun part is how short it is, the bulk of the code is just the string patterns, as you would expect.
has anyone hooked up Eliza and GPT yet
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I’m literally on thr verge of tears
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Walter wide was many things but it is extremely funny how he neglected his own flesh and blood teenage son in order to be an even worse father to a wholly different guy
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Reminder that you are loved
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Not only did my fried rice panel take off in a way I wasn't expecting but my POST about the fried rice panel also took off in a way I wasn't expecting please let me rest
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four horses, persia, 17th century
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USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.
Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.
If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.
Are you with me?
Spread the word.
For context, there is a blackout on February 28 to protest against de DEI roll back
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I think Seven of Nine would approach Tuvok like 'I am unaccustomed to being alone but the other crew members keep trying to socialise with me and I don't care for it. I've judged you the member of the crew least likely to engage in meaningless social interactions. I would like to spend some time with you.' And Tuvok is like 'that is logical. You may join me in my quarters this evening.'
She comes over and stands motionless by the wall while he sits and works on his reports and personal log. After 3 hours she's like 'that was satisfactory. I will join you again next week' and he's like 'acceptable'.
It's a major event in both of their social calendars.
eventually Tom Paris notices Seven coming and going from Tuvok's quarters and goes to B'elenna like 'I think Tuvok and Seven are having an affair' and she's like 'Tom that's ridiculous, it's Tuvok. he's the least likely person in the universe to have an affair. There's no way.' and he's like 'no no I'm telling you they're having an affair. you gotta talk to Seven woman on woman and get the dirt' and she's like 'ugh fine'
so she comes back to him like 'I spoke to Seven and she says she likes to spend time with Tuvok because he doesn't try to make conversation' and he's like 'see they're having an affair. no conversation straight to business.' and B'elanna is like 'Seven literally never lies because she used to be a borg' and he's like 'okay well borg don't have affairs either' and she's like 'what would it take to convince you that you're wrong? hacking into the security feed of Tuvok's quarters?' and he's like 'yes. let's do that.'
so they hack into the security feed of Tuvok's quarters and stand there watching the entire recording of Seven standing by the wall while Tuvok silently reads a book and afterwards Tom is like 'honestly? this is a lot weirder than if they were just having an affair and I'm very uncomfortable.'
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ill spend my twenties investigating the healing properties of salt i dont know about you guys
excuse me
Sorry op. That's my friend the Salt Vampire from the Star Trek episode "The Man Trap" which first aired in 1966. Blessings be upon you.
its just i dont feel blessed by its presence is all. sending love your way
