Readit NewscuriousObject commented on Why do AI Chatbots Use "I"? nytimes.com/2025/12/19/te... · Posted by u/voxleone
curiousObject commented on Ask HN: Can we (technically) extract salt from our sweat? · Posted by u/eyalhadad
Extracting is easy, just wait and evaporating, but collecting would be an inefficient process because of scale and topology of surfaces
Why?
Some of these language patterns sound like the person is aware they have a personality disorder or some sort of behavior problem. That’s probably good.
Though, they do say “these patterns aren’t usually deliberate”.
But even being aware may not mean you really deeply understand why you have a problem.
It sounds like simply running the engine on the ground for a few hours would have been a much cheaper way to debug this issue. Safer, also.
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See now while I love this play I don't find that exchange notable. It's very plain, no? The implication is that one thought the other was going to say something but he wasn't. This exact dialogue takes place in real life regularly.
The alternative reading, where an entire exchange cleverly takes place without any substance, seems almost mistaken to me? In context it seems very clear it's "I thought you...[were going to say something.]" "No." "Ah."
This exact dialogue takes place in real life regularly.
One reason that it is funny is that it plays against that.
We the audience maybe forget for a moment that we are not watching real life. We are watching a drama or entertainment. So we expect something relevant to happen. That’s the convention.
The exchange plays with that expectation. It deliberately forces us out of our pleasant illusion and makes think us about our real experience - we are sitting in a seat and watching a performance, which is happening at that moment.
And nothing happens, just the same as real life
curiousObject commented on What's Hiding Inside Haribo's Power Bank and Headphones? lumafield.com/first-artic... · Posted by u/rozenmd
Why these batteries got all the attention - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45322135
curiousObject commented on How to Cheat at Conversation theatlantic.com/family/20... · Posted by u/curiousObject
https://archive.is/QjkKQ
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