Recent content by excreationist

I was watching the ending of Family Guy S18E19 (which had been about Adam & Eve, Noah and the Flood and The Last Supper) Chris read out a Bible passage which I thought was made up: 2 Kings 6:26-30a I thought I had known all of the most controversial passages in the Bible (though I've never read...

Good Fortune Keanu Reeves is an angel who makes a guy living in his car and a rich guy switch lives. I liked how the characters discover how bleak life can be for the working poor - yet the main character had to truly want to live his old life. I really enjoyed it and the social commentary and...

So it's about computability... but I think AI can be different - and I think the possible simulation relies heavily on AI. AI can use a kind of intuition based on patterns it learns (and LLMs can be so creative that they can "hallucinate")

In reply to myself - with the government shutdown the Democrats seemed to have a tiny slither of power left. Then 8 Democrat senators caved in without really getting anything in return (that I know of - maybe they got financially compensated - they weren't up for re-election so maybe they'll get...

Well this is what Jesus said: Matthew 5:31-32 So it seems divorce in the Old Testament was easy but since Jesus it is only allowed under certain conditions.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usda-says-it-is-working-comply-with-court-order-pay-food-aid-benefits-2025-11-07/ I guess Trump is happy that SNAP recipients are suffering as much as possible. (also in post #88 I mentioned how shops were banned from giving SNAP recipients discounts) [though I...

On the topic of luxury ballrooms, etc: https://www.financialexpress.com/trending/trump-turned-us-into-hunger-games-shocking-mar-a-lago-party-videos-amid-shutdown-slammed/4030432/

Yeah fat is 9 calories/gram, and protein and carbs are 4 calories/gram. So "simple" sugar has less that half the calories of fat but it is less healthy than certain fats. It's more complicated than just the calories. To fatten chickens it is 20% protein, 60% carbs and 5% fat. But bird seed...

So they're hurting those SNAP recipients (banning discounts) to hurt Democrats? Note that it is affecting MAGA too to some degree. Maybe they did it because they knew it would get news coverage and cause some outrage...

Reducing housing costs would help ordinary people so therefore it shouldn't be done. Promises could have been made but Trump's priorities now are rich donors, etc.

Trump's government doing what it can to hurt SNAP recipients as much as possible: https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-primetime/watch/trump-s-usda-bars-grocery-stores-from-offering-discount-for-snap-recipients-251625541764...

And don't forget a higher proportion were now store-brand items... Trump also mentioned this example of better affordability at the White House

More details about this: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-appears-equate-walmart-thanksgiving-meal-deal-economic/story?id=127273697

About obesity/overweight in the US vs places like Japan: That's like 11 slices of bread, etc, a day! (and burger buns, pizza bases, breakfast cereals) Then there are diets that completely cut out grains/cereal even though this pyramid says they're the most important part of a healthy diet...

My friend is learning python for TAFE and he told me about Thonny. It's a good IDE especially for beginners. Here is some borrowed code I've been working on: def fact(n): if n == 0: return 1 else: return fact(n-1) * n while True: n = int(input("Enter a natural...