Michael Bench-Capon
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Michael Bench-Capon
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I have a PhD in philosophy and now I work in a library. He/him.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Browsing music online is better than going to the record store for the same reason
November 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Physically browsing bookshops is still way better than browsing books online because you can open and read the books rather than being at the mercy of the Amazon previews
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
ikr I ask ChatGPT to find me some weird niche stuff all the time
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Would the most placid and wholesome account on here have posted this bsky.app/profile/seve...
I'd seen someone lightly enthusing about the improving abilities of AI to perform Latin translation. Willing to be surprised, I tried it out. Foam porn.
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It was part of "gung ho"
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
According to Wikipedia the act (despite its name) protects both military personnel and elected or appointed officials, which would cover Hegseth bsky.app/profile/word...
Maybe we can get around it with him because he is a civilian but I doubt Trump will think of that distinction.
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Apparently Ilhan Omar had a go at repealing it in 2022 but it died in the committee stage, although I suppose Congress might have been more amenable if the President had got behind it
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Obviously in practice you might run out of chatbots to ask but P=NP is an abstract problem so you can idealize and spot yourself an infinite series of chatbots
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Eventually one of them will be right and since any polynomial multiplied by an integer is still a polynomial, we're still at P however many you have to ask
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Now I know what you're thinking: what if you check it and it got it wrong? Well then ask Gemini
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM