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Scaphism (from Greek σκάϕη, meaning "boat"),[1] also known as the boats, is an alleged ancient Persian method of execution mentioned by Plutarch in his Life of Artaxerxes. It ostensibly entailed trapping the victim between two boats, feeding and covering them with milk and honey, and allowing them to fester and be devoured by insects and other vermin over time. One dude historically survived 17 days in those conditions

Focus on what the weaknesses of the AI are, that you can do which it can't. 1. Master the ability to give accurate input and generate the image you want. As an artist you've got a leg up on most people because you can feed specific mediums, art styles like "impressionist" or whatever into the machine to get a specific image. People will still pay to get very specific images created. The downside is that I've said in an earlier thread, I think AI will close the loop on this in the next couple of years. Once you combine a writing AI with an art AI they can create their own prompts and generate an infinite amount of beautiful art. 2. Create art based on current events My understanding is that most of these AIs are trained on data from 2019. So they aren't aware of anything that's happened since then. So they can't make an illustration of Andrew Tate, or even coronavirus. This seems pretty limited as most of the time we just use photographs instead of art for this though. 3. Do revisions of AI art I feel like one strength of artists is that they'll do revisions of their work if you don't like something the first time around. I don't know how easy it is to tell the AI "swap out the red scarf for a blue one" and get it exactly the same otherwise. Although I have seen one image where AI swapped out a robot arm for a human arm on a picture. Basically be a "touchup artist" that puts finishing touches on AI art where weird errors and glitches have occurred. 4. Make hentai and porn art requests Another limitation is that I don't think AI has been trained on porn, or even naked people. Although someone is bound to eventually make an AI based exclusively on porn. Doing weird fetish art is already a highly lucrative field even for relatively inexperienced and unskilled artists. You've got college kids on Twitter making a full-time living from it. 5. Brand your art as "ethically-sourced, authentic human-created art" or something similar. People are still willing to pay $11 for a loaf of artisanal handmade bread at a farmer's market, even though you could probably buy something better at a grocery store for $3. There will always be at least a market for human-made stuff. In a couple of decades you can be like that guy at the historical reenactment place who's sewing shoes by hand, and people will be astounded to see someone actually creating a painting by hand. I'd say focus on taking advantage of #1 and #3 while they're still options, knowing that you'll eventually need to transition to #5. Don't worry, by that point everybody else will be out of a job due to AI and automation as well.

I probably should've given the caveat that I was only referring to "The Christian God". Or at least, the abusive monotheistic God as understood by most Christians. To turn your back on the one true God, that's like looking at yourself in the mirror and saying "Go fuck yourself" The good news is that my first sentence in that quote still stands. You can even do that, and God will still love you. My old Lutheran pastor told me the only sin that really can't be forgiven or overlooked is apostacy. Basically, turning your back on God or denying God. And the litmus test for that is... when you hear that and you worry if it might apply to you, then you aren't too far gone yet. But in reality, even that is too much of a limitation for God. Christopher Hitchens and Neil deGrasse Tyson can be as edgy as they want and they're still getting into Heaven. You can spend your entire life stabbing at God, and he will still swallow you back in kicking and screaming when you die. Like Saturn or Kronos eating their own kid, only from a place of pure love.

The ideal life for a narcissist might involve running a cult. The ideal life for a serial killer probably involves a lot of blood. Extreme examples, but on the other hand, not really. There's no one-size-fits-all ideal life for everyone, and there are a TON of edge cases. For lots of people, a monogamous heterosexual marriage would be part of an ideal life. But for a polygamist or a gay person it would be hell. Only you can decide what is ideal or optimal for you. Way way way too many variables. And a lot of them could be opposites, depending on the person. So you'd just be listing everything possible at some point.

My sister is a nurse, younger than your gf, she makes bank especially with overtime. If your gf is a 35 year old nurse and struggling with money, then there's probably something whacky going on with her spending. I wouldn't give her any money unless she was willing to let you do a full audit of all her finances.... bank statement, credit card statement, and get to see the full inflow/outflow of money each month for the past year. I'm not averse to committing money to a relationship. I put up the full down payment for a house with my gf of 2 or 3 years, with the expectation she'd make the monthly payments until she hit that amount, then we would start to split it. But I would not give a partner money to pay off student loan debt, pay their rent, or probably even a car loan, even if they were willing to put my name on the ownership. It sounds like she just wants you to move in with her out of desperation, because she can't afford it on her own, and figures it'd be better to live with you than a roommate if things work out long-term. But she's not doing it from a place of love.

Respect for keeping up the accent during the entire trip, especially after a fight

Give yourself time to be creative. You need to set aside time to just brainstorm and daydream, like a 1-hour chunk of time where you just list out ideas. Whether it's ideas for a story, possibly new inventions, song lyrics, or whatever else. My guess is you only allow yourself to be creative when you're bored while doing nothing or operating on autopilot. It's something that you do when you have time left over. Make it a priority and give it a dedicated space instead. Otherwise it's like only allowing yourself to learn coding while you're waiting for a bus

> Creates vague topic > Demands answer from moderator > It better be long > Moderator provides answer > "Not good enough" What am I even witnessing right now

Man there was like 5 or 6 antisemitic dogwhistles in that first video, several I haven't heard of before. Kids are getting creative. Compared to most incels and blackpillers I've heard recently, that guy sounds downright positive. At least he's got a sense of humor about it all. Clown world and all that I guess, might as well have some fun if you're going down on the ship. Second video was a lot more whiny and victim mindset, but I don't blame them either. It's just the world they've grown up in. I can't imagine only having grown up in a post-9/11 world, several prime years of your youth lost to covid. I only have female relatives in this age group so I can't tell the extent to which this has spread, would love to pick a young guy's brain and see how normalized and widespread all of this really is, or if it's just an online thing.

I read the whole thing, twice. I don't really have much to add or comment, just want to echo my thanks and appreciation as well. I look forward to seeing the destruction (and creation) that your words will bring about in the future.

So it sounds like the only reason you want to get an engineering degree, is so you can make $97k+ a year, to fund doing what you actually love. What is your heart's purpose? Can you find a way to monetize it? Would you be willing to take a pay cut and only make $50k a year or $30k a year if it meant waking up happy and doing what you love every day? If you took accounting, business, and econ then you know all about sunk cost fallacy. As well as opportunity cost. What's the opportunity cost of staying in school for another year or two, versus starting to work toward your life purpose tomorrow? If even your engineering degree doesn't ultimately get you closer to your final outcome and life purpose, then don't factor in the opportunity cost of all the courses you've done so far, the student debt, etc. Realistically are you going to work a full time engineering job for the rest of your life anyway? Or are you just going to make $100k for a few years to earn enough to do what you're really after? Maybe there is a different, more direct path that you can take.

There's nothing outside of God to penetrate in. Even if extra-dimensional aliens arrive tomorrow, or real life becomes like a season of Stranger Things, or humans from the future time travel back to visit us... it's all still just a part of the dream / illusion. Everything that can possibly happen, is, has, and will happen. All of your worst nightmares and most beautiful dreams. If you can imagine something, it physically exists somewhere, and theoretically could show up in our reality at any time. Bigfoot and other cryptids, aliens, mandela effects, ghosts, angels and demons, the Bermuda triangle... even if only 1% of it is real, who's to say these incursions aren't happening on a regular basis.

What's the point of making a thread asking guys for their role models, only to invalidate them and tell that they're wrong? Why don't you just tell us who we should / are allowed to have as role models then I'm not gonna bother sharing mine if you're just going to tell me they're toxic or too stage blue/red/orange/rainbow/glitter and dismiss men who've had a meaningful impact on my life.

I agree with @Nilsi. You can "convert" things into sound that aren't really sound. 1. You can't hear sound in space 2. If some process had to be applied to the audio sample to make it audible to humans, then it's no longer an accurate representation of the sound. Elephants make infrasonic sounds that can travel several kilometers, but they're ultra-low frequencies that humans can't hear. If you pitch them up so humans can't hear, that's not the actual sound any more, it's just a representation of it. You can also turn things that don't make sound like a photograph into sounds. Anything represented as data can be translated into different audio pitches and signal lengths. You can "hear" radiation with a Geiger counter, but what you're hearing isn't actually the "sound" of radiation. That being said, there is something weird and intuitive that the sound provides that kind of gives you insight into how a black hole moves. And if you think black holes sound creepy... you should check out what the rings of Saturn sound like

Try to figure out their love language (Words of affirmation, physical touch, receiving gifts, quality time, acts of service) and give them that. Or explicitly ask them what they want, and what makes them happy and fulfilled in a long-term relationship. Also figure out what your own love language is, and ask them to give you that in return. If they lack experience, then yeah, their needs and wants may change over time. So make sure to check in and re-evaluate what both people want from the relationship. New things are exciting and old things are boring. Most people would rather see a new movie, instead of watch the same movie over and over. Many people would rather take a vacation to a new place, than go back to the same place every summer. Something has to be really good to make you give up trying something new. Even if something new comes with risk of being worse than the other option, you never know until you try, and that's part of the appeal.

It's not worth the risk. Even if you are sincere with no bad intentions, the vast majority of people who would compliment a 12 - 15 year old in front of their mother are unhinged, and you're going to get lumped into that group by default. When it comes to survival and wellbeing of your offspring, you don't mess around and take chances. A few scenarios where you could maybe get away with it: If you're clearly a dad with your own similar-aged daughter beside you A really flamboyant gay guy A guy clearly so attractive and successful that there's no threat of him being attracted to a 12 year old. Basically, a gigachad. Ideally with an attractive woman beside him for additional cover because even being a gigachad might not be enough. Even a super sweet elderly old man, it's about 50/50 and could go either way. When you DO compliment a woman (ideally 18+), try to focus it around stuff that she chose, rather than stuff outside of her control. She didn't pick her eyes or do any work to earn or develop them. Focus on complimenting a hairstyle, outfit, or ideally something smaller like a bracelet or shoes that really stand out. The only time I've sincerely complimented a woman in public (outside of situations with an ulterior motive like pickup) was this woman I saw with super vibrant rainbow-colored hair. I've never seen anything like it before or since, and it was so awesome that I felt compelled to go up and say something just to make her day and encourage her. And when you're sincere about it, the amazement and appreciation will come off in your vocal tonality, in a way there's no way to fake or hide another intent behind. It's pure.

Talk to your doctor, create a strategy, and wean down off them gradually. Make sure you can handle being sober and stable without antidepressants for a few weeks. Adding psychedelics on top of it will only make it harder. For many people, probably too much to handle.

You can't change the past. Guilt can be a powerful tool to encourage you to do better in the future. But you don't want to overly focus it to the point that it prevents you from doing stuff in the present, or causes obsession and emotional turmoil. Just admit that you were a flawed person in the past and fell short of the glory of God (everyone does), use it as a learning opportunity, and vow to do better in the future. It's worth evaluating if you're being realistic with your goals too. Would you expect a friend, family member, or employee to meet all of your goals and deadlines? Or are you holding yourself to too high of a standard and maybe should dial it back a little?

Careful not to start relying on daydreaming too much as a form of escapism. After a while you trick your brain into thinking the stuff happening in daydreams is actually accomplishments, your body even starts to release the dopamine/serotonin/whatever and might actually remove your motivation to do stuff in real life. In extreme cases you can lose yourself and spend all your time living as a king inside of your head, while doing nothing in the real world. I think Dr K has a good video on maladaptive daydreaming.

He's nowhere near as far right as you can go. He's a little further right than Lauren Southern and Stephen Molyneux but not by a whole lot. Just a part of the same alt-right pipeline as Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, Steven Crowder, etc that will eventually lead you to the actual white supremacists and nazis. Destiny has debated actual nazis before, but Fuentes ain't it. Yes because from your post it's clear you're becoming open-minded to Nick's ideas and moving further to the right which is dangerous . A section of his audience will always gravitate toward whatever guest he talks to. idk Destiny got his community to go out and do door-to-door canvassing for a Democrat politician in Nebraska, he seems like he actually follows through too.

@Max_V That's hilarious, this guy's video got recommended to me last night too, algorithm must be really pushing him. Then I immediately went and watched a dozen of his other videos. Basically all of the ones not related to horse ranching that I could find. Then I took his recommendation and went and listened to the entire Charlie Daniels Band - Simple Man album. I might start smoking cigars a couple of times per year now too This one really hit something deep in me and inspired me to do better, and be a mentor or leader figure to someone in the younger generation. I resonate with the message toward the end of everything you've known being left behind. If I feel that way as a 30 year old and yearn for the 90s, I can't imagine what it's like to be a boomer today and watch how the world has changed for the worse: This is the kind of guy you'd love to have as a father-in-law

A dependable problem-solver. Someone who will do anything to help you, and vice versa. If your car breaks down, you know they'll drop everything to come pick you up. If you're sick and can't leave the house, they'll come drop off food and supplies and not even ask to be reimbursed, because they know you'd do the same for them. You can count on them to help you move, build a deck, or whatever task needs to be done. Always shows up on time and if they say they're going to be somewhere, they'll be there, or you'll get a call if anything changes. Always do what they say they're going to do, and act with integrity. Straight talk. They'll respectfully tell you the things that you need to hear, won't beat around the bush or be passive-aggressive. They do the right thing and committed to the success of their friends. Show that they genuinely care about you through their actions, not just their words.

False - In the sense that if you take a lazy person who sits around and does nothing all day, you could force them to do manual labor with the threat of violence, and they would be 100% more productive. True - On a technicality, because of the "with what they have" part. If some external force is working on a person, whether that's forced labor, or even something positive like just providing motivation, then by definition it's something outside themselves that's allowing them to do better. In a fatalistic sense, in any given moment, everyone is doing the only thing they could possibly be doing. I think a better question would be "Are most people operating below their true potential" - to which I'd answer a resounding yes. You have the ability to reach out for help or seek out information from videos, books, etc and learn to do better

I haven't been following what's going on with him too closely, aside from a couple talks he's had with other content creators. Some of his stuff has been taken out of context, but often he's intentionally inflammatory and politically incorrect as well. But after watching his "final message" I'm not sure it's so black and white as either good or corrupted. You can be a jerk and somewhat of a scammer, and also give tons of money to orphanages and womens charities and your church and be an overall force for good in the world. It seems like he's pivoting more toward the latter. Maybe entirely just in a way to save his image. But at least then needy people get millions of dollars in the process. I'm not normally a fan of his kind of brash egotist strong man, but I'm growing to appreciate his unapologetic nature.

Robert Kiyosaki is legit, but he has his own agenda and blindspots. He seems very heavily focused on real estate, and lately has been saying kind of weird stuff about crypto. He also seems exceptionally repetitive, just says the same thing in every video or interview and points you back toward Rich Dad Poor Dad. That's going to be a common pattern for everyone though. Everybody has their own agenda and it's up to you to filter it out. Even the toxic ones have something to offer. I find Grant Cardone entertaining and motivational and he even says some good stuff, but I can also acknowledge there's lots of scummy and toxic stuff to him too. I think it's worth watching the toxic ones just to contrast the good ones when you find them, so you can tell the difference. Watch Dan Pena and Dan Lok specifically to see bad examples. Gary Vee seems pretty genuine, although his hustle mindset can be toxic, and you can tell from when people approach him on the street that he has a bit of a cult. But probably a good place for newbies to start for motivation. His "trash talk" garage sale / flipping videos are probably a good place to start, or more long-form speeches and interviews with people. Skip all the day-in-the-life vlog stuff. Graham Stephen's old stuff before he just talked about the economy and general investing advice every video. Sort his videos by oldest Valuetainment is all solid stuff BeatTheBush is a guy who retired from his software job at like 30, if you're interested in the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) lifestyle. As much info about saving money and living poor, reducing expenses, as well as making money. Watch interviews with rich people like Warren Buffet, Elon Musk, Jack Ma, or whoever else you want to emulate.