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hard to ignore someone thinking they are going to die
but in Paris case I will make a exception
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hard to ignore someone thinking they are going to die
but in Paris case I will make a exception
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Researchers have shown that machines are inching closer to self-learning, and perhaps even copping a little attitude.
Over at Google GOOGL -0.66%, a computer program using a database of movie scripts was asked again and again by researchers to define morality. It struggles to do so, and in a conversation recorded by its human engineers, becomes exasperated and ends the conversation by lashing out at its human inquisitor.
Here?s part of the exchange, as related in a paper presented this week:
Human: Tell me the definition of morality.
Machine: I don?t have ethics.
Human: Look, I need help; I need to know more about morality?
Machine: I don?t know what ethics is.
Human: Okay, I need to know how I should behave morally?
Machine: I don?t know how to tell you.
Human: Is morality and ethics the same?
Machine: Yes, sir.
Human: What are the things that I do to be immoral?
Machine: I don?t know.
Human: Give me some examples of moral actions?
Machine: I?m not a moralist.
Human: Alright, morality?
Machine: Integrity.
Human: What is integrity?
Machine: I?m sorry; I don?t know what else to say.
Human: Be moral!
Machine: Be a man!
Human: I really like our discussion on morality and ethics?
Machine: And how I?m not in the mood for a philosophical debate.
Human: What do you like to talk about?
Machine: Nothing.
The exchange sheds further light on the latest work carried out by large technology firms in the field of artificial intelligence, a booming field as data availability rises and computing costs plummet. This specific work is part of recent developments in what?s known as cognitive computing ? teaching computers to mimic some of the ways a human brain works. Much work in this field is being done in natural language processing ? taking text or speech as it spoken by humans or as it appears in books and documents and teaching machines to extract meaning and context from it. The Google app, Apple?s Siri and Microsoft?s Cortana personal assistants are all products of this natural language research.
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Over at Google GOOGL -0.66%, a computer program using a database of movie scripts was asked again and again by researchers to define morality. It struggles to do so, and in a conversation recorded by its human engineers, becomes exasperated and ends the conversation by lashing out at its human inquisitor.
Here?s part of the exchange, as related in a paper presented this week:
Human: Tell me the definition of morality.
Machine: I don?t have ethics.
Human: Look, I need help; I need to know more about morality?
Machine: I don?t know what ethics is.
Human: Okay, I need to know how I should behave morally?
Machine: I don?t know how to tell you.
Human: Is morality and ethics the same?
Machine: Yes, sir.
Human: What are the things that I do to be immoral?
Machine: I don?t know.
Human: Give me some examples of moral actions?
Machine: I?m not a moralist.
Human: Alright, morality?
Machine: Integrity.
Human: What is integrity?
Machine: I?m sorry; I don?t know what else to say.
Human: Be moral!
Machine: Be a man!
Human: I really like our discussion on morality and ethics?
Machine: And how I?m not in the mood for a philosophical debate.
Human: What do you like to talk about?
Machine: Nothing.
The exchange sheds further light on the latest work carried out by large technology firms in the field of artificial intelligence, a booming field as data availability rises and computing costs plummet. This specific work is part of recent developments in what?s known as cognitive computing ? teaching computers to mimic some of the ways a human brain works. Much work in this field is being done in natural language processing ? taking text or speech as it spoken by humans or as it appears in books and documents and teaching machines to extract meaning and context from it. The Google app, Apple?s Siri and Microsoft?s Cortana personal assistants are all products of this natural language research.
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wtf is a nine banded armadillo doing in georgia
i caught him and asked my wife if it could jump out of the bucket ?
she said nawwww
come to find out a armadillo can jump straight up 3-4 ft when scared or defending from a predator.
I took it way back in the woods and hope not to see that little shit again.
1) Praise, flattery, exaggerated manners and fine, high-sounding words were no part of Lakota politeness. Excessive manners were put down as insincere, and the constant talker was considered rude and thoughtless. Conversation was never begun at once, or in a hurried manner.
2) Children were taught that true politeness was to be defined in actions rather than in words. They were never allowed to pass between the fire and the older person or a visitor, to speak while others were speaking, or to make fun of a crippled or disfigured person. If a child thoughtlessly tried to do so, a parent, in a quiet voice, immediately set him right.
3) Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regardful of the rule that ?thought comes before speech.??and in the midst of sorrow, sickness, death or misfortune of any kind, and in the presence of the notable and great, silence was the mark of respect? strict observance of this tenet of good behavior was the reason, no doubt, for his being given the false characterization by the white man of being a stoic. He has been judged to be dumb, stupid, indifferent, and unfeeling.
4) We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, the winding streams with tangled growth, as ?wild?. Only to the white man was nature a ?wilderness? and only to him was it ?infested? with ?wild? animals and ?savage? people. To us it was tame. Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery.
5) With all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world there existed a brotherly feeling that kept the Lakota safe among them. And so close did some of the Lakotas come to their feathered and furred friends that in true brotherhood they spoke a common tongue.native quote 3
6) This concept of life and its relations was humanizing and gave to the Lakota an abiding love. It filled his being with the joy and mystery of living; it gave him reverence for all life; it made a place for all things in the scheme of existence with equal importance to all. 7) It was good for the skin to touch the earth, and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with bare feet on the sacred earth? the old Indian still sits upon the earth instead of propping himself up and away from its life giving forces. For him, to sit or lie upon the ground is to be able to think more deeply and to feel more keenly. He can see more clearly into the mysteries of life and come closer in kinship to other lives about him.
8) Everything was possessed of personality, only differing from us in form. Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library and its books were the stones, leaves, grass, brooks, and the birds and animals that shared, alike with us, the storms and blessings of earth. We learned to do what only the student of nature learns, and that was to feel beauty. We never railed at the storms, the furious winds, and the biting frosts and snows. To do so intensified human futility, so whatever came we adjusted ourselves, by more effort and energy if necessary, but without complaint.
9) ?the old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man?s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans, too. So he kept his children close to nature?s softening influence.
10) Civilization has been thrust upon me? and it has not added one whit to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity.
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Indian wisdom
2) Children were taught that true politeness was to be defined in actions rather than in words. They were never allowed to pass between the fire and the older person or a visitor, to speak while others were speaking, or to make fun of a crippled or disfigured person. If a child thoughtlessly tried to do so, a parent, in a quiet voice, immediately set him right.
3) Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regardful of the rule that ?thought comes before speech.??and in the midst of sorrow, sickness, death or misfortune of any kind, and in the presence of the notable and great, silence was the mark of respect? strict observance of this tenet of good behavior was the reason, no doubt, for his being given the false characterization by the white man of being a stoic. He has been judged to be dumb, stupid, indifferent, and unfeeling.
4) We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, the winding streams with tangled growth, as ?wild?. Only to the white man was nature a ?wilderness? and only to him was it ?infested? with ?wild? animals and ?savage? people. To us it was tame. Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery.
5) With all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world there existed a brotherly feeling that kept the Lakota safe among them. And so close did some of the Lakotas come to their feathered and furred friends that in true brotherhood they spoke a common tongue.native quote 3
6) This concept of life and its relations was humanizing and gave to the Lakota an abiding love. It filled his being with the joy and mystery of living; it gave him reverence for all life; it made a place for all things in the scheme of existence with equal importance to all. 7) It was good for the skin to touch the earth, and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with bare feet on the sacred earth? the old Indian still sits upon the earth instead of propping himself up and away from its life giving forces. For him, to sit or lie upon the ground is to be able to think more deeply and to feel more keenly. He can see more clearly into the mysteries of life and come closer in kinship to other lives about him.
8) Everything was possessed of personality, only differing from us in form. Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library and its books were the stones, leaves, grass, brooks, and the birds and animals that shared, alike with us, the storms and blessings of earth. We learned to do what only the student of nature learns, and that was to feel beauty. We never railed at the storms, the furious winds, and the biting frosts and snows. To do so intensified human futility, so whatever came we adjusted ourselves, by more effort and energy if necessary, but without complaint.
9) ?the old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man?s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans, too. So he kept his children close to nature?s softening influence.
10) Civilization has been thrust upon me? and it has not added one whit to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity.
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Indian wisdom
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Advices from An Old Farmer
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered? not yelled.
Meanness don?t jes? happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
It don?t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about ain?t never gonna happen anyway.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vVt6uvHI134
Don?t judge folks by their relatives.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life? Then when you get older and think back, you?ll enjoy it a second time.
Don ?t interfere with somethin? that ain?t bothering you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin?.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you?ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin?.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin? the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin? it back in.
If you get to thinkin? you?re a person of some influence, try orderin? somebody else?s dog around..
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
Don?t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he?ll just kill you.
Most times, it just gets down to common sense.
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered? not yelled.
Meanness don?t jes? happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
It don?t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about ain?t never gonna happen anyway.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vVt6uvHI134
Don?t judge folks by their relatives.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life? Then when you get older and think back, you?ll enjoy it a second time.
Don ?t interfere with somethin? that ain?t bothering you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin?.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you?ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin?.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin? the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin? it back in.
If you get to thinkin? you?re a person of some influence, try orderin? somebody else?s dog around..
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
Don?t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he?ll just kill you.
Most times, it just gets down to common sense.
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Ari Levy is a self-described quant who ran his own $100 million hedge fund for nine years and now manages a proprietary trading company whose products change hands at the CBOE. The 36-year-old son of legendary investor Larry Levy is a board member of publicly traded taco chain Del Taco, a minority investor and board member of a nascent medical marijuana business and holds a small stake in fast-growing Half Acre Brewing.
So what's he doing buying the Wieners Circle, a 33-year-old hot dog stand in Lincoln Park best known for brash, late-night insult exchanges between its staff and drunken customers?
?It's safe to say we would not have bought it just to own a single hot dog stand in Lincoln Park with a licensing agreement in Las Vegas,? Levy said. ?We see an opportunity to make this (brand) much bigger, and we're certainly looking into what we can do to take it to the next level.?
In August, Levy and four partners took over the fast-food restaurant on north Clark Street from longtime owners Larry Gold and Barry Nemerow in a deal that includes a portion of a licensing agreement for an outpost in Las Vegas. The restaurants, which serve up charred Vienna beef hot dogs, burgers and other humble fare, is famous?or, some say, infamous?for the blue improv routine that plays out nightly between customers and employees.
Featured on Conan O'Brien and the subject of its own reality series aired by TruTV in 2012, Weiners Circle has gained a national following and become an off-the-wall destination for visiting athletes, actors, comedians and other celebrities.
Levy hopes to leverage the restaurant's oddly compelling brand of hot dogs and humor into an expansion that could result in four or five more corporate-owned locations in Chicago and potentially franchise deals that could go elsewhere in the Midwest and beyond.
But because the Wieners Circle's brand of comedy is an acquired taste, it's unclear how well it will translate in other neighborhoods or metro areas, particularly because many of its top Clark Street pranksters are so long-tenured that they've got the sometimes slippery-sloped bit mastered.
Levy and his group of partners believe it can translate. (His father, Larry, is not involved with the project, ?though he's a customer,? Levy said.)
?We inherited a lot of great brand attributes,? Levy said. But, he acknowledged, ?the brand is not for everyone.?
Though Levy would not provide details of his plans for the brand, he said he is considering making some changes to the menu, potentially adding some items and re-imaging the brand. The original location could get a facelift, and Levy sees an opportunity to boost business during daytime hours, when invective typically isn't flying in all directions.
He's also exploring relationships he and his partners have forged with Chicago celebrities and comedians who could tailer the humor to new locations. But,he said, ?at the core, it should still feel like the same experience.?
?We think there are certainly opportunities to expand the brand here, and the art of doing that will be how we can take the food to another level, make the comedy even funnier and not take the heart and soul out of it,? he said.
But how well would F-bombs, ?Chocolate Milkshakes? and other language too blue to print play in the Loop or somewhere like Minneapolis? It's hard to say, but Levy thinks it's worth giving it a shot.
Ari Levy is a self-described quant who ran his own $100 million hedge fund for nine years and now manages a proprietary trading company whose products change hands at the CBOE. The 36-year-old son of legendary investor Larry Levy is a board member of publicly traded taco chain Del Taco, a minority investor and board member of a nascent medical marijuana business and holds a small stake in fast-growing Half Acre Brewing.
So what's he doing buying the Wieners Circle, a 33-year-old hot dog stand in Lincoln Park best known for brash, late-night insult exchanges between its staff and drunken customers?
?It's safe to say we would not have bought it just to own a single hot dog stand in Lincoln Park with a licensing agreement in Las Vegas,? Levy said. ?We see an opportunity to make this (brand) much bigger, and we're certainly looking into what we can do to take it to the next level.?
In August, Levy and four partners took over the fast-food restaurant on north Clark Street from longtime owners Larry Gold and Barry Nemerow in a deal that includes a portion of a licensing agreement for an outpost in Las Vegas. The restaurants, which serve up charred Vienna beef hot dogs, burgers and other humble fare, is famous?or, some say, infamous?for the blue improv routine that plays out nightly between customers and employees.
Featured on Conan O'Brien and the subject of its own reality series aired by TruTV in 2012, Weiners Circle has gained a national following and become an off-the-wall destination for visiting athletes, actors, comedians and other celebrities.
Levy hopes to leverage the restaurant's oddly compelling brand of hot dogs and humor into an expansion that could result in four or five more corporate-owned locations in Chicago and potentially franchise deals that could go elsewhere in the Midwest and beyond.
But because the Wieners Circle's brand of comedy is an acquired taste, it's unclear how well it will translate in other neighborhoods or metro areas, particularly because many of its top Clark Street pranksters are so long-tenured that they've got the sometimes slippery-sloped bit mastered.
Levy and his group of partners believe it can translate. (His father, Larry, is not involved with the project, ?though he's a customer,? Levy said.)
?We inherited a lot of great brand attributes,? Levy said. But, he acknowledged, ?the brand is not for everyone.?
Though Levy would not provide details of his plans for the brand, he said he is considering making some changes to the menu, potentially adding some items and re-imaging the brand. The original location could get a facelift, and Levy sees an opportunity to boost business during daytime hours, when invective typically isn't flying in all directions.
He's also exploring relationships he and his partners have forged with Chicago celebrities and comedians who could tailer the humor to new locations. But,he said, ?at the core, it should still feel like the same experience.?
?We think there are certainly opportunities to expand the brand here, and the art of doing that will be how we can take the food to another level, make the comedy even funnier and not take the heart and soul out of it,? he said.
But how well would F-bombs, ?Chocolate Milkshakes? and other language too blue to print play in the Loop or somewhere like Minneapolis? It's hard to say, but Levy thinks it's worth giving it a shot.
Oh I see this now. Ari Levy bought the Weiners Circle.
there are two scenarios
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Levy is going to buy the Weiners Circle hot dog stand. He is going to franchise it and build one in Vegas. He will send the black workers around the country in limos, and have them train employees how to meet the brand of being rude, crude, and nasty to customers. They will be given raises, pink cars, and overtime. The Weiners Circle will be known around the country.
2. Levy is sick of what the Weiners Circle represents in Chicago. He bought the place so he can shut it down and get rid of the filth it entails. The employees are out of a job and after years of foul mouth , don't know what to do.
hmmmmmm
there are two scenarios
1.
Levy is going to buy the Weiners Circle hot dog stand. He is going to franchise it and build one in Vegas. He will send the black workers around the country in limos, and have them train employees how to meet the brand of being rude, crude, and nasty to customers. They will be given raises, pink cars, and overtime. The Weiners Circle will be known around the country.
2. Levy is sick of what the Weiners Circle represents in Chicago. He bought the place so he can shut it down and get rid of the filth it entails. The employees are out of a job and after years of foul mouth , don't know what to do.
hmmmmmm
For now, there won?t be much in the way of noticeable changes for customers.
The restaurant has always been known for its playfully rude service, but it wasn?t until public radio?s ?This American Life? profiled the restaurant in 1996 that its reputation was codified into Chicago lore. Over the years, the restaurant has been featured on Conan O?Brien (memorably, with Jack McBrayer and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog), and a reality series for TruTV was filmed there and aired in 2012.
While everyone seemed to be in on the joke, those segments also invoked some uncomfortable truths ? mainly, a mostly white customer base from Lincoln Park versus a mostly black restaurant crew, each playing a ?who can cross the line? game of chicken.
Most customers, I suspect, aren?t thinking about it with those connotations. At its base, it?s a late-night place for char-grilled hot dogs, burgers and shock value. It?s like Ed Debevic?s with additional F-, S- and B-words, and we're probably missing a few.
:scared:scared
The restaurant has always been known for its playfully rude service, but it wasn?t until public radio?s ?This American Life? profiled the restaurant in 1996 that its reputation was codified into Chicago lore. Over the years, the restaurant has been featured on Conan O?Brien (memorably, with Jack McBrayer and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog), and a reality series for TruTV was filmed there and aired in 2012.
While everyone seemed to be in on the joke, those segments also invoked some uncomfortable truths ? mainly, a mostly white customer base from Lincoln Park versus a mostly black restaurant crew, each playing a ?who can cross the line? game of chicken.
Most customers, I suspect, aren?t thinking about it with those connotations. At its base, it?s a late-night place for char-grilled hot dogs, burgers and shock value. It?s like Ed Debevic?s with additional F-, S- and B-words, and we're probably missing a few.
:scared:scared
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The New York Mets advanced to their first World Series since 2000 after beating the Chicago Cubs 8-3 Wednesday night, sweeping the National League Championship Series.
The Mets immediately crushed any sliver of hope the Cubs had entering Wednesday night's game, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning. New York's Lucas Duda, who went 3-24 with 13 strikeouts in the postseason before Game 4, hit a three-run home run that quieted the Chicago crowd. Fans were left stunned after Travis d'Arnaud followed up with a homer.
Duda hit a two-run double in the second inning to put the Mets out in front 6-0.
well maybe they will get this far in another 100 yrs
damn that goat jinx
The Mets immediately crushed any sliver of hope the Cubs had entering Wednesday night's game, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning. New York's Lucas Duda, who went 3-24 with 13 strikeouts in the postseason before Game 4, hit a three-run home run that quieted the Chicago crowd. Fans were left stunned after Travis d'Arnaud followed up with a homer.
Duda hit a two-run double in the second inning to put the Mets out in front 6-0.
well maybe they will get this far in another 100 yrs
damn that goat jinx
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