The definition I am operating under is: a system whose rules are unknown an opaque.
I don't see how that doesn't exactly apply to the laws of physics.
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The definition I am operating under is: a system whose rules are unknown an opaque.
I don't see how that doesn't exactly apply to the laws of physics.
Sorry- it was genuinely not my intent to be "difficult" and I certainly I didn't mean to give anyone homework ๐คทโโ๏ธ.
07.08.2025 16:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Is that meaningfully different from a hyper-complex software algorithm, that is similarly following concrete rules we don't comprehend?
07.08.2025 15:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Not to get all "How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real," but, are the fundamental laws of nature not themselves a kind of black box algorithm?
07.08.2025 14:55 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Cruelty Squad, Post Void, BABBDI, Dujanah, and Hypnagogia: Boundless Dreams all seem like they would be up your alley.
07.08.2025 00:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hey you don't look anything like the guy in the comics >:(
19.07.2025 18:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0IMO: The answer is to implement sweeping nerfs to essentially every playable card in Standard- enough to the point that we get a return to something like 2019 HS power level, and issue a full Dust refund on all of them as a "We Messed Up" consolation.
14.07.2025 18:38 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0GDI am I not allowed a single independently unique thought?
11.07.2025 00:31 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Careful, your daughter is going to put you out of a job at this rate.
11.07.2025 00:25 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Newman projection works as lot better the other way round...
30.06.2025 07:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I guess in a lot of ways it's kind of an unpopular opinion *by definition* since this list is practically constructed as a popularity contest.
28.06.2025 02:27 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Now you just have to keep iteratively repeating this until you have the *perfect* seeding for a true championship bracket!
28.06.2025 02:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Big 'annual_report_final_v2_new_revised.doc' energy
21.06.2025 02:45 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Oh, you love video games from 2006? Name every shade of brown.
21.06.2025 00:38 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Nice of them to include a mouse-friendly UI element!
19.06.2025 14:59 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0What's next, a Mystery Files of Shelby Woo reference?
17.06.2025 00:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0youtu.be/ZWokHWZg3rM?...
I timestamped it for you
What an oddly specific (an amazing) meme format.
15.06.2025 16:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Same- I ended up just filtering all emails from twitter because I didn't want to even go back there to unsubscribe.
13.06.2025 15:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ferngully mentioned!
13.06.2025 03:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Keep this video away from the Undertale fan-base!
13.06.2025 00:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Lol Ellie over there in Stealth Mode.
11.06.2025 04:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Could you briefly go into why you feel this way? Not disagreeing- I just don't really see why.
11.06.2025 04:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I add a literal tablespoon of jalapeno flakes to my bowl of mac and cheese!
Did you roast the peppers first? I imagine just chopping them and tossing them in raw is probably not the way to go.
"Raises Questions"?... *Really*?
07.06.2025 16:41 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Would love a kind of "Retrospective Wrap-up" video after you get through all the ones you plan to hit!
07.06.2025 16:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Something like "Collective Truth-seeking."
07.06.2025 16:35 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This was a moment of cinematography genius.
07.06.2025 16:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0