androogee (they/she)

Just because a set is infinite does not mean that it will contain every possible permutation of something. That’s a common thought but a provably untrue one.

For example, there are infinite even numbers, and none of them are 3. Not a single one. If someone claimed that generating infinite even numbers would eventually return a 3, you wouldn’t take them seriously, and rightly so.

But here’s the rub: you can also generate infinite even numbers and never return a 2. Every time you generate an even number, there are infinite numbers that it could be. Even if you don’t allow numbers to repeat, it’s not like you are gonna exhaust the amount of non-2 even numbers.

Just because a set is infinite does not mean that it will contain every possible permutation of something.

So back to the typewriters. You might say that while there are infinite numbers, there are not infinite permutations of a string of characters the length of the works of Shakespeare.

And that’s true.

If you were to say that a string of characters the length of the works of Shakespeare (or longer) could never be repeated exactly, the yes they would type the works of Shakespeare.

But then they wouldn’t be typing randomly.

Randomness repeats. Infinite randomness can repeat infinitely.

And we are not dealing with strings of characters the length of the works of Shakespeare. We’re dealing with strings of characters of infinite length. And there are, in fact, infinite permutations of those.

So… Yeah.

There’s no logical basis for infinite monkeys typing infinitely, inevitably producing the works of Shakespeare. Or fecal dioramas or alternate universes where Spider-Man is real or whatever else. Doesn’t hold water.

Only if you confine “ai” to mean an LLM.

Automation has replaced so many jobs already. More to come. Head in the sand won’t help anyone.

Fun fact, if John ever tries to buy enough stock to regain control of the company, everyone else’s stock will automatically divide to water down his shares because fuck John Schnatter

Gatekeeping amputees as not counting as people with disabilities is actually the hottest take in this whole thread, and not in a good way lmao

That is the ice-coldest of takes lmao

All the juice runs out if there’s holes; this will let a good amount collect.

I know what it would be illegal for me to say that she should do with that.

You’re assuming that it’s a reanimated animal

I’m assuming it’s a couple babies skeletonized and combined into a bone golem.

We are not the same.

… What the fuck

Oh shit, that sounds way more fun than casual Friday

They call me Johnny Smallatoms

According to you

Lol they would take every penny if they could

Daaaaamn gurl swing them big ole shit tanks!

In the same way that they don’t contain ash. The tar and ash are produced by combustion.

Damn, if only someone had asked a hypothetical question wherein copyright law controls everything.

Oh well, that’ll never happen.

Good thing you were here to rectify such a foolish mistake.

Made themself a mint, that’s what.

Taking of Pelham 123 is one of the most watchable movies I’ve seen. The original.

I’m falling! You’re falling! We’re falling!

…WHALE

I don’t know why, but it’s always surreal to find out that webcomics I stopped reading 15 years ago still exist. Lots of things exist when I’m not looking at them. I don’t know why my brain snags on this one.

Sluggy Freelance is still going, Christ. It took me like a year and a half to catch up to current way back in 2004, I can’t imagine the struggle now.