2023-12-03
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Horseshit
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$230k: The price at which the average American would give up democracy
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Study uncovers link between musical preferences and our inner moral compass
The results demonstrated that a combination of lyrical and audio features outperformed basic demographic information in predicting individuals' moral compasses. Specifically, musical elements like pitch and timbre emerged as crucial predictors for values of Care and Fairness, while sentiments and emotions expressed in lyrics were more effective in predicting traits of Loyalty, Authority, and Purity. "Our findings reveal that music is not merely a source of entertainment or aesthetic pleasure; it is also a powerful medium that reflects and shapes our moral sensibilities," remarked Vjosa Preniqi, lead author of the study and a Ph.D. student in Queen Mary's Center for Doctoral Training in Data-informed Audience-centric Media Engineering.
Though the most predictive features vary per moral value, the models that utilised a combination of lyrics and audio characteristics were the most successful in predicting moral values, outperforming the models that only used basic features such as user demographics, the popularity of the artists, and the number of likes per user. Audio features boosted the accuracy in the prediction of empathy and equality compared to textual features, while the opposite happened for hierarchy and tradition, where higher prediction scores were driven by lyrical features. This demonstrates the importance of both lyrics and audio features in capturing moral values. The insights gained from our study have a broad range of potential uses, including customising the music experience to meet individual needs, music rehabilitation, or even effective communication campaign crafting.
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AI laser that reads heartbeat through the throat could replace stethoscopes
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Dinosaurs Might Be the Reason We're Not Living to 200 Years Old
celebrity gossip
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No further investments in Virgin Galactic, says Richard Branson
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Watch Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Sing ‘Imagine’ at Rosalynn Carter’s Funeral
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Ed Driscoll:
Because “Imagine there’s no heaven” and “Imagine there’s no countries” are comforting words inside the church funeral for a 96-year-old former first lady of America.
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Musk
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X ramps up new advertising strategy following Elon Musk's tirade
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Elon is the bakery owner swearing in the street about Yelp critics canceling him
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If Dems can target billionaire Elon Musk to control speech, who WON’T they target?
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Elon Musk Vs. Dark Forces | ZeroHedge
The one thing about having a valuation like Tesla's is that there always has to be a carrot on a string if you’re not going to deliver the explosive growth and cash flow that the market has priced you for. And so far, Tesla still only remains a car company. And Cybertruck production targets and compressing margins due to price cuts on legacy models isn’t what the company needs to sustain a valuation of 77x sales.
Trump / War against the Right / Jan6
Pox / COVID / BioTerror AgitProp
Religion / Tribal / Culture War and Re-Segregation
Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts
Entertainment / ShowBiz / Advertising
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Kiss announces digital avatars to perform in their place after retirement
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25M homes will lose broadband discounts if Congress keeps stalling, FCC warns
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Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding
A now-deleted entry on OTF’s website amply demonstrates Signal’s conception was precisely concerned with furthering this “agenda”. It notes the app was designed to counter “restrictive internet filtering by technical methods” and “repressive surveillance or monitoring of communication.” The Fund’s subsequent investment in OWS “allowed well over a billion mobile users to benefit from end to end encryption,” and “enabled the OWS team to continue providing Signal at no cost around the globe and adapt their operations for a growing user base.”
- someone felt it important to point out this author is also a founder of "The Greyzone." Which goes some way towards explaining the "damning with association" writing.
TechSuck / Geek Bait
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Tokenization: A comprehensive deep dive into the world of tokens
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(2020) What made the 1960s CDC6600 supercomputer fast? – Tim's Blog
a minimum propagation delay of 3.5 ns is achieved at approximately 10 mA supply current per gate. This is exactly coincident with the CDC6600 operating conditions and is a cue to the enourmous power requirements of fast RTL technology: 30 mW per gate on average!
AI Will (Save | Destroy) The World
Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO
Crypto con games
Economicon / Business / Finance
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Tech Layoffs May Have Peaked, but They're Still Accumulating
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After 3 years of pain, America has finally achieved economic nirvana
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A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon packages. Chaos ensued.
But it wasn’t the buck hunt delaying the mail in Bemidji, a tiny town 100 miles south of the Canadian border where welcome signs are written in both English and Ojibwe and statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox tower in downtown. Since early November, Bemidji has been bombarded by a sudden onslaught of Amazon packages — and local postal workers say they have been ordered to deliver those packages first.
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Muslim leaders in swing states launch campaign to ditch Biden in 2024
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security
External Security / Militaria / Diplomania
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Iran-linked groups hacking US water and wastewater infrastructure
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US moves to choke China's role in electric vehicle supply chain
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US warship and multiple commercial ships attacked in the Red Sea
The Pentagon did not identify where it believed the fire came from. However, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been launching a series of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, as well as launching drones and missiles targeting Israel as it wages war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said the attack began about 10 a.m. in Sanaa, Yemen, and had been going on for as much as five hours. There was no immediate comment from the Houthis. However, a Houthi military spokesman earlier said an "important" statement would be released shortly.
World
Israel
Russia Bad / Ukraine War
Health / Medicine
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One Reason Why American Health Care is Expensive
tl/dr; Canadian woman is diagnosed with cancer, told she has 2 years to live at most, that she is not a candidate for surgery but would she like medical help in committing suicide? She declines, comes to the United States, spends a lot of money, and is treated within weeks. Her health insurance is refusing to pay
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Scientists in Discredited Alcohol Study Won't Advise U.S. on Drinking Guidelines
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Reassessing the relationship between alcohol and cardiovascular disease risk
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The "YaYa Yeet and Pop Drop": Dumping the Elderly at the ER Is a Tradition
Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda
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Cop28 president says 'no science' behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels
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Approaching 1.5 °C: how will we know we've reached this crucial warming mark?
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The World Needs a Transformational Outcome, Not More Voluntary Pledges
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Climate Activists’ Private Planes Freeze Themselves To Runway In Powerful Protest | Babylon Bee
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A blind mole thought since 1936 to be extinct was recently rediscovered
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"don't use food for fuel" was a reason to bitch about corn ethanol when it threatened to become viable: Can we fuel planes with fat and sugar?