Hey language people are there Latin academics and fans on here? I'm bringing on my friend who is a filmmaker and expert Latin teacher. What hashtags do ya'll use? Do you post in Latin like it's a monastery?
On the other hand? People used to love to go to the oracle at Delphi and ask her all kinds of things she'd have no way of knowing. And she'd say some cryptic stuff, hope it landed well probably.
When she was wrong they changed the future, when she was right? well she's always right.
People loved having an oracle to ask.
So this LLM thing is nothing new.
Throw some fat on the fire and crank up the incense.
Buying some perfume online.
"Would you like an installment plan?"
For a $26 purchase.
If I wanted I could set up the installment plan for the $26 purchase and have it charge my credit card.
Call it "micro leverage on leverage."
Some puritanical grumpy voice deep in me that came from my dad is grumbling that it ought to be illegal to buy something like perfume like this. But really it shouldn't be possible for any purchase. In some ways buying food this way would be a sadder story.
I am an adult. Iβm short, yes, but this is ridiculous. The hood on this truck is higher than my shoulder. It forms in 90Β° angle with the ground. hideous! Thereβs no way they could see me in the crosswalk.
They were double parked. Even with the engine off it felt unsafe to walk in front of this thing. I would be so embarrassed to drive a car like this if I were not β¦ plowing snow?
Mini Fiction: the tiny immaculate lunch
I noticed her when I entered the park because she had taken the very best seat on the very best bench and although that annoyed me, I had to admire her taste. She understood where the best light was at this time of day, and she sat there with the immaculate lunch on her lap, motionless.
By the time I was seated (in the second best spot in the park) I was surprised to see that she hadnβt moved at all. The small lacquer box was still on her lap. 1/
