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Cookie Clicker flashbacks coming in

Ah, it wasn’t my comment, I don’t have opinions on that. I just wanted to bitch about the idea of opinions being inherently correct

in which universe 75+25=110

My bad, I meant the 75+35=100 thing, which is a common mistake people make when doing brain math. Just imagine I said 35 in the thread.

Back to the topic. “Who decides…” I clearly said some opinions are neither right nor wrong, if something is subjective, it by definition is neither right nor wrong. “No law to force/prohibit” I also specifically said you are entitled to have wrong opinions, so we can ignore the entire “forcing/prohibiting” conundrum.

Next paragraph. “… These are facts that can be true or wrong” exactly, and when I say “in my opinion <fact> is true” this is also a fact (a true one) in which I say “<fact> is true” is my opinion, but if “<fact>” is actually false, this is a wrong opinion that I shouldn’t have.

An opinion is a fact you believe is true. But some facts are false and it’s wrong to believe they are true. “Your opinion is wrong” does not mean that “it’s false that you have that opinion”. Not every opinion can be just wrong or right, as I said multiple times.

“I think we should …” is not an opinion, it is a factual statement about an opinion ("we should…) which you have, and thus it’s either true or false depending on whether you have that opinion (“it’s true that you think …”) or not (“it’s not true that you think”).

An opinion might be right or wrong if it’s an opinion you should or should not have, some of course are neither because not everything in life is just yes or no. Opinions about facts that are false or facts that are true are easily categorized as wrong and right opinions.

“75+25=110” is an example of a true statement and thus a right opinion to have. “We should change 75+25 to be 100” is a false statement and thus an opinion that you shouldn’t have. “Pirandello is better than D’Annunzio” is neither true nor false, but you can still think that and hold it as an opinion, like I do, “I think Pirandello …” is a true statement about my opinion.

In my opinion you are entitled to hold an opinion regardless whether it’s true or wrong or neither.

Abaci and mechanical differentiators did the job just fine for a couple centuries.

Well, opinions can be wrong. When someone says an opinion is wrong they don’t mean that it’s not true that you have that opinion, but rather that it’s an opinion you should not have.

And some opinions like any other ideas are just wrong. You are entitled to have them, just as much as you are entitled to be wrong, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s wrong.

For example “we should change math so that 25+75=100” is an example of a wrong opinion.

What is non-plain-tezxt code?

For esolang nerds. They enjoy the existence of the language, not its usage

The Windows Key is saved in the bios and visible in config, though. You should be able to use it on a different computer or to sell it on some questionable markets. I don’t think it’s strictly legal to resell it, but c’mon… who has never bought a 10€ OEM windows key on ebay?

Nope this image is older than llms and modern gen AI. Source, I saw it years ago

Let’s all go back but bringing our land-developed technology, just to show orcas who’s the boss

Switch the crop top for a lumberjack shirt and grow a beard.

Problem solved